The 2020 season prep begins as soon as the 2019 season ends. The first order of business is signing players to reserve/future deals. The Raiders have signed ten of them. Below are all the signings:
Ade Aruna, DE, Tulane
6-5, 263, 2nd year
Jordan Brown, DB, Iowa
6-0, 197, Rookie
Kendall Donnerson, DE, Southeast Missouri
6-3, 249, 1st year
Kyle Kalis, OL, Michigan
6-4, 306, 2nd year
Erik Magnuson, C, Michigan
6-6, 300, 3rd year
Dylan Mabin CB, Fordham
6-1, 195, Rookie
Anthony Ratliff-Williams, WR, North Carolina
6-1, 205, Rookie
William Stanback, RB, Virginia Union
6-0, 231, Rookie
Mark Thompson, RB, Florida
6-1, 235, 1st year
Nick Usher, LB, Texas-El Paso
6-3, 216, Rookie
What is a reserve/future deal?
It’s a contract that doesn’t count against the salary cap until the start of the league year, which is March 18. Until then, the players are on reserve, which keeps anyone else from signing them.
Why should I care?
These deals tend to go unnoticed because they are all players who were not on an NFL roster at the end of last season. Often times they’re players who were on the team’s practice squad.
But that doesn’t mean they’re all just filling roster spots. Some of these players will make some noise in the offseason and training camp and could be on the roster next season. Think of it like signing undrafted rookies after the draft is over.
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