2016 Oakland Raiders season

2016 Oakland Raiders season
Owner	Mark Davis
Head coach	Jack Del Rio
Home field	O.co Coliseum
Uniform
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The 2016 Oakland Raiders season will be the franchise's upcoming 47th season in the National Football League, the 57th overall and the second under head coach Jack Del Rio.

The Raiders' lease on O.co Coliseum expired after the 2013 season; the team had spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons in the Coliseum on year-to-year leases and the team has not yet signed an agreement to return to the Coliseum for 2016. The franchise was subject to a possible relocation to Los Angeles, and the Raiders' 2016 season could have been the first in Los Angeles since 1994, depending on the results of the league's vote on January 12, 2016. On January 4, 2016, the team filed a formal relocation application, along with the San Diego Chargers, which was competing against a separate proposal by the St. Louis Rams (now the Los Angeles Rams) to move to the Los Angeles area. The Raiders, despite earning the support of the Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities, did not receive enough support from the league as a whole for the relocation and withdrew its request to relocate to Los Angeles on January 12 after the Rams' proposal received a simple majority of votes.

The team also scouted the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas as another potential relocation candidate in late 2014, before it began focusing on its failed Carson stadium proposal. More recently, team officials began conversing with officials from Las Vegas, Nevada regarding a potential future relocation there; in January 2016, Raiders owner Mark Davis met with Sheldon Adelson (Las Vegas Sands owner and CEO) about a proposed $1 billion, 65,000 capacity domed stadium. Las Vegas would not be viable in the short term as it would be a long term one (If the team were to move there); since the largest existing stadium in Nevada (Sam Boyd Stadium) holds less than 40,000 seats, far below the league's minimum for a stadium to have 50,000 seats. If the team were to stay in Oakland for 2016, they could sign another short-term extension with the Coliseum or sub-lease Levi's Stadium from the San Francisco 49ers. Davis is, as of February 2016, pursuing another one-year extension of the lease on the Coliseum.

Draft

Main article: 2016 NFL draft

2016 Oakland Raiders Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	14
2	44
3	75
4	TBD
5	TBD
5	TBD
6	TBD
7	TBD

Notes

• The Raiders traded wide receiver Brice Butler and their sixth-round selection to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for the Cowboys' fifth-round selection. The selection swap will only occur if Butler is on the Cowboys' 2015 53-man roster for six games.
• The Raiders acquired an additional sixth-round selection in a trade that sent linebacker Sio Moore to the Indianapolis Colts.
• Exact numbers of the selections from rounds 4–7 will be determined when compensatory selections are awarded at the NFL's annual spring owners' meetings in March.

Staff

Las Vegas Raiders staff

	Front office Owner – Mark and Carol Davis President – Sandra Douglass Morgan General manager – Tom Telesco Assistant general manager – Champ Kelly Senior vice president/director of football administration – Tom Delaney VP, football research and development – David Christoff Senior director of player personnel – JoJo Wooden Director of football systems – Brad Goldsberry Director of college scouting – Brandon Yeargan Assistant director of pro scouting – Ben Chester Senior personnel advisor – Shaun Herock Senior national scouts – Lenny McGill, Dujuan Daniels, Andy Dengler Head coaches Head coach – Antonio Pierce Assistant head coach – Marvin Lewis Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator - Scott Turner Senior advisor – Norv Turner Offensive line – Joe Philbin Quarterbacks – Vacant Assistant quarterbacks – Fred Walker Running backs – Cadillac Williams Wide receivers – Edgar Bennett Tight ends – Luke Steckel Assistant tight ends – Mitch Singler Offensive assistant – De'Andre Pierce Assistant offense – Tim Zetts Game management – Matt Sheldon			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Patrick Graham Senior defensive assistant – Rob Ryan Defensive line – Rob Leonard Linebackers/run game coordinator – Mike Caldwell Assistant linebackers – Marcus Lewis Cornerbacks – Ricky Manning Safeties – Gerald Alexander Assistant defensive backs – Matt Feeney Pass rush specialist – Andre Carter Assistant defense – Josh Phillips Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Tom McMahon Assistant special teams – Kade Rannings Assistant special teams – Derius Swinton II Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – A. J. Neibel Strength and conditioning assistant – D'Anthony Batiste Strength and conditioning assistant – Deuce Gruden Strength and conditioning assistant – Rick Slate → Coaching staff → Front office → More NFL staffs

