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Ballers & Busters for Raiders Week 16 vs Steelers

Some solid performances were stamped out by other glaringly bad performances in Raiders late loss in Pittsburgh.

For a (record) fifth time this season the Raiders had and blew at least a seven-point halftime lead. This time they held the lead until the final minute. But eventually scoring just ten points and zero in the second half wasn’t enough and the Steelers beat them 13-10.

The Raiders offense played great as a whole for all of one drive, while the defense played great for all but one drive. Sifting through it, there were some fine performances, while the poor performances outshined them considerably.

Ballers

CB Tyler Hall

The late season free agent pickup played the hero on several drives in this game. The first time the Steelers drove into scoring range, they lined up in third and two and Hall shot through on a toss play to make the stop for a loss. He took a perfect angle, closed quickly, and even fought through a stiff arm to make the stop. The Steelers missed the field goal attempt that followed.

The Raiders made the stop on defense to begin the third quarter, but then gave the ball right back off an interception. This allowed the Steelers to once again move into scoring range. And once again, there was Hall, making the stop for no gain on a catch. They missed the 52-yard field goal attempt to keep the score at 10-3.

Still clinging to a 10-6 lead in the fourth quarter, the defense forced a three-and-out. On third down there was Hall again, knocking the pass attempt down on what would have been a first down had it been completed. It was the defense’s last stand.

LB Denzel Perryman

The first defensive stop the Raiders made it was Perryman who made the tackle for one yard to force a punt.

The Steelers got the ball to start the third quarter and were moving down the field with catches of ten, 15, and 25 yards to reach the Vegas 35-yard-line. The next play, Perryman made a tackle for loss. And the play after that, he picked off Kenny Pickett and returned it to the Pittsburgh 47-yard-line.

Perryman left the game with an injured shoulder early in the fourth quarter. When he left, the Raiders were leading 10-3. The Raiders defense would make just one more stop after that and give up two scores including the game-winning touchdown drive which featured three separate plays in which the middle of the field was wide open.

WR Hunter Renfrow

The best play of the game, featured Renfrow making an incredible concentration grab with Carr’s pass just getting past the outstretched arms of Cam Sutton. Renfrow then stayed in bounds, sidestepped a defender and dove into the end zone for the opening drive touchdown. Gorgeous play all around.

Renfrow wasn’t done though. He had three catches in the third quarter, including two third-and-Renfrow catches. One in which Carr rolled right trying to find and open receiver and Renfrow broke off his route to get open for the conversion. The other went for 11 yards on third and nine. Unfortunately neither of those drives went any farther.

LT Kolton Miller

He offered Carr great protection from the left side, only giving up one run stuff on the day. He also had a key block on a 12-yard Josh Jacobs run on the Raiders’ touchdown drive to open the game.

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Raiders Week 11 snap counts vs Broncos: 9 offensive starters go wire-to-wire

9 Raiders offensive starters go wire-to-wire in OT win over Broncos

Injuries have put the Raiders offense in a position where they don’t have a lot of options to switch out. That means they need to hope whoever starts the game can go the distance. And that’s just what they got Sunday — even with the game going to overtime.

Nine of the team’s 11 starters went wire-to-wire Sunday.

Three offensive starters were out injured for the game — wide receiver Hunter Renfrow, tight end Darren Waller, and left tackle Kolton Miller.

The result was the Raiders keeping Davante Adams and Mack Hollins on the field the entire game. Adams played all but one snap and made the game winning touchdown catch in overtime.

Waller’s absence had Foster Moreau on the field for the entire game. He made the catch just prior to Adams’s game-winner. And he helped out with blocking due to Miller being out.

It was Jermaine Eluemunor moving to left tackle to replace Miller and Thayer Munford who started at right tackle. Had either been injured, it would have meant Jackson Barton coming in on offense. As it stood, Barton played only on special teams.

Only five other players saw time on offense — four of them were running backs.

