The Las Vegas Raiders and the other 31 NFL teams have begun making final cuts as the Aug. 27, 4 p.m. ET deadline to trim rosters to 53 players quickly approaches.
Over the next day, free agency and the waiver list will be filled with players who could be useful to the Raiders heading into the 2024 campaign. Las Vegas could use some depth at cornerback, as the unit is one of the team’s biggest question marks, especially with Brandon Facyson injured.
Despite having a terrible 2023 campaign, Alex Ballentine of Bleacher Report believes Philadelphia Eagles Cornerback/safety James Bradberry could be a player general manager Tom Telesco could target if the 31-year-old is released Tuesday.
Bradberry may no longer be capable of being an outside cornerback, but he had a great 2022 campaign. That’s enough to consider that he wasn’t entirely to blame for his struggles last season.
He could reunite with another former coach. Patrick Graham is the defensive coordinator in Las Vegas, and Bradberry played for him with the New York Giants.
Bradberry isn’t the same player he once was, but the former second-round pick would be a solid, versatile piece to the defensive secondary. The 2020 Pro Bowler has played cornerback his entire career but made the switch to safety this offseason.
With the Raiders incredibly inexperienced and lackluster on defense, Bradberry would be a low-risk, high-reward pick. The former New York Giants forward already has some experience playing under Patrick Graham and could benefit from a fresh start in a completely new environment.
