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Getty Images The Raiders could have gone a lot of ways with the 17th overall choice. They chose to help their offensive line, which has gone a makeover this offseason. Las Vegas selected Alabama offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood. The Raiders saw the departures of center Rodney Hudson, tackle...

Getty Images Aaron Rodgers reportedly wants out. The Packers aren’t prepared to make that happen. G.M. Brian Gutekunst told reporters after the first round of the draft that the Packers will not be trading Rodgers. Gutekunst also said that he believes Rodgers will play for the Packers again...

Getty Images Hoooo-boy. You want a juicy rumor? You’re getting one. It’s believed that the 49ers offered the No. 3 overall pick, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, other players, plus draft picks to the Green Bay Packers for quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Bill Michaels started the fire, attributing the...

Getty Images Aaron Rodgers wants out of Green Bay. If he is indeed traded — which a source told PFT is a possibility for this weekend — where could he end up? Two likely destinations would appear to be the Broncos or Raiders. There are several key factors. A native of California, Rodgers...

Getty Images When news surfaced this afternoon that the 49ers offered the third overall pick to the Packers for Aaron Rodgers, it wasn’t news to Rodgers. Rodgers knew about the offer. And wanted the Packers to take it. A league source tells PFT that Rodgers wanted the Packers to take the...

Getty Images Kicker Daniel Carlson is officially back with Las Vegas. Carlson signed his restricted free agent tender Thursday, per the transaction wire. The Raiders tendered him at the second-round level back in March, essentially guaranteeing he would remain with the franchise. Carlson was...

Getty Images The Las Vegas Raiders are coming off an 8-8 season under head coach Jon Gruden in 2020. The team missed the NFL playoffs for the 17th time out of the past 18 seasons. Quarterback Derek Carr finished the year with 4,103 passing yards, 27 touchdowns and nine interceptions. Running...

Getty Images As the 2021 draft looms, the biggest NFL story of the past six weeks has taken a back seat. It possibly won’t stay there. There’s still a scenario in which the Texans trade quarterback Deshaun Watson before, during, or immediately after the draft. The door swings open to a trade...

Getty Images No college football program has ever churned out wide receiver talent like Alabama has in the last two years. Last year Alabama became the first team ever to have two first-round wide receivers in the Top 15 picks in the same draft: The Raiders took Alabama receiver Henry Ruggs...

Getty Images NFL teams will be adding first-round picks to their roster this week and some of them will then turn their attention to first-round picks from 2018. Fifth-year contract options for players selected in the first round that year need to be exercised by May 3 and some teams have...

Getty Images The Raiders have signed free agent Carson Williams, the team announced Monday. The tight end joins the Raiders for his first NFL season. He played basketball for two years at Northern Kentucky in 2016-17 before transferring to Western Kentucky for his remaining three collegiate...

Getty Images There are two potential explanations for the sudden rash of reports regarding a potential Julio Jones trade. One, Peter King had it initially and exclusively in Football Morning in America and others used it as a springboard for their own reporting (without crediting King). Two...

Getty Images Mike Davis, who had a nine-year NFL career, has died, the Raiders announced Sunday. He was 65. “The Raiders Family is deeply saddened by the passing of Mike Davis,” the team said in a statement. “Mike made one of the most famous plays in franchise history, the ‘Red Right 88′...

USA TODAY Sports A week from today, Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond will have his name associated with an NFL team. For now, neither he nor anyone else knows the team that will select him or the round in which he’ll go. There’s a chance your favorite team will end up taking him. There’s an...

Getty Images In 1987, the Raiders took a seventh-round flier on Bo Jackson. It paid off. Eight years later, the Raiders took a similar chance with a sixth-round pick. It didn’t pan out. In researching potential selections for Friday’s PFT Live draft regarding the biggest “holy crap” moments in...

Getty Images The 49ers made it official Friday, announcing they have signed defensive linemen Maurice Hurst and Arden Key to one-year deals. The Raiders cut Hurst and Key last week, and both paid visits to Santa Clara earlier this week. The Raiders selected Hurst in the fifth round of the...

Getty Images The 49ers came to terms with former Raiders defensive lineman Arden Key on Wednesday. Former Raiders defensive lineman Maurice Hurst is following Key to Santa Clara. Hurst announced Thursday he has come to terms with the 49ers. “49ers Let’s Go to Work!! This defense is about to...

Getty Images The Raiders used their pair of first-round picks last year on wide receiver Henry Ruggs and cornerback Damon Arnette. The results in Year 1 were middling for both. Ruggs caught only 26 passes for 452 yards and a pair of touchdowns in 13 games. Arnette appeared in just nine games...

Getty Images In attempting to rebuild their poor defense from 2020, the Raiders turned to a familiar face at safety as a free agent in 2021. Karl Joseph was a Raiders first-round pick in 2016 and played 49 games with the club in his first four seasons. The Raiders declined his fifth-year...

Getty Images First, they traded right tackle Trent Brown to the Patriots. Then they traded center Rodney Hudson to the Cardinals. And finally, they traded right guard Gabe Jackson to the Seahawks. The Raiders did bring back left guard Richie Incognito for a third season with the franchise. But...