Raiders with ‘wait and see’ approach to secondary Cheap Customized Oakland Raiders Jerseys , perhaps even with who will start Among the areas of this newly revamped Raiders team that has been hard to get a bead on is the secondary. Safety has been a carousel this offseason and the cornerbacks may not be as set as some might think either. “We are going to have to wait and see,” Gruden said of expected starters Gareon Conley and Rashaan Melvin. “I mean we played the Rams week two of the preseason. You would think we’d know about them, they would know about us but all of our starters on both teams were wearing sweat suits.”It’s interesting Gruden mentions that second preseason game against the Rams because the lineup for that game may prove to be rather telling. Gruden said all of his starters were sitting. And yet the cornerbacks who started for the Raiders in that game were Gareon Conley and Rashaan Melvin while the starting safeties were last year’s starting duo of Reggie Nelson and Karl Joseph. Could that have been a way of saying those four may not actually be the Raiders starters for the season?You know who did sit for that game? Daryl Worley and Leon Hall. Gruden said he sat Hall because they had seen what he could do in the slot, suggesting he won’t be one of the two outside corners. But could it have been the plan at that time was for Worley to be a season opening starter?It was four days later that the Raiders signed Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, which suggests it wasn’t until then that the Raiders were notified Worley would be suspended the first four games of the season.Adding to the suspense here is the feeling from Vic Tafur of The Athletic that the Raiders liked Daryl Worley over Conley and that even with Worley not an option for week one the team could start Rodgers-Cromartie in the opener. Keep in mind Melvin was one of the few expected starters to take the field both against the Rams and in the preseason finale in Seattle, leaving his status unclear as well.Gruden wasn’t letting on about who will take the field first Monday night, saying only that he is “excited” to see Conley Womens Kolton Miller Jersey , Melvin, and Rodgers-Cromartie, and “can’t wait” to see Leon Hall. Adding “I’m not going to make any predictions.”He mentioned Nick Nelson only to say that Hall is here to show the rookie “what it’s supposed to look like” to play that slot at the NFL level.As for the safety spots, it was Marcus Gilchrist who was listed as the starter over Reggie Nelson on the first depth chart and after Gruden crowed about Erik Harris all offseason, he could be the starter ahead of Karl Joseph.I’m sure there’s a bit of gamesmanship happening here on Gruden’s part. With a team that has yet to take the field, it’s best to keep the Rams guessing and force them to prepare for all possibilities. Though if it there were a clearcut favorite at any of those spots, we would probably know by now.Follow @LeviDamien After trading Amari Cooper to the Cowboys yesterday http://www.oaklandraidersteamonline.com/p.j.-hall-jersey , the Raiders are clearly open for business, doing whatever they can to acquire assets to improve the team down the road. And Jason La Canfora reports that the market is heating up for one Raiders player in particular.We know that Patrick Peterson has requested a trade from the Cardinals, and though New Orleans was the former LSU Tiger’s preferred destination, the Saints earlier today traded for Eli Apple from the Giants, so that ship appears to have sailed. But cornerback is certainly the new hotness this week, and many teams that consider themselves contenders are looking to upgrade at that spot.If the Raiders are going to trade Conley, they had better get a sweet deal for him. Young shutdown corners are difficult to come by Authentic Marcus Gilchrist Jersey , and the Raiders haven’t had one in many years. To give up on Conley so quickly (when he is finally healthy) would seem to be a rash decision, but he either fits the defensive scheme or he doesn’t. If he doesn’t, and the coaching staff doesn’t have the confidence that he can adapt, then he may be better off elsewhere. But losing a young corner of Conley’s caliber would certainly sting.Oakland’s best bet would be to get several teams into a bidding war for Conley like they did for Amari Cooper. His price got driven up much higher than his real value, but Conley’s value as a potential top corner is far higher than that, especially to a team hurting for secondary players like the Steelers. The Eagles may want to pair Conley with Sidney Jones for the future, and the Patriots would want Conley across from Stephon Gilmore.Any potential Patrick Peterson trade could affect the market Womens Mike Nugent Jersey , but Peterson is all All-World corner and return man who will require a higher price than Conley, so a team looking for a value play may well try to work with Oakland over Arizona. Let’s see who wants to do business.