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Getty Images The Raiders began the night without their top two right tackles. Trent Brown (calf) and Sam Young (groin) were inactive. Denzelle Good made the start. They lost left guard Richie Incognito in the first half. The Raiders have ruled him out with an Achilles, though the extent of...

Getty Images The Raiders are undefeated in Las Vegas. After falling in a 10-0 hole in the first quarter, Derek Carr led the Las Vegas Raiders to a 34-24 victory over the New Orleans Saints in the first game at Allegiant Stadium. The Raiders had just 34 yards of total offense at the end of the...

Getty Images On the heels of a report that three separate head coaches are set to get fined by the NFL for not sufficiently wearing masks on the sidelines for games, Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden revealed that he previously had COVID-19 and is trying his best with his own mask habits...

Getty Images The Saints are returning to New Orleans after their 34-24 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders not particularly pleased with their performance. Count quarterback Drew Brees as one of the players that knows the team needs to bring more to table as they move forward. “Are we totally in...

Getty Images Throughout the Sean Payton/Drew Brees era, the Saints have been accustomed to a good offense. That’s not the case this year. After the Saints lost to the Raiders on Monday night, Payton said his offense simply wasn’t good enough. “The last two weeks, I think it’s been average at...

Getty Images Rookie receiver Henry Ruggs was questionable heading into Monday night’s game. He is active, though, confirming reports earlier in the day. Ruggs, the 12th overall choice this spring, led the Raiders in receiving yards with 55 on three catches in the season opener. He injured his...

Getty Images Watch out, Panthers. Miffed by a subpar performance against the Saints in Week One, and undoubtedly feeling challenged after being called out multiple times by his head coach in the aftermath of a two-interception showing, quarterback Tom Brady has doubled down. James Palmer of...

Getty Images Much has been said this week about Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians publicly criticizing quarterback Tom Brady for his performance in his first game with the team. A former long-time NFL assistant coach has offered a different potential source of criticism for Bruce Arians: Bruce...

Getty Images The Saints gave quarterback-of-all-trades Taysom Hill a two-year, $21 million contract in the offseason. The question is whether the money was spent on a player the Saints plan to use accordingly, or whether the contract represents a downpayment on the ability to make him the...

Getty Images The Raiders got wide receiver Henry Ruggs back on the practice field Saturday and the door is open for the first-round pick to play against the Saints on Monday night. Ruggs missed two days of practice with a knee injury, but was able to work as a limited participant in the team’s...

Getty Images The best receiver in football officially will miss time with a high ankle sprain. Saints receiver Michael Thomas, who has played in all but one of his prior 65 regular-season games, has been ruled out for Monday night’s visit to christen the new Raiders stadium. Running back...

Getty Images The Buccaneers added running back Leonard Fournette not long before the start of the season. For the first game of the season, he didn’t do much. Will he do more this week against Carolina? “He’s only been here about 10 or 12 days, so I thought he did OK with what he had,” coach...

Getty Images The Broncos are adding a former Steeler, the week they’re playing the Steelers. Via agent Drew Rosenhaus, the Broncos are signing linebacker Anthony Chickillo off of the Saints practice squad. Chickillo spent the previous five seasons with the Steelers, but was released in March...

Getty Images The Saints became the first team to face Tom Brady in a uniform other than the one he wore for 20 years. It looked weird to the fans and the media, and it also looked weird to at least one New Orleans player. “I don’t know, it just didn’t feel like it was Tom Brady out there,”...

Getty Images Saints head coach Sean Payton didn’t have much to say about wide receiver Michael Thomas’ ankle injury on Thursday, but the team’s injury report provided an update. Thomas didn’t practice as the team worked to prepare for Monday night’s game against the Raiders in Las Vegas...

Getty Images So much of the attention was paid to Tom Brady losing his Buccaneers debut. And while the Saints Defense had plenty to do with that, their special teams also played a central role. Saints punter Thomas Morstead was named NFC special teams player of the week for his part in that...

Getty Images It became obvious from the moment Saints running back Alvin Kamara fell onto the leg of Saints receiver Michael Thomas that Thomas had an ankle injury. It’s a high-ankle sprain, and Thomas reportedly will miss time. So what happens to the Saints Offense without Thomas? The...

Getty Images Somehow, Saints running back Alvin Kamara matched Ezekiel Elliott‘s annual average of $15 million per year. Here’s how: With a $25 million payable in the final season of the five-year extension. Without the non-guaranteed 2025 salary, per-game roster bonus, or workout bonus...

Getty Images The Saints got some very bad news on the injury front with wide receiver Michael Thomas today. Thomas has a high-ankle sprain that is worse than originally believed the team now expects him to miss several weeks, NFL Network reports. After suffering the injury in Sunday’s win...

Getty Images One of the most surprising developments from Week One came in the aftermath of the Buccaneers-Saints game, when Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians publicly called out quarterback Tom Brady, not once but twice. That’s something Patriots coach Bill Belichick has never done, to Brady or to...