Search results

Getty Images The Raiders have defensive end Maxx Crosby back on the active roster. Crosby was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on August 6, but multiple reporters viewing Friday’s work at training camp report that he is on the field for the practice session. That leaves running back Rod...

Getty Images The Raiders made a pair of veteran additions to their wide receiver group in 2019 and neither one went exactly as planned. Antonio Brown was the spectacular flameout. He never played a game with the team, but caused plenty of drama related to his helmet and frozen feet. Tyrell...

Getty Images Las Vegas head coach Jon Gruden is excited by the prospect of what wide receiver Nelson Agholor will bring to the Raiders this season now that he’s out of the wringer of Philadelphia. Agholor was a frequent target of criticism during his time with the Eagles after being the 20th...

Getty Images Josh Jacobs had an impressive rookie year for the Raiders in 2019 and he’s set his sights on doing even more during his second season with the team. Jacobs caught 20 passes while racking up 1,150 rushing yards last year and he caught 48 passes over three seasons at Alabama, but he...

Getty Images Defensive tackle P.J. Hall‘s set to continue his playing career in Houston. Hall’s agents announced on Thursday morning that their client is signing with the Texans. Hall visited with the team earlier in the week. Landing with the Texans would end a bumpy stretch for Hall. The...

Getty Images Raiders wide receiver Tyrell Williams is glad not to be on Hard Knocks again this year. Williams said he didn’t really grasp how big a distraction the reality TV cameras were last training camp until this year, when he has realized it’s a lot easier to focus on the task at hand...

Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports The Raiders have gone 4-12 and 7-9 in Jon Gruden’s first two years as head coach, but Raiders owner Mark Davis remains optimistic. Davis said he believes the wins are going to come, and that’s because it’s Year 3 of quarterback Derek Carr working in Gruden’s...

Jay Biggerstaff/USA TODAY Sports Defensive tackle P.J. Hall took a visit to Houston as he looks for a home for the 2020 season. Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports that Hall paid the Texans a visit on Tuesday. Hall was a member of the Raiders when August began, but was traded to the...

Getty Images Every NFL player is motivated. Some are more motivated than others. So who are the most motivated for 2020? That topic was the subject of Monday’s PFT Live draft. Simms and I drafted three each and discussed several others. Feel free to discuss the wisdom of our selections and to...

Getty Images It’s going to take some time before the black and silver No. 82 looks right on Jason Witten. Or maybe it never will. Witten, 38, played 16 seasons with the Cowboys, leaving his mark on the team record book. He retired after the 2017 season to go into the broadcast booth and...

Getty Images Raiders quarterback Derek Carr is tired of being disrespected. Raiders radio analyst Lincoln Kennedy is tired of hearing Derek Carr saying he’s tired of being disrespected. Appearing on CBS Sports Radio with Zach Gelb, Kennedy reacted to Carr’s recently display of frustration...

Getty Images The Raiders put a pair of players on the reserve/COVID-19 list Thursday. Per the league’s transaction wire, the Raiders placed defensive end Maxx Crosby and running back Rod Smith on the list. Teams aren’t allowed to specify which, but the list is for players who either test...

Getty Images Raiders coach Jon Gruden does not have COVID-19, but his players were led to believe he did. According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, the Raiders logged into a Zoom team meeting expecting to be addressed by Gruden, only to hear from assistant head coach and special teams...

Getty Images The Browns made Austin Hooper the highest-paid tight end in the NFL during free agency and drafted Harrison Bryant in the fourth round. It prompted former first-rounder David Njoku, uncertain of his role, to request a trade. Njoku since has declared he’s “all Cleveland,” and the...

Getty Images Well, that didn’t last long. Two days after officially signing running back Jeremy Hill, the Raiders have cut Hill, Vic Tafur of TheAthletic.com reports. Hill has not played since tearing his ACL while with the Patriots in the 2018 season opener. That was his debut for New...

Getty Images Raiders linebacker Ukeme Eligwe is the latest player to opt out of the 2020 season. Eligwe was listed on the NFL’s transaction wire today as having opted out because of COVID-19 concerns. All NFL players have the option not to play this season because of the pandemic. Those who...

Getty Images The Raiders saw enough from defensive tackle P.J. Hall in two years to know they whiffed on making him a second-round choice. They thought they had something in return for Hall, sending him to Minnesota on Monday for a conditional seventh-round choice. But Hall failed his physical...

Getty Images Lynn Bowden did a little bit of everything on offense while he was at Kentucky and it looks like the Raiders are going to try to tap into his versatility as well. Bowden was listed as a running back after the Raiders drafted him in the third round in April, but he closed his...

Getty Images On Tuesday, we posted an item based on Raiders quarterback Derek Carr claiming that he is tired of being disrespected. The seventh-year quarterback had plenty more to say during his Tuesday sun’s-out-guns-out media availability. “I played better last year than I did in 2016,” Carr...

Getty Images So much for that. . . . The Raiders traded defensive tackle P.J. Hall to the Vikings on Monday for a conditional seventh-round pick. But Hall failed his physical with the Vikings on Tuesday, so he reverts back to the Raiders. The Raiders are expected to cut Hall, whom they...