Before the beginning of the season, the Las Vegas Raiders were in the market for linebackers. The front office made multiple moves to churn the depth on the roster. KJ Wright was signed before Week 1, waiving Tanner Muse in the process. Players like Divine Deablo and Javin White (now released) were added to the group behind incumbent starters Cory Littleton and Nicholas Morrow.
However, during the Raiders training camp scrimmages against the Rams, Morrow, who was voted a Team Captain, went down with an undisclosed injury. The Raiders, desperate to plug the hole created at Middle Linebacker, made a trade to acquire Denzel Perryman from the Carolina Panthers, who was stuck on the depth chart behind Shaq Thompson and Jermaine Carter.