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Getty Images The surprisingly 2-2 Raiders have aded a pair of players from the active roster, one day before facing the Bears in London. Receiver Marcell Ateman and guard Lester Cotton were promoted from the team’s practice squad. The Raiders placed offensive lineman Jordan Devey on injured...

Getty Images The agent for Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict says Burfict’s season-long suspension stems from the league treating him differently than any other player. Responding to the news that the NFL had pored over last week’s Raiders-Colts game and found another illegal hit in addition...

Getty Images The Bears should install a revolving door at the front of Halas Hall and name it after Bradley Sowell. The veteran tight end has become the de facto 54th man on the roster this year, routinely being cut on Saturday in favor of whoever the team needs to promote from the practice...

Getty Images Mitchell Trubisky made the trip to London with the Bears, but he will not play. The team officially ruled Trubisky out for Sunday’s game against the Raiders. The Bears are optimistic they will get their quarterback back in the lineup in Week Seven after a bye next week. He...

Getty Images Week Five of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Seahawks and it continues with 13 more games on Sunday, which means that the 28 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t...

The NFL has found another illegal hit by Vontaze Burfict on Sunday, Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports. The Raiders linebacker received a letter this week informing him of an additional helmet-to-helmet hit against the Colts. The league is expected to include that as evidence against him in his...

Getty Images Raiders quarterback Derek Carr can call Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict “misunderstood” all he wants, but Carr doesn’t understand what it means to be on the wrong end of a Burfict cheap shot. Jets running back Le'Veon Bell does. In the latest episode of the 17 Weeks from...

Getty Images The Raiders may be thin at wide receiver for Sunday’s game against the Bears. Head coach Jon Gruden met the media after Friday’s practice in London and delivered some updates about his injured wideouts. Gruden said that Tyrell Williams and J.J. Nelson are both questionable to play...

Getty Images The Raiders might be a little short-handed as they try to work against the Bears defense this week. According to Scott Bair of NBCSportsBayArea.com, Raiders guard Richie Incognito was added to the injury report Friday with a back injury, and will be listed as questionable for...

Getty Images The NFL suspended Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict for the remainder of the regular season this week because, per NFL vice president of football operations Jon Runyan, Burfict has “continued to flagrantly abuse rules designated to protect yourself and your opponents from...

Getty Images Bears linebacker Roquan Smith had another full practice Thursday. Smith said Wednesday that he would play against Oakland on Sunday, and in fact, he is accompanying the team to London, Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports. Smith missed last week’s game with a personal issue. Neither...

Getty Images Linebacker Roquan Smith was on the team plane, but two players weren’t. The Bears ruled out receiver Taylor Gabriel (concussion) and offensive lineman Ted Larsen (knee). They left both home to continue recovering from their injuries. Neither participated in the two practices at...

On Sunday the NFL will play its 25th regular-season game in London. It still hasn’t sent a great matchup across the pond. In fact, Sunday’s Bears-Raiders game makes the NFL 25-for-25 in failing to produce a London matchup between two winning teams. Eight London games have matched up two teams...

Getty Images The Bears haven’t said much of anything about the reason why linebacker Roquan Smith did not play against the Vikings last Sunday beyond that it was a personal matter, but the issue may not be one that impacts his readiness for their Week Five game against the Raiders in London...

Getty Images Bears linebacker Roquan Smith was back at practice on Wednesday after missing last Sunday’s game for what the team has called personal reasons. Head coach Matt Nagy didn’t go beyond that at his media session Wednesday and said only that “we’ll see” about Smith playing against the...

Getty Images The Bears apparently will be getting their starting quarterback back sooner rather than later. According to Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune, the Bears are optimistic that Mitchell Trubisky will be back after the Week Six bye, in time to face the Saints in Week Seven. “We have...

Getty Images After linebacker Vontaze Burfict was ejected from last Sunday’s game for delivering a helmet-to-helmet hit to Colts tight end Jack Doyle while Doyle was on one knee after a catch, Raiders head coach Jon Gruden called it a tough decision and seemed upset that “nobody on the field in...

Getty Images The Raiders are in London preparing for Sunday’s game against the Bears and that means they wrapped up their Wednesday practice well ahead of the rest of the league’s teams. There were a couple of players missing from the field during that practice session. Neither defensive end...

Getty Images The Oakland Raiders apparently are the Island of Misunderstood Players. First, it was former Raiders receiver Antonio Brown, whom coach Jon Gruden called “misunderstood.” Now it’s suspended-for-the-rest-of-the-season Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict, whom quarterback Derek Carr...

Getty Images The Bears have re-signed tight end Bradley Sowell. Again. The team announced the transaction Tuesday in advance of its trip to London for Sunday’s game against the Raiders. The Bears cut Sowell on Saturday to make room for the promotion of defensive lineman Jonathan Harris from...