There were 28 former Raiders on NFL playoff teams this year, but only one is headed for Super Bowl

There were 28 former Raiders on NFL playoff teams this year, but only one is headed for Super Bowl

A month ago, there were 12 playoff teams. On those teams, there were a total of 28 former Raiders players. As of Sunday, just two teams remain — the Chiefs and 49ers — as conference winners headed for the Super Bowl. And on those rosters, there is just one former Raiders player — Stefen Wisniewski.

Wisniewski is a starting guard for the Kansas City Chiefs. He is the only player on the Chiefs roster who had ever suited up for the Raiders. The 49ers have none. Though they did have former Raiders pass rusher Damontre Moore who played two games this season for the 49ers before heading to injured reserve. Moore appeared in two games for the Raiders in 2018.

Wisniewski is not just a former Raiders player. He’s the nephew of legendary Raiders guard, Steve Wisniewski. When Stefen was available in the second round of the 2011 draft, Al Davis made sure he grabbed him and then head coach Hue Jackson touted lil-Wiz as their future starting center. He would start every game in which he appeared in his four seasons in Oakland, first at guard and then at center before being allowed to leave as a free agent.

After one season as the starting center in Jacksonville in 2015, he signed on with the Philadelphia Eagles. He spent three seasons in Philadelphia. His second season, he started 11 games and was the Eagles’ starting guard in the Super Bowl when they knocked off the New England Patriots. Once a Raider, Always a Raider.

Now Wiz is a starter headed for the Super Bowl again, this time with the Chiefs. With the injury to starting guard Andrew Wylie, Wisniewski stepped in and has started every game since then, including the Chiefs’ two playoff wins. Wylie is questionable to return for the Super Bowl.

Here are all the former Raiders who were on playoff teams this year.

Texans

LB Tyrell Adams

CB Gareon Conley (D1-17)

RB Taiwan Jones (D4-11)

QB AJ McCarron

DT Eddie Vanderdoes (D3-17)

Bills

LB Lorenzo Alexander

C Jon Feliciano (D4-15)

DT Corey Liuget

TE Lee Smith

Saints

TE Jared Cook

DE Mario Edwards Jr (D2-15)

RB Latavius Murray (D6-13)

S DJ Swearinger

Ravens

DT Justin Ellis (D4-14)

WR Seth Roberts (UD-14)

S Brynden Trawick

DT Jihad Ward (D2-16)

Titans

LB Daren Bates

WR Rashard Davis

Patriots

DE Shilique Calhoun (D3-16)

OT Marshall Newhouse

Packers

WR Ryan Grant

OT Jared Veldheer (D3-10)

Seahawks

RB Marshawn Lynch

TE Luke Willson

Eagles

QB Josh McCown

DT Anthony Rush (UDFA-19)

Chiefs

G Stefen Wisniewski (D2-11)

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