One of the bigger themes coming out of the first several days of training camp is that the Oakland Raiders will be a more balanced football team in 2017. Offensively, this team is solid and should be in the top quarter of the NFL once again. Head coach Jack Del Rio is seeing his defense make great strides.
While general manager Reggie McKenzie has done an excellent job of making this defense better out on the edge and in the trenches, the Raiders’ Achilles’ Heel defensively will once again be inside linebacker. Ben Heeney and Cory James didn’t get it done last year.