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Raiders, Dolphins Thursday injury report: LT Kolton Miller, LB Dylan Parham return to practice

Raiders LT Kolton Miller, LB Dylan Parham both returned to practice Thursday

Just yesterday the Raiders were missing their starting left side of the offensive line. Today it looks like there’s hope both could play Sunday in Miami.

Left tackle Kolton Miller (shoulder) and left guard Dylan Parham (calf) took the practice field today. Also returning to practice were cornerback Amik Robertson (concussion) and linebacker Curtis Bolton (illness).

In other words, they got everybody back.

Miller missed last week with his shoulder injury. His return would be the most significant. Robertson’s return is probably the most surprising considering he was knocked completely unconscious Sunday night against the Jets. Miller, Parham and Robertson were all still limited in Thursday’s practice.

For the Dolphins, several players missed practice for the second straight day including WR Chase Claypool, OL Rob Hunt, and OL Rob Jones.

Raiders, Dolphins Wednesday injury report: LT Kolton Miller, LG Dylan Parham both miss practice

LT Kolton Miller, LG Dylan Parham both miss practice

Wednesday the Raiders and Dolphins began preparing for their matchup in Miami on Sunday. The Raiders did so without the left side of their offensive line.

Left tackle Kolton Miller was still missing with a shoulder injury. He was joined by left guard Dylan Parham who is nursing a calf injury.

Also missing was cornerback Amik Robertson who suffered a concussion in Sunday night’s game against the Jets.

The Raiders did get fullback Jakob Johnson back from his concussion, so he figures to be ready to go this week.

The Dolphins were missing six players. We will see how many of them are still not practicing on Thursday to know who just a little banged up and who is actually in danger of missing the game Sunday.

Raiders Week 10 snap counts vs Jets: Jermaine Eluemunor plays every snap at left tackle

Raiders Week 10 snap counts vs Jets: Jermaine Eluemunor plays every snap at left tackle

With starting left tackle Kolton Miller’s shoulder injury, the Raiders kept it under wraps who would be replacing him at left tackle. In the end it wasn’t the next man up on the depth chart but rather a shuffle of linemen as they attempt to field the best five.

The most likely option was the one they went with which was the move right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor to the left side and bring in Thayer Munford to play right tackle.

For depth the team elevated Brandon Parker from the practice squad. Along with Justin Herron they had reinforcements should they need them.

The didn’t end up needing any reinforcements. Eluemunor played every snap at left tackle and Munford played every snap at right tackle. Herron played four snaps as an extra tackle in jumbo packages and Parker played four snaps on special teams.

The Jets still got good pressure, with much of that came from the inside as Quinnen Williams. Overall the Jets would sack Aidan O’Connell three times, with Munford and Eluemunor each giving up a sack. Though, to be fair, the Eluemunor sack allowed was because of pressure up the middle from Williams.

Offense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Thayer Munford T 64 100% 4 15%
Greg Van Roten G 64 100% 4 15%
Dylan Parham G 64 100% 4 15%
Jermaine Eluemunor T 64 100% 4 15%
Aidan O’Connell QB 64 100% 0 0%
Andre James C 64 100% 0 0%
Davante Adams WR 62 97% 0 0%
Jakobi Meyers WR 58 91% 0 0%
Michael Mayer TE 56 88% 4 15%
Josh Jacobs RB 53 83% 0 0%
Hunter Renfrow WR 27 42% 0 0%
Austin Hooper TE 27 42% 0 0%
Tre Tucker WR 15 23% 4 15%
Ameer Abdullah RB 10 16% 17 63%
DeAndre Carter WR 7 11% 11 41%
Justin Herron T 4 6% 0 0%
Zamir White RB 1 2% 10 37%
Defense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Robert Spillane LB 66 100% 0 0%
Tre’von Moehrig FS 66 100% 0 0%
Marcus Peters CB 66 100% 0 0%
Marcus Epps SS 66 100% 0 0%
Maxx Crosby DE 66 100% 0 0%
Bilal Nichols DT 52 79% 6 22%
Nate Hobbs CB 51 77% 2 7%
Divine Deablo LB 44 67% 0 0%
Jakorian Bennett CB 36 55% 2 7%
John Jenkins DT 35 53% 6 22%
Adam Butler DT 32 48% 5 19%
Jerry Tillery DT 27 41% 4 15%
Malcolm Koonce DE 26 39% 19 70%
Tyree Wilson DE 22 33% 5 19%
Malik Reed LB 20 30% 5 19%
Amik Robertson CB 18 27% 2 7%
Tyler Hall CB 15 23% 5 19%
Luke Masterson LB 10 15% 23 85%
Amari Burney LB 7 11% 4 15%
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS 1 2% 21 78%
Special Teams Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Brandon Bolden RB 0 0% 23 85%
Curtis Bolton LB 0 0% 19 70%
Jesper Horsted TE 0 0% 17 63%
Christopher Smith SS 0 0% 16 59%
DJ Turner WR 0 0% 16 59%
AJ Cole III P 0 0% 9 33%
Jacob Bobenmoyer LS 0 0% 9 33%
Daniel Carlson K 0 0% 8 30%
Brandon Parker T 0 0% 4 15%
Jordan Meredith G 0 0% 4 15%

