5. Linebackers Javin White and Kyle Wilber both cut
Wilber has been a special teams captain for the Raiders the past two seasons. He occasionally saw time on defense at off-ball linebacker and even on the line at times. White was talked up a lot early in camp and was a great story as an undrafted rookie out of UNLV who grew up in Oakland.
Making sense of it:
As mentioned earlier in this piece, the Raiders had Wilber on the final cuts last year as well only to bring him back a few days later. But at 31 years of age and with a more bulked up linebacker corps, it wouldn’t be shocking if this cut is permanent.
As for White, with no preseason, other teams had nothing to see that would tempt them to swoop in and steal him away, so the Raiders feel pretty confident he will clear waivers and be there for the practice squad.
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