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Between the signings of older veterans like and and the trades for and , Jon Gruden's first offseason back in charge of the was . Though the Raiders will likely never Jamal Crawford Jersey admit that they erred in so many of their acquisitions a year ago, their actions this offseason indicate they understand that mistakes were made.On Thursday, the Raiders released both Nelson and McCarron after one season. We have released QB AJ McCarron and WR Jordy Nelson.More Oakland Raiders (@Raiders) The Raiders after even though there were concerns about his explosivene Tyler Johnson Jersey s. He ended up catching 63 pa ses for 739 yards and three touchdowns, which isn't a terrible stat line for a 33-year-old receiver, but it wasn't enough to turn the Raiders into a competitive team.Given his age and decline in production, it was always likely that the Raiders would try to upgrade at receiver in the offseason, which is what they did when and What's confusing is that not only did Gruden say in December that Nelson would be back, the Raiders also gave him a $3.6 million bonus at the time. find one other team this decade that guarantees roster bonuses early like that, much le s for players who clearly needed upgrading. its bush league, burning mark davis Keven Durant Jersey money because they can. Gregg Rosenthal (@greggrosenthal) As for McCarron, he departs Oakland after attempting three pa ses. In September, , who sat behind for four seasons in Cincinnati and failed to beat out in the ' quarterback competition last season. Speaking of Peterman, , . A fifth-round pick isn't significant, but that doesn't make it wise to throw away Jeff Green Jersey a fifth-round pick for a backup-caliber quarterback, especially after the team already , who Bryant caught 19 pa ses for 266 yards with the Raiders.Despite their awful 2018 offseason, the Raiders are in a position to rectify their mistakes. After dealing away and , the Raiders own three first-round picks. They traded for Brown and signed Williams to provide with upgrades at receiver. They to help protect Carr, a quarterback who struggles mightily under pre sure. They to shore up the back-end of Julius Erving Jersey their defense. Plenty of work remains. We can't fully grade the moves they've made this week until years down the line. But so far, they've made more promising moves than the ones they made a year ago. That might not be saying much, but it's still progre s.