Safety Lamarcus Joyner is happy to be out of Las Vegas and happy to be playing safety again.
"I'm pretty sure the whole world knows that," he said. "I made that known. I'm so happy it's over and I'm here with coach Saleh right now."
Joyner said he didn't have a beef with Raiders coach Jon Gruden, but he didn't like being used as a nickelback, which suggests he didn't see eye-to-eye with former defensive coordinator Paul Guenther. The Raiders cut him with two years remaining on his contract.
Saleh didn't know much about Joyner, but he heard good things about him from his previous boss, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan. Joyner played in the NFC West as a safety for the Los Angeles Rams, so Shanahan became familiar with his game.
In Saleh's defense, Joyner will be the traditional single-high safety, Marcus Maye's natural position. It will be interesting to see how that works out.
"I'm pretty sure the whole world knows that," he said. "I made that known. I'm so happy it's over and I'm here with coach Saleh right now."
Joyner said he didn't have a beef with Raiders coach Jon Gruden, but he didn't like being used as a nickelback, which suggests he didn't see eye-to-eye with former defensive coordinator Paul Guenther. The Raiders cut him with two years remaining on his contract.
Saleh didn't know much about Joyner, but he heard good things about him from his previous boss, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan. Joyner played in the NFC West as a safety for the Los Angeles Rams, so Shanahan became familiar with his game.
In Saleh's defense, Joyner will be the traditional single-high safety, Marcus Maye's natural position. It will be interesting to see how that works out.