The Las Vegas Raiders made an ill-advised decision this offseason when they let both starting linebackers leave in free agency. Robert Spillane and Divine Deablo are now starring for the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons, respectively, while the Raiders' linebacker corps is a mess.
Instead of relying on young talent, head coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Spytek grabbed seemingly the oldest and most experienced crew of linebackers to counterbalance a young and inexperienced secondary.
While the thought was that this aging group would fill in the gaps of a defensive backfield that most expected to be porous, the opposite has been true.