2016 Oakland Raiders season
| 2016 Oakland Raiders season | |
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| Head coach | Jack Del Rio |
| Owner | Mark Davis |
| Home field | Oakland Coliseum |
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The 2016 Oakland Raiders season will be the franchise's upcoming 47th season in the National Football League, the 57th overall and the second under head coach Jack Del Rio.
Potential relocation
The Raiders' lease on the Oakland Coliseum (known as O.co Coliseum from 2011 through 2015) expired after the 2013 season; the team had spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons in the Coliseum on year-to-year leases.[1] The franchise was subject to a possible relocation to Los Angeles, and the Raiders' 2016 season could have been the first in Los Angeles since 1994, depending on the results of the league's vote on January 12, 2016. On January 4, 2016, the team filed a formal relocation application, along with the San Diego Chargers, which was competing against a separate proposal by the St. Louis Rams (now the Los Angeles Rams) to move to the Greater Los Angeles Area. The Raiders, despite their joint project with the Chargers earning the support of the Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities, did not receive enough support from the league as a whole for the relocation and withdrew its request to relocate to Los Angeles on January 12 after the Rams' proposal received a simple majority of votes.[2]
The team also scouted the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas as another potential relocation candidate in late 2014, before it began focusing on its failed Carson stadium proposal.[3] More recently, team officials began conversing with officials from Las Vegas, Nevada regarding a potential future relocation there; in January 2016, Raiders owner Mark Davis met with Sheldon Adelson (Las Vegas Sands owner and CEO) about a proposed $1.3 billion, 65,000 seat domed stadium. On March 23, 2016, Davis met with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval about moving his team to Las Vegas and recently on April 1, 2016, Mark Davis toured Sam Boyd Stadium whether it could serve as a temporary home for the team and met UNLV coach Tony Sanchez, athletics director Tina Kunzer-Murphy, adviser Don Snyder, and university president Len Jessup about further exploring the possibility of the Raiders moving to Las Vegas. [1] On April 28, 2016, Davis pledged to commit $500 million toward a new stadium in Las Vegas at a panel that included soccer superstar David Beckham. Las Vegas would not be viable in the short term; the largest existing stadium in Nevada (Sam Boyd Stadium) holds less than 40,000 seats, far below the league's minimum for a stadium to have 50,000 seats. If the team were willing to stay in Oakland for 2016, they had the options of signing another short-term extension with the Coliseum or sub-lease Levi's Stadium from the San Francisco 49ers.[4] Davis opted to seek another one-year lease extension on the Coliseum, which he secured on February 11, keeping the Raiders in Oakland for another season while a long-term solution continues to be sought.[5]
Draft
| Round | Selection | Player | Position | College |
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| 1 | 14 | Karl Joseph | S | West Virginia |
| 2 | 44 | Jihad Ward | DE | Illinois |
| 3 | 75 | Shilique Calhoun | DE | Michigan State |
| 4 | 100 | Connor Cook | QB | Michigan State |
| 5 | 143 | DeAndre Washington | RB | Texas Tech |
| 6 | 194 | Cory James | LB | Colorado State |
| 7 | 234 | Vadal Alexander | G | LSU |
- Notes
- The Raiders traded wide receiver Brice Butler and their sixth-round selection to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for the Cowboys' fifth-round selection. The selection swap will only occur if Butler is on the Cowboys' 2015 53-man roster for six games.
- The Raiders acquired an additional sixth-round selection in a trade that sent linebacker Sio Moore to the Indianapolis Colts.
