Raiders, Washington Thursday injury report: DeSean Jackson misses practice with calf injury

Raiders, Washington Thursday injury report: DeSean Jackson misses practice with calf injury

The second injury report of the week didn’t bring good news for the Raiders. Missing practice today was DeSean Jackson with a calf injury. A good sign for Jackson’s status was that he spoke to the media on Thursday as scheduled. He downplayed the severity of the injury.

“It was just a spasm in my calf. I don’t think it’s too serious,” Jackson said. “Hopefully I can still get out there this week. But going throughout the week, just being smart with it and getting the treatment and getting it ready to go. But, yeah, last week, playing 41 plays, I can’t remember the last time I played that much. Just getting acclimated, getting back there and getting it out of of my system, but like I said I don’t think it will be too big of an issue, but definitely be smart with it as well.”

The 35-year-old is absolutely vital to what the Raiders hope to do on offense. As is tight end Darren Waller who has missed the first two practices with knee and back injuries.

Also still missing practice for the Raiders wereDE Carl Nassib (knee), and LB Patrick Onwuasor (hamstring).

Added to the injury report was Josh Jacobs who suffered an ankle injury. His status will be worth monitoring for Friday’s practice because that could determine whether the injury is serious enough to threaten his participation in the game.