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Cheap Hunter Renfrow Jersey , the Raiders defensive rookies got the first Raider Film Room treatment. Today it’s the rookies on offense who will get reviewed. The offense sputtered at times without Derek..." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesSilver And Black Pride homepageHorizontal - WhiteSilver And Black Pridean Oakland Raiders communityFollow Silver And Black Pride online:Follow Silver And Black Pride on TwitterFollow Silver And Black Pride on FacebookLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchSilver And Black Pride main menuFanpostsFanshotsRaidersOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Raiders StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Raiders NewsYahoo Raiders Team PageYahoo Raiders ReportYahoo Raiders Depth ChartYahoo Raiders TransactionsYahoo Raiders PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Raiders Film Room: Rookie offensive players in their preseason debutNew,16commentsPDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:Raiders Film Room: Rookie offensive players in their preseason debutTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailPhoto by Robert Reiners/Getty ImagesAfter preseason week 1, the Raiders defensive rookies got the first Raider Film Room treatment. Today it’s the rookies on offense who will get reviewed. The offense sputtered at times without Derek Carr and the starting offensive line. There were some great plays made by veterans like JJ Nelson, Ryan Grant, and DeAndre Washington which is what they should do as veterans going up against mostly the Rams backups and young players.The rookies on offense didn’t make as big of an impact as the rookies on defense but they gained valuable game reps that will aid in their development. Not all of these rookies are a lock to make the final roster however, lets see how they performed against the Rams.Hunter RenfrowRenfrow only had one target that went for an incompletion in tight coverage. Renfrow truthers fret not; reports from practice indicate that he has been taking most of his reps with the first team offense and he might not have the same rapport with Glennon or Peterman. This incompletion however against Rams rookie Taylor Rapp shows the area where Renfrow has the most questions surrounding his game; the ability to make tough catches in physical coverage. There were a few instances however where Renfrow was wide open but the ball didn’t come his way. Renfrow sits in the soft area against cover 6 (weak safety roll) but Glennon goes to his primary read towards the passing strength and never sees him on what could have been an easy first down.Renfrow’s production didn’t excite but his effort can’t be questioned. Here he is in a tight split blocking down on an edge defender on a run play. Who does this guy think he is? Anyway he does enough here to spring the runner free to get one on one against the cornerback. Football fans regardless of their allegiance must respect Renfrow’s willingness to mix it up on this play.Foster MoreauMoreau came into the Raiders as a project. A guy who got very little targets in college but performed near the top of every combine test for Tight Ends at the combine. His athleticism could be a plus for the Raiders offense as an inline tight end who can run down the seam. He makes his only catch of the game on this “Y-Cross” but he is unable to convert it into a first down.Moreau has been frequently named as a strong run blocker but his college film showed more missed blocks than anything. He’s still a work in progress in this area. On this outside zone play he does a good job latching onto the edge player and initially driving his man outside. He is unable to finish the block however and the defender disengages and gets in on the tackle. This will get only more difficult when he goes against starters during the regular season.Alec IngoldUndfrafted free agent fullback Alec Ingold was a safety valve for both quarterbacks throughout the game. His chops as a receiver might come as a surprise to some but being the only fullback invited to the NFL Scouting Combine in Spring suggests his athleticism and ball skills are better than your average undrafted fullback. He hauled in 4 catches during his first NFL game action. Gotta love the way he fights for extra yards at the end of this catch.Ingold isn’t a lock to make the final roster ahead of incumbent FB Keith Smith who returns to practice this week after missing time due to a training injury. While Ingold might immediately look better as a pass catcher than Smith, his work as a lead blocker left something to be desired last Saturday. Here he is one-on-one against a defender in the hole. He hits the defender with his weight too far forward and sticks his feet in the ground instead of driving through contact. In the NFL making a block requires near perfect technique and Ingold is way off at this point.Keelan DossAlameda native Keelan Doss gained a lot of buzz amongst followers of the NFL draft due to his dominance at UC Davis and his advanced route running. Ultimately he went undrafted likely because he played against a lower level of competition. Doss made some great plays in this game including the only Raiders receiving touchdown. He uses an outside jab step to make the CB jump outside and honor the threat of the goal-line fade before breaking inside on a quick slant for a TD. His concentration to shield the defender from the ball and look in the catch into his hands are great for him to put on film in what will be a tough fight for the final receiver spot on the roster.Doss also had this first down reception off a play action pass. He is essentially schemed open here but does a good job selling the run and forcing a tough read for number 31 who can’t get to him before he makes the first down.Other players not mentionedUndrafted offensive linemen Lester Cotton Sr., Andre James, and Tyler Roemer also got plenty of game action. Until the All-22 is released its difficult to tell exactly how well they did or didn’t do. The TV copy of the game doesn’t show much to get excited about for these players however. They might have to hope they latch onto the practice squad after final cuts come later this month.Jon Gruden says he ‘had nothing to do with’ negotiations with Khalil Mack but Raiders not ‘anywhere close’ to what Bears offered A day after the Raiders made the decision to ship off the best defensive player they’ve drafted in two decades, Jon Gruden was set to take to the podium to explain why. There were a few reasons given for trading Khalil Mack. Mostly it had to do with what the Raiders were willing to pay Mack wasn’t enough. But the Bears also made it interesting with their offer in trade.