Richard Seymour News

May 11, 2013; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders head coach Dennis Allen addresses the media in a press conference during rookie minicamp at the Raiders team headquarters.

Saturday marked the second day of the Raiders three-day rookie mini camp. It also represented the only day of the three that the media were permitted to get a look at the team's 10 draft picks, 14 undrafted free agent signees and handful of first-year players.

Oct 21, 2012; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders defensive tackle Richard Seymour reacts after the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at O.co Coliseum.

The Raiders selected 10 players in the NFL draft in late April. On Thursday, those players received their jersey numbers in advance of the rookie mini camp this weekend.

The Atlanta Falcons are on the verge of winning their first Super Bowl championship this season, but they still need a veteran presence who knows what it takes get the Lombardi trophy.

The Oakland Raiders entered the 2013 NFL Draft with defensive line being one of their biggest areas of need.

Earlier Tuesday we looked at Oakland free-agent defensive lineman Richard Seymour and if he could return to the Raiders.

Big names are scarce on the free agent market at this point in the offseason, but multiple All-Pro mentions mean that defensive tackle Richard Seymour certainly qualifies.

With the departures of Desmond Bryant, Richard Seymour and Tommy Kelly, Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Lamarr Houston will enter training camp as the elder statesman of the Raiders front seven.

Can Tyler Wilson become the second rookie in as many years to seize the starting quarterback job from Matt Flynn ? For the second-straight year, Matt Flynn is the offseason starter for an unfamiliar team and has a rookie named Wilson vying for his starting gig.

Quality is important, but the Raiders needed quantity even more. Oakland came into the draft with seven picks, having dealt its second- and fifth-rounders in trades for Carson Palmer and Aaron Curry - neither of whom is still with the team.

Going into the NFL draft, nearly every analyst said one thing was certain: the Raiders needed to draft a defensive lineman to shore up their most obvious weakness.

Oakland took McGee 205th overall with a compensatory pick. The Raiders previously selected tight ends Nick Kasa and Mychal Rivera and running back Latavius Murray in the sixth round.

Houston cornerback D.J. Hayden, drafted 12th overall in the first round by the Oakland Raiders in the 2013 NFL draft.

While the lack of depth at the quarterback position makes the 2013 NFL draft class appear far weaker than last year's, the strength at surrounding positions more than makes up for it.

The Raiders are in the midst of 10 straight losing seasons. Part of that drought owes to their failure to select impact players in the first round of the NFL draft the past 10 years.

They have a top-10 pick again, this time the third overall, their highest since using the first pick on JaMarcus Russell in 2007.

The 2013 NFL draft is approaching fast , and the excitement surrounding where the top college stars will land in the first round has the football world buzzing.

Al Davis ran the Oakland Raiders his way for decades, but when Reggie McKenzie was hired things had to change.

For seven straight years starting in 2004, the Oakland Raiders had a top 10 pick in the NFL draft only to end up disappointed in the outcome.