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We’re midway through the preseason and approximately two weeks from when the Raiders and every other NFL team must trim their roster from 90 players down to 53 on the active roster and as many as 10 on the practice squad.
Each team will be cutting 37 players from the roster. That’s a lot of decisions to make. Many of which won’t be easy. It certainly wasn’t easy to predict them.
With some 1184 players who will not be on their team’s roster come the cutdown day, the Raiders will be scanning the waiver wire to make more moves. They will also likely be placing a few players on injured reserve. And if they hope to designate any of them for return, they must be placed on IR after the cutdown day, at which point they could then bring back any players they cut who cleared waivers should they choose to do so.
Here is how I see the 53-man roster shaking out:
Quarterbacks
In: Derek Carr, EJ Manuel, Connor Cook
Out: N/A
Running backs
In: Marshawn Lynch, Doug Martin, Jalen Richard, Keith Smith (FB)
Out: Chris Warren III, DeAndre Washington, James Butler, Ryan Yurachek
Wide receivers
In: Amari Cooper, Jordy Nelson, Martavis Bryant, Ryan Switzer, Dwayne Harris, Marcell Ateman
Out: Seth Roberts (trade?), Johnny Holton, Griff Whalen, Keon Hatcher, Isaac Whitney, Saeed Blacknall
Tight ends
In: Lee Smith, Jared Cook, Derek Carrier
Out: Paul Butler, Pharaoh Brown, Marcus Baugh
Offensive linemen
In: Donald Penn, Kelechi Osemele, Rodney Hudson, Gabe Jackson, Kolton Miller, Jon Feliciano, David Sharpe, Brandon Parker, Jordan Simmons
Out: Breno Giacomini (IR), Jylan Ware, Ian Silberman, Denver Kirkland, Oday Aboushi, James Stone, Cameron Hunt
Defensive linemen
In: Khalil Mack, Bruce Irvin, Mario Edwards Jr, Justin Ellis, Maurice Hurst, PJ Hall, Arden Key, Tank Carradine, Shilique Calhoun
Out: Eddie Vanderdoes (IR), Treyvon Hester, Fadol Brown, Frostee Rucker, Gabe Wright, Shakir Soto
Linebackers
In: Tahir Whitehead, Derrick Johnson, Emmanuel Lamur, Marquel Lee, Nicholas Morrow, Kyle Wilber
Out: James Cowser, Azeem Victor, Jason Cabinda
Cornerbacks
In: Gareon Conley, Rashaan Melvin, Nick Nelson, Daryl Worley, Antonio Hamilton
Out: Leon Hall, Shareece Wright, Dexter McDonald, Raysean Pringle, Antwuan Davis
Safeties
In: Reggie Nelson, Karl Joseph, Marcus Gilchrist, Erik Harris, Shalom Luani
Out: Obi Melifonwu (IR), Quincy Mauger, Dallin Leavitt,
Special teamers
In: Eddy Pineiro, Johnny Townsend, Andrew DaPaolo
Out: Mike Nugent
Practice squad
RB Chris Warren III
WR Johnny Holton
TE Paul Butler
OL Ian Silberman
OL Denver Kirkland
DE Fadol Brown
DT Treyvon Hester
LB James Cowser
LB Azeem Victor
S Dallin Leavitt
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