Offense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Mack Hollins WR 66 100% 2 7%
Alex Bars G 66 100% 5 17%
Dylan Parham G 66 100% 5 17%
Thayer Munford T 66 100% 5 17%
Foster Moreau TE 66 100% 5 17%
Jermaine Eluemunor G 66 100% 5 17%
Andre James C 66 100% 0 0%
Derek Carr QB 66 100% 0 0%
Davante Adams WR 65 98% 0 0%
Josh Jacobs RB 53 80% 0 0%
Keelan Cole WR 44 67% 4 14%
Jakob Johnson FB 22 33% 10 34%
Ameer Abdullah RB 11 17% 15 52%
Brandon Bolden RB 3 5% 19 66%
Defense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Maxx Crosby DE 64 100% 6 21%
Trevon Moehrig FS 64 100% 0 0%
Rock Ya-Sin CB 64 100% 0 0%
Duron Harmon SS 62 97% 5 17%
Jayon Brown LB 62 97% 0 0%
Chandler Jones DE 48 75% 0 0%
Denzel Perryman LB 44 69% 0 0%
Bilal Nichols DT 39 61% 5 17%
Sam Webb CB 39 61% 0 0%
Anthony Averett CB 35 55% 0 0%
Andrew Billings DT 33 52% 5 17%
Roderic Teamer SS 32 50% 13 45%
Jerry Tillery DT 23 36% 5 17%
Neil Farrell DT 23 36% 0 0%
Clelin Ferrell DE 22 34% 6 21%
Tyler Hall CB 18 28% 1 3%
Amik Robertson CB 16 25% 4 14%
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS 8 12% 17 59%
Tashawn Bower DE 4 6% 9 31%
Luke Masterson LB 3 5% 24 83%
Special Teams Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Matthias Farley FS 0 0% 24 83%
Darien Butler LB 0 0% 23 79%
Curtis Bolton LB 0 0% 18 62%
Jesper Horsted TE 0 0% 13 45%
Brittain Brown RB 0 0% 11 38%
DJ Turner WR 0 0% 11 38%
Daniel Carlson K 0 0% 10 34%
Trent Sieg LS 0 0% 9 31%
AJ Cole III P 0 0% 9 31%
Lester Cotton G 0 0% 5 17%
Jackson Barton T 0 0% 5 17%
John Simpson G 0 0% 5 17%
Malcolm Koonce DE 0 0% 1 3%

 

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Ballers & Busters for Raiders Week 10 vs Colts

As Week 11 approaches, we look back at the Ballers & Busters for the Week 10 debacle vs the Colts

Many of you have probably already moved on from the Raiders loss to the Colts last Sunday. Normally Ballers & Busters comes out early in the week, but coming down with a vicious cold on Monday put a kink in that for me, so here we are the day before their next game.

Better late than never, right? For posterity?

The way the Raiders got their two wins this season were by putting together a full four quarters. In most of their six losses, they were shut down for a full half of football. Whether that was a slow start or a late collapse. This one was a bit of both.

In the end they were still shut down for a half of football. It was simply split up between the first and fourth quarters. Hence, the slow start AND a late collapse. They were decent in between, but that won’t get it done.

Ballers

DE Maxx Crosby

As is often the case, Crosby was the best player on the field in Silver & Black. He had a run stop for no gain on the Colts’ final drive of the first quarter to hold it to a field goal.

Then he ended the Colts’ first drive of the third quarter by sacking Matt Ryan on third and one. The 14-yard loss resulted in a 48-yard field goal attempt that missed off the right upright. The play energized the offense and they drove for a touchdown and their first lead of the game at 14-13.

The Colts’ first drive of the fourth quarter was a three-and-out with Crosby making the run stop on third and nine. Once again, the offense responded with a go-ahead score. Even though in both instances, their lead didn’t last long.

