What happen

well, ill make it simple for you..

one guy ran that way, the other guy ran this way, they both met head to head and did it all over again.

Then there was hayden...

That's it I'm done. Cut hayden. Been keeping hope alive but that's it now dudes a bust.

Updates:

Roy Helu and Sio Moore finally practice. Justin Tuck missed the last 2 practices with undisclosed injury.

Jack Del Rio says Sio is fighting to be a role player right now. But his comments made it sound like that's primarily because of his injury. Can't just automatically pencil in a 3rd year player coming off hip surgery as a feature player on our defense. Our abundance of LB depth also let's this happen. I'd love to see Sio start, but he would be a damn good 4th LB lol.

Clive Walford continues to miss practice with a tight hamstring. Rivera pretty much has the #1 TE spot locked up at this point.

Raiders officially open their brand new, state of the art, 18,500 sq ft training complex. It is TEN TIMES better than our previous facilities. A major step in the right direction.

Taiwan Jones, he of the CB --> RB --> CB -- > RB variety, is finally impressing. He looked good in the preseason game vs MN and seems to have maybe found his niche in Musgrave's system. I think it's entirely possible that our RB depth chart goes: Latavius, Roy Helu, Taiwan Jones, with Trent Richardson being cut.

We signed Taylor Mays. He is a depth signing and from everything I've read, seems to be a plus player on special teams units. Still a decent chance he might not even make the final roster tho.

my god you're almost 40
come back when the seahawks have even HALF the amount of super bowl wins that the Raiders do.

Wow. Very interesting stuff here:



As it mentions in there, it goes against everything we've heard so far. Doesn't seem implausible though.

Zzzzz

^^ Do you ever contribute anything more than 1 word...?



Anyway, the Raiders landed 2 players on the Top 5 best prospects list according to Aaron Schatz of Football Outsiders
http://espn.go.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/13512234/pittsburgh-steelers-wr-martavis-bryant-tops-list-best-nfl-prospects


Players need to fit the following criteria to qualify:
Drafted in the third round or later, or signed as an undrafted free agent
Entered the NFL between 2012 and 2014
Fewer than five career games started
Have not signed a contract extension (however, players who were cut and picked up elsewhere still qualify for the list)
Age 26 or younger in 2015


Number 2 - TJ Carrie, CB, Oakland Raiders

One year after Oakland took him out of Ohio University in the seventh round, Travis "TJ" Carrie may already be the Raiders' best cornerback. Carrie was already playing 80 percent of defensive snaps in Week 1 of his rookie season, and with four games started he just barely qualifies for our Top Prospects list. He had a strong 53 percent success rate in coverage, according to Football Outsiders game charting, and his 7.1 adjusted yards per pass was the best figure on the team last year. Carrie has good hands and good instincts, and he can go up to compete with physical receivers; he's 6 feet tall, and his 41-inch vertical jump ranked third among corners at the 2014 combine. Carrie is a local kid out of Catholic high school powerhouse De La Salle, which you may remember from the recent film "When the Game Stands Tall." Now he's one of the numerous young talents finally giving Raiders fans hope for the future.



Number 5 - Latavius Murray, RB, Oakland Raiders

One tool Football Outsiders uses to scout running back prospects is Speed Score, which adjusts the back's 40 time for his weight. A good running back has a Speed Score of 100. Murray, at 223 pounds, ran his pro day 40 in 4.38 seconds for a Speed Score of 121.2 -- with an asterisk. Normally, we only consider Speed Score when players run at the combine, because players tend to run faster on their home tracks at pro days. But even if there is a little bit of home cooking in that pro day time, it doesn't change the fact that Murray is big and fast. He's also now the Raiders' starting running back, two years after they took him out of Central Florida in the sixth round of the 2013 draft. Murray lost his rookie season to an ankle injury and then barely played in the first half of last year. But he made some big plays once Oakland got him on the field in November, especially the 90-yard touchdown he scored against Kansas City during Oakland's first win of the season in Week 11.
The question with Murray is whether he can use that size to challenge defenders. We charted him with only three broken tackles in 99 touches last season, and ESPN Stats & Information tracked him with just 1.0 yards after contact, the lowest average for any back with at least 40 runs in 2014.



Complete List:

Martavis Bryant, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers
TJ Carrie, CB, Oakland Raiders
Jordan Hill, DT, Seattle Seahawks4.
Aaron Lynch, OLB, San Francisco 49ers
Latavius Murray, RB, Oakland Raiders
Jeremy Lane, CB, Seattle Seahawks
Ryan Davis, DE, Jacksonville Jaguars
Donte Moncrief, WR, Indianapolis Colts
Joseph Randle, RB, Dallas Cowboys
Malcolm Butler, CB, New England Patriots
Pierre Desir, CB, Cleveland Browns
Isaiah Crowell, RB, Cleveland Browns
Shawn Williams, FS, Cincinnati Bengals
John Urschel, G, Baltimore Ravens
Jonathan Newsome, OLB, Indianapolis Colts
Antone Exum Jr., FS, Minnesota Vikings
Devonta Freeman, RB, Atlanta Falcons
Brandon Thomas, G, San Francisco 49ers
Aaron Colvin, CB, Jacksonville Jaguars
Josh Huff, WR, Philadelphia Eagles
Caraun Reid, DT, Detroit Lions
Dontae Johnson, CB, San Francisco 49ers
DaQuan Jones, DE, Tennessee Titans
Billy Turner, G, Miami Dolphins
Barrett Jones, C, St. Louis Rams

This post was edited by Benny21 on Aug 28 2015 04:36pm