The prevalent thinking is that the Raiders are prepared to give No.1 pick JaMarcus Russell about $29 million in guaranteed money, possibly the bulk of it in signing and option bonuses. That figure is a decent bump over what Houston paid last year's top pick, defensive end Mario Williams. So, what's the holdup? Well, there is the talk of forfeiture clauses when referring to option bonuses and multimillions of dollars. Ever since Ashley Lelie's victory over the Broncos, when he was not required to repay the team his bonus money even after he walked out on them, NFL clubs have been very reluctant to give away huge sums of money without any protection to recoup the money should a player decide to quit or retire prematurely. Consequently, it makes good sense that the Raiders want protection. The difficult part for Oakland negotiators is that the agents ? Eric Metz and Ethan Lock ? have not exchanged a single proposal with the team and here it is almost a week since training camp opened. To outsiders, it is obvious that the agents don't like the financial structure of the deal the Raiders have presented to Russell. The Raiders, one of the NFL's lowest-revenue franchises, also have certain constraints. They have roughly $2.975 million in rookie pool room left with which to sign Russell. The Raiders believe they can get to $29 million in guaranteed money, maximizing that pool number.