Raiders address front seven in draft: The Raiders spent four draft picks on the defense: San Diego State linebacker Miles Burris, Penn State defensive end Jack Crawford, Georgia State defensive end Christo Bilukidi and Penn State linebacker Nathan Stupar. Also recently, the team saw safety Tyvon Branch sign his one-year franchise tender, meaning that he's back for 2012. (Updated 05/09/2012)
Injury Report
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Fantasy Analysis
The rookie additions will provide depth but the Branch news is the most important here. The Raiders' secondary could be in for some long games given that they've signed three new corners (Shawntae Spencer, Ronald Bartell and Pat Lee) to go with their young ballhawks. There might not be a quality defender in the bunch. Tack on a run defense that still doesn't look to be improved, and teams might romp on the Raiders. Even with gobs of potential from their kick and punt return units, the Raiders DST has fallen out of consideration for a draft pick in Fantasy formats. (Updated 05/09/2012).
