Every NFL team has a core of players from its 53-man roster that it considers critical for success, and it isn’t necessarily the marquee names that get on the list.

The Raiders, in the second year of a rebuilding phase under general manager Reggie McKenzie and head coach Dennis Allen, have a large contingent of players that will have to fill critical roles for the team in 2013....

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