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Raiders QB Aidan O’Connell No. 4 no more, 3 others switch back to their college numbers

Three Raiders switching back to their old college numbers, Aidan O’Connell shedding No 4

More Raiders players are joining the number switching party.

QB Aidan O’Connell will now wear No. 12, switching from the No. 4 he wore as a rookie and which Derek Carr had worn for nine years in Silver & Black.

Safety Tre’von Moehrig will begin wearing No. 7 after wearing No. 25 his first two seasons with the team. Moehrig wore No. 7 in college at TCU.

Two others are getting their college numbers back. Running back Zamir White is switching to the No. 3 he wore at Georgia after wearing No. 35 his first two seasons. While his backfield mate Amir Abdullah is switching to the No. 8 he wore at Nebraska after wearing No. 22 the past two seasons with the team. He was unable to get the number last year as Josh Jacobs wore it.

O’Connell wore 13 and 16 at Purdue. Those numbers currently belong to QB Anthony Brown and WR Jakobi Meyers respectively. As it happens, both of are also wearing their college numbers.

It’s interesting seeing all the players taking advantage of the rule that allows more than just QB’s and kickers to wear single digit numbers. Players become attached to their college numbers and so it’s special for them when they get a chance to wear it again.

Despite first takeaway of season, Raiders take sole possession of NFL-worst turnover differential

Despite first takeaway of season, Raiders take sole possession of NFL-worst turnover differential

Good news: The Raiders finally got a takeaway. No longer making team one of just two teams without one this season.

Bad news: Their three turnovers on offense now land them alone in last place for the NFL’s worst turnover differential.

After the first three weeks of the season, the Raiders were tied with the Minnesota Vikings with a -7 turnover differential.

Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers, the Raiders would break the shutout in terms of takeaways by getting their first interception of the season. Tre’von Moehrig finally secured an interception.

Unfortunately, Aidan O’Connell fumbled three times and threw an interception. Two of those fumbles were recovered by the Chargers, giving them three turnovers on the day and a -2 turnover differential for the game.

This dropped them to a -9 turnover differential on the season.

Meanwhile, in Minnesota, the Vikings had two turnovers and one takeaway in a win over the Panthers, to give them a -1 turnover differential for the game and tied for 30th in the league with a -8 for the season.

The Chargers going +2 versus the Raiders moved them into a tie for 4th in the league with the Sehawks (+5).

The top three are the Cowboys (+9), Buccaneers (+7), and Bills (+6).

Raiders, Bills Week 2 Thursday injury report: WR Davante Adams returns to practice

Davante Adams returns to practice while Jakobi Meyers still going through concussion protocol.

Wednesday can often be a day of rest and rehab for players who were banged up in the previous week’s game. Such appears to be the case for WR Davante Adams and S Tre’von Moehrig who went from not practicing on Wednesday to full participants on Thursday.

Others returning to practice include WR DeAndre Carter (knee) who was limited Thursday.

Still missing were WR Jakobi Meyers (concussion) and DE Chandler Jones (personal) while G Jordan Meredith was downgraded from limited to DNP with a calf injury.

It appears at this point that Chandler Jones will miss at least his second straight game, if not more depending on if the Raiders ultimately opt to make a move to free up his roster spot while he works out his issues.

As for Meyers, he continues to go through the concussion protocol, making his status against the Bills very much uncertain.

The Bills appear to have come out of their season opener Monday night relatively injury free.