When the Las Vegas Raiders had veteran CB Marcus Peters in for a visit back in May, they decided not to work him out. It turned out to be more of a get-acquainted situation, but the Raiders set their sights on signing Peters before training camp would commence in late July.
Marcus Peters Was in Better Physical Shape the Second Time Around
One of the reasons why Las Vegas decided to pass on signing Peters then was because they wanted to see him in a little better physical shape, a source said, which he clearly was when they worked him out recently. The team also worked out veteran CB Troy Hill on the same day they worked out Peters.
After the workout, Peters signed a one-year, $3 million contract with incentives (believed tied mostly to playing-time snaps) that pushes the deal to a maximum of $5 million, a source said.
Third-year CB Nate Hobbs, who lined up mainly inside as a rookie, played quite a bit on the outside last season due to necessity. Las Vegas was perhaps the least talented team on the outside at the position and lacked quality depth. The talented Hobbs was, thus, asked to move around and handled it well.
But even with Peters scheduled to start on the outside, it’s not a given that Hobbs will move back to playing inside full-time again.
To add to the position, the team signed former Rams CB David Long to a one-year, $1.5 million deal, but he only started 10 of the 52 games he appeared in over four years and never played in more than 47% of the defensive snaps in any of those seasons. Las Vegas also selected former University of Maryland CB Jakorian Bennett in the fourth round of this year’s draft, yet the team still lacks top-end talent at the position.
Hobbs missed six games last season due to a broken left hand and has yet to be cleared to practice in training camp due to getting hit in the face during a charity softball game before camp started last week.