P AJ Cole

Cole was launching rocket shots all game long. His punts traveled 50, 67, 61, 54, and 62 yards for an average of 58.8 yards per punt. Only one of his punts was returned past the 20-yard-line.

TE Foster Moreau

The first touchdown of the day for the Raiders was Moreau making a diving grab with a defender draped all over him. But it was also Moreau who got the Raiders in scoring range in the first place. He made the longest catch of the game for the Raiders at that point, taking a short pass for 21 yards. Then with the Raiders at the Indianapolis 36, he laid the key block to spring Josh Jacobs on a 22-yard run.

In the third quarter, the Raiders went on their second TD drive with Moreau perhaps making the key play on the drive. On second and 20, Moreau caught an 18-yard pass. They converted the third and two and scored the TD two plays later.

It’s a shame his day ended with a ball hitting both his hands in the end zone on what would’ve been the game-winning touchdown. But the moment the ball got there, it was swatted out by LB Bobby Okereke.

RB Ameer Abullah

Abdullah would’ve had an even bigger day than his four catches for 33 yards had Derek Carr not missed him wide-open over the middle late in the first quarter leading to a three-and-out.

As it stood, Abdullah had several third-down catches, converting on two, and putting them in 4th and one on the other which they converted.

He also returned a kickoff to the 38-yard-line.

WR Davante Adams

Finished with nine catches for 126 yards and a touchdown. Much of his yards came on his touchdown from 48 yards out.

Probably his most impressive catch came on the Raiders’ final drive. On third and eight, he took the pass in the right flat, broke a tackle, and dragged defenders for several yards to pick up the first down. Later in the drive, he made a catch, broke a tackle, and took it for 16 yards to the 19-yard-line.

Honorable Mention

CB Sam Webb – Kept most catches in front of him. Finished with a team-leading two pass breakups and a forced fumble.

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Fantasy football start ’em, sit ’em: Week 11

Here’s a look at some start/sit decisions in Week 11 of fantasy football.

After we saw two rookie wide receivers explode in primetime on Thursday night, it’s time to take a look at some tough start/sit decisions fantasy football manager will have to face in Week 11.

Teams on a bye in Week 11 include the Miami Dolphins, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks.

Doing start/sit articles can be a little challenging. The players featured on the list below should not be taken as “must starts” or “must sits.” Instead, these are more suggestions on what we believe managers should do with fringe players heading into the weekend. The choice is ultimately up to the manager.

Just because a player is listed as a “start” doesn’t mean he should be put in the lineup over the secure, bona fide studs. Vice versa for the “sits.” If there’s no better option on the waiver wire or the bench, a manager shouldn’t automatically sit the player. That’s why these can be tricky waters to navigate.

You also can check out our start and sit bench list for Week 11:

Six points with David Dorey

Friday’s quick look at six fantasy items to know

We made it through Week 9 that had six teams on bye, and don’t forget that there are six more byes in Week 14. Right when you need all hands on deck for your playoffs.

The injuries have been on the lighter side which is great, but it probably means it’s saving up for a big wave here soon. And typically sometime in the next month, there is a week where upsets dominate and a disturbing number of teams play flat and lose their favored games. It’s because the season is two months deep and there’s a temptation to underprepare for teams you think you can beat. And they try to mail in their effort only to get caught in a trap game. And sadly, the team loses and their fantasy players flop. It always happens every season but it hasn’t happened yet.

The waiver wire tends to get pretty thin from here on to the end of the season. It’s mostly swapping out kickers and defenses, and taking a chance on a very long shot player that you end up cutting in a week or two. But the NFL will continue to evolve. We’re more comfortable on the players that are considered good or bad, but don’t get too comfortable.

Six items to watch for this weekend:

1.) RB Travis Etienne (JAC) – Since James Robinson left after Week 6, Etienne’s production hit a new level. He’s rushed for over 100 yards in each of the last three games but each one of those were at home. So he hits the road to Kansas City and what I want to see is if his usage goes up as a receiver. He’s unlikely to get 20+ carries at the Chiefs but his usage as a receiver has been low.

