Welcome back! The 12th season of Ballers & Busters starts with the Raiders preseason opener against the LA Rams. The established starters didn’t suit up for this one. Even a few veterans who may not start were spectators Saturday. This allows us to make these evaluations mostly about players who are fighting for a roster spot. Rarely are individual performances more important than when they’re fighting for their NFL lives.
Neither team was fielding their best players. So the playing field was even, but the lesser completion must be taken into consideration when judging their performances in the grand scheme of things.