Richard Seymour News

On the Chop Talk podcast a few weeks ago , SB Nation's Oakland Raiders blogger said the AFC West is about the Raiders, San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos .

In the past few posts, I've looked at the Raiders defense using some statistical analysis.

Observation from the Raiders' OTA day on Tuesday: Oakland is opening up its OTA days with a four-man defensive front.

In the coming weeks the Raiders will enter their offseason OTA's and minicamp practices.

After Darren McFadden you could easily argue that the most valuable man on Oakland's roster is Tyvon Branch .

A few days ago a member of the Bay Area News Group sat down and interviewed Dennis Allen on a handful of topics including McFadden's health, Terrell Pryor's status and most importantly the Raiders possibilities for running a 3-4. After the draft one of the questions that I had was why the Raiders passed on a few nose tackle prospects.

Strapped with only five picks, the Raiders were able to find some value in the middle rounds.