Last week the Raiders did a nifty bit of roster movement that seemed confusing at first glance, but made a lot more sense with a little closer inspection. It all led to today when they elevated TE Carter Runyon to the active roster today, making him available Week 10 against the Seahawks.
Runyon had been on injured reserve for the first few weeks of the season. He returned to practice several weeks ago, giving him a 21-day window be activated or be placed on injured reserve and be lost for the season. On the deadline day, they activated him and, in somewhat of a surprise, released WR Cody White.
Then the next day, they cut Runyon and re-signed White, which was like 'Wait, what?'.
This was all done so that they could have Runyon available right
away. Had they just released him off of injured reserve, it would have been with an injury settlement and he would have to be gone for at least three weeks with that settlement. So, they activated him, cut him, re-signed him to the practice squad, and elevated him today. Slick.
Runyon plays a decent bit of tight end, but he should see most of his work on special teams in this game.
This article originally appeared on Raiders Wire: Raiders elevate TE who was part of recent nifty roster flip vs Seahawks
