Players here on tryout basis
By Steve Corkran
Saturday, May 12th, 2012 at 12:38 pm in Oakland Raiders.
Half of the 60 players in attendance at the rookie mini camp are here on a tryout basis. Here is the complete list of those 30 hopefuls:
QB Drew Hubel (Portland State), K Austin Signor (Eastern Illinois), CB Jaquan Bryant (Marist), QB Matt Faulkner (San Jose State), RB Brandon Rutley (San Jose State), CB LeQuan Lewis (Arizona State), S Darius Prelow (Louisiana-Monroe), TE Michael Byrd (Winston Salem), S Chris Banjo (Southern Methodist), RB DD Kyles (Middle Tennessee), CB Corey Gatewood (Stanford), DE Darius Nall (Central Florida), LB-DE Larry Hart (Central Arkansas), S Devon Lewis-Buchanon (Louisiana-Lafayette), FB Tre’Shawn Robinson (Idaho), S Kevin Kroboth (Temple), TE Joey Haynos (Maryland), T Kevin Haslam (Rutgers), LB Cort Dennison (Washington), G Andrew Lanier (Virginia Tech), DT Ralph Guidry (Kansas State), C Davon Allen (Rice), WR Travionte Session (Nevada-Reno), WR Mordecai Smith (North Carolina State), DE Wayne Dorsey (Mississippi), LS Brian Heath (Sacramento State), T Richard Muldrow (Richmond), DE Marquis Frazier (Southern Methodist), TE Kyle Efaw (Boise State), K/P Eddy Carmona (Harding).
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May 12th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
Jerry McDonald@Jerrymcd
On the plus side, Raiders’ press has been freed from the `penalty box.’ Larger area in which to roam.
May 12th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Jerry McDonald@Jerrymcd
With his long-sleeved white shirt, angular, slender build and visor, Dennis Allen from a distance looks like . . . Lane Kiffin.
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No he didn’t
May 12th, 2012 at 12:55 pm
Not sure about any of these dudes, but hopefully the FB has some game to him.
May 12th, 2012 at 12:55 pm
If Al Davis was running the show the complaints would be loud and accusatory. Paranoia and dysfunction would be the operative words. It took these guys 10x as long to announce the UNDFA yet no one complained. No access to minicamp hardly a wimper. If Mr Davis did the same thing there would be an uproar……….I’m not complaining about the way they’re operating but I’m shocked no one else is whinning.
But as I said I have no problem with it I just think it’s as biased as I would’ve imagined.
May 12th, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Hopefully training camp will be different.
May 12th, 2012 at 1:03 pm
Didn’t we announce the guys we signed as UNDFA, the day after the draft?
May 12th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
yeah right! all it was speculation the org. never confirmed anything.
May 12th, 2012 at 1:06 pm
We have been talking about Marquette King for weeks, and he was signed as of May 10th, according to the Raider website.
May 12th, 2012 at 1:08 pm
Hows Lane doing on that Tosh show he’s got?
May 12th, 2012 at 1:08 pm
Well Corkran had a thread on April 28th, and everyone of those guys that were “speculated” to be signed, were.
So someone from the org spoon fed him so info, and gave him the green light to report it.
May 12th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
They didn’t confirm any UDFA until Thursday.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing Priest, but we will see how things go in training camp.
May 12th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
We signed 13 UDFA’s the website confirmed a couple of days ago. There was speculation of several players most eventually did sign but what took soo long?
All I’m saying is in the past if teh website didn’t confirm everything in a couple of days people complained of dysfunction and they know who they are.
I’m just highlighting the point that some people looked for every inkling of a reason to complian when Mr Davis was running it now the media is shut out of a rookie minicamp. There would be widespread whinning………….period
May 12th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
let’s get her done. I hope we have a lot to look forward to.
May 12th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Thanks TruRaider everyone else wants to play dumb.
May 12th, 2012 at 1:14 pm
I know alot of the UDFA tweeted about getting signed right after the draft, like King and some others
May 12th, 2012 at 1:16 pm
True, they didn’t confirm until Thursday.
However, the names have been out there for awhile.
Last year with the lockout, there were no UDFA to sign after the draft.
2010, it was the same thing. Jerry had a thread of “reported” signings, with a line at the bottom that the Raiders denied any of the signings, lol, and gave no info until the days before rookie mini-camp.
I hear what your saying, but I don’t remember much complaining about the timeliness of confirming undrafted signings in years past.
I certainly wasn’t.
May 12th, 2012 at 1:17 pm
Priesttj
Why are you whinning about nobody whinning. Just enjoy the moment.
May 12th, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Jason Tarver has already been interviewed.
I guarantee Tarver goes on the record more by the first week of the season, than Chuck B and John Marshall did the last 3 years combined (which is about 5 times).
May 12th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
Scintillating!
May 12th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
just making an observation…….thought it interesting.
May 12th, 2012 at 1:39 pm
I can see I hit a nerve………….adios!
May 12th, 2012 at 2:34 pm
I see Priests point. In addition to posts here i’ve seen media articles about the closed sessions and how it speaks to the ‘creepy, secretive world of Al Davis’.
