We all know defense has long been an area of frustration for the Raiders.
Finding talent and stability in the secondary has been an issue for much of the last decade. The Raiders have swung for the fences several times without much luck. They drafted cornerbacks D.J. Hayden (2013) and Gareon Conley (2017) and safeties Karl Joseph (2016) and Johnathan Abram (2019) in the first round. Al but Abram are gone.
The Raiders spent big money on defensive back LaMarcus Joyner in free agency last year. For the most part, his play didn’t live up to his contract in his first year as a Raider.