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Getty Images When Shane Lechler was cut by the Texans in training camp last year, he said he wasn’t planning to retire. But after no other team picked him up, now he is ready to call it a career. Lechler’s retirement was announced in the form of an Instagram post by J.J. Watt at Lechler’s...

Getty Images Raiders coach Jon Gruden has some very high praise for his newly arrived safety, Lamarcus Joyner. Joyner signed a four-year, $42 million contract with the Raiders this month, and Gruden thinks the Raiders got a supreme talent. “I have so much respect for him,” Gruden said, via...

Getty Images Free agent tight end Luke Willson is visiting the Raiders today, Adam Caplan of SiriusXM NFL Radio reports. The Raiders lost tight end Jared Cook in free agency. Willson signed a one-year, $2.5 million deal with the Lions last offseason. He had the worst year of his career with...

Getty Images Reports surfaced early this month that the Raiders could play a preseason game in Canada, and the Packers have confirmed that they’ve talked about the logistics of being the Raiders’ opponent in that game. But first the NFL would have to find a venue. That venue will apparently...

Getty Images Tight end Luke Willson met with the Raiders on Friday and both sides apparently want to keep spending time with each other. Oakland announced Friday night that Willson has signed with the team. Adam Caplan of SiriusXM NFL Radio reports it is a one-year deal. The move comes a...

Getty Images It took longer than expected, but Jared Cook now officially is a member of the Saints. The team introduced the tight end Wednesday. “I knew that was going to work itself out, I didn’t ask any questions on why it was taking so long,” Cook said, via Luke Johnson of the...

Getty Images The retirement of Gronk removes a genuinely unique player from the NFL. That sparked Thursday’s PFT Live draft: Who are the most memorable NFL unicorns? Simms, who seems to have adopted Big Cat’s strategy of trying to win these drafts by repeatedly and loudly declaring victory...

Getty Images The Raiders continue to add in veteran pieces for their offense. PFT has confirmed that the Raiders have added running back Isaiah Crowell on a one-year, $2.5 million deal. Crowell had 685 yards and six touchdowns for the Jets last year, but they didn’t need him after signing...

Getty Images The Raiders and linebacker Brandon Marshall have reached a deal. Marshall will sign a one-year deal worth up to $4.1 million, a league source tells PFT. There’s no word on how much is guaranteed. The 29-year-old Marshall has played the last six seasons for the AFC West rival...

Getty Images As the 2018 season ended, some believed that the 49ers would make a run at Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. And indeed they did. Appearing on KNBR (via Matt Barrows of TheAthletic.com), 49ers G.M. John Lynch confirmed that the Giants wanted the second overall pick in the draft...

Getty Images The last time Antonio Brown posted a behind-the-scenes recording, it was from the Steelers’ locker room and Mike Tomlin was not amused. Now Brown had done it again, and given fans an interesting look into his conversations with agent Drew Rosenhaus before he was traded to the...

With head coach Jon Gruden roaming the practice field ahead of the Raiders’ final season before moving to Las Vegas, there were plenty of people pointing to Oakland as a possible choice for Hard Knocks well before the start of the new league year. The additions of wide receiver Antonio Brown...

Getty Images Raiders General Manager Mike Mayock indicated the team will wait until after the draft to determine whether Marshawn Lynch will be back with the team for another season, but they aren’t waiting to talk to another veteran back. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that former Jets and...

Getty Images Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy said at the league meetings in Phoenix, Ariz. on Tuesday that they are in discussions with the Oakland Raiders about playing a preseason game in Canada this fall. “Still kind of up in the air. But it’s a possibility that we would either play...

Getty Images Jordy Nelson is calling it a career. Nelson, the wide receiver who played last year in Oakland after playing for a decade in Green Bay, is retiring, according to his former Packers teammate James Jones. Last year Nelson still looked like he could contribute in the NFL, especially...

Getty Images The final bit of red tape has been cleared and the Raiders are officially set to play at least one more season in Oakland. NFL owners took a vote at the league meetings in Arizona on Monday and Michael Gehlken of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports they approved the team’s lease...

Getty Images Raiders coach Jon Gruden insists that Derek Carr is his starting quarterback for the 2019 season. Despite the Raiders’ plans to work out Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray and Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins, Gruden says Carr, not a rookie, will be the starter. “Yeah, he’s...

Getty Images The Raiders have Jalen Richard, DeAndre Washington, Chris Warren and James Butler at running back, which leaves them with uncertainty at the position. “There’s obviously a big question with us at running back,” Raiders General Manager Mike Mayock said, via Michael Gehlken of the...

Getty Images The Steelers traded Antonio Brown, and they lost Le'Veon Bell in free agency. Neither divorce was amicable. Whether the Steelers are “better off” is yet to be determined, but at least one fact is undeniable: The two playmakers contributed a combined 2,409 touches for 19,322 yards...

Getty Images After all of that, the Raiders are playing one last season in Oakland. Only three months after the city sued the NFL and all 32 teams, the Raiders pulled their lease offer with Oakland and began looking at their options for 2019. They ended up back where they started, with NFL...