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Focus is on both Watson, Minshew when the Browns visit the Raiders

Sep. 27, 2024 21:29 PM EDT

Cleveland (1-2) at Las Vegas (1-2) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, CBS BetMGM NFL odds: Browns by 1 1/2. Series record: Raiders lead 15-10. Against the spread: Cleveland 0-3; Las Vegas 1-2. Last meeting: Raiders beat the Browns 16-14...

Browns LT Wills Jr. out, but team catches lucky break as Raiders missing Crosby, Adams with injuries

Sep. 27, 2024 16:06 PM EDT

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns got a little lucky before getting to Las Vegas. On Friday, the Raiders ruled out wide receiver Davante Adams and defensive end Maxx Crosby — the team's two best players — with injuries ahead of Sunday's game against Cleveland, a development that...

Crosby and Adams will not play against the Browns, adding to the Raiders' long injury list

Sep. 27, 2024 15:43 PM EDT

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Maxx Crosby and Davante Adams, who each have multiple All-Pro selections, will not play for the Raiders when they host the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, dealing Las Vegas a potentially devastating setback. Tight end Michael Mayer also will not play because of...

Quiet off the field, Raiders rookie TE Brock Bowers has made plenty of noise on it through 2 games

Sep. 18, 2024 21:08 PM EDT

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — An NFL head coach eventually realizes if a rookie has the ‘it’ factor. Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce knows the moment he saw it in tight end Brock Bowers. “The day he walked in the door,” Pierce said Wednesday. “We knew we...

Gardner Minshew rallies Raiders past Ravens 26-23 with 3 fourth-quarter scoring drives

Sep. 15, 2024 17:44 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Gardner Minshew and the Raiders brushed aside years of frustration and criticism with a memorable performance on a splendid afternoon for underdogs. Minshew led three scoring drives in the fourth quarter, Daniel Carlson kicked a go-ahead 38-yard field goal with 27...

Harbaugh's Chargers host Pierce's Raiders as AFC West rivals start new eras

Sep. 06, 2024 18:15 PM EDT

Las Vegas (8-9) at Los Angeles Chargers (5-12) Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EDT, CBS BetMGM NFL odds: Chargers by 3. Series record: Raiders lead 68-58-2. Last meeting: Raiders beat Chargers 63-21 on Dec. 14, 2023, in Las Vegas. Raiders...

Davante Adams' repeated denials doesn't end speculation of his future with the Raiders

Sep. 05, 2024 20:26 PM EDT

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Davante Adams took the opportunity Wednesday in his weekly in-season news conference to insist he was not looking for a way out of Las Vegas. The question is why does this keep happening? Adams, after all, made similar comments when the Raiders opened...

Pressure on Gardner Minshew to help Raiders overcome low expectations

Aug. 28, 2024 15:12 PM EDT

LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (8-9) EXPECTATIONS: Antonio Pierce gave the team a jolt of energy when he replaced coach Josh McDaniels at midseason on an interim basis, and the Raiders went 5-4 after that. Now that Pierce is the full-time coach, the burden is on him to prove experts wrong that...

Raiders WR Tre Tucker seeing clearly thanks to offseason Lasik eye surgery

Aug. 14, 2024 20:58 PM EDT

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Tre Tucker ran a go-route, first turning to his right and then adjusting to his left. Watching — with the help of modern science — the ball as he leapt to make a sensational catch. Tucker had Lasik eye surgery in the offseason to make it...

3 years after the NFL added a 17th game, the push for an 18th gets stronger

Aug. 07, 2024 15:42 PM EDT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The debate about whether the NFL will expand the regular season once again seems to have been resolved and now it's a matter of how soon the league adds an 18th game. Commissioner Roger Goodell has talked openly about it, union chief Lloyd Howell recently...