[Ben E Lou]

Jackson holds at 64/64. {wipes sweat from brow}

In other news...

Rnd 1 - Harry Snyder, CB, Virginia--34/66-->40/69
Rnd 2 - Grayson Amey, WR, Vanderbilt--19/22-->22/28
Rnd 3 - Zion Matthews, OLB, Vanderbilt--10/25-->12/20
Rnd 4 - Nicolas Woolley, DE, Miami, Ohio--15/29-->20/36
Rnd 5 - Scott Bookas, S, Colorado State--13/27-->14/21
Rnd 6 - Ralph Gallo, C, Northwestern St., La.--13/37--16/31
Rnd 7 - Fred Fries, RB, Alabama St.--14/23-->15/22

Starting LT Jared Veldheer tears a biceps muscle in the last game of the preseason and is on the IR for the season.

Here's what we look like heading into the regular season:

  Player                #   Pos   Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntrct 
James, Erick            4   QB    QB    2    36                61                3 yrs
McFadden, Darren        20  RB    RB    8    53                53                2 yrs
Reece, Marcel           45  FB    FB    7    71                71                3 yrs
Davis, Kellen           82  TE    TE    8    45                45                1 yr.
Jackson, DeSean         87  FL    FL    8    64                64                3 yrs
Garrett, Caleb          84  SE    SE    2    70                70                3 yrs
Smith, Willie           78  LT    LT    5    52                52                4 yrs
Turner, Robert          73  LG    LG    8    59                59                3 yrs
Wisniewski, Stefen      61  C     C     5    62                62                5 yrs
McQuistan, Paul         72  RG    RG    10   59                59                3 yrs
Gordon, Thomas          70  LT    RT    3    21                27                1 yr.
Wootton, Corey          97  LDE   LDE   6    59                59                3 yrs
Evans, Fred             98  NT    NT    9    59                59                2 yrs
Houston, Lamarr         99  RDE   RDE   6    54                54                4 yrs
Hughes, Jerry           93  SLB   SLB   6    47                47                4 yrs
Burris, Miles           56  SILB  SILB  4    59                59                3 yrs
Robertson, Craig        50  WILB  WILB  4    47                47                2 yrs
Moore, Sio              55  WLB   WLB   3    31                31                2 yrs
Hayden, D.J.            25  LCB   LCB   3    75                75                2 yrs
Snyder, Harry           38  RCB   RCB   1    41                69                4 yrs
Clemons, Chris          40  SS    SS    7    46                46                4 yrs
Sanford, Jamarca        44  FS    FS    7    36                36                2 yrs
Amey, Grayson           88  SE          1    22                28                4 yrs
Gallo, Ralph            58  C           1    16                31                4 yrs
Woolley, Nicolas        95  LDE         1    21                36                4 yrs
Matthews, Zion          52  WLB         1    13                20                4 yrs
Flowers, Brandon        39  LCB         8    47                47                3 yrs
Mathis, Jamie           89  TE          2    41                48                3 yrs
Howe, Corey             75  RDE         2    27                36                3 yrs
Bettis, Chance          21  FS          2    23                28                3 yrs
Janikowski, Sebastian   11  K           16   67                67                2 yrs
Jones, Donnie           1   P           12   46                46                2 yrs
McCown, Luke            9   QB          12   39                39                2 yrs
Ellerbe, Dannell        94  WILB        7    36                36                2 yrs
Streater, Rod           80  FL          4    36                36                2 yrs
Moore, Denarius         17  FL          5    42                42                2 yrs
McGee, Stacy            92  NT          3    29                32                2 yrs
Butler, Brice           19  SE          3    38                38                2 yrs
Murray, Latavius        34  RB          3    26                26                2 yrs
Bradford, Sam           7   QB          6    18                26                1 yr.
Straub, Jamal           59  LS          3    15                15                1 yr.
Talley, Tony            24  FB          3    38                38                1 yr.
Fuller, Aaron           35  RB          1    26                32                1 yr.
Van Pelt, Rusty         83  FL          1    13                22                1 yr.
Ahanotu, Asher          69  RG          1    18                28                1 yr.
Wallace, Abel           30  SS          1    11                16                1 yr.
##Stone, Keith          47  RB          2    25                29                3 yrs
##Fokou, Moise          54  SILB        7    28                28                2 yrs
##Carrington, Alex      74  RDE         6    22                22                2 yrs
##Watson, Menelik       71  RT          3    53                53                2 yrs
##Nix, Lucas            76  RG          4    46                46                2 yrs
##Reynaud, Darius       37  RB          7    16                16                1 yr.
##Crawford, Jack        91  RDE         4    26                26                1 yr.
%%Veldheer, Jared       68  LT          6    44                44                2 yrs
   
$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,  
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.  
   
Players Under Contract: 54
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46
   
Salary Cap: $128,600,000
Cap Room: $1,560,000
Maximum for New Player: $1,980,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $12,770,000
   
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $570,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $128,690,000

It would appear that the Erick James era is about to begin in Oakland. We have a young QB, talented receivers, and a solid-looking defense. The roster rating has us in the middle of the pack.