Oakland Raiders and the Quest for 53: The Wide Receivers

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Published: August 31, 2009

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... help keep defenses honest and protect the offense from teams' "stacking the box". Sometimes teams design the offense to run exclusively around these players or a coach might try a more balances approach.

For the Oakland Raiders, JaMarcus Russell's maturity is going to be measured on how well these players respond and if needed, can help out the team as a whole.

With one day remaining before the first cutdown of rosters, it will be interesting to see if any of the players mentioned are done early. As of right now the Raiders.com web site is showing 10 total players fighting for a number of positions. One still listed, Samie Parker, was recently released.

Our first candidate, Chaz Schilens is a frustrating choice. Not because of what he does, but because he had all the earmarks of a WR option for the Raiders. But because he will be missed, as he was injured in practices with the 49ers. Breaking a bone in his foot, at the time the...

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