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Illness takes out 3 Raiders defenders Week 16 vs Jaguars

Three Raiders players showed up on the injury report Friday with illness. All three are inactive for today’s game.

The inactives are out for the Raiders and among them is their best cornerback.

Nate Hobbs showed up on the Raiders injury report this week, missing practice on Friday with an illness. He was Questionable for the game as a result.

Same went for Sam Webb and Kana’i Mauga. And all three are inactive for today’s game against the Jaguars.

Hobbs will be replaced at slot cornerback by Darnay Holmes. Webb’s spot as depth will be filled by practice squad signing Kyu Blu Kelly.

Jordan Meredith was Doubtful for the game with an ankle injury and he too will not play. Jackson Powers-Johnson could move over from center to left guard with Andre James coming in at center.

Raiders waive TE OJ Howard, re-sign QB Chase Garbers

TE OJ Howard among 3 waived as Raiders bring back QB Chase Garbers

Apparently to ring in the first day in pads, the Raiders made a string of moves. The team waived several players today including tight end OJ Howard.

Howard was one of the team’s early free agent signings this offseason and was expected to be the third tight end on the roster behind Michael Mayer and Austin Hooper. So, it’s a bit of a surprise that he was released.

In fact, the Raiders had an in-house interview with Howard not two days ago with the tweet reading that Howard is “ready to show out the Silver and Black.”

So, yeah, this is awkward. Maybe they meant ‘ready to be shown out’?

In an apparent corresponding move, the quarterback Chase Garbers has been re-signed by the team according to his agent.

Previous reports had the Raiders signing former Chiefs LB Darius Harris, which means there should be one more addition either not yet official or coming down the pike. We’ll keep you updated.