Raiders Insider Podcast: Scouting the 2023 Role Players

HENDERSON, Nev.--The Las Vegas Raiders 2023 season will have multiple role players that must step up in that place for a successful campaign.

In our latest episode of the Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast, we break down the roles of players, who they are, why they are considered to be that, their potential to move to a more important place, and the expectations that fans can have.

The players discussed are:

No. 1, Ameer Abdullah RB

No. 2, Alex Bars OG

No. 3, Jacob Bobenmoyer LS

No. 4, Brandon Bolden RB

No. 5, Keelan Cole Sr.

No. 6, Phillip Dorsett WR

No. 7, Jermaine Eluemunor OT

No. 8, Marcus Epps S

No. 9, Brandon Facyson CB

No. 10, Austin Hooper TE

No. 11, O.J. Howard TE

No. 12, Andre James C

No. 13, Jakob Johnson FB

No. 14, Bilal Nichols DT

No. 15, Brandon Parker OT

No. 16, Amik Robertson CB

No. 17, Robert Spillane LB

No. 18, Roderic Teamer S

No. 19, Jerry Tillery DL

You can't have a roster of all high-value premium players in the National Football League. This isn't Major League Baseball. The salary cap will not allow it.

That is why fans' expectations that every player be a superstar are not rooted in reality.

The teams with that appearance appear that way because they have a long and illustrious history of successful drafts and multiple young players under contract.

The Raiders leadership team of Coach Josh McDaniels and General Manager Dave Ziegler suffer from multiple years of poor drafting before arriving in the desert.

That is why you are seeing Dave Ziegler using many short-term contract-free agents. Ideally, on a good or even great franchise with stability, you would see young players still filling those roles under longer deals.

While Zigler leads the Raiders in that direction, he will not fix years of inept drafting in less than two years in Las Vegas.

The Raiders' offseason workout schedule is as follows:

OTA Offseason workouts: May 22-23, May 25, May 31-June 2, June 12-15

Mandatory Minicamp: June 6-8

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