Raiders vs Jets final injury report: LT Kolton Miller Doubtful, CB Marcus Peters Questionable

Raiders vs Jets final injury report: LT Kolton Miller Doubtful, CB Marcus Peters Questionable

It looks like the Raiders will be without their starting left tackle Sunday when the Jets come to town. After missing the entire week of practices with a shoulder injury, Kolton Miller has been officially listed as Doubtful for the game.

The Raiders have a couple options to replace Miller at left tackle. They could move right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor over there which would mean Thayer Munford would start at right tackle. Or they could leave Eluemunor at right tackle and start Justin Herron at left tackle.

“Part of our process here the last couple of days is just ‘next man up’ mentality,” said interim head coach Antonio Pierce. “So, if it isn’t Kolton Miller, it’ll be the next gentleman up. Obviously, everybody’s been practicing the right way, so if that comes to fruition and we have to move on from Kolton to somebody else, we’re not going to blink, and they’re not going to blink. And we expect him to do the exact same job Kolton Miller does. And when Kolton Miller goes in here, and he’s in there, he’s going be Kolton Miller. So, we’re fine. No panic. Nobody’s over here worried about what’s going to happen with Kolton if he’s in or not.”

Technically speaking, the ‘next man up’ would be Justin Herron as he is listed as the backup left tackle on the team’s website.

Other Raiders whose status is uncertain include CB Marcus Peters and FB Jakob Johnson. Both are Questionable for the game.

The Jets will be without a couple tackles as well with Billy Turner and Duane Brown both officially OUT.

Raiders, Jets Thursday injury report: LB Divine Deablo returns, LT Kolton Miller missing again

LB Divine Deablo returns, LT Kolton Miller missing again

Thursday brought good news and bad news for the Raiders. Good news was the return of linebacker Divine Deablo, who has missed the past couple games with an ankle injury. Bad news — and potentially very bad news — was left tackle Kolton Miller missed a second straight practice with a shoulder injury.

Also missing today for Raiders was Jakob Johnson who has not practiced since suffering a concussion in Detroit two weeks ago.

CB Marcus Peters returned to practice after missing Wednesday’s practice. He was limited along with several other Raiders players.

For the Jets, LB Chaz Surratt and T Biller Turner were once again missing.

Raiders, Jets Wednesday injury report: T Kolton Miller, CB Marcus Peters both miss practice

T Kolton Miller, CB Marcus Peters both miss practice Wednesday

Wednesday the Raiders took the practice field preparing for their attempt at an encore against the other New York City team. And they did so with a few important players.

Most notably, they were without left tackle Kolton Miller with a shoulder injury. They were also without CB Marcus Peters with a knee injury.

Still not practicing were LB Divine Deablo (ankle) and FB Jakob Johnson (concussion).

The Jets were without LB Chaz Surratt and T Billy Turner.

Ballers & Busters for Raiders Week 9 win vs Giants

Ballers & Busters for Raiders Week 9 win vs Giants

You won’t see many more lopsided victories than the Raiders had over the Giants Sunday. It was made all the more amazing when compared to how they looked over the first eight games of this season.

They stopped the Giants with a three-and-out to start things off and then drove for a touchdown. The next three Giants drives were a turnover on downs, consecutive sacks to put them in third and 27 and a punt, and a three and out.

Then midway through the second quarter, the Raiders drove for another touchdown, intercepted the ball, scored a third touchdown, intercepted the ball again, added a field goal at the end of the first half, and another one to begin the third to go up 27-0.

It was enough to make your head spin. At least if you were the Giants.

Ballers

HC Antonio Pierce

He brought the Raiders ready to play and itching to get him a big win in his debut of the post-Josh McDaniels era. The players came out pumped and the Giants got caught under the wheels of that bus.

