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Shades of Brady: Pats’ Stidham 7th QB selected
Stidham, the 133rd overall selection, was the seventh quarterback picked overall, following Kyler Murray (first overall, Cardinals), Daniel Jones (sixth, Giants), Dwayne Haskins (15th, Redskins), Drew Lock (42nd, Broncos), Will Grier (100th, Panthers) and Ryan Finley (104th, Bengals). That’s similar to Brady, the 199th overall pick of the 2000 draft who saw six quarterbacks — […]
Continue readingAidan O’Connell ready for promotion as Raiders’ starting QB
More Teams. More Games. Tyler Fulghum says he “doesn’t care” Daniel Jones is back for the Giants and expects their visit to Las Vegas to be low scoring. (0:44) HENDERSON, Nev. — More than a few eyebrows were raised when quarterback Aidan O’Connell, a fourth-round draft pick this past April, showed up for his first […]
Continue readingRaiders’ Adams on firings: ‘It was time for some sort of change’
More Teams. More Games. Pat McAfee explains why “The Raider Way” played a factor in the firing of Josh McDaniels. (1:51) HENDERSON, Nev. — It was a different vibe at the Las Vegas Raiders facility Thursday, when the team held its first practice under interim coach Antonio Pierce. From warming up to the musical stylings […]
Continue readingRaiders bench Jimmy Garoppolo, to start Aidan O’Connell at QB
More Teams. More Games. Pat McAfee was surprised to see the Raiders move on from Josh McDaniels only 25 games into a six-year contract. (1:35) HENDERSON, Nev. — It did not take long for the Las Vegas Raiders’ new regime of interim general manager Champ Kelly and interim coach Antonio Pierce to put their stamp […]
Continue readingJosh McDaniels’ bad decisions lead to Raiders firing: What’s next?
More Teams. More Games. Adam Schefter gives the latest about the firings of head coach Josh McDaniels and GM Dave Ziegler by the Raiders. (1:34) The last image of Josh McDaniels as an NFL head coach will be from Monday night. Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams had gotten himself open for two long touchdowns […]
Continue readingRaiders QB Jimmy Garoppolo ‘good to go’ for MNF vs. Lions
HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, who missed last week’s game with a back injury, is “good to go” for Monday night at the Detroit Lions, Raiders coach Josh McDaniels said Saturday. “Yeah, I think he’s got a little pep in his step,” McDaniels said. “Again, he’s much the same as everybody […]
Continue readingNFL Week 8 injuries: Ryan Tannehill, Justin Fields out; Jimmy Garoppolo trending up
Allen, who has been battling a right (throwing) shoulder injury since Week 6, spent a brief time in the blue tent during Thursday night’s game, but he quickly reappeared and didn’t miss a snap. He also rarely missed against the Bucs’ defense, which played without tackle Vita Vea (groin). Allen completed 31 of 40 passes […]
Continue readingRaiders offense looking for answers after listless start
“It’s a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma.” — Joe Pesci, as David Ferrie, in the 1991 movie “JFK” HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders offense was supposed to be the team’s strength. They had a returning All-Pro at receiver in Davante Adams. Another All-Pro in running back Josh Jacobs, the first […]
Continue readingRaiders’ Jimmy Garoppolo (back) on track to start vs. Lions
Garoppolo declined to get into the specifics of the injury, saying only that it was “different” than any of his previous ones. The Raiders feared an internal injury at the time and sent him via ambulance to an area hospital to get scans of his back. Garoppolo has already missed 2½ of the Raiders’ first […]
Continue readingNFL Week 8 Power Rankings 2023: How all 32 teams stack up
Welcome to Week 8 of the 2023 NFL season. A couple of unexpected losses this past weekend — the Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers all registering losses — shook up the top 10 in our weekly Power Rankings. And the separation between the top half and bottom half of the league is […]
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