With free agency a month away, it's time to check in on the Raiders
' linebacker position to give it a condition of either Strong, Stable, Unstable, Serious, or Critical.
Starters: None
Backups: Tommy Eichenberg
, Cody Lindenberg
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Free agents: Elandon Roberts
, Devin White
, Jamal Adams
, Jon Rhattigan
The season began with the Raiders
fielding four players they could start at the position. Four games in, Germaine Pratt
had seen enough and wanted out. That left former safety Jamal Adams to step into the sometimes starting role alongside Elandon Roberts and Devin White. White put up franchise record tackle numbers, but if you watched the games you realized most of them were not what they cracked up to be. And the unit as a whole was downgraded from the previous season when Robert Spillane
was the man in the middle.
Condition: Critical
All four of the linebackers the Raiders had as starters this season came in on one-year deals and it appears at the moment as if none of them will be back. Leaving the team with no sure starters. While linebacker may not be the highest priority for this team, there is no way around the fact that they need an influx of incoming talent at the position just to be able to field a team, let alone have any competition there.
This article originally appeared on Raiders Wire:
Raiders looking at complete turnover at linebacker in free agency