The offense scored over 20 points for the first time this season, Josh Jacobs had a season-high rushing yards, and the defense had eight sacks, two turnovers off interceptions, and four others on downs. Then they sparked up cigars afterward to celebrate being out from under Josh McDaniels’s thumb and finally having fun again.

DE Maxx Crosby

Crosby came into the game outside the top ten in sacks. And left tied for second with TJ Watt. And even with three sacks in the game, he was still more valuable than his sack total.

The first Giants possession saw them line up in fourth and one to go for it. Then Maxx got the right guard to jump and they had to punt instead. The next drive saw the Giants again go for it on fourth and one. This time Crosby led the way in making the stop at the line for no gain.

The third drive ended with Crosby chasing down Daniel Jones for the sack. Jones attempted to get away from Crosby and tore his ACL.

Already up 27-0 in the third quarter, Crosby saw to it they didn’t close that gap. He got pressure on first down and got his second sack on third down to force another three-and-out. That series pretty much slammed the door on the Giants’ chances of coming back. But just for good measure, he would add one more sack early in the fourth quarter.

Even with the Raiders defense finally stepping up to match his energy, he still led the way for this team. And had cigars ready for the whole team after the game.

CB Amik Robertson

With the Raiders up 14-0 in the second quarter, the Giants knew they needed to make a big play. QB Tommy DeVito launched one for the end zone and Robertson flew over, got up in the air and picked it off, much like he did to win the game against the Packers a few weeks ago. He would get up and return this one to th 40-yard-line and the Raiders would capitalize on the turnover with their third touchdown of the day.

Early in the fourth quarter, he made a hard hit on a catch to knock the ball out on fourth down. And a bit later he added a forced fumble to his stat line just for good measure. Have yourself a game, Amik.

RB Josh Jacobs

Set the tone early and kept it going. He had 31 yards on on four runs on the opening touchdown drive, 33 yards and the touchdown run from two yards out on the second scoring drive, and scored again from two yards out on the next drive.

He already had a season-high 85 yards rushing by half time and the Raiders led 24-0. He surpassed 100 yards for a moment before a loss on a run put him back at 98 yards.

DT Bilal Nichols, DT John Jenkins

The 34-year-old was playing like he was ten years younger, showing rare pass rush and sideline-to-sideline run stopping abilities for a 327-pounder. He got pressure on the second play of the game to force an incompletion and the Giants started the game with a three-and-out.

The second Giants drive saw them line up in third and three and Nichols made the run stop short of the sticks. Then on fourth and one, he teamed up with Crosby and Jenkins to stop the tush push for no gain.

The first possession of the second quarter saw Jenkins race down the line to make a tackle for loss in the left flat, leading to another three-and-out.

Pressure was coming from all over the Raiders line, but Nichols was doing some nice complementary football with Crosby in this one. On consecutive plays in the fourth quarter Nichols had a pressure that led to a Crosby sack and then Crosby had pressure that led to a Nichols sack. That’s how it’s supposed to be done.

QB Aidan O’Connell

The rookie scored on the opening drive while delivering a strike on a slant to Jakobi Meyers that went for 25 yards.

The next scoring drive, he reminded us that Hunter Renfrow is on this team with consecutive connections to the shifty slot receiver for 19 yards and 13 yards to put the Raiders in first and goal. They scored the TD on the next play.

Following the Amik Robertson interception, O’Connell threw deep on the first play for a gorgeous 50-yard hookup with speedster Tre Turner to put the Raiders in first and goal at the ten. They scored three plays later.

He opened the second half by completing passes on four third downs, converting the first three and putting them in field goal range with the fourth one to make it a 27-0 game.

The rookie didn’t have massive numbers, but he delivered some strikes, ran the offense perfectly, and didn’t turn the ball over. Not much more you can ask of him than that.

LT Kolton Miller, LG Dylan Parham, C Andre James, RG Greg Van Roten, RT Jermaine Eluemunor

The entire Oline played every snap, didn’t give up a single sack, and opened holes for Josh Jacobs to hit 100 yards and two touchdowns.

On the second TD drive, Eluemunor and Van Roten made key blocks on a 15-yard Jacobs run and Eluemunor laid a key block on the touchdown run. Miller, Parham, and Van Roten got out left to make key blocks on a 15-yard catch in the left flat by DeAndre Carter to get things going in the third quarter.

