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of the ball and see who has been making an impression in Raiders training camp thus far.Defensive interiorStandout: Johnathan HankinsHankins joined the team..." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesSilver And Black Pride homepageHorizontal - WhiteSilver And Black Pridean Oakland Raiders communityFollow Silver And Black Pride online:Follow Silver And Black Pride on TwitterFollow Silver And Black Pride on FacebookLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchSilver And Black Pride main menuFanpostsFanshotsRaidersOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Raiders StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Raiders NewsYahoo Raiders Team PageYahoo Raiders ReportYahoo Raiders Depth ChartYahoo Raiders TransactionsYahoo Raiders PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ?Standouts and sleepers on defense at halfway point of Raiders training campNew Johnny Townsend Jersey ,41commentsPDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:Standouts and sleepers on defense at halfway point of Raiders training campTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailOakland RaidersLet’s move to the defensive side of the ball and see who has been making an impression in Raiders training camp thus far.Defensive interiorStandout: Johnathan HankinsHankins joined the team after week one of last season. He didn’t have a full offseason or training camp like many Raiders players on the team. He just came in and started the rest of the season. He was pretty good too, all things considered. Now he’s lost some weight and is moving around well. Gruden said he is his most improved player this year. He has the tough task of often facing off against the Raiders’ top interior lineman in Rodney Hudson, but he still manages to get some pressure and run stops up the gut.Sleeper: Ethan WestbrooksThe sixth year veteran was signed a few days into camp and made some noise of late. Gruden decided he wanted someone who could practice right now and Ronald Ollie was injured on the second day of camp, so he was out and Westbrooks was in. The Oakland native has appeard in 63 games over five seasons with the Rams, including every game the past three seasons, so he is no scrub. The other day in practice, he had a pressure, and fought off Gabe Jackson to make a run stuff as well. Edge defenderStandout/sleeper: Maxx CrosbyIt’s hard to say whether he’s a standout or a sleeper, so I’m going to say both. Not to say he’s been THAT good, but he’s certainly stood out. Whether it’s his hustle in warmups and drills or his play in team sessions. He has been flying around making plays. They say control what you can control and that begins with hustle. He’s got that for days. As a fourth round pick with several players who could get playing time ahead of him, he is a bit of a sleeper.LinebackerStandout: Vontaze BurfictHe is a vocal leader who insists on constant communication. He even gives instruction to Derek Carr at times. He could run this defense in his sleep but to do it, he needs his fellow defenders to talk to him. It’s forcing some players who might otherwise be the quiet types to come out of their comfort zones. And that looks to be a very good thing. The other players on this Raiders defense can’t stop talking about how smart Burfict is and they all look to him for instruction both on the field and in the film room.Sleeper: Nicholas MorrowEvery year he stands out and this is his third season with the team. He is a sleeper mainly because he’s again relegated to backup for this team. This time it’s Brandon Marshall who runs with the first team ahead of Morrow. There was a cool moment following a team session in which there were two plays. It was DeAndre Washington vs Marshall and Doug Martin vs Morrow. Washington put a move on Marshall that froze him while Washington hauled in the pass and took off. Then Morrow stuck with Martin like glue, not falling for his fake and batted the pass down deep. Marshall is considered one of the best cover linebackers in the league. Morrow’s skills in that area is only well known among Raiders fans.CornerbackStandout: Lamarcus JoynerOn the first day of camp, Hunter Renfrow beat Joyner for a couple catches. He told Renfrow at that point that he wouldn’t be catching any more passes on him. And if he has, I have not seen it. Also, the one day that Antonio Brown participated in one-on-ones, the only Raiders cornerback to could hang with him was Joyner.Sleeper: Nevin LawsonA former starter with the Lions, he has looked quite good in camp thus far. He has had a few pass breakups, though no interceptions. Then again, no corners have. One day he had a couple pass breakups and one that he should have picked. Lions fans know this all too well with him. He has 25 passes defended the past four seasons, but has never had an interception. Update: Well, this is awkward.SafetyStandout: Erik HarrisWhile Abram’s aggressive and nature gets talked about a lot, there haven’t been a lot of plays made by the safeties this camp. Harris gets the nod mainly because he is the only one who has intercepted a pass. Not just the only safety, but the only anyone. He