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Getty Images The 2020 stay-at-home draft has changed the pre-draft process dramatically. Instead of in-person visits and workouts, teams were permitted to contact players up to three times per week, up to one hour at a time. So plenty of players have heard from plenty of teams, but there’s...

Getty Images After conducting a draft of the best players in the AFC West during a recent episode of PFT Live, we had a thought: Would you rather have the Chiefs’ current roster or a roster made up of the best players from the other three teams in the division: The Broncos, Chargers, and...

Getty Images The deadline for restricted free agents to sign offer sheets with other teams is on Friday and a couple of Raiders players decided to drop the curtain a day early. The league’s daily transaction report brings word that quarterback Nathan Peterman and tackle David Sharpe have both...

Getty Images The Raiders have two first-round picks and three third-round picks at their disposal this month and it sounds like a pretty safe bet that at least one of them is going to be used on a wide receiver. Last season’s receiving corps struggled once the Antonio Brown experiment blew up...

Getty Images The Cowboys could have had Jason Witten back. They chose to move on, which says more about Blake Jarwin than it does Witten. The Cowboys committed to Jarwin with a four-year, $22 million deal that includes $9.25 million. Instead of being Witten’s backup, Jarwin is the tight end...

Getty Images Quarterback Patrick Mahomes has done plenty on the field for the Chiefs the last couple of years and he did some off-field work to help them land a free agent this offseason. Mahomes played with running back DeAndre Washington at Texas Tech and he got a call from his former...

Getty Images This is nothing new for Mike Mayock. The Raiders General Manager previously served as NFL Network’s draft analyst. So, for years, he prepared for the draft by watching film at home. Just like he’s doing now. “A virtual GM for 32 teams, huh?” Mayock said in a conference call...

Getty Images The Cowboys didn’t say it out loud, but they chose to move on from Jason Witten. Otherwise, the tight end still would be on the team’s roster. Instead, Witten has joined the Raiders. For the first time since his rookie season in 2003, Witten will serve in a backup role on the...

Getty Images The Raiders might have been “sniffing around” Tom Brady, but they never tried to shop Derek Carr as far as we know. Instead, Brady signed with the Buccaneers, and the Raiders signed Marcus Mariota to backup Carr. As long as Carr is healthy and productive, he will start. But...

Getty Images Many teams have held off on announcing some or all of their free agent signings due to the difficulties involved with players getting physicals amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the Browns were in that boat with former Raiders safety Karl Joseph. Joseph agreed to terms with the team...

Getty Images Linebacker Nicholas Morrow re-signed with the Raiders on Monday, according to the league’s transactions. The Raiders offered Morrow a second-round restricted free agent tender last month. He will make a base salary of $3.26 million this season. The Raiders signed Cory Littleton...

Getty Images Nothing is certain about the sports landscape at the moment, which makes having contingency plans a priority. And the Raiders have made some calls about what to do in case Allegiant Stadium isn’t finished on time — if anything begins on time at all. According to Vincent...

Trent Dilfer, a former first-round draft pick and Super Bowl-winning quarterback, has worked with Tua Tagovailoa in secret. The two began working in mid-January — before doctors had cleared the Alabama quarterback to return to football activities — at the high school where Dilfer coaches...

Getty Images New Dallas Cowboys pass rusher Aldon Smith detailed exactly how far his life and self-esteem had fallen since he last played in the NFL in 2016 during an interview with Jay Glazer of FOX Sports on Thursday night. “I would say 2018 was a tough year,” Smith said. “In that year, I...

Getty Images Raiders defensive end Clelin Ferrell is giving back to his hometown of Richmond, Virginia. Ferrell announced on social media Thursday that he will donate $100,000 to Richmond-based COVID-19 relief efforts. “Knowing who I am means knowing how much my hometown Richmond, Virginia...

Getty Images One is a former first overall pick whose career as a starter ended after five years. The other is a former first overall pick whose career as a starter may be ending after five years, but he’s trying his best to keep that from happening. On Thursday, they engaged in a...

Getty Images The Chiefs have agreed to terms on a one-year deal with running back DeAndre Washington, Terez Paylor of Yahoo Sports reports. Washington, 27, spent his first four seasons with the Raiders after they made him a fifth-round choice. In 2019, he played 16 games with three starts...

Getty Images A second construction worker at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to Mick Akers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The second confirmed case comes close to two weeks after the first case was announced by Mortenson-McCarthy on...

Getty Images Add the Raiders to the list of teams that are giving customers a break during the coronavirus pandemic. According to Mick Akers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Raiders have informed season-ticket holders that the deadline for the final two payments for the first year at...

Getty Images Antonio Brown’s slow-motion self-destruction was highlighted by agent Drew Rosenhaus’s decision to fire Brown in January. Brown finally has a new agent. Brown has hired Ed Wasielewski of EMG Sports, the agent told ESPN on Monday. The transaction has not officially appeared on the...