The unofficially licensed Raiders depth chart

By Anthony Carroll  |   Tuesday, July 31, 2007  |  Comments( 27 )

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The Oakland Raiders' official team Web site, Raiders.com, has made some major upgrades over the past half-year.

You can now print pictures of your favorite ex-Raiders (i.e. Grant Irons) and color them with the crayons of your choice. You can check the weekly blogs to see if third-year safety Stuart Schweigert has finally gotten his kitchen re-tiled. Or, if you so desire, you can take a look at the extensive team roster to study the grossly overestimated heights and weights of players currently on the team. It's a one-stop path to hours of fun.

Perhaps the most useful, practical and journalist-friendly aspect of the site, though, has been removed since its major upgrade.

The team's official depth chart no longer exists. At least not for the public eye.

If you remember, it was around this time last offseason that the ole' reliable Raiders.com depth chart was the talk of the town. The controversial grid box listed Alvis Whitted as the team's second go-to guy at wide receiver; it placed a blank box ahead of fellow wideout Jerry Porter's name, making him the team's sixth receiver; and it positioned safety Derrick Gibson ahead of then-first-round rookie Michael Huff.

Seventeen weeks and 14 losses later, only the Gibson-Huff blunder was fixed. Whitted was still No. 2, and Porter was still being outperformed by a box of air.

Unfortunately, the excitement from the Art Shell depth chart era no longer exists.

Fans are left with just a new coach, a strong-armed rookie quarterback and an overhauled offense.

Because Raiders.com is seemingly content with posting no depth chart for fans to criticize, here is Oakland's unofficial 53-man depth chart for the 2007 season:

Offense:

QB: Josh McCown/JaMarcus Russell/Andrew Walter
FB: Justin Griffith/Zack Crockett
HB: LaMont Jordan/Michael Bush/Dominic Rhodes
TE: Zach Miller/John Madsen
WR1: Jerry Porter/Mike Williams
WR2: Ronald Curry/Johnnie Lee Higgins
WR3: Travis Taylor/Doug Gabriel
LT: Barry Sims/Cornell Green
LG: Robert Gallery/Paul McQuistan
C: Jeremy Newberry/Jake Grove/Chris Morris
RG: Cooper Carlisle/Kevin Boothe
RT: Mario Henderson/Chad Slaughter

Defense:

LDE: Derrick Burgess/Quentin Moses
RDE: Kevin Huntley/Tyler Brayton/Jay Richardson
LDT: Warren Sapp/Anttaj Hawthorne
RDT: Terdell Sands/Tommy Kelly
SLB: Sam Williams/Kyle Shotwell
MLB: Kirk Morrison/Robert Thomas
WLB: Thomas Howard/Isaiah Kacyvenski
LCB: Nnamdi Asomugha/Stanford Routt
RCB: Fabian Washington/John Bowie
SS: Donovin Darius/Eric Frampton
FS: Michael Huff/Stuart Schweigert

Special Teams:

PK: Sebastian Janikowski
P: Shane Lechler
PR: Johnnie Lee Higgins/Chris Carr
KR: Chris Carr/Johnnie Lee Higgins

Anthony Carroll, a senior writer for RealFootball365.com, can be contacted at acarroll@realfootball365.com
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Anthony Carroll began writing for RealFootball365.com on Sept. 26, 2005, making him one of the longest tenured contributors to the “365” team. As a senior writer, Anthony has taken on the task of delivering original content to the silver and black faithful year round, despite having to deal...
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