At Clemson, the multi-talented Etienne averaged four catches per game at a rate that would have resulted in almost 70 catches for over 800 yards.  He’s currently only catching about two passes per week. Etienne is the bell cow now so what happens when the Jags are on the road and falling behind? Etienne has been great at home running wild, but if he adds more receiving work – and the Jaguars need the help – Etienne’s stock next summer will skyrocket.

2.)  WR Mack Hollins, TE Foster Moreau (LV) – The Raiders placed Darren Waller and Hunter Renfrow on injured reserve and that completely reshuffles the deck for the Raiders’ fantasy receivers not named Davante Adams. The Broncos will play the Colts, Broncos, Seahawks, and Chargers without the two injured starters and will need more than just Adams to stay in the game.  Waller and Renfrow were both disappointments, but Moreau and particularly Hollins will see an increase in targets. There have only been three completions to Keelan Cole outside of the above receivers, so Hollins and Moreau could end up better than the receivers they are replacing since the Raiders are running short on talent.

3.)  WR Odell Beckham – He’s coming back and will be courted by several teams. He’s rumored to be coveted by the Cowboys, Bills, Packers, and Rams. Many expect he’ll end up in Dallas since they are short of a viable No. 2 receiver since Amari Cooper left. He’s likely stuck on a fantasy roster in most leagues already. But – are expectations too high? The 30-year-old tore his ACL in October of 2020 but started playing for the Rams in Week 3 just a month short of a year since his injury.

He never scored until Week 12  and ten of his 13 regular season games featured fewer than 40 yards. He gained over 50 yards in each of his four playoff appearances and even posted 113 yards on nine catches in the Conference Championship over 14 months since his 2020 injury.

Beckham tore his ACL in the Superbowl not quite ten months ago. He’s been a great wideout over his eight seasons, but he is tearing an ACL annually for the last two years.

4.) RB Jerick McKinnon (KC) – The Chiefs backfield is always interesting given the flood of fantasy points in most Chiefs’ games. But the backfield is disappointing this year with a lack of any primary back. In the close win over the visiting Titans last week, the rushing distribution was  Isiah Pacheco (5-5), Clyde Edwards-Helaire (4-5), and Jerick McKinnon (3-4). Both Edwards-Helaire and Pacheco caught a single pass. But McKinnon turned eight targets into six catches for 40 yards.

There may never be anything reliable in the set of running backs and they use all three each week. But McKinnon just had six catches last week and he ended 2021 with six- and five-catch games. McKinnon has the highest snap count for the backfield for the last  four games and his 62 snaps dominated in Week 9. The Chiefs use him the most on passing downs, and I want to see what his usage is this week versus the Jaguars to see if he continues to be on the field the most and catching the most passes.

5.)   49ers offense – Christian McCaffrey came on board in Week 7 with a handful of plays. He took a full load in Week 8 with 18 carries and eight catches. George Kittle only caught three passes. Brandon Aiyuk led the team with 81 yards and a score on six catches. But Week 10 will be entirely different. Jeff Wilson is gone. Elijah Mitchell could come off injured reserve at any time. Deebo Samuel who also runs the ball was out in Week 8. Over the bye, the 49ers worked on integrating McCaffrey into the offense.

The workload for players will be interesting at home against the Chargers since Samuel is back, Wilson is gone, and Mitchell may be active. There’s a lot of firepower on their offense and how they use it will be different this week. And maybe every week.

6.)  How reliable are the current Top-10’s?

Here’s a brief look at what the Top-10’s for players last year looked like by Week 9 compared to how they performed in the second set of eight games. The column “1-8” is what their rankings were heading into Week 9, and “9-17” shows their ranking using only Week 9 to 17 and ignoring what they did in the first half of the season.

