Raiders Wide Receiver Battle Heating Up

The wide receivers position battles are heating up and are some of the most intense of training camp.

WR Brice Butler has come on lately and had a strong performance in the Raiders preseason opener.During the offseason the Oakland Raiders organization set about upgrading several position groups. Perhaps one of the most drastic makeovers concerns the wide receivers. Twelve players make up the receiving corps at the moment, although it’s not the same 12 that started training camp three-and-a-half weeks ago.

The group is also down a body right now with Andre Holmes out with what published reports described as a fractured hand. Rod Streater began camp on the Non-Football Illness list and finally…