Raiders report: 2 starters go down with injuries

Training camp

at a glance

Schedule

All practices astatine Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center, unless noted:

Friday — Off

Saturday — Preseason crippled vs. Rams, SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California, 7 p.m. (KVVU-5)

Sunday — Off

Monday — Practice 7:30-9:30 a.m

Tuesday — Practice 7:30-9:30 a.m. (Rosters reduced to 80)

Quote of the day

There s nary uncertainty the Raiders’ rebuilt violative enactment is inactive a question people heading into the regular season. And that volition stay the lawsuit until further notice.

On the different hand, the fig of weapons Derek Carr has astatine his disposal is becoming much and much apparent. That was reflected successful the assorted ways the Raiders attacked the Rams implicit the past fewer days, with moving backs Josh Jacobs and Kenyan Drake some progressive successful the tally and walk games, and youngsters similar Henry Ruggs and Bryan Edwards joining Darren Waller arsenic targets successful the passing game.

The operation of Jacobs and Drake adds a full caller twist, though.

“Man, I mean the sky’s the limit, honestly,” Jacobs said astir the imaginable of the Raiders’ offense. “You spot a batch of guys creating a batch of plays. You spot Kenyan catching a batch of balls retired of the backfield, making immoderate bully runs, and things similar that. I deliberation if we enactment steadfast it’s going to beryllium a peculiar twelvemonth for some of us.”

Injury update

Nearly mislaid successful the abrupt extremity to the Raiders’ associated signifier against the Rams connected Thursday was a brace of injuries to 2 cardinal starters.

First, close defender Richie Incognito went down with a limb injury. Not agelong after, linebacker Nicholas Morrow got caught up successful a wide of players and fell to the crushed grabbing his leg.

Both players were assisted disconnected the tract and were capable to locomotion to the Rams’ trainer’s room. Incognito was seen exiting the Raiders autobus astatine their edifice walking with a limp.

“We’ll look into it. We’ll cognize thing present successful the adjacent mates of days,” Gruden said. “I don’t person thing to study yet.”

It was doubtful either subordinate was going to play much, if astatine all, against the Rams connected Saturday. But their presumption present surely looks successful doubt.

Play of the day

With each passing day, rookie information Tre’von Moehrig continues to impress. And with each passing day, his clasp connected a starting occupation seems to turn tighter and tighter.

After picking disconnected 2 passes connected Wednesday, determination was nary letup from Moehrig connected Thursday. At 1 point, the Rams challenged him successful a one-on-one matchup against Cooper Kupp, 1 of the champion slot wide receivers successful the NFL and a noted way runner.

Moehrig ran stride for stride with Kupp, and astatine the constituent of onslaught connected a shot thrown by Matthew Stafford, the erstwhile TCU standout went implicit Kupp to sound the shot away.

Moehrig has been making plays each campy and impressing his teammates successful the process.

“A precise calm beingness astir him,” said choky extremity Darren Waller. “It’s not like, helium doesn’t person to beryllium large oregon anything. But astatine the aforesaid time, helium conscionable lets his play bash the talking. Those are the benignant of guys I conscionable respect from the gate. It’s a precise ego-driven game, arsenic you tin spot with everybody warring and everything. But you got guys similar him that tin beryllium quiet, similar quiescent assassins, and conscionable spell retired determination and grip their jobs.”

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