The Raiders currently have enough players on their roster to field a team for their regular-season opener, with capable backups in place, to boot. Yet, as last season showed, it’s conceivable that one-third of the players on next season’s opening-game roster aren’t members of the Raiders yet. When the Raiders played the Denver Broncos in
Raiders await massive infusion of new players to build upon last year’s impressive haul
I consider Jonathan Abram essentially a rookie. He only played in 1 game.
My predictions for rookie starters in the first regular season game:
Rookie WR starter (deinite)
Rookie LB starter (likely)
Rookie CB starter (probable)
I’m hoping the roster churn can stop so some continuity can develop.
Tough to argue from here, except perhaps cornerback. For what you list to happen, of course, the Raiders would need to use both their first-round picks on receiver/cornerback. Seems logical right now.