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With a week until the cutdown date, here’s my Raiders 53-man roster prediction
The Raiders have had month of camp, two sets of joint practices and two preseason game to let the players prove they deserve a spot on the roster. And, so, with a week until teams must cut down from 90 to 53 players, it’s time to make a prediction as to who will make the Raiders’ 53-man roster.
Of the 90 players in camp for the Raiders, there is a contingent of them who are locks to make the final 53.
Long before making any bold predictions on the 53-man roster, there are a certain number of players who — barring injury, of course — are guaranteed to be on that final roster. For the Raiders, it’s about half (26) of the final 53. These are those players.
Raiders 53-man roster projection
Preseason game two is in the books. Cutdown number two is days away. Rather than wait for that next cutdown to make roster projections — which would be easier — I’m going bold and doing it now, when the roster sits at 85 players. Cuz that’s how I roll.
IN (3): Derek Carr, Marcus Mariota, Nathan Peterman
OUT: None
IN (4): Josh Jacobs, Kenyan Drake, Alec Ingold, Trey Ragas
OUT: Jalen Richard (IR), BJ Emmons, Garrett Groshek
IN (6): Henry Ruggs III, John Brown, Hunter Renfrow, Bryan Edwards, Willie Snead, Zay Jones
OUT: Keelan Doss, Marcell Ateman, DJ Turner, Dillon Stoner
IN (3): Darren Waller, Foster Moreau, Derek Carrier
OUT: Nick Bowers, Matt Bushman, Alex Ellis
IN (9): Kolton Miller, Richie Incognito, Andre James, Denzelle Good, Alex Leatherwood, Brandon Parker, John Simpson, Nick Martin, Patrick Omameh
OUT: Lester Cotton Sr, Jeremiah Poutasi, Jimmy Morrissey, Parker Ehinger, Jaryd Jones-Smith, Kamaal Seymour (IR)
IN (5): Johnathan Hankins, Solomon Thomas, Quinton Jefferson, Darius Philon, Gerald McCoy
OUT: Matt Dickerson, Darius Stills, Niles Scott
IN (5): Maxx Crosby, Yannick Ngakoue, Clelin Ferrell, Malcolm Koonce, Carl Nassib
OUT: Gerri Green, Kendal Vickers
IN (5): Cory Littleton, Nick Kwiatkoski, KJ Wright*, Divine Deablo, Tanner Muse
OUT: Nicholas Morrow (IR), Darron Lee, Max Richardson, Asmar Bilal Javin White (IR), Te’Von Coney
IN (6): Trayvon Mullen, Casey Hayward, Nate Hobbs, Damon Arnette, Keisean Nixon, Amik Robertson
OUT: Nevin Lawson (Suspended), Isaiah Johnson, Blidi Wreh-Wilson, Rasul Douglas
IN (4): Johnathan Abram, Tre’von Moehrig, Tyree Gillespie, Karl Joseph
OUT: Dallin Leavitt, Roderic Teamer
IN (3): K Daniel Carlson, P AJ Cole, LS Trent Sieg
OUT: Corliss Waitman
*Predicted roster addition
