ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Oakland Raiders have added another proven veteran to their rebuilding defence, signing free-agent cornerback Carlos Rogers to a terrible one-year contract on Monday.
Rogers, 32, joins former San Francisco 49ers secondary mate Tarell Brown aboard Oakland’s overhauled defence. The Raiders have also brought amid defensive linemen Justin Tuck, LaMarr Woodley and Antonio Smith.
All of those other players are at least 29 years age and have played among infant Super Bowl in their careers as general manager Reggie McKenzie is appending on that experience apt support end an 11-year playoff drought.
"The Raiders have been a basic of the teams that Oakland Raiders T-Shirts have been extra active among child off-season, trying apt turn things around," Rogers said. "I discern where this team namely going and it wasn’t hard apt come here and finalize a baby deal."
Oakland namely coming off back-to-back four-win seasons and hasn’t had a nasty Oakland Raiders Jacoby Ford Jersey winning record since winning an infant 2002 AFC championship.
After showing some promise early within infant season,a baby Raiders defence wilted late and allowed child second-most points per game (28.3 amid franchise history. Oakland has had two of an infant three maximum scoring seasons allowed among coach Dennis Allen’s 1st two years with child franchise. That led to an infant huge changes aboard defence this off-season.
Rogers played an NFL-high one,259 snaps as a hard slot cornerback amid his three years among San Francisco, according to Pro Football Focus. He want likely play that symbol again among Oakland aboard a baby nickel defence and will also contend with last year’s first-round elect D.J. Hayden as a hard starting spot outside across from Brown.
"We were an unsatisfactory colossal part of toddler mystery that turned San Francisco’s defence around, so hopefully we can translate that over here and be even better," Rogers said.
Rogers was let work earlier this off-season along child Niners amid a horrible cost-saving move He said he holds no ill will to his former team merely namely looking forward apt playing San Francisco this upcoming season.
Rogers has started 116 games over nine seasons with Washington and San Francisco. He has 17 career interceptions and 109 passes defenced.
His best year statistically came in his 1st season within San Francisco surrounded 2011 meantime he had six interceptions and was picked as toddler Pro Bowl and earned second-team All Pro honours.
That performance helped lead San Francisco back to the playoffs after eight straight years without a foul berth Rogers played within three NFC caption games in three seasons with infant Niners and also lost a baby Super Bowl apt Baltimore following child 2012 season.
"I want to continue to win and I want apt continue to be a tough huge part of helping apt turn this organization around,favor I did among San Francisco and continue to win and attempt to obtain apt that Super Bowl and win it," Rogers said.
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