With the Raiders trading away Kirk Cousins to the Minnesota Vikings, Las Vegas had an open roster spot to fill. Shortly after the trade was made official, they made that move, signing DT Tim Keenan from their practice squad.
Keenan had been elevated and activated the past three weeks. That's the limit in terms of number of times they are allowed to do that before signing him to the roster. And with the roster spot opening up from the trade, it was the obvious move to make should they wish to play him again this season.
The rookie was selected by the Rams in the seventh round of this year's NFL Draft out of Alabama, but he didn't make the regular season roster out of camp and went on to sign on to the Raiders practice squad instead. The 6-2, 320-pound
nose tackle has seven combined tackles (two solo) with one for a loss, one sack, and one QB hit in three game appearances this season.
With Keenan's addition official, the Raiders then neede to fill his spot on the practice squad. For that they added veteran journeyman DT Chris Williams. The 6-2, 298-pounder has played in the NFL the past six seasons with the Colts, Bears, and Browns.
This article originally appeared on Raiders Wire: Raiders make signing to fill roster spot left from Kirk Cousins trade
