Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty won’t get to face off with Travis Hunter, who beat him for last year’s Heisman Trophy, after Hunter injured his knee this week.
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Raiders ticket prices on the secondary market have declined after the team’s 2-5 start to the season, including Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Jaguars were 3-point favorites over the Raiders before the line dropped to 2½ after Jacksonville two-way player Travis Hunter injured his knee Thursday.
The Raiders made offensive coordinator Chip Kelly the NFL’s highest-paid assistant coach this offseason, but they haven’t gotten the results they paid for.
The Raiders are on pace to pick in the top 10 in the draft once again. Does that mean it’s time for the team to take a swing on a quarterback?
CBS Sportsline handicapper Bruce Marshall provides NFL notes and trends for Week 9 games for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham used the bye week to evaluate his group, and came up with one key weakness the team has to shore up.
The Raiders hope the return of tight end Brock Bowers and wide receiver Jakobi Meyers can spark a struggling offense that ranks 31st in points per game.
Pro sports bettor Chuck Edel is 8-1 on his Review-Journal weekend best bets and is banking on the Broncos-Texans total this week.
The Ravens are 7½-point favorites over the Dolphins on “Thursday Night Football” in quarterback Lamar Jackson’s return from a hamstring injury.
The Raiders opened the 21-day practice window for quarterback Aidan O’Connell, who suffered a broken right wrist in their final preseason game Aug. 23.
Raiders tight end Brock Bowers has been dealing with a knee injury most of this season, but he looks more like himself after the team’s bye week.
George Atkinson, who played for the Raiders from 1968 to 1977, has died at age 78. He was a seventh-round pick of the Raiders out of Morris Brown in 1968.
After agreeing to contract terms with the Raiders on Monday, wide receiver Tyler Lockett joined his new teammates at practice and is expected to play immediately.
The Kansas City Chiefs are consensus 11-point home favorites over the Washington Commanders on “Monday Night Football,” and the total is 48.
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