While Oakland was overwhelmingly silent in free agency there were some minor waves made by the look-sees given to Jared Gaither, Lofa Tatupu and Lito Sheppard. Of the three only Sheppard made it onto the roster but that just earned him what amounted to a one-game audition.

Today there were reports of Oakland once again going after a player tossed onto the scrapheap. Former Patriots linebacker and NorCal native Tully Banta-Cain was said to be in the East Bay where he apparently passed a physical and conducted a workout.

Vittorio Tarfur reports that Banta-Cain was nowhere to be found at practice this evening. Let’s hope it stays that way.
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This offseason has been odd to say the least. Not that we’d expect anything different from the Raiders and Kim Jong Al. Never mind the lockout, the bizarre manner of building Hue’s bully began long before the NFL owners made their cash grab.

From the Raiders letting Nnamdi Asomugh and Zach Miller walk to Michael Bennett making the final cut for one day, this whirlwind of a roster rollercoaster ride could just be getting started.

Let’s start with the most recent news.

Somebody is going to have to explain to me why the Raiders chose to keep 5 running backs (a position with great strength in the top three alone) yet parted ways with a plethora a DBs (a position of great weakness and inexperience). Only to turn around and cut Bennett then re-sign Matt Giordano whom they just cut 48-hours ago.
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