Running back Kenyan Drake scored twice on just six touches and had his most impactful game with the Raiders in Sunday’s victory over the Denver Broncos.
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Rich Bisaccia will make his head coaching debut on an interim basis on Sunday in Denver in much better position to succeed than many who have been in that spot in the past.
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Gus Bradley’s defense hopes to help team get back to work after turbulent week off the field when they play the Broncos in Denver on Sunday at 1:25 p.m.
The backup quarterback has been practicing this week and could be activated before Sunday’s game against the Broncos for the first time since the season opener.
Raiders running back Josh Jacobs was a late addition to the injury report after participating in full Wednesday.
The 38-year coaching veteran feels he is up to the challenge of guiding the Raiders through turbulent times.
Vic Fangio said there’s “no place in the world” for the opinions expressed by the former Raiders coach in emails leaked earlier this week that led to his resignation.
NFL Network analyst and former NFL quarterback David Carr believes the leaked Jon Gruden emails proved to be a distraction in Sunday’s loss to the Bears.
Jon Gruden’s second tenure as Raiders’ head coach ended abruptly Monday night, four days after revelations of racist, misogynistic and anti-gay emails surfaced.
It was a rare Monday without a lengthy injury report coming out of the Raiders’ previous game.
The NFLPA chief said Gruden has reached out to him, but believes the issue of race in sports is much larger than just one incident.
Defensive end Yannick Ngakoue lamented the fact that while the Raiders limited the Bears’ scoring opportunities, they failed to force a turnover for a third consecutive game.
The Raiders made changes up front, but still couldn’t create much room for the offense in a 20-9 loss to Chicago at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday.
Raiders coach Jon Gruden used vulgar language to describe NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in one of several emails that were among the materials provided by the league to the Raiders this past week, Gruden confirmed to ESPN.
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