Early Predictions for Oakland Raiders’ 2015 Training Camp Battles

Training camp is still a couple of months away, but there are some anticipated positional battles to look forward to throughout the Oakland Raiders' offseason.

The offense has a lot more questions than the defense in terms of who gets the nod in starting positions. Acquisitions during free agency like Trent Richardson and Michael Crabtree stress the point that head coach Jack Del Rio isn’t going to just hand out starting positions to the younger talent on the team.

Del Rio and general manager Reggie McKenzie have been clear on their collective message heading into the offseason about competing amongst each other to bring out the best in each player in preparation for the season.

Who will emerge victorious from these fierce position battles? We’ll offer a tale of the tape and anticipate key pieces of the starting lineup.

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