Who Will Catch JaMarcus Russell's Passes in Oakland?

In the book Pro Football Prospectus, of which I am a co-author, we try to predict the stats for every quarterback, running back, receiver and tight end in the league. To do that accurately, we have to know what role those players will play on their teams. And the Oakland Raiders present a particularly challenging case, because it's nearly impossible to figure out who's going to be catching the passes in Oakland.

Yesterday the Oakland Raiders signed Travis Taylor, adding him to a receiving corps that already had Ronald Curry, Jerry Porter, Alvis Whitted, Mike Williams, Doug Gabriel, Johnnie Morant and rookies Johnnie Lee Higgins and Johnathan Holland. Does anyone have a clue who's going to start out of that group? For that matter, do we know the starter on the Oakland Raiders' crowded depth chart at tight end?

I think Curry will earn one of the starting jobs, and I guess Porter is probably the favorite for the other one, and rookie tight end Zach Miller seems like a possibility to start as well, but does anyone really have any idea? The Oakland Raiders used the first overall pick on JaMarcus Russell, and he should be developing a rapport with his receivers. But which receivers?

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