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Young players Sam Webb, Luke Masterson impressing Raiders’ coaching staff

At 2-7, the Las Vegas Raiders’ brass is talking about building for the future and part of that means finding young players who can be part of the plan.

We’re at that part of the season, whether it’s because of veterans faltering or injuries, young players are starting to get more playing time for Las Vegas. That was the case for the Raiders’ defense in a Week 10 loss to the Colts as undrafted linebacker Luke Masterson started and undrafted rookie cornerback Sam Webb played often.

Masterson played 47 snaps (72 percent of the defensive snaps Sunday.