Broncos Trade Gerard Warren to Raiders

ALAMEDA, Calif. - Gerard Warren was dealt from Denver because he didn’t fit into the Broncos’ new defensive system. Warren Sapp doesn’t see how the former No. 3 overall pick fits onto the Oakland Raiders’ roster.

“I wouldn’t want to go to a team three weeks after their training camp and try to make their team, with my talent,” Sapp said. “I wouldn’t want to do that.”

Warren was acquired Monday for a conditional fifth-round pick in the first deal between the AFC West rivals since 1993. The Broncos only get the pick if Warren makes the Raiders’ roster.

Sapp said he didn’t see the need to add any defensive linemen, saying he was happy with the group that opened camp with the team and that he had a hard time seeing Warren make the team.

“My eight’s been here since I first walked in the door and I said, ‘There’s my eight.’ That’s what I’ve looked at and said, ‘There’s my eight, I can win with those eight,’” he said. “And he never came into that picture until I walked into the job this morning. I don’t see him cracking that eight. I don’t make personnel decisions around here, but I don’t see him cracking my eight.”