The veteran quarterback seeks his first win at Arrowhead Stadium when the Raiders play the defending Super Bowl champions on Sunday.
Adam Hill
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After serving as sports editor of both the Silverado Star and UNLV Rebel Yell, the Detroit native remained in Las Vegas and embarked on his professional journalism career at the Review-Journal in 2002. He has covered MMA, prep sports, Raiders and Golden Knights while helping coordinate digital coverage for nearly every major sporting event to come through the valley.
The Raiders will play in front of fans for the first time this year on Sunday, including the coach’s wife and son.
Kansas City’s offense draws all the headlines, but it’s defense has quietly become one of the best in the league.
The quarterback expressed frustration with mounting losses on Sunday, but hopes a Monday team meeting helps to turn that emotion into progess.
The third-year defensive tackle is the first player the organization has placed on the COVID-19 reserve list since the regular season began.
“I know he’s a good coach,” Gruden said Monday of the man overseeing a unit that has struggled to create pressure or cause turnovers once again this season.
The discipline was handed down Monday by the league a week after Darren Waller’s fundraiser raised more than $300,000 for his foundation.
The Raiders’ defensive coordinator watched his unit struggle to produce pressure or turnovers from a seat in the press box instead of on the sideline.
The Raiders quarterback was more concerned about losing to the Bills than breaking the franchise’s all-time record for touchdown passes that was held by Ken Stabler.
Report says team facing steep discipline for continued violations of the league’s stringent coronavirus protocols.
Consistent failure at bringing ball-carriers to the ground has led to some ugly defensive numbers for the Raiders, who face the Bills on Sunday.
The No. 4 overall pick from the 2019 draft out of Clemson is having an impact beyond the stat sheet.
Edwards’ ankle injury further depletes the Raiders’ wide receiver corps, which was already without Henry Ruggs, who missed the Patriots game with injuries.
Starting cornerback Damon Arnette has been playing through a fractured left thumb he suffered in training camp and aggravated the injury in Sunday’s game at New England.
Defensive tackle Maliek Collins is struggling to find his footing with the Raiders through three games.