• Darrell Wilson of the Chronicle said that receiver RC Owens was weighing both a $33,000 offer from the Raiders that included playing salary, a signing bonus, and an off-season job against a similar offer (probably) from the Montreal Alouettes that totaled $45,000

• Raiders general manager Wes Fry said the team had made no formal offer to Owens but that the $33,000 figure “sounded reasonable”