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Getty Images The Raiders signed a tight end they drafted in the fourth round last weekend on Thursday and they also said goodbye to one of their veterans at the position. According to multiple reports, the team has released Lee Smith. Smith signed with the Raiders in 2015 and spent the last...

Getty Images Less than a week before picking three players in the first round of the draft, the Raiders have signed four of their draft picks, and counting. So far on Thursday, the Raiders have inked fourth-round cornerback Isaiah Johnson, fourth-round tight end Foster Moreau, fifth-round...

Getty Images At this rate, the Raiders will have their entire draft class under contract by the end of the day. They have signed five of their nine draft picks. Eastern Michigan defensive end Maxx Crosby, a fourth-round pick, is the latest to agree to terms, Scott Bair of NBCSportsBayArea.com...

Getty Images Jon Gruden and the Oakland Raiders appear to have had a change of heart. After Gruden said in March that they intended to pick up the fifth-year option on 2016 first-round safety Karl Joseph, the Raiders now appear set to go a different direction. According to Ian Rapoport of the...

Getty Images With the draft in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to look forward to the 2019 season. And this was the question for Monday’s PFT Live: Which rookies will make the biggest impact this year? It was the topic of a PFT Live draft, with Simms winning the rigged coin toss, taking the...

Getty Images The Raiders are making room for rookie additions by clearing out some players from the bottom of their roster. The team announced on Tuesday that they have waived five players. Running back James Butler, linebacker Cayson Collins, wide receiver Rashard Davis, offensive lineman...

Getty Images Raleigh McKenzie never expected the Raiders to renew his contract. Still, Reggie McKenzie’s twin brother admits disappointment. Raleigh McKenzie’s contract is set to expire, and the Raiders will not retain him after firing Reggie McKenzie in December, Michael Gehlken of the Las...

Getty Images Running back Isaiah Crowell signed a one-year contract with the Raiders in free agency, but he won’t be on the field for the team this year. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Crowell tore his Achilles while working out with the team on Tuesday. He will have surgery next week and...

Getty Images It’s a tradition unlike any other, especially since it’s a tradition that could end in any given year. Via Max Olson of TheAthletic.com, 49 of 144 players who left college with remaining eligibility went undrafted in 2019. As noted last night, for some of the players who quickly...

Getty Images Kicker Sebastian Janikowski‘s long run in the NFL has come to an end. Janikowski is retiring from the NFL 19 years after he was drafted in the first round by the Raiders. He spent the next 18 seasons with the team and closed out his career with the Seahawks in 2018. “It was a...

Getty Images When Sebastian Janikowski announced his retirement on Sunday, he did so as the highest-paid kicker in NFL history. Janikowski made $53.3 million in his NFL career, topping second place Adam Vinatieri by $6 million. It may come as a surprise that Janikowski made so much more than...

Getty Images The NFL did everything it could to add to the drama of their last prime-time television show for a few months, including convincing broadcast partners to not tip picks in advance. But they also leaned on the membership, to make sure there was plenty of time to whip everyone to a...

Getty Images Because the media lacked the benefit of a Mike Mayock to spend multiple weeks singing the praises of defensive end Clelin Ferrell, few expected Ferrell to possibly be off the board at No. 4. The extreme, take-a-hike-scouts secrecy utilized prior to the draft put the Raiders, which...

The surprise of the night came at No. 4, when the Raiders picked Clemson pass rusher Clelin Ferrell. Maybe it shouldn’t have been, based on what we were hearing last week. And it definitely wouldn’t have been, if the guy who drafted Ferrell wasn’t in his current job. In an alternate universe...

Getty Images The Raiders ended up with three players in the first round Thursday, drafting Clemson defensive end Clelin Ferrell, Alabama running back Josh Jacobs and Mississippi State safety Johnathan Abram. They didn’t sit still Friday. Oakland traded the 35th overall pick, as well as No...

Getty Images The Raiders added a fourth player to their draft Friday, though they traded down twice before finally making a pick in the second round. Oakland selected Clemson cornerback Trayvon Mullen as the run on defensive backs has started. Four of the first eight choices in the second...

Getty Images After a long and impressive career at Clemson, wide receiver Hunter Renfrow has his NFL home. The Raiders have selected Renfrow in the fifth round. Renfrow wasn’t a spectacular playmaker at Clemson but he was a reliable receiver who gained between 492 and 602 receiving yards in...

Getty Images The Steelers have used both of the draft picks acquired from the Raiders for wide receiver Antonio Brown. The team selected tight end Zach Gentry with the 141st overall pick during the sixth round on Saturday afternoon. They took wide receiver Diontae Johnson with the No. 66 pick...

The Raiders’ selection of Clemson defensive end Clelin Ferrell was surprising. It was surprising the Raiders made Ferrell the fourth overall choice and surprising because they selected a client of Joel Segal. Segal is the agent for Amari Cooper and Khalil Mack, players the Raiders traded rather...

Getty Images Before the draft we identified the Raiders at No. 24 as a potential landing spot for Alabama running back Josh Jacobs. That’s exactly where he went. Jacobs, who had a strong career in college, was selected by Jon Gruden and Mike Mayock with the 24th overall pick. The Raiders...