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Getty Images The Raiders have signed 10 undrafted free agents, the team announced Friday. BYU tight end Matt Bushman, Notre Dame cornerback Shaun Crawford, Wisconsin running back Garrett Groshek, Duke offensive tackle Devery Hamilton, Stony Brook cornerback T.J. Morrison, Louisiana running...

Getty Images Many of the offseason events that were cancelled last season because of the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to be back this year and in-person rookie minicamps are on that list. Three teams will be welcoming draft picks, undrafted free agent signings, and tryout players to their...

Getty Images The Raiders signed free agent Marquel Harrell, the team announced Thursday. The offensive guard originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2020. He signed with the Bills a year ago. Harrell spent the 2020 virtual offseason with the Bills but did not make the roster...

Getty Images The Raiders have been heavily criticized for taking offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood with the 17th overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft. Leatherwood was widely regarded as a player who would still be available much later than 17th overall, which means the Raiders likely could have...

Getty Images The Raiders are signing free agent cornerback Casey Hayward to a one-year deal worth up to $4 million, NFL reporter Josina Anderson reports. It reunites Hayward with defensive coordinator Gus Bradley and defensive backs coach Ron Milus. The Chargers cut Hayward on March 13...

Getty Images The Raiders are releasing safety Jeff Heath on Wednesday, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. That will make Heath a free agent. Heath, who turns 30 this month, was the AFC Defensive Player of the Week in Week 10 last season when he made two interceptions in a victory over the...

Getty Images When the Ravens brought in tackle Alejandro Villanueva for a visit last month, word from Baltimore reporters was that the team was not expected to make a move until after the draft. Compensatory draft picks were central to that approach. The Ravens and other teams have prized the...

Getty Images The deadline for NFL teams to exercise their fifth-year contract options on 2018 first-round picks passed on Monday afternoon and 21 players had those options picked up. Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold is part of that group. Carolina traded for Darnold last month and announced...

USA TODAY Sports The new TB12’s experiences in Tampa surely have influenced the desire of Aaron Rodgers to find a new football team. The original TB12 has some thoughts on the matter. “With him being that upset shows me how weak he is,” Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw said Monday in an...

Getty Images The NFL had big plans for the first-ever Las Vegas draft in 2020. The pandemic had bigger plans. Next year, Vegas gets its turn as the home of the draft. Via Mick Akers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the head of the league’s live event production said that the NFL will revisit...

Getty Images We may still be waiting for the long-awaited showdown between Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes. When it comes to setting the 2021 schedule, the NFL can’t wait much longer before locking in the upcoming Packers-Chiefs game. As Peter King points out in his latest Football Morning...

Getty Images With the Packers and Aaron Rodgers at odds, the oddsmakers are getting nervous. The folks at PointsBet have removed from the board the 2021 over-under win totals for the Packers and the Broncos, the team most commonly linked to a Rodgers trade. The Raiders, also reported on...

Getty Images The unresolved contract situation involving Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was more of a symptom than a root cause of the lingering problems between player and team. However, the two parties had been negotiating a new deal. This implies that negotiations could have resulted in...

Getty Images The 49ers announced they waived defensive back Obi Melifonwu on Friday. The team signed Melifonwu on Jan. 4. The Raiders made Melifonwu a second-round choice out of Connecticut in 2017. His only five appearances with the team came his rookie season. He played two games with the...

Getty Images The flurry of trades continued in the second round at No. 43 overall. San Francisco originally had the pick, but dealt No. 43 and No. 230 to Las Vegas in exchange for No. 48 and No. 121. The Raiders chose another position of need with the 43rd selection, bringing in safety Trevon...

Getty Images The Raiders’ selection of Alabama offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood with the 17th pick in the 2021 NFL draft was widely viewed as one of the biggest reaches of the first round. Raiders General Manager Mike Mayock is fine with that. “We knew it would be controversial,” Mayock said...

Getty Images The Green Bay Packers say they’re not trading quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Just like multiple teams have said in the past, about multiple players who eventually were traded. If the Packers are going to trade Rodgers, it could make sense to process the transaction as a post-June 1...

Getty Images Raiders General Manager Mike Mayock didn’t need to wait for the reaction to the team’s first-round pick to come rolling in to know what it would be. Mayock told reporters he knew the selection of former Alabama tackle Alex Leatherwood would be “controversial” given the way most...

Getty Images There’s a buzz building in league circles regarding a possible trade that would send quarterback Aaron Rodgers from the Packers to the Broncos. And while it could indeed happen, nothing is currently going on. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, no negotiations are...

Getty Images The San Francisco 49ers selected quarterback Trey Lance with the third overall selection. Before doing so, they tried to use that pick plus more to acquire a veteran quarterback. Via Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports Bay Area, G.M. John Lynch admitted that the 49ers did indeed contact...