The 2026 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be announced Thursday night.
Unlike recent years, there aren’t any finalists will spent the majority of their careers with the Raiders. However, there are some finalists that did don the Silver and Black. They are senior nominee candidate, running abck Roger Craig and modern-day finalist, tight end Jason Witten. Let’s look at their time with the Raiders as they hope to join the gold-jacket fraternity.
Roger Craig:
Craig joined the Los Angeles Raiders in 1991 after starring for the San Francisco 49ers for eight years. He played for the Raiders for one seas before spending the final two seasons of his career with the Minnesota Vikings. If Craig makes the Hall of Fame, of course, it will be because of his vital role on the 49ers’ championship teams. But he did contribute for the Raiders as he was a teammate of Hall of Fame running back Marcus Allen. Craig started 13 games for the Raiders and he had 590 yards and 17 catches for the Raiders, who went 9-7.
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Jason Witten:
The star tight end will always be remembered as a hue part of the Dallas Cowboys, where he established himself as one of the best players at his position of all time for 16 seasons. In 2020, Raiders’ coach Jon Gruden was pumped to sign Witten for one final NFL season. Witten played in all 16 games with seven starts. He had just 13 catches (by far a career low), but Witten was an important leader and helped the locker room stay focused during the strange events of the COVID season.
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