{"id":791126,"date":"2026-03-04T09:43:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/791126\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:43:20","slug":"raiders-need-more-sense-of-urgency-at-cornerback-going-into-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/791126\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders need more sense of urgency at cornerback going into free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 3, 2026, 1:08 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

With free agency a little over a week away, it\u2019s time to check in on the cornerback position for the Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> to give it a condition of either Strong, Stable, Unstable, Serious, or Critical.<\/p>\n

Starters: Darien Porter, Kyu Blu Kelly<\/p>\n

Backups: DeCamerion Richardson, Greedy Vance, Chigozie Anusiem<\/p>\n

Free agents: Eric Stokes, Darnay Holmes<\/p>\n

The one constant presence at cornerback last season for the Raiders was Eric Stokes. He was the starter on the right side from the moment he showed up in the offseason and remained there the entire season. On the left, rookie third round pick Darien Porter got the first shot at the job, but lost out to Kyu Blu Kelly come the regular season. Come midseason, Kelly was hobbled and Porter returned to the starting lineup.<\/p>\n

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>Condition: Serious<\/p>\n

The biggest decision the Raiders have to make is whether to bring back Eric Stokes. That\u2019s the most serious question they face at the position. And being that we are on the doorstep of free agency, there clearly hasn\u2019t been a sense of urgency to do that. Neither Porter nor Kelly have not proven they are starting caliber. And Porter was a raw prospect to begin with. A former wide receiver seemingly selected by the Raiders because of Pete Carroll\u2019s belief in big cornerbacks for his defense. And with all this, we haven’t even discussed the nickel corner position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 3, 2026, 1:08 p.m. PT With free agency a little over a week away, it\u2019s time to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[95878,7,1744,393,2455,2454,6,1966,525,15978,97498,95882,104285,102560,97901,95885,95896,95888,101611,95897,95883,95881],"class_list":["post-791126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-las-vegas-raiders","tag-accessfree","tag-football","tag-las-vegas","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-lasvegas","tag-lasvegasraiders","tag-nfl","tag-nv","tag-raiders","tag-sstssportsnflraiders","tag-sstsnraiders","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagdarnay-holmes","tag-tageric-stokes","tag-taglas-vegas","tag-taglas-vegas-raiders","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-free-agency-signing","tag-tagoverall-negative","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116170260769061945","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}