Brandon Facyson IR trip puts Raiders woefully thin at cornerback

Something will have to give here. Wednesday the Raiders placed Brandon Facyson on injured reserve, which means he will miss at least the first four games of the season. And leaving the Raiders in a precarious position at the position.

As of right now they have the three starters — Nate Hobbs, Jack Jones, and Jakorian Bennett — and rookie fourth round pick DeCamerion Richardson.

And that’s it.

Obviously that means one injury and they’re starting a fourth round rookie. Which is bad enough. But even if Richardson were a player they could trust to handle the job, it still leaves them with a real depth problem.

They would have the option of activating a cornerback from the practice squad each week until Facyson returns. Currently that cornerback would be Sam Webb. But that seems a tad ridiculous, especially considering so long as he is on the practice squad he is vulnerable to getting poached by another team.

I wouldn’t expect this situation to remain as it is now. I’d expect they will continue to seek to bring in a fifth cornerback.