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Raiders report
Schedule
All practices astatine Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center, unless noted:
Saturday — Off
Sunday — vs. Washington Football Team, Allegiant Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
Monday — Rich Bisaccia quality conference, 1 p.m.
Tuesday — Off
Wednesday — Practice, 11 a.m.
Thursday — Practice, 11 a.m.
Friday — Practice, 11 a.m.
Dec. 11 — Off
Dec. 12 — astatine Kansas City Chiefs, Arrowhead Stadium, 10 a.m.
Quote of the day
Tight extremity Foster Moreau is simply a arrogant Louisiana State alumnus successful a locker country afloat of erstwhile Alabama stars.
But he’s not acceptable to clasp his alma mater’s caller coach, Brian Kelly, who went viral connected societal media Thursday speaking with what appeared to beryllium a confederate twang developed overnight.
While Moreau said helium had yet to spot the clip, helium paused for much than 5 seconds erstwhile asked what helium thought of Kelly’s hiring.
“My ma ever said if you don’t person thing bully to say, you should astir apt conscionable support it to yourself,” Moreau said. “I don’t cognize thing astir Brian Kelly. I cognize he’s a family-oriented man, and I’m excited for the accidental helium has.”
The hesitancy to endorse Kelly mightiness beryllium much of an contented with the school’s determination to determination connected from Ed Orgeron, who coached Moreau.
“Fit is ever important, chemistry is ever important,” Moreau said. “But the much you tin beryllium astir people, the much you tin recognize wherever they travel from.
“Obviously, ‘Coach O’ knew each inch of Louisiana and thing successful that soil, and that was precise meaningful to the authorities and the university. He was not lone an unthinkable manager but besides an ambassador for shot successful southeast Louisiana.”
Injury report
Star choky extremity Darren Waller is doubtful for Sunday’s crippled with backmost and genu injuries. Interim manager Rich Bisaccia said Waller volition beryllium evaluated again Saturday, but helium didn’t signifier each week.
Linebacker Patrick Onwuasor (hamstring) and antiaircraft extremity Carl Nassib (knee) are listed arsenic out.
Wide receiver DeSean Jackson (calf), linebacker Nick Kwaitkoski (ankle), cornerback Keisean Nixon (ankle) and moving backmost Josh Jacobs (ankle) are questionable. Kwiatkoski and Nixon person missed the past 3 games.
“Those 4 are each questionable, and we’ll benignant of marque a last determination (Saturday),” Bisaccia said. “They ran astir retired determination a small spot done astir of the practice, truthful we’ll marque a last determination connected however it looks.”
Cornerback Trayvon Mullen (foot) remains connected injured reserve. Bisaccia said the squad hopes Mullen tin play Dec. 12 astatine Kansas City.
“He had 2 bully days of moving around, and helium worked connected the scout squad a small spot trying to get him backmost successful the shot routine,” Bisaccia said. “He had a amended time contiguous than yesterday.”
Best supporting actor
Moreau had six catches for 60 yards and a touchdown against the Eagles the lone different clip Waller missed a crippled this season.
Bisaccia said the modular doesn’t alteration erstwhile Moreau is called upon for a bigger relation connected offense, but it does mean a decreased stock of peculiar teams snaps.
“We person a beauteous choky relationship,” Moreau said of Bisaccia, the peculiar teams coordinator. “He won’t enactment maine connected kickoff, bless him. But there’s nary mode I’d beryllium disconnected punt, and I’ll decidedly beryllium going successful astatine definite times whenever needed.”
Old friend
Washington antiaircraft coordinator Jack Del Rio was the caput manager of the Raiders from 2015 to 2017.
While the roster has astir wholly turned over, Derek Carr was the backmost for Del Rio’s tenure.
Bisaccia said there’s ever an intriguing chess lucifer erstwhile a manager and subordinate person specified familiarity.
“I’m definite Coach Del Rio feels helium has a beauteous bully grip connected Derek due to the fact that he’s seen him successful a batch of practices and a batch of crippled situations,” Bisaccia said. “And Derek astir apt is thinking, ‘I cognize what Coach Del Rio whitethorn telephone successful definite situations.’”
While determination were a mates of unusual exchanges betwixt Carr and Del Rio since his tenure ended, astir notably Del Rio’s critique of Carr’s cold-weather performances, Del Rio was complimentary of Carr this week.
“He’s having a bully year, astir apt arsenic bully a twelvemonth arsenic he’s had since twelvemonth 2 of our clip being determination erstwhile helium truly tore it up,” Del Rio said.
Contact Adam Hill astatine ahill@reviewjournal.com. Follow @AdamHillLVRJ connected Twitter.
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