Quarterbacks really did not have that much difference aside from injury situations. Their first eight weeks compared to their final eight weeks (ignoring Week 18).

Derrick Henry went from the top to neatly doing nothing when he was hurt last year. Like the quarterbacks, injury situations were the culprit in almost all of the swings. But notice that five running backs were No. 20 or worse and then were Top-10 in the second half.

There was a lot of transition.  The reality is that the Top-5 is all that really matters with tight ends. But this year there is Kelce and Andrews, and then a big drop off. Looks like that repeats.

There was transition, but it was mostly the Top-20 rearranging a bit. Only Amon-Ra St. Brown and Tee Higgs were significantly better in the second half of the year.

Ballers & Busters for Raiders Week 8 vs Saints

Plenty of blame to go around for the Raiders terrible performance in New Orleans Sunday

If you’re reading this, I admire your perseverance. It isn’t easy to relive games like this if you’re a fan. But it can be cathartic. And sometimes you just go searching for answers. I hope I can provide some for you from this completely lopsided 24-0 game.

Ballers

None

This should come as no surprise in a game such as this that there were no standout exceptions to all the terribleness. I came out of the live viewing expecting this and the more in-depth look confirmed that. Pretty much just bad top to bottom.

And, no, there aren’t even any Honorable Mentions.

Busters

HC Josh McDaniels, DC Patrick Graham

The offense went nowhere and the defense couldn’t seem to stop anything. It was 24-0 and really it wasn’t even that close. The Saints missed a chipshot field goal and spent most of the second half just running the clock.

The Raiders were down 7-0 heading into the second quarter. The first play of the quarter was third and one. And instead of going to Josh Jacobs, McDaniels tried to get cute and gave it to Davante Adams on a sweep. It was blown up for a loss.

Now fourth and two at their own 28, the Raiders lined up in punt formation. And McDaniels tried to get even cuter with a fake. The direct snap to reserve safety Matthias Farley was stopped for a loss and the Saints took over already in scoring range. They added a field goal to make those two bad calls by McDaniels worth three points and a 10-0 deficit.

After a Carr interception gave the Saints the ball in Raiders territory again, Graham’s defense quickly made it 17-0 when Alvin Kamara was left wide open over the middle for a 16-yard touchdown catch and run.

That was Kamara’s second TD of the game, but not his last. In fact, his third TD, he was also wide open over the middle, this time going 36 yards for the score. Graham’s defense wasn’t accounting for Kamara just as it was completely failing to contain Taysom Hill who got good yards time and time again on designed runs.

This team never got off the plane. How they could be this unprepared is mind-boggling. An earlier start due to the Eastern Time Zone doesn’t explain this level of ineptitude. Not sure anything does.

QB Derek Carr

Not one snap in New Orleans territory. Not one. His fewest yards ever thrown in a game (101) with at least ten completions or 15 attempts. His third-worst passer rating (50.3) of his career. His third fewest yards per attempt (3.88) of his career. His fourth-fewest completions (15) in a game in which he threw more than 25 passes (26).

The first drive ended with him throwing too high for a wide-open Mack Hollins. Second drive with him throwing short of Davante Adams. Fourth with him getting picked off.

The first drive of the third quarter ended with him getting sacked twice — the second time because he held onto the ball too long — and then giving up with a dump on third and 23. His next — and final — drive ended with him throwing a three-yard bubble screen to Davante Adams on second and 27. Then, of course, another give-up dump to call it a night.

CB Rock Ya-Sin, CB Anthony Averett

When Taysom Hill wasn’t running wild, Andy Dalton was picking apart the secondary. Andy. Dalton. And Ya-Sin and Averett were making it look easy.

The first TD drive featured Averett giving up a 30-yard catch. It was Averett again who gave up an eight-yard catch that put them at the 11-yard line and they scored on the next play.

