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The latest rookie draft pick to get the call

in Balance Discussion Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:20 am
by laiyongcai92 • Farseer | 152 Posts | 1520 Points

is seventh rounder Marcell Ateman who has been brought up from the practice squad. His addition puts eight drafted rookies on the Raiders active roster. That’s the same number of original Raiders drafted players from every previous draft combined.That also means the only 2018 drafted rookie not on the Raiders active roster is 6th round linebacker Azeem Victor. He was waived in the first round of cuts and opted to sign onto the Buccaneers practice squad. Currently he is on the Seahawks practice squad.Ateman is the 8-man both in his number (88) and his spot on the Raiders active roster among his draft classmates. The others are Kolton Miller Rodney Hudson Jersey , PJ Hall, Brandon Parker, Arden Key, Nick Nelson, Maurice Hurst, and Johnny Townsend.The spot for Ateman opened up with the team trading former 4th overall pick Amari Cooper to Dallas for a 2019 first round pick.Along with Ateman, the team called up offensive lineman Denver Kirkland from the practice squad. They also added running back James Butler to the practice squad.Follow @LeviDamienIn one half of football with Bears, Khalil Mack destroys Packers Authentic Kelechi Osemele Jersey , takes Raiders soul We aren’t even a half of football into Khalil Mack’s career with the Chicago Bears and he has already proven he is worth every penny of what the Bears paid him.He came in on second down on the first series and immediately pushed right tackle Brian Bulaga back to crash the pocket. The next play, Bulaga held him, but the pass fell incomplete on third down and the Bears declined it to force the punt.Later on, Mack got more pressure on the outside, which forced Aaron Rodgers to step up and he was sacked by inside pressure (imagine that) and left the game with an apparent knee injury and was carted off the field.Eliminating the best player in the game who happens to be in your division? That’s a big win.A few plays later, he created a sack for Roquan Smith.Mack wasn’t going to be just the guy creating sacks for other though. The first drive with DeShone Kizer in for Rodgers ended like this:Mack got around the edge again and Kizer ran right to him, but taking the gimme sack wasn’t enough. He ripped the ball out of Kizer’s arms for the literal take-away.As a Raiders fan, you got used to seeing this kind of incredible play. Though it seems a lot of Raiders fans conveniently forgot that over the past week. If they were watching tonight Youth Reggie Nelson Jersey , they got a rude reminder. And so did Jon Gruden.That takeaway was reminiscent of the pick six he had at point blank range against Cam Newton and the Panthers in 2016. Oh speaking of pick six... HE HAD ONE OF THOSE TOO!I can’t wait to see what the second half of just this game brings. The Packers are up 17-0. Don’t tell me Mack can’t be a one-man wrecking crew. Screw your supposed 7 other players you could sign instead.I know, I know, “move on” right? Well, as long as Khalil Mack continues to...well, be Khalil Mack, he is not going to let the Raiders move on. We are 30 minutes into a long time Mack will remind the Raiders and Jon Gruden of just how stupid they were to trade him.Follow @LeviDamien

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