Plunkett’s Status on Roster Is Tenuous

The Raiders will cut their roster to 60 today while everyone waits to see what happens to Jim Plunkett.

Assuming that Hilger and Marc Wilson hold the 1-2 slots, will the Raiders keep a 39-year-old No. 3?

“Usually, when you have a third quarterback, he’s a young guy,” Coach Tom Flores said Monday. “Someone who has a chance to be something in three-four years.”

Is there any assurance the Raiders will even keep three quarterbacks?

“It really is hard to go with three,” said Flores. “We really don’t have a commitment to going with three.”

New best bet: Plunkett to start the season on injured reserve.

For the Raiders, the good news was that they kept a right guard--Bill Lewis--healthy through an entire game. The bad news is that they lost right tackle Shelby Jordan, who suffered a tear in his right triceps. Jordan underwent tests Monday but is considered more week to week than day to day.

The Raiders traded Willard Goff, a defensive tackle who got into only one of their three exhibitions, to the 49ers for a draft choice, presumably on a round in double figures. Why the 49ers would trade anything for a player certain to be cut is something you’ll have to ask them, but they have Jeff Stover holding out.