“The negotiation was what it was. It was tough. It was a long process,” said Gruden. “We talked about it daily, we made an offer, I don’t think we were anywhere close to where the Bears were and the Bears made us an offer of what we thought was really unique. Very, very tough to say goodbye to a great player, but here we are today.”The Bears gave Mack a 6-year extension that pays him an averaged of $23.5 million per season. Early reports this offseason had Mack’s people asking for $22 million Josh Jacobs Oakland Raiders Jersey , but clearly that changed when Aaron Donald got his $22.5 million deal.The main parts of the deal were two first round picks to Oakland for Mack and a second round pick. Why there was a second round pick in there along with Mack is anyone’s guess. But despite having just said “We talked about it daily, we made an offer” and coming in on a 10-year $100 million contract to have his hands on everything to do with this squad swears he said had nothing to do with the negotiations or the details of the trade.“I’m not gonna get into the negotiation,” said Gruden. “Reggie and Tom Delaney and the people that were negotiating were involved in that. I know there’s maybe some feelings that I was involved on a day-to-day negotiation, I had nothing to do with it. We were at a standoff. Something had to happen and here we are.”There were options instead of making this trade right now. They could have waited to see if Mack reported and force him to play out his contract or at least wait a while to get that deal. From there, there was the franchise tag which they had at their disposal to be used twice. That would ensure Mack were still with the team for the next three years at least. But Gruden says he didn’t see that scenario playing out well.“We have waited. We waited and waited and the Rams game was looming,” said Gruden. “Our feeling was he was not going to report anytime soon and like I said, I saw the Redskins go through it with Kirk Cousins, this long process. You can wait it out, you can franchise him, you can force him to play, but we made a decision and we’re going to stand by it.”Gruden also said his thought process was that had he waited until next offseason to make this deal, the Raiders wouldn’t have gotten two first round picks. Which, technically, they didn’t even get that free and clear considering they had to include a second round pick as well.As for why the Raiders didn’t give Mack an extension, he deferred to the salary cap and unforeseen future spending and “a salary of that magnitude” Josh Jacobs Oakland Raiders Jersey , adding that it’s hard to pay Derek Carr his contract as well as what Khalil Mack wanted. “I don’t know how many teams have done that,” Gruden said of paying top dollar money for two players. “Aaron Donald got signed, they don’t have a quarterback that has been redone yet. The Bears made this trade, Trubisky’s still on his rookie deal. It’s tough when you have two players that are the highest paid or close to the highest paid at their positions. So, the economic part of it certainly weighs in. We’ve got free agents on our team that are gonna be [up] next year. We gotta find a way to bring them back. So you got to field a 53-man roster and there are some implications of having two players making that much money. That’s not mystery to anybody.”For what it’s worth, the 49ers were also said to be interested in trading for Mack and they just paid Jimmy Garroppolo big money this offseason.What that big money would be is another story. Carr’s only actual $25 million season is this year. He’s also not the highest paid QB in the league, he’s the 6th highest paid, and his cap amount next year — when Mack’s extension would kick in — drops to $22.5 million and continues to drop in subsequent years. The Bears didn’t add anything to Mack’s $13.8 million cap hit this year in how they structured his deal, but had the Raiders done that (They had over $8 million to play with) they could lower his cap number in future seasons as well putting the combined number between Mack and Carr around $40 million per season, which isn’t unreasonable.But, that’s neither here nor there now. The Raiders were unwilling to pay whatever it would have costed to keep Mack and preferred future draft picks instead.Now the Raiders must go into this season without their best defensive player and nothing to show for it until next year. And even then, we won’t see the fruits of that trade for a couple years. Despite promises they would do their damndest to win in Oakland before they split for Vegas in 2020.“It’s tough,” Gruden said of fielding the best possible team right away. “It wasn’t my goal to trade Khalil when we got here. One of the reasons I’m here is because of him.”That was one of the reasons Raiders fans wanted Gruden here as well. To hopefully take a cornerstone piece like Mack and bring this team to the next level. Now that celebrated 2014 draft upon which this team is built has lost a major piece of its foundation. And it could take a while to rebuild it.Follow @LeviDamien