On Wednesday Raiders had a busy day. They added quite a few players to the roster, all of which required corresponding roster moves. Amongst all the moves, there was one too many players on the roster due to the addition of defensive tackles Clinton McDonald and Johnathan Hankins. The team waived Shilique Calhoun to make room for one of them, but there was still one more move to be made.
With injuries to rookie defensive tackle PJ Hall and veteran Justin Ellis, it seemed likely at least one of the moves would be to place one of them on injured reserve.