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Adnan Puri
Alta Vista Sports:
“There seems to be (3) camps as to Al Davis:
1)-Al is a true legend. He wasn’t perfect but he always had the best interests of the org. at heart. In fact, he was on his way back. Draft genius til the day he died. Wasn’t his fault players didn’t perform.
2)-Al “stole” the Raiders from Wayne Valley. He was a miscreant from the start….pure evil. Any success Raiders had was due to the luck of having Ron Wolf and other advisors there to bail him out. A cruel, selfish dictatator, who in the end was a victim of dementia, as well as his ego in letting a once proud organization slip into non-relevance and mockery.
3)-Al was a great football mind. A true legend of the league who played an integral part in the NFL as it is today. 3 SB’s in 7 yr. span preceeded by numerous playoff appearances and division titles gave the Raiders the best winning percentage in sports history. Al’s main fault was stubbornly hanging on to total control of the org. when it was obvious the need was there to have others play more integral roles for the betterment of the org. In short, Al was/is a legend who kind of lost it in his final years.
Seems that everyone falls primarily into one of the above categories.”
May 12th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
DJ Johnny Says:
May 12th, 2012 at 2:34 pm
I see Priests point. In addition to posts here i’ve seen media articles about the closed sessions and how it speaks to the ‘creepy, secretive world of Al Davis’.
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Adnan Puri
Alta Vista Sports:
“There seems to be (3) camps as to Al Davis:
1)-Al is a true legend. He wasn’t perfect but he always had the best interests of the org. at heart. In fact, he was on his way back. Draft genius til the day he died. Wasn’t his fault players didn’t perform.
2)-Al “stole” the Raiders from Wayne Valley. He was a miscreant from the start….pure evil. Any success Raiders had was due to the luck of having Ron Wolf and other advisors there to bail him out. A cruel, selfish dictatator, who in the end was a victim of dementia, as well as his ego in letting a once proud organization slip into non-relevance and mockery.
3)-Al was a great football mind. A true legend of the league who played an integral part in the NFL as it is today. 3 SB’s in 7 yr. span preceeded by numerous playoff appearances and division titles gave the Raiders the best winning percentage in sports history. Al’s main fault was stubbornly hanging on to total control of the org. when it was obvious the need was there to have others play more integral roles for the betterment of the org. In short, Al was/is a legend who kind of lost it in his final years.
Seems that everyone falls primarily into one of the above categories.”
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4) the sooner Dennis Allen and Reggie McKenzie get to the playoffs and advance th e sooner we can move on from the above.
time to turn the page – the worst stretch of football in years was on exhibition from 2003-2007 and quite frankly beyond that stretch as well. The Niners nearly advanced to the SB and shamed every Raider fan with a gutsy performance and upset over the powerhouse N.Orleans Saints. And they did so with a punishing defense.
Enough about Al Davis. New legends MUST emerge.
May 12th, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Sam,
I like the MUST part.
So be it.
I fall into the # 3 category for the most part on Al.
May 12th, 2012 at 2:48 pm
It’s a nice thought to want to move on into the future and not talk about Al Davis anymore but it’s inevitable that he will continue to be blamed (by many) for years if the Raiders fail and there will also be those who attribute alot of the success for the “groundwork” laid by Al prior to his passing.
It’s just the way it is.
May 12th, 2012 at 3:08 pm
why would an undrafted rookie kicker or punter be here ?either they have no idea who our kickers are ,or its just something to do this weekend.of all the places to get a foot in the door this would be the last place i would go .seems like a waste of time for them
May 12th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
post 23 im 48 years old and i was a raider fan as long as i can remember as a kid he (Al Davis) had a big influence on me .he kinda guided me in life through his motto’s and character (just win )(commitment to excellence )(pride and poise )it was us against the world.they became more than just a saying it was a way of life .if you were a raider you were a friend no matter what color you were or where you grew up .some of us were born silver n black and some discovered it later one thing we all had in common we were always raider fans win or lose didnt matter but we never jumped the bandwagon .so as far as your 1.2.3.there is a number 4 WIN LOSE OR TIE SOME OF US ARE RAIDER FANS TILL WE DIE .true the last few years were tough but it didnt change a true fan
May 12th, 2012 at 3:43 pm
imaquaman Says:
May 12th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
“there is a number 4 WIN LOSE OR TIE SOME OF US ARE RAIDER FANS TILL WE DIE .”
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No “Fair Weather” fans in the Real Raider Nation!
May 14th, 2012 at 12:15 am
K/P Eddy Carmona (Harding) being tried out should be a sure sign to the anti-Lechler conspiracy theorists that Lechler is sure to fall down the elevator shaft at team HQ soon so the Raiders won’t have to pay his contract
and this Carmona could also be the kicker and easily do SeaBass one better and kick a 64 yarder. So he can really save a lot of money
to hell with Marquette what’s his name, Carmona is the man for the Raiders for the next decade
BOOK IT… even though it’s May, it’s never too early to book anything regarding the opening day roster for this year…or the next decade