The Raiders squandered a 16-3 fourth-quarter lead, victimized by embattled Rams QB Baker Mayfield, whom they acquired via waivers this week.
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Davante Adams on Sunday dazzled once again, catching seven passes for 141 yards and two touchdowns — the ninth and 10th of this, his first season with the Silver and Black.
Raiders star Davante Adams said after the team fell to 2-7 that “guys have got to play for one another. … Don’t got enough guys that are fully bought into that right now.”
If they haven’t learned how to play four quarters by November, there’s no reason to think the Raiders will figure it out in the second half of the season.
Here’s how the Raiders performed in a loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday at TIAA Bank Field that dropped them to 2-6 this season.
Josh Jacobs powered the Raiders to a victory Sunday and eclipsed his mentor’s franchise record for most rushing yards in a player’s first 50 games.
To secure his first win since 2010, Josh McDaniels and the Raiders must beat the Denver Broncos, for whom he was the coach in 2009 and 2010, on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium.
Derek Carr’s performance Sunday during a 24-19 loss to the rival Chargers certainly wasn’t satisfactory, but it isn’t worth the panic that it seems to have created.
Raiders’ long snapper Trent Sieg and wife Carly persevered through two miscarriages before son Elijah Russell Sieg was born in May.
Tre’von Moehrig thrived last year as a rookie, starting all 17 games and playing every defensive snap, per Pro Football Reference, en route to 55 tackles and his first career interception.
The NFL draft and upcoming Super Bowl signal a strengthening relationship between Las Vegas and the NFL.
Derek Carr’s extension with the Raiders is for three years and as much as $121 million and includes a no-trade clause.
The Chargers beefed up during free agency. As did the Broncos and Raiders, prompting Adams to call the AFC West, home of the perennially tough Chiefs, “the best division in football.”
John Madden’s life was celebrated Monday night. At the stadium in which he coached. In the city he loved. By the people he loved. And by the people who loved him.