Here’s a look at the Raiders’ opponents this season. There’s two appearances on “Monday Night Football” and two on “Sunday Night Football,” highlighted by a visit from Aaron Rodgers.
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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 mixed martial arts and prep sports while helping coordinate online and social media coverage for nearly every major sporting event to come through the valley.
Raiders star running back Josh Jacobs insists he’s ready for a full workload in the season opener against the Denver Broncos despite missing most of the offseason.
Veteran Greg Van Roten, who studied economics and marketing at Penn, has won the starting job at right guard for the Raiders, beating out incumbent Alex Bars.
Carl Nassib, who came out in 2021 as a member of the Raiders, was the first openly gay player to play a regular-season game in the NFL.
The Raiders have signed a center who has made 17 career starts in the NFL and spent much of the last two seasons in the organization
The Broncos believe a new coach will be enough to turn around the fortunes of their star quarterback and end a run of three straight last-place finishes in the AFC West.
The Raiders are still trying to recover from one of the worst drafts in recent NFL history. Having all of this year’s picks make the roster is a good start.
The Rebels scored on the first play of the game and got rushing touchdowns from four players in a season-opening victory over Bryant at Allegiant Stadium on Saturday.
The UNLV football game against Bryant, played indoors at Allegiant Stadium, was briefly halted late in the first half as water seeped into the venue during a downpour.
The Vipers, who finished 2-8 with the worst attendance in the XFL, will not return to Cashman Field next season and could be looking for a new home city.
The Raiders’ decision on who is the No. 2 quarterback behind Jimmy Garoppolo could be situational. Brian Hoyer is the logical choice over Aidan O’Connell to start the season.
The Raiders tried to take a calculated risk on a talented young linebacker who had a strong preseason, but were unable to sneak him back onto the roster.
The Raiders didn’t get a whole lot of production out of top pick Tyree Wilson in his first NFL action, but he did show some signs of why he was drafted so high.
Several people in a position to know the details say former Raiders coach Lane Kiffin didn’t want his Ole Miss squad to play at Allegiant Stadium.
A closer look at the numbers reveals the Raiders may have actually taken a step forward last season despite finishing with four fewer wins and missing the playoffs.