The Raiders were hit with a $500,000 fine and had a sixth-round draft pick taken away for repeated violations of the league’s coronavirus protocols.
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Offensive tackle Kolton Miller hasn’t missed a game in his Raiders career, and despite dealing with an ankle injury, he hasn’t been ruled out of Sunday’s game at the Chargers.
The Raiders had trade discussions, but between the asking prices of potential targets and available cap space, they decided to keep their roster intact.
The Raiders’ coach said he has a candidate in Tuesday’s election, but declined to make his vote public.
An IV mishap landed the 27-year-old in the hospital and forced him to miss Sunday’s game.
The Golden Knights owner has been active in making campaign donations to conservative candidates and causes.
The much-maligned unit took advantage of the weather and had its best game of the season and kept the Browns out of the end zone in Cleveland.
Brown was expected to start at right tackle after being cleared to return from the COVID list, but was ‘wheeled out’ of the locker room, according to quarterback Derek Carr.
Saturday’s college football game between UNLV and UNR was played in front of 2,000 fans, the first event with spectators at Allegiant Stadium.
The team’s first-round, who lost his best friend to a car accident in high school, has made a quick impression in the locker room with his laugh and ‘goofy’ attitude.
One of the keys to the Browns’ high-powered rushing attack is former Raiders’ coach Bill Callahan, who guides Cleveland’s offensive line.
Trent Brown returned to the practice field Friday for the first time since testing positive for COVID-19 last week.
The Raiders’ quarterback picked up a pair of first downs on scrambles against the Buccaneers and believes the threat of the run could lead to big throws downfield.
From the outside, the Raiders’ adherence to the coronavirus rules and regulations has been inconsistent at best, but coach Jon Gruden said they are being singled out.
The Raiders coach said he didn’t lobby to have Sunday’s game against the Bucs moved back to Monday or Tuesday.