The Las Vegas Raiders are facing a roster issue every team wants, but that doesn\u2019t make it any easier when it\u2019s time to cut down to 53 players.<\/p>\n
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The belief that you can never have too many good cornerbacks is being challenged by the Las Vegas Raiders. Their current roster dilemma shows that having \u201ctoo many\u201d isn\u2019t always beneficial.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, in the media, when we are covering a team, we don\u2019t realize what will become an issue until we break it all the way down to its bare bones. In this case, I was prepping for my 53-man roster predictions<\/a> and noticed the Raiders were going to have a roster issue\u2014too many good cornerbacks and not enough roster spots when they have to cut from 90 to 53. Now, of course, this is if, and a big if, fourth-round pick Jermod McCoy plays in 2026.<\/a><\/p>\n Every team wants a tough roster decision, such as having too many talented players at one position, because it means they are doing something right. It\u2019s never easy, but telling a talented cornerback he won\u2019t make the 53-man roster because they\u2019re keeping only six is a win. Most teams aim for this situation, and the Raiders are reaching it.<\/p>\n Raiders have a CB issue on the roster, but it\u2019s a good issue to have<\/p>\n This is the position group I may have the toughest time predicting who will make the 53. I don\u2019t have a tough time predicting the starters, as I confidently think it\u2019s Eric Stokes and Darien Porter on the outside, then Taron Johnson at nickel. They paid Stokes to be the CB1. They picked Porter in the third round last season, and he\u2019s set to inherit a starting position. They just traded for Johnson, who many think, if healthy, is a great nickel. Those guys seem set, unless a battle breaks out in training camp and something changes.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s where it stands: Decamerion Richardson, Greedy Vance, and rookies Jermod McCoy and Hezekiah Masses\u2014one likely misses the 53-man roster if only six are kept, which is common. Last year, Pete Carroll kept just five, complicating things, but that was a different staff. Assume this staff keeps six for now.<\/p>\n Do they keep a backup nickel for Johnson, choosing Vance? He performed well as an undrafted free agent, playing 66 snaps, targeted seven times with only four catches allowed for 47 yards, and 94 intended air yards against. Or do Treydan Stukes <\/a>and Dalton Johnson, rookie safeties<\/a>, fill that backup nickel spot, opting for another boundary corner? Johnson has 441 career slot snaps in college. Doing that takes them away from being the center fielders the Raiders likely love them as in this scheme. <\/p>\n Although Isaiah Pola-Mao did play 102 slot snaps last season, according to Pro Football Focus. And, according to Sports Info Solutions, he was targeted five times while in the slot, allowed two catches for 12 yards, and had an interception. So, maybe he takes on that role.<\/p>\n All CBs\/NBs currently on the Raiders roster<\/p>\n Eric Stokes, CB1<\/p>\n Darien Porter, CB2<\/p>\n Taron Johnson, NB1<\/p>\n Jermod McCoy, CB<\/p>\n Hezekiah Masses, CB<\/p>\n Decamerion Richardson, CB<\/p>\n Greedy Vance, NB<\/p>\n Treydan Stukes, has NB and CB experience, will be FS<\/p>\n Dalton Johnson, has NB experience, will be FS<\/p>\n Isaiah Pola-Mao, has NB experience, will be SS<\/p>\n Chigozie Anusiem, likely practice squad<\/p>\n They surely won\u2019t keep the two rookies off the 53-man, but if McCoy isn\u2019t healthy and ready to play, then none of this matters anyway. But it\u2019s certainly a huge question. Then you have guys like Decamerion Richardson, who played just 13 snaps in the secondary last year, not on special teams. <\/p>\n But in 2024, he played 559 snaps on defense. But when he did play, as he was injured most of 2025, he was decent in coverage. He didn\u2019t allow a catch or target on six coverage snaps. Do they cut him off the 53-man?<\/p>\n
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