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    Ryan Switzer nearly quit football last year

    Getty Images After a pair of hot-potato trades following only one season in the NFL, Steelers receiver Ryan Switzer came very close to walking away from the game. A brief encounter with Steelers coach Mike Tomlin not long before the season opener changed that. “We are playing Cleveland in...
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    Derek Wolfe is “falling in love” with Vic Fangio’s defense

    When last we heard from Broncos defensive lineman Derek Wolfe, he was praising new coach Vic Fangio as a leader. Now, Wolfe is praising Fangio’s defensive scheme. “Falling in love with the defense actually,” Wolfe told reporters on Thursday. “Last time I felt this was when I was first...
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    Free agent Tre Boston “at peace” with waiting for teams to “stop playing games”

    Getty Images Safety Tre Boston aired his frustration with the offers he’s received as a free agent in early April and things have not changed much with May coming to an end. Boston was on SiriusXM NFL Radio and said that he believes his play warrants the same kind of contracts that players...
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    Raiders sign D.J. Killings

    Getty Images The Raiders opened up a roster spot by waiving fullback Ryan Yurachek this week and they filled it by adding a defensive back to the roster. The NFL’s daily transaction report brings word that the team has signed defensive back D.J. Killings. Killings was waived by the Colts a...
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    Raiders cut Ryan Yurachek

    Getty Images The Raiders waived fullback Ryan Yurachek with an injury designation, the team announced Wednesday. Yurachek had arthroscopic knee surgery this offseason. The move leaves the Raiders with incumbent Keith Smith and undrafted free agent Alec Ingold at the position. Yurachek spent...
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    Wednesday’s #PFTPM delves into Richie Incognito situation, and more

    In the past day or so, I’ve said and written plenty of things about the Raiders’ decision to sign Richie Incognito. On Wednesday afternoon, I downloaded all thoughts on the matter in one place. Raiders fans, I encourage you to have a listen. All fans should give it a listen, because the...
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    Incognito pleaded guilty in connection with separate August 2018 incident

    A suspension for Richie Incognito is looking more and more likely. As it turns out, Incognito faced not one but two criminal cases last August. In addition to an incident at a funeral home that resulted in a guilty plea to disorderly conduct charges, Incognito engaged in misconduct at his...
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    NFL should pull the plug on Hard Knocks

    Getty Images There arguably was a time when Hard Knocks had some degree of usefulness to the NFL team that made itself the centerpiece of the training camp reality series. Arguably, that time has come and gone. Hard Knocks debuted in 2001, years before social media became a thing and the...
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    Bills increased security during final days of Richie Incognito’s time with the team

    The Raiders think they’re rolling the dice on Richie Incognito. In reality, they could be playing with fire. The folks at BuffaloRumblings.com spotted this passage from the AP story regarding Oakland’s decision to sign Incognito: “A person with direct knowledge of the situation told The...
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    Jon Gruden: We loved Kyler Murray, but didn’t think about going to No. 1

    Getty Images Raiders quarterback Derek Carr has said recently that he never felt the Raiders were going to take a quarterback early in this year’s draft, but the team did spend time with Kyler Murray and Dwayne Haskins ahead of April’s draft. Those meetings and comments from General Manager...
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    Raiders to sign Richie Incognito

    Getty Images Richie Incognito is back in the NFL. Incognito will sign with the Raiders, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. The possible pairing between the Raiders and Incognito has been discussed for several weeks, with Incognito making a visit to Oakland early this month. The 35-year-old...
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    Doug Martin looks forward to showing Josh Jacobs the ropes

    Getty Images Doug Martin returned to the Raiders after Isaiah Crowell tore his Achilles several weeks ago, but his role is going to be different than it was last season. Martin was sharing the backfield with Marshawn Lynch until Lynch went down with a season-ending groin injury and then took...
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    Richie Incognito hires Lil Wayne’s sports agency

    Getty Images The odyssey that has been Richie Incognito’s NFL career included the public firing of his former agents via Twitter. Now that he’s getting back in, he has a new agent. Ken Sarnoff posted a tweet on Tuesday morning indicating that he represents Incognito, and confirming that the...
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    Raiders release Chaz Green to make room for Richie Incognito

    Getty Images The Raiders needed a roster spot, after adding veteran guard Richie Incognito today. They found that spot by releasing veteran lineman Chaz Green. Green signed with the Raiders last November and started one game, and re-signed in March. The 27-year-old was briefly with the...
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    Raiders add 20 suites to new stadium as bait for Super Bowls

    Getty Images The new Raiders stadium will be more expensive than previously believed. But by only $40 million. Via the Las Vegas Review-Journal, this relative drop in the bucket (given the $1.8 billion total price tag) will cover among other things the addition of 20 suites. The 20 suites are...
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    Raiders’ new stadium is nearly halfway finished

    Getty Images It’s due to open in roughly 15 months. And it’s currently nearly halfway to completion. Via Richard N. Velotta of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Raiders’ new stadium is “nearly halfway” to completion. It also continues to be on schedule for an August 2020 opening. That said...
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    Which fan base most deserves a playoff win?

    Getty Images In honor (there’s no honor in it, I suppose) of the Lions going 10,000 days (now 10,001) without winning a playoff game, Friday’s PFT Live had a draft in honor (again, no honor in it) of the NFL’s fan bases that most deserve a playoff win. Simms and I picked three teams each. He...
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    Raiders expecting big things from Tyrell Williams

    Tyrell Williams said after last season that he considers himself a “No. 1 receiver.” Yet, he chose to sign with the Raiders only days after they traded for Antonio Brown, the clear No. 1 receiver in their offense. Williams hopes Brown’s presence helps him. “It’s vertical,” Williams said, via...
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    Report: Raiders to “host” Packers in preseason in Winnipeg

    Getty Images The summer wind is a Blue Bomber just doesn’t have the same ring to it, but the Raiders are headed to Winnipeg. According to Jeff Hamilton of the Winnipeg Free Press, the Raiders and Packers are finalizing details to play their preseason game at Winnipeg’s IG Field this summer...
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    Antonio Brown wants someone to cut the grass at his house in Pittsburgh

    Getty Images The grass may be greener in Oakland, but it’s getting longer in Pittsburgh. Former Steelers receiver Antonio Brown‘s house is for sale. And he apparently didn’t make the appropriate arrangements to have a lawn service keep the grass, you know, cut. Via KDKA-TV, former Sunkist CEO...
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