Raiders Mailbag: Is secondary better? Can Ruggs improve?

The roster is acceptable – mostly – and present the Raiders’ attraction turns to the Baltimore Ravens, their season-opening hostile connected Monday Night Football connected Sept. 13.

Needless to say, their fans person tons of questions.

Here is simply a sampling of what landed successful the Raiders play mailbag:

Ricardo Peña (@Ricardo31768549): Seems similar everyone is sleeping connected our secondary. Damon Arnette and Amik Robertson closed retired the preseason successful large fashion. Do you deliberation Amik tin walk Casey Hayward connected the extent chart?

Vincent Bosignore: The secondary looks to beryllium successful overmuch amended shape, with Hayward the definite starter and Arnette expected to play arsenic a rotational country successful nickel and dime looks. He should play rather a bit. Robertson present becomes a situational country capable to play some extracurricular and inside. It becomes absorbing erstwhile Nevin Lawson comes back, and what relation mightiness beryllium disposable to him astatine that point.

Erie Raider (@jzbach): I’m starting to recognize what all-in looks similar and it seems to beryllium antithetic than erstwhile years. Is that existent oregon is it conscionable me?

VB: Mike Mayock tipped his manus a spot erstwhile helium spoke astir the playoffs being the expectation. It marks a displacement successful however the Raiders spot themselves. That is reflected successful however they transportation themselves and however they code their roster. They are shifting distant from a squad successful improvement to a squad with large goals. And the wealth they give and the targets they prosecute are indicative of that. They judge their model is open, and they are acting similar it.

Bob from La Bamba (@raiderfresno75): Do you deliberation K.J. Wright volition commencement against the Ravens?

VB: That mightiness beryllium pushing it. But you person to fig he’s kept himself successful signifier adjacent though helium wasn’t successful camp. Given that helium understands Gus Bradley’s defense, it wouldn’t beryllium a large situation to get him acclimated with the playbook.

Elon Muskrat (@checarsner): If the Raiders extremity up with a apical 10 defense, however acold tin Derek Carr instrumentality them?

VB: It would beryllium a immense disappointment if they didn’t scope the playoffs, astatine that point. And possibly adjacent triumph a postseason game.

Zach Kuhlwein (@ClowntownNJ): Do you deliberation Henry Ruggs volition spot 100 targets this season?

VB: The Raiders’ second-year wide receiver had 43 targets past year, and frankly that needs astatine slightest treble to 86 oregon truthful this year. To get to 100 mightiness beryllium pushing it, but the extremity is to get him overmuch much progressive this year.

Dylan Steinberg (@Dylan_Steinberg): Just wondering wherefore the Raiders would not support Karl Joseph and prime up Roderic Teamer aft the 24-hour window. Why support Teamer and bring backmost Dallin Leavitt? If a information goes down tin Tyree Gillespie/Teamer/Leavitt truly bash a amended occupation than Joseph a proven veteran?

VB: Teamer and Gillespie passed Joseph successful camp, truthful they legitimately won their roster spots. In addition, they connection peculiar teams assistance from the get-go. Leavitt besides adds peculiar teams experience, which is simply a large information astatine his spot connected the extent chart.

Griffin Shields (@GriffinShields3): What relation volition Peyton Barber fill?

VB: A third-down backmost with a proven way grounds of accumulation some arsenic a runner and pass-catcher.

kris bryant stan (@Manwell1021): With summation of KJ Wright, it leaves the linebacker country with Nick Kwiatkoski, Cory Littleton, Denzel Perryman and Wright, with Nicholas Morrow and Javin White erstwhile they’re backmost from injury. What tin we expect?

VB: Don’t hide Tanner Muse and Divine Deablo, who tin present easiness their mode into things portion being counted connected aboriginal arsenic peculiar teams players. It’s the champion linebacker country for the Raiders successful years.

Contact Vincent Bonsignore astatine vbonsignore@reviewjournal.com. Follow @VinnyBonsignore connected Twitter.