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This team had the rug pulled out from under it before the season even started. The air was sucked out of the building with the trade of Khalil Mack to Chicago and they never caught their breath. Now six games into the season Authentic Donald Penn Jersey , the exodus has begun.Players have begun finding their way out of Oakland and the team is doing their best to oblige. First Derrick Johnson requested and was granted his release. If you’ll remember correctly, he came to Oakland talking of championship aspirations. A few games in he was on the bench of one of the worst defenses in the league, watching this team go nowhere.Just prior to that game, reports had the Raiders shopping Amari Cooper. Gruden denied he was shopping him, adding that Cooper was going to be a big part of the Raiders’ offense going forward. A week later, as the team comes out of its bye week, Amari Cooper is traded to the Cowboys and a few hours later a groin injury that was thought to have Marshawn Lynch miss a month http://www.raidersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-p.j.-hall-jersey , became a trip to injured reserve.It turns out Cooper wanted to be traded, according to Marcus Thompson of The Athletic. Coop shares an agent with Khalil Mack. The thinking is that Joel Segal and Cooper saw the writing on the wall that the former Pro Bowl receiver would suffer the same fate as Mack when it came time to get an extension. That along with the crumbled morale of the locker room and the clear and present signs of a major rebuild meant the 24-year-old wanted out.Like fleeing a sinking ship. There is expected to be more exits before long. Former top pick Karl Joseph looks like the most obvious trade bait. But from the sounds of things, there are plenty of unhappy Raiders to choose from right now.Just after the ugly 27-3 loss to the Seahawks in London, the first thing out of Bruce Irvin’s mouth before being asked a question was “We lost but I got a beautiful wife to go home to.” A statement that seemed somewhat odd, even for Irvin, but it makes more sense with that same report from Thompson.Hope that Gruden would deliver on his promise to bring championship football to Oakland before the team bolted for Las Vegas was lost with Mack’s ouster. Since then faith in Derek Carr has also been lost.Those are harsh words, but they are hard to argue. His 2016 season is looking more and more like an anomaly that took place at just the right time to get him his big extension. Every other season of his career Gareon Conley Jersey , he has shown an utter lack of poise; dancing around, throwing off his back foot, not leading his receivers on deep balls, etc.Gruden has said Carr is safe. Sure, he said Mack would be signed and that he was not shopping Coop and that he was going to be a big part of the Raiders offense too, but it appears he does intend to hold onto Carr... at least for now.After the season, anything goes. And which way he goes will probably depend heavily on how the rest of this season goes down.Follow @LeviDamienCan the Raiders defense still get the job done this year despite losing their best player? Make no mistake Youth Derek Carrier Jersey , trading Khalil Mack was the dumbest move in Raiders franchise history. It’s like Lawrence Taylor, Reggie White or Derrick Thomas getting traded while in their respective primes. Sure, you can talk about how statistically bad the Oakland Raiders defense has been with Mack but in 2016, the Raiders went 12-4 because Mack made plays to seal games after quarterback Derek Carr threw game-winning touchdown passes. But now the question is do the Raiders have enough on defense to win now?Well, with Jon Gruden coaching a healthy Derek Carr and his fully loaded offense, they might. But of course, Carr has to stay healthy and that means 2018 1st-round pick Kolton Miller has to protect Carr’s blind side well but that’s for another article. A lot of things that are on the if side for the defense have to go the Raiders’ way for them to win now. Interior rushIt all starts with P.J. Hall and Maurice Hurst as every defense needs an interior pass-rush. Mack overcame a lack of an interior rush and secondary to become 2016 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. But this year http://www.raidersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-mike-nugent-jersey , the Raiders just might have that much-needed interior rush. Hurst is the highest graded college interior defensive lineman in Pro Football Focus’ brief history and Hall is a 6’1”, 310-pound, 4.7 40 running, 750-pound squatting athletic freak. Both have looked the part over the course of their first training camp and preseason too. Bruce Irvin and Arden KeyBruce Irvin is a great football player as shown by his landing at No. 85 on the NFL Top-100 list. He can cover, play the run, and rush the passer but he hasn’t proven he can be a primary edge-rusher. He looked like he was going to be that guy with eight sacks his rookie season. But he has yet to reach 10 sacks in his seven years and barely got back to eight again last year. However, Irvin did show he is capable with six sacks in the second half of last season.Arden Key’s talent rushing off the edge rivaled Myles Garrett’s in college in 2016. But off-the-field stuff and injuries got in the way in 2017 so he dropped to the third round. He obviously needs to show the talent that got him 12.0 sacks for LSU in 2016. Key didn’t play much this preseason but did flash it when he did. If Hall and Hurst answer the interior-rush question Frostee Rucker Jersey , Irvin and Key don’t have to be as great as Mack to produce on the edges.The secondaryThe secondary should improve this year with the addition of cornerback Rashaan Melvin to play on the other side of Gareon Conley. Melvin ranked third last season with 23.6 percent of his targeted passes defensed or intercepted according to Pro Football Focus. Gruden brought in a few vets that aren’t impressive so how the Raiders secondary plays will depend mainly on the emergence of Conley and safety Karl Joseph.As two of the last three 1st-round picks for the Raiders, that talent needs to show up. If they don’t, look for Gruden replace general manager Reggie McKenzie’s picks with more undistinguished veterans. The good news is they’re both healthy now and have looked pretty good this preseason. But if they start is even a question now as Gruden is playing his games with the lineup.Bottom line Of course, the way to replace a talent like Mack is to make the defense better overall. But whether or not the Raiders have done that to this point is anyone’s guess. Most of the free agents added to the defense are average and it looks like the players they drafted for it are good. Then you have defensive coordinator Paul Guenther, known for his blitzing schemes and keeping the point total of his opposition down as the HUGE upgrade to Ken Norton Jr. But But every great defense needs that one guy every offense has to account for. The Raiders do have a few young guys on that defense that could emerge into one of those guys.But since Gruden and Carr are leading the offense, the Raiders don’t need a statistically great defense. They just have to make plays to protect the lead Carr gets them late games.Who’s going to do that in Mack’s absence? That’s the team’s biggest question.We hope to have an answer after the Raiders face the Rams Monday.