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The Raiders only kept three in 2019, and coincidently, I think it will be the same three in 2021. While Gruden kept four tight ends around last year, I think that had more to do with Jason Witten being a coach in pads than Gruden wanting to keep a set amount of players at the position. Making the roster: Darren Waller, Foster Moreau and Derek CarrierĬut: Matt Bushman, Nick Bowers and Alex Ellis Turner has been the best of the rest, though not by much, and probably has the most special teams value between himself, Doss and Stoner. Look for Turner to be the benefactor here. Also, Snead has a least taken snaps on special teams during the preseason whereas Brown hasn’t, and the fact Brown played against San Francisco and Snead didn’t is pretty telling. It’s a tough call between Snead and Brown but there was some buzz about the former during the beginning of training camp and not as much for the latter. From the wideouts listed above, the two players who offer the least as specialists are Snead and Brown. That tells me the sixth spot on the roster is up for grabs and special teams could play a big factor. Offensive coordinator Greg Olson said late last week that wide receiver was going to be one of the most difficult positions to make roster decisions on. I think it would be easy to go with all chalk here, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see a surprise coming from this position group. Making the roster: Henry Ruggs III, Bryan Edwards, Hunter Renfrow, Willie Snead, Zay Jones and DJ TurnerĬut: John Brown Keelan Doss and Dillon Stoner Potential surprise cut: none Wide Receiver I’m not going to waste much time on this one. Plus, Drake projects to serve as the “third-down back” so the second-longest tenured Raider might not have a defined role on the team anymore. Again, the Raiders have options when it comes to Richard, but he’s missed almost all of training camp and is far from an irreplaceable player.

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Jacobs and Drake aren’t going anywhere and letting an undrafted free agent or two go would hardly count as a “surprise”. In other words, I don’t think the difference between Emmons and Ragas as a rusher is big enough to overcome how far apart they are as pass blockers. Hard Knocks showed everyone how much Gruden values backs who can get involved in the protection scheme, and Ragas has proved to be a competent ball carrier this month as well. That would allow the team to keep four running backs around, though only three would be active, and essentially delay any roster decisions at the position.Īs for Emmons, he’s had a good preseason rushing the ball but has struggled in pass protection, which is why I think Ragas will get the nod over him. If the six-year veteran will be out for about or at least six weeks, then it makes sense for Las Vegas to have him start the year PUP.

We do know he’s “ out indefinitely” but still don’t have a firm timeline of when to expect him to return.

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Not knowing the full extent of Richard’s foot injury makes predicting what the Raiders are going to do at running back difficult. Making the roster: Josh Jacobs, Kenyan Drake and Trey Ragas Players can be called up from the p-squad up to 90 minutes before kickoff, so Peterman could still serve as the emergency quarterback in this scenario. That would be a pretty smart strategy if the team is looking to keep an extra defender on the roster. Las Vegas could cut Peterman, hope he doesn’t sign elsewhere and then bring him back on as one of its veterans on the practice squad. The expanded practice squad rosters could be a factor in who the organization decides to keep under center. There’s no chance Carr gets cut and the coaching staff didn’t play Mariota in the preseason to save him for the regular season, so that leaves Peterman as the only option here. This one should be pretty straightforward. The Raiders have kept three quarterbacks on the roster every year of the Gruden 2.0 era, and they currently have three on it now.

Making the roster: Derek Carr, Marcus Mariota and Nathan Peterman I also included a potential surprise cut for each position group to help everyone mentally prepare in case we get some shocking news. Of course, we’ll get the actual results soon but this will serve as a little preview of what’s coming tomorrow.

With tomorrow being the final cutdown day for the Las Vegas Raiders and the rest of the NFL, I figured I’d take one last stab and at projecting the Silver and Black’s 53-man roster.