Cornerback has been a sore spot for the Oakland Raiders since the days of Nnamdi Asomugha and Stanford Routt. It’s a major sore spot once again with the cutting of David Amerson and Sean Smith and TJ Carrie leaving in free agency.
So Amerson and Smith were getting bombs dropped on them throughout the 2017 season. All the while, 2014 seventh-round pick T.J. Carrie emerged as the team’s best CB. But they allowed him to leave via free agency for almost $8 million a year. The Raiders flirted with Trumaine Johnson early in free agency but wouldn’t match the $14.