The Seahawks were unable to find a trade partner regarding Sidney Jones in advance of Tuesday’s deadline. As a result, they made the unsurprising move of waiving the veteran corner. 
Jones has since gone through waivers unclaimed, leaving him free to sign with any club. One team has already been named as a potential suitor; Vincent Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal tweets that the 26-year-old can be expected to be “a person of interest” for the Raiders. Confirming this notion, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the AFC West team is expected to sign him (Twitter link).
Jones was expected to remain a starter for Seattle this season, but the CB position has reaped plenty of rewards from the team’s youth movement. Rookies Tariq Woolen and Coby Bryant have locked down first-team roles, while Jones has only made three appearances so far. That played a role in Seattle making him available in advance of the trade deadline, but no buyers were willing to take on even the small financial cost by claiming him off waivers.
Cornerback has been a position in flux this year for Vegas. The Raiders added Anthony Averett in free agency, and traded for Rock Ya-Sin before shipping out Trayvon Mullen. They then made a pair of in-season additions by signing veteran Nickell Robey-Coleman and claiming former UDFA Javelin Guidry off waivers. Those moves came with Averett on IR; he has since returned for the past three games.
Even with that positive development, Jones would be likelier to carve out a consistent role with the Raiders than he had with the Seahawks. Entering today’s slate of games, Vegas ranked 25th in the league against the pass, allowing an average of over 258 yards per game through the air. Another veteran addition therefore comes as little surprise as the team looks to rebound from another loss endured via a blown lead.
I hope Sidney can block, The Raiders offensive line looked like an old Benny Hill chase scene today. Snapping the ball and wondering who to block while Carr was strategically off on his throws. Josh McDaniels is looking like another Bill Belichick protege destined to beg his way back to New England.
Also like to point out that Raiders DC Patrick Graham could be coaching the ’85 Bears D and give up a 28 point lead. This team has so much talent and is so soft. Chandler Jones is clearly laughing as he checks his bank account.
I thought Ryan Neal got released for a sec when I saw the pic
Can he Coach ?
He wouldn’t even be able to need to coach all that great to be better than McDaniels.
That is a photo of Ryan Neal.