also routinely shows the most hustle in drills and stays trying to rip the ball out of offensive players’ hands.Sleeper: Curtis RileyA 16-game starter last season in Tennessee, he has shown an ability to consistently be around the ball. He and Harris have been the second team safeties this camp behind starters Abram and Karl Joseph. In Sunday’s practice, Riley stuffed a Josh Jacobs run out right and later came on a blitz and fought through a block attempt by tight end Foster Moreau to get a sack on Nathan Peterman.See the standouts and sleepers on offense With Raiders fans taking aim at old/new coach Jon Gruden, still fairly new owner Mark Davis decided to grant an interview aimed at shifting accountability from someone who (in theory) can be fired to someone who can’t be.Davis Gareon Conley Jersey , in a conversation with Paul Gutierrez of ESPN.com, addressed the controversial decisions to trade pass rusher Khalil Mack and receiver Amari Cooper. The message from Davis: Don’t blame Gruden, blame me.Davis said that the team initially tried to sign Mack to an extension in 2017, after making quarterback Derek Carr the highest paid (for a brief time) player in the league. The Raiders offered, according to Davis, a package that would have made Mack the highest paid (also possibly for a brief time) player in the league. Mack and his agent, Joel Segal, passed.“[T]hey decided they didn’t want to do it that early,” Davis told Gutierrez. “They would wait.”So wait they did. Then came the unofficial hiring of Jon Gruden, the firing of Jack Del Rio, the official hiring of Gruden, and a single conversation in January between Gruden and Mack.“That’s the last time Jon and Khalil talked,” Davis said.As previously explained here and elsewhere, the Raiders tried in February to extend Mack. The two sides weren’t able to reach an accord. At that point, as PFT has heard it, the Raiders decided to spend their money on other players, leaving them with a budget that provided only for the $13.846 million that Mack was due to make under the fifth year of his rookie deal.“From that point on, [Mack] would not talk to anyone in our organization,” Davis said. “Not [G.M.] Reggie [McKenzie], not Jon, not anybody.”Davis insists that Gruden wanted to keep Mack around.“Jon wanted him,” Davis said. “Everybody thinks that Jon’s the one who wanted to get rid of him. Jon wanted him badly. Why wouldn’t you want this guy? Reggie wanted him badly. And I wanted him badly, too. But, if in fact we were going to give the type of money that we were going to give to him, and we had Derek on that type of a [contract], how were we going to go ahead and build this football team, with all the holes that we had?”But they could have done it Eddie Vanderdoes Jersey , if they’d wanted to do it. The salary cap keeps going up, and increases in the quarterback market already has relegated Carr’s deal to second-tier status. The Raiders could have found a way to pay Mack, sooner or later.The Raiders opted for later, squatting on Mack during the final year of his rookie deal and assuming that he’d show up and play. Davis confirmed that this was indeed the approach.“My thought was, ‘Listen, he signed a five-year contract, if he’s the type of guy that I think he is, he’s going to honor that contract,'” Davis said. “And he’s going to come in and play for the $13 million for this year and then we’ll work for him during the year and get it. Word came back through certain players that know him and talk to him and know me as well, that he wasn’t going to come in. He was going to do the Le'Veon Bell [holdout]. At that point, I said, ‘Eff it. The guy hasn’t talked to anybody. We’ve got to do something.'”Davis mentioned a second time the concept of Mack “honoring” the fifth year of his contract. But the reality continues to be that there are two types of contracts that apply to NFL players: Their individual contract with the team, and the broader contract that governs the relationship between all players and the league.?Under the latter contract, Mack and all players have rights. Mack exercised those rights. And the Raiders blinked, once they knew that the Rams had given defensive tackle Aaron Donald $22.5 million per year, and that the Raiders would never do the same for Mack.So, basically, Mack leveraged his rights under the labor contract, even if it technically meant not “honoring” his obligations under his specific employment contract with the Raiders.After taking on Mack and losing badly, Davis decided he didn’t want to go 0-2 by taking on Cooper, who also is represented by Segal, and experiencing the same outcome.“It might not have been the right decision, but the other point to this whole thing is that Segal is also the agent for Amari Cooper,” Davis said. “And we knew the same situation was coming up the next year. It wasn’t just one layer of chess; it was two layers of chess.”Call it chess or checkers or chicken, the Raiders lost. And now Davis admits it. Which sends a dangerous message to all other players and agents who will be negotiating with the Raiders in the coming year.Bottom line? You can play hardball with the Raiders, and you can win. Big.
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