The hope for the Oakland Raiders was that Gareon Conley would turn into a superstar cornerback this season, after missing nearly all of last season with a shin injury. However, he injured his hip on the first day of training camp, and is now expected to miss a couple weeks.
It is a pretty big blow early in camp for this Raiders defense, which already missing star defensive end Khalil Mack. Conley was supposed to lead the cornerback group in Oakland in 2018, but now free agent signing Rashaan Melvin will have to step up as the CB1 for the time being.