Current roster

Las Vegas Raiders roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 15 Gardner Minshew 10 Desmond Ridder Running backs (RB)  8 Ameer Abdullah 23 Dylan Laube 22 Alexander Mattison  3 Zamir White Wide receivers (WR) 81 Alex Bachman 82 Ramel Keyton 16 Jakobi Meyers 11 Tre Tucker 19 D. J. Turner Tight ends (TE) 89 Brock Bowers 84 Harrison Bryant 88 Justin Shorter

Offensive linemen (OL) 71 Delmar Glaze RT 68 Andre James C 61 Jordan Meredith RG 74 Kolton Miller LT 77 Thayer Munford RT 66 Dylan Parham RG 75 Andrus Peat LT 58 Jackson Powers-Johnson LG 65 Cody Whitehair LG Defensive linemen (DL) 69 Adam Butler DT 91 Matthew Butler DT 93 Zachary Carter DT 44 K'Lavon Chaisson DE 98 Maxx Crosby DE 95 John Jenkins DT 96 Jonah Laulu DT 97 Janarius Robinson DE 49 Charles Snowden DE  9 Tyree Wilson DE

Linebackers (LB) 56 Amari Burney OLB  5 Divine Deablo OLB 45 Tommy Eichenberg OLB 53 Amari Gainer MLB 43 Kana'i Mauga OLB 41 Robert Spillane MLB Defensive backs (DB)  0 Jakorian Bennett CB 34 Thomas Harper SS 39 Nate Hobbs CB 30 Darnay Holmes CB 18 Jack Jones CB  7 Trevon Moehrig FS 20 Isaiah Pola-Mao FS 25 Decamerion Richardson CB 29 Chris Smith II SS 37 Trey Taylor FS 27 Sam Webb CB Special teams 50 Jacob Bobenmoyer LS  2 Daniel Carlson K  6 AJ Cole P

Practice squad 55 David Agoha DE (IPP) 72 Gottlieb Ayedze T 14 Carter Bradley QB 26 MJ Devonshire CB 85 Cole Fotheringham TE  4 Jalen Guyton WR 36 Kyu Blu Kelly CB 54 Blake Lynch MLB 80 Terrace Marshall Jr. WR 32 Tyreik McAllister WR 52 Marquan McCall NT 28 Sincere McCormick RB 67 Will Putnam C 86 John Samuel Shenker TE 78 Dalton Wagner RT 48 Trevon Wesco TE 83 Kristian Wilkerson WR Reserve  1 Marcus Epps SS (IR) 80 Jeff Foreman WR (IR) 60 Tomari Fox DT (IR) 63 Jake Johanning G (IR) 51 Malcolm Koonce DE (IR) 59 Luke Masterson OLB (IR) 87 Michael Mayer TE (NF-Ill.) 12 Aidan O'Connell QB (IR) 94 Christian Wilkins DT (IR) As of November 4, 2024. Rookies in italics. 53 active, 9 reserve, 16 practice squad (+1 exempt) Roster Depth chart Transactions

Schedule

Preseason

The Raiders' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

Regular season

2016 opponents

On February 5, the NFL announced that the Raiders will play host to the Houston Texans at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. The game will occur during Week 11 on November 21, and will be televised by ESPN. It will be the first-ever Monday night game to be played outside of the United States.

The remainder of the Raiders' 2016 schedule, with exact dates and times, will be finalized and announced in the spring. Listed below are the Raiders' opponents for 2016:

Category	Home	Away
Division opponents (AFC West)	Denver Broncos Kansas City Chiefs San Diego Chargers
Conference opponents (AFC South)	Houston Texans (in Mexico City) Indianapolis Colts	Jacksonville Jaguars Tennessee Titans
Conference opponents (based on 2015 division placement)	Buffalo Bills	Baltimore Ravens
Interconference opponents (NFC South)	Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers	New Orleans Saints Tampa Bay Buccaneers

External links

• Official website