Undrafted free agents
After the draft, the Raiders signed the following undrafted free agents:
| Position | Player | College |
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| WR | K.J. Brent | Wake Forest |
| DE | James Cowser | Southern Utah |
| LB | Perez Ford | NIU |
| WR | Marvin Hall | Washington |
| DB | Antonio Hamilton | South Carolina State |
| WR | Johnny Holton | Cincinnati |
| WR | Pig Howard | Tennessee |
| DE | Drew Iddings | South Dakota |
| OL | Denver Kirkland | Arkansas |
| DT | Darius Latham | Indiana |
| WR | Max McCaffrey | Duke |
| WR | Jayden Mickens | Washington |
| TE | Ryan O'Malley | Penn |
| OL | Oni Omoile | Iowa State |
| RB | Jalen Richard | Southern Miss |
| LB | Ryan Simmons | Oklahoma State |
| DE | Greg Townsend Jr. | USC |
| OL | Terran Vaughn | Stephen F. Austin |
| LB | Kyrie Wilson | Fresno State |
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Staff
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Current roster
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Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
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Schedule
Preseason
The Raiders' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Result | Record | Game site | TV | NFL.com recap |
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| 1 | August 12 | 7:00 p.m. PDT | at Arizona Cardinals | University of Phoenix Stadium | ||||
| 2 | August 18 | 5:00 p.m. PDT | at Green Bay Packers | Lambeau Field | ||||
| 3 | August 27 | 5:00 p.m. PDT | Tennessee Titans | Oakland Coliseum | CBS | |||
| 4 | September 1 | 7:00 p.m. PDT | Seattle Seahawks | Oakland Coliseum |
Regular season
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Result | Record | Game site | TV | NFL.com recap |
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| 1 | September 11 | 10:00 a.m. PDT | at New Orleans Saints | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | Fox | |||
| 2 | September 18 | 1:25 p.m. PDT | Atlanta Falcons | Oakland Coliseum | CBS | |||
| 3 | September 25 | 10:00 a.m. PDT | at Tennessee Titans | Nissan Stadium | CBS | |||
| 4 | October 2 | 10:00 a.m. PDT | at Baltimore Ravens | M&T Bank Stadium | CBS | |||
| 5 | October 9 | 1:25 p.m. PDT | San Diego Chargers | Oakland Coliseum | CBS | |||
| 6 | October 16 | 1:05 p.m. PDT | Kansas City Chiefs | Oakland Coliseum | CBS | |||
| 7 | October 23 | 10:00 a.m. PDT | at Jacksonville Jaguars | EverBank Field | CBS | |||
| 8 | October 30 | 10:00 a.m. PDT | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Raymond James Stadium | CBS | |||
| 9 | November 6 | 5:30 p.m. PST | Denver Broncos | Oakland Coliseum | NBC | |||
| 10 | Bye | |||||||
| 11 | November 21 | 5:30 p.m. PST | Houston Texans | Estadio Azteca (Mexico City) | ESPN | |||
| 12 | November 27 | 1:25 p.m. PST | Carolina Panthers | Oakland Coliseum | CBS | |||
| 13 | December 4 | 1:05 p.m. PST | Buffalo Bills | Oakland Coliseum | CBS | |||
| 14 | December 8 | 5:25 p.m. PST | at Kansas City Chiefs | Arrowhead Stadium | NBC/NFLN/Twitter | |||
| 15 | December 18 | 1:25 p.m. PST | at San Diego Chargers | Qualcomm Stadium | CBS | |||
| 16 | December 24 | 1:05 p.m. PST | Indianapolis Colts | Oakland Coliseum | CBS | |||
| 17 | January 1 | 1:25 p.m. PST | at Denver Broncos | Sports Authority Field at Mile High | CBS | |||
- Notes
- Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
- Networks and times for Sunday games from Weeks 5–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.
References
- 1 2 Rubenstein, Steve (January 28, 2016). "Las Vegas Raiders? Not so fast...". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000621645/article/expectation-is-owners-to-award-rams-inglewood-site
- ↑ Mark Davis, San Antonio group meet. Associated Press via ESPN.com. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
- ↑ Goodell: Levi's might fit Raiders ESPN.com (07/18/2014)
- ↑ http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000631349/article/mark-davis-raiders-want-to-play-in-oakland-in-2016
- ↑ http://www.silverandblackpride.com/2016/4/30/11546400/oakland-raiders-2016-undrafted-free-agent-tracker
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