Oakland Raiders: Predicting The Team’s Final 53-Man Roster

Special Teams (3)

Long Snapper – Jon Condo

Kicker – Sebastian Janikowski

Punter – Marquette King

No real drama, surprise, or intrigue here. These positions have already been locked up for a good, long while.

Going into his eighteenth season in the league, Sebastian Janikowski is still looking strong. The only sign of his age catching up to him is in his field goal percentage from 50 plus yards out.

Janikowski used to have, hands down, the strongest leg in the league. Even from 50, Janikowski was nearly automatic – or at least, he was very, very good. Last season though, he struggled from deep, hitting on just three of eight attempts.

Overall though, his accuracy improved over his 2015 showing, hitting on 83 percent of his attempts. Just in case Janikowski falters this season though, the Raiders have Giorgio Tavecchio waiting in the wings. Again.

Tavecchio, the Cal product, who’s been a camp leg for the team over the last few seasons, could possibly be the heir apparent to Janikowski whenever he decides to retire – or, given that this is the final year on his contract, the team decides for him.

Jon Condo has spent the last decade being the team’s long snapper and its his steady hand that has helped punters like Shane Lechler and Marquette King to thrive the way they have.

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And speaking of King – he’s the league’s most colorful punter, but more than that, he’s one of the league’s best punters. Yeah, he might be a bit of a clown at times, but there is no question that he’s deadly on the field.

King’s 48.6 yards per punt last season was second in the league, his 43.6 net yards per punt was sixth, and his 34 punts inside the 20 were tied for fifth-best in the league.

King may get under people’s skin – yeah, we’re looking at you Travis Kelce – but he’s having a good time and is a sort of special teams weapon on par Lechler and Ray Guy.