Greg Wesley, who stated in May that, “he was done,” with the Kansas City Chiefs, is now done with the Oakland Raiders.

 The 30-year old safety that signed with the Silver & Black in July attempted to compete for a back-up spot, but his inability to get on the practice field, conditioning and the availability of Adam Archuleta made him expendable.

 Archuleta’s signing was posted on the official Raiders web site today, and terms of the contract are reportedly the same as the safety that he will be replacing.

 Should Archuleta make the 53-man roster, he will stand to make $730,000.

 During a media session earlier today, head coach Lane Kiffin stated about Wesley’s status, “I don’t know that yet. He did move around well today.”

 Upon arriving to Oakland, Wesley raved about the direction of the team and commented on why he stayed in the AFC West. “With some of the transactions they made this year. Some of the players they got coming back. I feel that they will be a pretty good team this year.”

 As for Archuleta, the Raiders may take a look at him at strong side linebacker, a position they’ve been trying to solidify the last few seasons after finding stand outs Kirk Morrison and Thomas Howard in back-to-back drafts. 

 Oakland has used the often-injured Sam Williams and spot starter Robert Thomas in recent years at that position. This summer, special teams ace Ricky Brown has made a push atop the depth chart, but it is uncertain whether or not they will hand over the job to the inexperienced defender.

 Archuleta played linebacker in college, but has spent the majority of his pro career at safety while at St. Louis, Washington and Chicago.

 He played well under Lovie Smith in his early years as a Ram, and in 2005, he was a sought after free agent, eventually signing with Washington, for one of the richest deals ever given to a safety at that time (6-years for $30 million with a $10 million bonus).

 The Redskins traded Archuleta to Chicago after one campaign – reuniting him with Smith – for a sixth round draft choice. But after an uneventful and disappointing season in 2007 in which he started 10 of the first 11 games of the season prior to injuring his hand, the Bears released him.

 Archuleta has started 86 of his 103 contests since entering the NFL as the 20^th overall selection in the 2001 draft, compiling 423 solo tackles and four interceptions.

 He is known to be a solid tackler, but his struggles in coverage have been his downfall in recent years. At 5’11” and 215 pounds, it will be interesting to see how Archuleta plays in alignments where he is close to the line of scrimmage in run support and where he wont be asked to be the last line of defense in pass coverage down the field.

Over the last two days at Napa, our on the site reporter has been able to snag some quotes from players and visitors at the Oakland Raiders training facility. First year Raider DeAngelo Hall and recently acquired Greg Wesley talked about the secondary; while Jake Grove summed up his chances at earning a starting nod. Jim Fassell also dropped in on an invite from head coach Lane Kiffin.

 DeAngelo Hall on Michael Huff…

 I like him. The place I trained at when I came out of college, Mike went there a couple of years later.

 

I got a chance to meet him when we were first coming out. I liked the guy then, I like the guy now. I can’t wait to get on the field with him, help him become a better player. And hopefully he can do the same for me.

 Jim Fassell on his visit…

 I came ‘cause Lane invited me to come. Very nice of him and I appreciate that. My son is here and I know all the people here.

Greg Wesley on his new home…

 That’s the NFL for yah. Guys switch teams all the time and I’m just looking forward to playing with the Raiders.

 On staying in the AFC west and his decision to stay within the division…

 No doubt, that was one of my reasons to making the choice of the Raiders.

 And also, with some of the transactions they made this year. Some of the players they got coming back. I feel that they will be a pretty good team this year.

 On what he will bring to the Raiders…

 I bring the physical part, tough part, everything. I’m going to try to make this an intimidating defense. 

Jake Grove on his chances of starting at center…

 I don’t know. I’m planning on starting, well see what happens. I feel if I go out there and do what I can do, then I don’t think it will be a problem, I think I’ll start.

According to the NFL Network’s Adam Schefter, the Oakland Raiders signed safety Greg Wesley to a one-year contract.

The Raiders confirmed the signing Tuesday night on Raiders.com.

The Kansas City Chiefs let Wesley go last week after losing his back-up job to rookie DaJuan Morgan during spring practices. Wesley reportedly visited the Silver & Black on Sunday prior to landing the deal.

Chiefs President Carl Peterson had excused Wesley in June from mandatory sessions as they tried to trade him, but they eventually found no suitors for the 30-year old who stated he was “done with the Chiefs” in May.

In a story published by the Kansas City Star, Wesley stated, “We all know I’m not in their plans, so why are they holding me? They’ve had more than a year to trade me.”

He was scheduled to make $2.8 million this season.

The nine-year pro was drafted by the Chiefs the third round of the NFL draft back in 2000, and has been a fixture of the Kansas City secondary since, compiling 592 tackles during that span with 6-sacks and 29-interceptions.

In Oakland he will compete for a back-up job with the likes of Jarrod Cooper, Tyvon Branch, John Bowie, Rashad Baker, Darrick Brown and Michael Waddell.

UPDATED:

The one-year deal is believed to be worth $730,000.