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The Raiders rested many of their core veteran players Saturday. Quarterback Derek Carr didn’t take a rep in team drills. Wide receivers Jordy Nelson and Amari Cooper also received a breather.
The Raiders acquired wide receiver Martavis Bryant from the Pittsburgh Steelers for a reason. They need him. Now, they need more from him, coach Jon Gruden said.
John King playfully declined to estimate exactly how many footballs, through the years, inadvertently found their way over the fence. He doesn’t want a bill from the Raiders, he joked.
It’s fairly easy to see the progress made by the 450 construction workers who are on the site of the $1.8 billion, 65,000-seat indoor football stadium being built in Las Vegas by a subsidiary of the Oakland Raiders.
The New England Patriots benched cornerback Malcolm Butler, who played 97.8 percent of their defensive snaps this regular season, relegating him to select special-teams duty for reasons unclear.
John Wooten never thought he needed confirmation the Raiders were compliant with the Rooney Rule. He trusted the franchise. In particular, he trusted its general manager. That confirmation nonetheless has come.
No deal-killing issues emerged Thursday when the Nevada Board of Regents picked through UNLV’s Joint-Use Agreement with the Oakland Raiders for use of the planned 65,000-seat domed Las Vegas football stadium.
The Raiders planned to reduce wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson’s workload on special teams Sunday. He then signed himself up for more work.
While teams are thinking about the future, let’s take a step back and review the first half of the NFL season. Here are the major individual award winners after two months of football.