Late in the first half, the Saints drove into scoring range with Ya-Sin giving up a 14-yard catch on third-and-nine and Averett giving up a 10-yard catch on third-and-four. They escaped it being a scoring drive because of a missed chip shot field goal.

They wouldn’t escape it to start the third quarter with Ya-Sin being called for pass interference on third-and-nine and the Saints going on to score their third touchdown.

The two of them would give up third-down conversion catches on the final Saints drive to allow them to bleed the clock down.

T Kolton Miller, G Alex Bars, TE Foster Moreau

Blocking was a real problem for the Raiders. No one was great. These three were especially bad.

It wasn’t a happy homecoming for LSU alum Moreau. He was getting pushed all over the place trying to block. The first play had him blocked into the gap to cause a run stuff. The second play he gave up a pressure that led to a tackle for loss and ultimately a three-and-out to begin the game.

The second drive saw Bars miss his block to give up a run stuff for a three-yard loss. The drive ended with Miller giving up a pressure that forced Carr to step up and throw on the run and the pass fell short and incomplete. Miller would end the next drive when he did a face plant on his block that got Davante Adams nailed for a loss on the sweep.

Moreau would give up another run stuff on the next possession, then Carr was picked off on third-and-two.

After falling down 24-0, Bars gave up a sack on Carr and he was sacked again on the next play while trying to make up the yards lost on the first one.

Carr’s final drive began with Miller being flagged for a false start. Then after Moreau made a first down catch, he gave up another hit on Carr that led to another tackle for loss. And Miller gave up a hit on Carr on the next play to set up third and 13. So much for all that settling in they were doing.

LB Denzel Perryman, LB Divine Deablo

It’s times like this that you realize just looking at tackle numbers doesn’t tell the whole story. If it did, it would look as if Deablo had a great game. After all, he did put up 14 tackles. But many of those tackles were downfield after the damage had been done. The same goes for Perryman and his eight tackles.

For proof of this, you need only look at the game Alvin Kamara had. Seven of his nine catches came with either Deablo or Perryman in coverage. Against Deablo he had four catches on four targets for 38 yards and a TD. Against Perryman he had three catches on three targets for 47 yards and a TD.

I don’t think much more needs to be said.

DE Chandler Jones, DT Bilal Nichols, DT Andrew Billings

Nearly the entire defensive line. Maxx Crosby did enough to stay off the list. The others did not.

Jones was routinely losing containment on the edge and watching Taysom Hill run by him for first downs and chunk plays. He let Hill get by him for good yards on each of the Saints’ three touchdown drives. And after an early pressure on Andy Dalton, he didn’t breathe on him the rest of the game.

Neither Jones nor Nichols nor Billings had a single tackle until after the Saints had taken their 24-0 lead in the third quarter. And none had a single stat other than that. Just utterly ineffective.

Just so you know they were actually on the field, the first TD of the game was set up by Nichols giving up a five-yard keeper on first and goal from the eight. And then Kamara scored from three yards out right through Billings’s position,

WR Davante Adams

I don’t blame him for much of what he’s going through. But he did have a drop, couldn’t seem to get open consistently, even when lined up against a rookie corner, and at one point was even flagged for an illegal shift. He was targeted five times with one catch on a bubble screen. In total, he touched the ball twice for a net of two yards.

Raiders, Texans Wednesday Week 7 injury report: TE Darren Waller not practicing with hamstring injury

Foster Moreau returned to practice today while Darren Waller still sidelined with a hamstring injury

When Darren Waller left the Raiders’ week five game against the Chiefs, head coach Josh McDaniels said he didn’t think the tight end’s hamstring injury was “super significant”. That raised hopes that Waller might be able to heal up over the bye week and return quickly. As of Wednesday he was still sidelined.

Offering some good news was the return of Foster Moreau (knee) to practice. With both Waller and Moreau out last week, the Raiders were down to just TE Jesper Horsted.

