The No. 4 overall pick from the 2019 draft out of Clemson is having an impact beyond the stat sheet.
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The transition was inevitable given all the new faces and lack of an offseason, but there is no excuse for the poor tackling we’ve seen.
The Bills are on an 8-2-2 ATS run in regular-season road games. Buffalo and the Raiders have each gone over the total in their first three games.
Green Bay and Seattle each moved to 3-0 against the spread in Week 3, the final two NFL teams with perfect spread records this season.
The Raiders are cheering for the state to approve UNLV’s plan to have limited fan attendance at its home Mountain West Conference games at Allegiant Stadium this season.
The Raiders paid their respects Thursday to those affected by the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting.
Seattle, last in the NFL in total defense, had 25 names appear on this week’s injury list. Safety Jamal Adams and running back Chris Carson are questionable for Sunday’s game.
The memo said players are forbidden from attending events away from their training facility, such as Monday’s Darren Waller Foundation event.
The Raiders are making a slow transition defensively, with seven new starters and a slew of first- and second-year players who have not yet formed a cohesive unit.
At 29, Nevin Lawson is an elder statesman of Raiders cornerbacks. He replaces Damon Arnette, who had thumb surgery and is out six to eight weeks.
The Westgate reported sharp action on the side and total for Thursday’s game between the Broncos and Jets, two 0-3 teams, in New York.
The Golden Knights, Raiders and UNLV tweeted on the third anniversary of the Oct. 1 massacre that claimed 60 lives.
Raiders owner Mark Davis, after bailing on plans to build a house in a wealthy Las Vegas enclave, has bought a bigger plot across town in the Henderson mountains.
Quarterback Derek Carr and other Raiders players attended a fundraiser organized by teammate Darren Waller on Monday night at DragonRidge Country Club.
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