Honorable Mention

WR Jakobi Meyers — Scored the Raiders first TD on a sweep and made some nice blocks in the game as well.

RB Ameer Abdullah — Did some great dirty work on offense and special teams.

WR Tre Tucker — Made an incredible diving 50-yard grab that set up the Raiders’ second touchdown of the game.

Busters

None

This was about as flawless a performance as you’ll see on both sides of the ball. The Raiders were up 24-0 by half time and were up 27-0 midway through the third before the Giants got on the board for the first time. Hard to find blame for anything when one team scores that much and gives up nothing.

Antonio Pierce attended all Raiders OL meetings last week, they responded in big way

Antonio Pierce attended all Raiders OL meetings last week and they responded in big way

For as bad as the Giants have been this year, their defensive line has been pretty good. And defensive coordinator Wink Martindale is known for bringing the heat on opposing quarterbacks.

The duo of Kayvon Thibodeaux and Dexter Lawrence have a combined 11.5 sacks and 24 QB hits. But on Sunday in Vegas they combined for zero in both categories.

The entire starting five for the Raiders played every snap in the game. Those five from left to right were LT Kolton Miller, LG Dylan Parham, C Andre James, RG Greg Van Roten, and RT Jermaine Eluemunor.

New interim head coach Antonio Pierce — who spent the latter half of his ten-year NFL career as a player with the Giants — was determined to make sure these guys were put in the best position to help the Raiders offense function at a high level.

“I was in every meeting with the Oline this week. I was their best friend,” said Pierce, with a smile. “I was encouraging them, I was trying to learn the terminology obviously, coming from the other side of the ball the last two years and not really focusing on their terminology, their techniques, their fundamentals and how they coach and talk. But being over there just to give words of encouragement because that’s a good group. And they’re a tight knit group. And I think that was showcased last night. If you really go back and watch the game, watch where guys come off the ball to the second level. It was impressive. They set the tone the first drive of the game. They are the reason why we’re going to move forward and keep moving forward is because of those guys.”

Along with allowing zero sacks in the game and just one QB hit on rookie Aidan O’Connell, the line opened up holes for Josh Jacobs all game long. It led to Jacobs having his best game of the season, and for a moment late in the game going over 100 yards (before a tackle for loss put him back to 98 yards).

Jacobs setting the tone along with the ability for O’Connell to survey the field and find his receivers went a long way to helping the offense score 30 points when they hadn’t broken 20 points in the previous eight games this season.

Raiders LT Kolton Miller has not allowed a pressure since Week 5

Raiders LT Kolton Miller has not allowed a pressure since Week 5

The Raiders are a top-heavy team filled with several superstar players at the top of their respective positions. Davante Adams might just be the best receiver in the NFL and Josh Jacobs led the league in rushing yards in 2022.

And then there is Maxx Crosby, who is putting together a DPOY season. The Raiders also have two of the top specialists in the league in Daniel Carlson and A.J. Cole. But the one elite player who doesn’t get enough hype in Las Vegas is Kolton Miller, who has developed into one of the NFL’s top left tackles.

In a recent article by Pro Football Focus, they wrote about Miller and how good he has been as a pass protector this season:

Miller has not allowed a single pressure over the past two weeks and leads tackles with a 90.8 pass-blocking grade over that time span.

Miller currently has a PFF grade of 83.0 on the season, tied for the fourth-best in the NFL. He has the third-highest pass-blocking grade (85.7), only behind Tristan Wirfs and Christian Darrisaw.

One of the reasons why the Raiders have been so improved on the offensive line this season is that Miller has taken another step. He’s been one of the NFL’s best tackles this season and that has helped everyone else on the offensive line. He is a stud and is only getting better each season.

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NFL trade deadline: 5 Browns trade targets on bad teams

Could the Browns look to be aggressive at the deadline?

The Cleveland Browns sit at 4-2 on the season, but it has not been pretty over the last two games. You know what they say though, good teams find ways to win ugly, and the Browns have certainly done that over the last two weeks. Nearing the NFL trade deadline, however, could the team look to make a move or two to upgrade their roster? Names like defensive linemen Denico Autry and wide receiver Jerry Jeudy fit their systems like a glove and could be on the move.

While the Browns could also be looking to make moves to ship off players like wideout Donovan Peoples-Jones as they are expected to be both buyers and sellers, the emphasis must be on improving their roster, especially on the offensive side of the football.

Keeping it relatively realistic, here are five NFL trade deadline targets that fit what the Browns do on both sides of the ball.