After two weeks out while nursing an injured hamstring, it sounds like Lamarcus Joyner will be back on the field on Sunday when the Raiders face the rival Chiefs.
“He looks good. He came through practice,” Defensive coordinator Paul Guenther said of Joyner. “He was pretty good last week, we just felt like sitting out one more week he’d be at 100 percent and that’s what he is now.”
He’ll be needed too as Guenther added that the Raiders will be playing a lot of nickel in this game to try and keep Patrick Mahomes from having another four passing touchdown game as he did in their week two meeting. Having Joyner can only help in that effort.
“He plays such an important position for us in the nickel,” Guenther continued. “You got to know the run fits and different routes. You get in there, combinations, the blitzes, all that stuff. Obviously, Nevin [Lawson] was in there in a pinch for us the last couple of weeks. It’s good to have him back. He’s a great communicator, he’s one of our captains, so it’s good to have him.”
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