2011 Oakland Raiders Free Agents: Cooper Carlisle and Chris Johnson are Still Raiders...For Now

by Rich Langford on Jul 28, 2011 10:36 PM PDT

For a moment Cooper Carlisle and Chris Johnson were thought to be newly found 2011 free agents, but the fact that they were at the Oakland Raiders practice was a dead giveaway that they were not all that free. Turns out the reports were erroneous.

That certainly doesn't mean these guys are guaranteed roster spots. It could be the Raiders are waiting to see how free agency plays out. Or it could be they plan on keeping these guys.

The fact that Carlisle was rumored to have been cut was no surprise. When people talked about the Raiders making cuts the first name that came up was Cooper Carlisle. Chris Johnson, on the other hand, was a little more surprising. The Raiders would be severely short on experience at corner if they cut Chris Johnson.

If Johnson is cut, it is almost guaranteed that the Raiders are adding a corner in free agency.

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Damn...

I want coop gone damit. Since he’s a vet they will give him preferential treatment since he knows the system but I don’t like him starting, he’s not as strong to be effective 1 on 1 vs NT’s or good DT’s.

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by JaggerJaw on Jul 29, 2011 12:11 AM PDT reply actions

that's a cool picture of CJ

I know absolutely nothing about this guy but if he is fast I say sign him up. - Me 2011

I think it's about time we all just agreed that NaS is the greatest of all-time. - Me 2011

"Anytime you have an organization and an owner that wants to win as badly as Al Davis wants to win, and will spend the money to win, I don’t think you have as many barriers as you think. Those are easy. The ones that would be tough is where you didn’t have any good players and you had an owner or an organization that didn’t want to spend any money to get good players." - John Madden, 2008

by Ozraider on Jul 29, 2011 1:15 AM PDT reply actions