Additions: Jelani Jenkins, Marquel Lee (D-5)
This offseason it has been two second-year linebackers Cory James and Tyrell Adams who have led things off. How long that lasts is hard to say at this point.
Most likely the reason James and Adams were running with the first team was due to the fact that, believe it or not, they were the most veteran inside linebackers healthy to start offseason practices. That’s right, with a total of 22 games between them (mostly on special teams), no other healthy linebacker had more experience in the Raiders’ defensive scheme than they did.