Oakland Raiders’ Winners of Round 1 in Fights For Positions

Denarius Moore

I sure hope the new regime bothered to look at some tape when they first arrived and saw that Denarius Moore is the most dynamic receiver on the team.  But unfortunately, the Raiders have switched from the all-out vertical passing game to the very complicated West Coast offense. So now, Moore has to do the little things right—like run the correct route and catch the ball underneath where the linebackers are.

Moore’s inability to do such things the last two years had him all the way down to third string going into the game against the Vikings. In the game, Moore showed that he has adjusted as he caught everything thrown at him for three catches, 38 yards on three targets. That’s a big, 10-8 round over Greg Little, the closest receiver in front or him, because Little had two drops in the game.

If Moore would have an opportunity to make a big play down the field, this fight would have been stopped in the first round. But since he didn’t, Little was just knocked down to pull Moore ahead of Little for his spot as a second-team receiver. I think this fight can be stopped any time now because according to Steve Corkran of Inside the Bay Area via Twitter, Little is still dropping balls in practice.