With their tight end group growing thin, the Raiders today signed former Lions tight end Brandon Barnes. He was an undrafted free agent from Alabama State who signed in Detroit following the 2017 draft, and spent part of 2017 on the Lions practice squad.
Jon Gruden was clearly concerned about tight end depth following this week’s scrimmages against the Rams. “We had a hard time today. We only had one personnel group in. We had limited tight ends so we had to go with one personnel group almost the entire day with the exception of about ten plays.