The Las Vegas Raiders came under fire for their decision to completely revamp the cornerback room this offseason. After having a strong enough defense in 2023 and 2024, the team parted ways with all three starters: Nate Hobbs, Jakorian Bennett and Jack Jones.
In their place, the team brought in Eric Stokes, a reclamation project, and they took Darien Porter in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft, who had some major developing to do. They were also banking on big jumps from Kyu Blu Kelly and Decamerion Richardson, who were holdovers from last year.
Through the first four weeks of the 2025 NFL season, however, the cornerback room has been the least of the Raiders' worries.