Redskins’ Schroeder Says He Wants to Be Traded

OXNARD — The never-were-on Jay Schroeder-Raider trade talks are back again, and who do we have to thank?

Schroeder, the would-be Raider, himself.

The Washington Redskins backup quarterback, formerly of UCLA and Palisades High School, personally woke up the speculation Tuesday at the Redskin camp in Carlisle, Pa. Dismayed that Super Bowl hero Doug Williams is the No. 1 quarterback, Schroeder said he wants to be traded, adding that his Los Angeles-based agent, Marv Demoff, and the Raiders had talked.

“If I’m not going to play, then this is not the place to be,” Schroeder said. “You’d rather start over and take your chances in getting the same thing somewhere else.”

Schroeder and Coach Joe Gibbs had supposedly worked out their differences in the spring. Monday, they had another meeting, which Gibbs called “a good talk.”

That depends on whose definition of the word good you have . Said Schroeder, when asked what they talked about:

“Not a whole lot. I walked out feeling the same as when I walked in. Nothing was new. There wasn’t a whole lot discussed.”

If the Raiders did talk to Demoff about Schroeder, they would be tampering. A Raider official denied that they have. Demoff, who hasn’t returned calls while negotiating contracts for No. 1 picks Tim Brown and Terry McDaniel, stayed unavailable Tuesday.

Are the Raiders interested?

They did not pursue Schroeder at draft time, when rumors were flying that they would, opting instead to bring back Marc Wilson.

Wilson has since left for the Green Bay Packers. A source close to Al Davis says the Raider owner isn’t red hot on Schroeder, but will wait for Coach Mike Shanahan to tell him if he thinks they can go with Vince Evans and/or Steve Beuerlein.

“If Shanahan says he doesn’t think they can make the playoffs, Al will go out and get a quarterback,” said the source.

Well, Schroeder has just nominated himself for Plan B.

Raider Notes

The Raiders waived special teams captain Jeff Barnes, 33, who had spent his entire 11-year career as a Raider, most of it at linebacker alongside Rod Martin on pass coverage defenses. He played in both Raider Super Bowl victories in the ‘80s and had two tackles and a quarterback sack in the ’84 victory over the Redskins. . . . Matt Millen and Stacey Toran, both unsigned, didn’t report with the linebackers and defensive backs. Although veterans aren’t required to report before Thursday night, Coach Mike Shanahan pronounced himself disappointed. “Matt had talked to me and told me he was going to be in camp,” Shanahan said. “He said he didn’t feel he could miss any practice time. I’m not sure what changed in the last day-and-a-half. There were a few things on his contract left to be ironed out but he felt good about it. But he hadn’t talked to (his agent) Howard Slusher.” . . . The Raiders also waived Barry Bennett, the veteran defensive end they got from the Jets.