Left Hand, Right Hand: What Is Going On, Richard Seymour?

Seems the rollercoaster ride for the Raiders has been about the same thing, all along.

Money.

Richard Seymour was to be traded from the New England Patriots to the Oakland Raiders for a first round pick in 2011. By the Patriots side and the NFL side, this is a done deal, with the lone exception being a physical needing to be done.

Then for some reason, Richard doesn't show up. Tom Cable, as being questioned by the media on this case, says that the player is taking care of details with the Patriots. The Patriots in turn, say that they are happy with the deal, which leads to the question...did Richard want to leave New England?

Granted it would be a change on several levels. For one, his family has grown up in New England, going to school, has a house....would they want to be uprooted and hauled across the country?

And for two, even if it's just business...would Richard want to go from the Patriots with their chances as winning a Super Bowl being a lot better than the Raiders?

More rumors and speculation flew overnight, as one report that isn't confirmed that Seymour was vetoing the deal and forcing the Patriots to look for another team. Another report has Richard in Oakland and working on a long term deal, something New England wasn't going to do.

Since this was a hot topic, enter Rodney Harrison.

Rodney and Richard were teammates and according to a source, had talked about this and Rodney was not too positive on the deal, saying that Richard wasn't thrilled.

Exactly when did Rodney have this talk? About the same time, when did Cable talk with Richard? And of course, with any good piece of information you have to remember the source. Rodney Harrison played with the Chargers, a main rival of the Raiders.

All bias aside, I think if Richard gets his deal inked, he is going to play for the Raiders. If it doesn't happen, it still would be wise for him to play, as this is a contract year and he'd want good stats to show for another club that wants to sign him.

The drawback, is this was the same logic that was tried on Derrick Burgess, and he never showed up for camp.

Will update as more news comes out of Oakland.