The Oakland Raiders have struggled at the cornerback position for a few years now, but the lineage at the position is matched by no other team in the NFL. They have seen some of the best cornerbacks in the history of the game don the Silver and Black, and they got recognized for it on Monday.
NFL.com’s Gil Brandt listed the top-24 cornerbacks in NFL history, and as you could imagine, the Raiders were all over the list.
Lester Hayes was the first Raider to dot the list, coming in as the No.