Moreau was limited in practice as was LB Jayon Brown (hamstring) and WR Mack Hollins (heel).

Missing for the Texas was former Raiders DT Maliek Collins (knee) along with DL Jerry hughes (knee) and WR Chris Moore (hip).

Additionally, CB Anthony Averett and WR DJ Turner practiced for the first time since being placed on injured reserve following the season opener. They would not have shown up on the injury report as they must be added back to the active roster; something the team has 21 days to do as of today.

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Raiders, Chiefs final Week 5 injury report: WR Hunter Renfrow returns

After missing 2 two weeks with a concussion, Hunter Renfrow is a go for Monday Night vs the Chiefs

There was a good deal of good news on the Raiders injury report this week. Namely those who were removed from it come the final designations.

Most notable is the return of Hunter Renfrow. The Pro Bowl slot receiver had missed the past two games with a concussion. He was a full participant in practice this week for the first time since week two and was removed from the injury report today.

Renfrow wasn’t the only starter for the Raiders to return from injury this week. Rock Ya-Sin — who missed the game against the Broncos with a knee injury — was also given a clean bill of health. As was Denzel Perryman who left the Broncos game before halftime with a concussion.

A surprise addition to the injury report this week was linebacker Jayon Brown, who missed the last two practices with a hamstring injury and has been ruled OUT.

Brown’s injury prompted the Raiders to sign Blake Martinez just days after having added him to the practice squad.

TE Foster Moreau was a limited participant in practice Saturday after missing the past two practices and the Broncos game with a knee injury.

The Chiefs will be without kicker Harrison Butker with an ankle injury.

Raiders, Broncos final Week 4 injury report: WR Hunter Renfrow OUT

Hunter Renfrow will miss his second consecutive game with concussion. Foster Moreau (knee) also OUT vs Broncos.

For the second straight week, the Raiders will be without slot receiver Hunter Renfrow. Thus causing them to be without a big part of their offense.

The Pro Bowl receiver has ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Broncos with a concussion he suffered on the final play of the week two game against the Cardinals.

Also ruled OUT for Sunday’s game against the Broncos is TE Foster Moreau (knee).

There was some good news for the Raiders. Tre’von Moehrig was removed from the injury report. The second-year safety had missed the past two games with a hip injury. Duron Harmon filled in well in his absence.

Another bit of good news was Nate Hobbs being removed from the injury report after leaving last week’s game with a concussion and missing Wednesday’s practice.

Out for the Broncos are WR Tyrie Cleveland (hamstring), OLB Jonathan Cooper (hamstring), CB Darius Phillips (hamstring), OL Billy Turner (knee), and G/C Quinn Meinerz (hamstring).

While DT DJ Jones returned to practice Friday and is officially Questionable as is G Dalton Risner.

Raiders, Broncos Wednesday Week 4 injury report: LB Denzel Perryman returns to practice

LB Denzel Perryman returns to practice for Raiders while CB Nate Hobbs enters concussion protocol

No injured player for the Raiders has been missed the past couple weeks quite like Denzel Perryman. His presence in the middle of the Raiders’ defense is quite noticeable, both for his play as well as his leadership and intelligence. So, in that regard, the Raiders got very good news on Wednesday as he practiced for the first time since going out with an injury in the season opener.

Also injuring himself in the season opener was center Andre James, who suffered a concussion on the final play. He too missed the past two weeks. He returned to practice last week, but was wearing a red non-contact jersey and was inactive for the game. He was upgraded to a full participant in today’s practice.

Still missing with a concussion this week is WR Hunter Renfrow, who, as it happens, also suffered his head injury on the final play of the game in week two against the Cardinals.

Joining Renfrow in the concussion protocol is CB Nate Hobbs who left last Sunday’s game vs the Titans.

Also missing practice was TE Foster Moreau with a knee injury.

Seven players were missing for the Broncos, so those will be worth watching this week.

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