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Getty Images A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the city of Oakland against the Raiders, the NFL, and the league’s other 31 team owners, Mick Akers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Oakland filed the federal antitrust and breach of contract lawsuit in 2018, seeking to recover...

Getty Images After the Raiders made wide receiver Henry Ruggs the 12th overall pick in this year’s draft, General Manager Mike Mayock said that Ruggs’ speed and explosion set him apart from the other wideouts on the board. Mayock shared some more of his thoughts on the team’s top pick during a...

Getty Images Henry Ruggs went 12th overall to the Raiders. The Broncos drafted Jerry Jeudy with the 15th choice. The Cowboys had CeeDee Lamb fall to them at 17. The Eagles selected Jalen Reagor at No. 21. Justin Jefferson‘s unanticipated wait ended with the 22nd choice when Vikings called his...

Getty Images The Raiders have re-signed receiver De’Mornay Pierson-El, the team announced Thursday. Pierson-El spent last summer on the team’s roster. He appeared in all four preseason games, tallying nine receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown, while taking 15 punt returns for 81 yards...

Getty Images The Texans exercised the fifth-year option on quarterback Deshaun Watson‘s contract. That was an easy decision. The decision on cornerback Gareon Conley‘s deal likely wasn’t a hard one either. The Texans will not exercise the fifth-year option on Conley’s contract, Mark Berman of...

Getty Images The Cowboys spent a pair of high draft picks on cornerbacks, and it appears they may have added a veteran as well. Former Raiders cornerback Daryl Worley tweeted an apparent indication that he’s signed with the team, including a photoshopped image of him in a Cowboys uniform. The...

Getty Images Four more construction workers at Allegiant Stadium have tested positive for COVID-19, the companies in charge of the project said in a statement obtained by KLAS. Seven workers on the project now have confirmation that they contracted coronavirus. Mortenson-McCarthy, the joint...

Getty Images The Raiders waived running back Mark Thompson on Monday, according to the NFL’s official transactions. He has never played a regular-season game. The Raiders signed him to a futures deal in January. Thompson rushed for 596 yards and scored five touchdowns on 126 carries at the...

Getty Images NFL teams have until May 4 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET to exercise fifth-year options on 2017 first-round draft choices. The window to sign those players to contract extensions opened Dec. 30, with Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey becoming the first to get a new deal. Some of...

Getty Images It was natural to wonder whether the technological challenges of the stay-at-home 2020 NFL Draft might preclude trades, the actual reason there were fewer at the top was the old fashioned kind. Teams kept wanting to take players they wanted. Buccaneers General Manager Jason Licht...

Getty Images A report in March indicated that the Raiders had spoken to other teams about trading right guard Gabe Jackson and they were reportedly still talking about as the draft was getting underway, but they never made a deal to send him to another team. General Manager Mike Mayock didn’t...

Getty Images In January, the Packers learned the hard way that a team with a great running game will beat a team with an all-time great quarterback in a single-elimination setting. So instead of using their first three picks to bolster the run defense or to give their all-time great quarterback...

Getty Images Al Davis isn’t running drafts for the Raiders anymore, but he probably would have liked to hear General Manager Mike Mayock’s explanation for why the team made wide receiver Henry Ruggs the 12th overall pick on Thursday night. Ruggs was generally grouped with Alabama teammate...

Getty Images One of the more surprising picks of Thursday night’s first round was the second selection made by the Raiders. They selected former Ohio State cornerback Damon Arnette in a move that some considered a reach because he was generally expected to be available on the second night of...

Getty Images A draft class thought to be stacked with talent at wide receiver say 11 selections made before the first receiver came off the board. The Las Vegas Raiders made Alabama’s Henry Ruggs III the first receiver selected in the 2020 NFL Draft. The Raiders chose Ruggs over fellow...

Getty Images The Raiders helped their passing game by picking wide receiver Henry Ruggs with the 12th overall pick on Thursday night and they picked a player to help stop opposing passing games. Shortly after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that Las Vegas will host the 2022 draft, the...

Getty Images Las Vegas was supposed to be hosting tonight’s draft, but COVID-19 turned the three-day event into a virtual one. So the NFL is giving its newest city another chance. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced during Thursday night’s draft that Las Vegas will host the 2022 draft...

Getty Images Jaguars General Manager Dave Caldwell shot down reports the Raiders were close to a deal for Yannick Ngakoue. In fact, Caldwell said the Jaguars have received no offers from any teams. The Jaguars plan on the defensive end playing for them in 2020. “I think his options are very...

Getty Images Yes, the Raiders and Jaguars had a conversation on Wednesday regarding franchise-tagged defensive end Yannick Ngakoue. No, it went nowhere. And nowhere is where it likely will stay, at least for now. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, there are two impediments to...

Getty Images The Jaguars have found a potential taker for Yannick Ngakoue. However, the suitor currently isn’t willing to give Jacksonville what they want for the franchise-tagged pass rusher. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Jaguars “want too much” for Ngakoue. Hope remains...