Raiders report: Former first-round pick answers challenge

Preseason

astatine a glance

Schedule

All practices astatine Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center, unless noted:

Friday — Practice, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m

■ Saturday — Off

■ Sunday — Preseason crippled vs. 49ers, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif., 1 p.m.

■ Monday — Off

■ Tuesday — Off

Quote of the day

Rookie linebacker Divine Deablo has lone participated successful a fewer practices for the Raiders aft getting cleared from an offseason injury. He has already learned the NFL is simply a agelong mode from Virginia Tech.

“The 1 astonishment is that you person to beryllium connected your ‘A’ crippled each azygous day,” helium said Thursday. “We person immoderate ballers here, particularly astatine the choky extremity position. I’ll archer you, Darren Waller ran a peculiar way connected me. I was successful bully position, but he’s truly accelerated and I conscionable didn’t expect a choky extremity to beryllium that fast.”

Deablo confirmed helium volition play Sunday successful the last preseason crippled successful San Francisco. He said he’s excited to yet beryllium connected an NFL tract playing against a antithetic squad alternatively of conscionable practicing against teammates.

Play of the day

Second-year cornerback Damon Arnette was enactment to the trial during Thursday’s signifier and received a passing people from his coach.

Arnette’s champion play came erstwhile Nathan Peterman tried to link with Dillon Stoner connected a heavy ball.

The erstwhile Ohio State prima was step-for-step connected the way and utilized his assemblage to get presumption and intercept the walk earlier heading the different mode for a large return.

Defensive coordinator Gus Bradley felt it was conscionable 1 portion of a bully time for Arnette.

“We benignant of tried to showcase him a small bit,” Bradley said. “That’s Coach Gruden’s doctrine is effort to onslaught antithetic guys somewhat successful signifier and conscionable spot wherever their maturity level is.”

Arnette responded favorably. “We’re cautiously optimistic connected him due to the fact that I deliberation he’s starting to consciousness much and much comfy with what is asked of him,” Bradley said.

High praise for Ragas

There whitethorn beryllium lone 1 roster spot disposable for grooming campy stars Trey Ragas and B.J. Emmons, depending connected the wellness of seasoned Jalen Richard.

Offensive coordinator Greg Olson seemed to bespeak 1 of them has a pb successful the battle.

“It’s a bully contention betwixt those two,” helium said. “We similar wherever some of them are at, but truly Trey Ragas has opened our eyes present successful these archetypal mates of games and successful practices we’ve liked what we’ve seen. So helium has a small spot amended grip connected it close now.”

Making the cut

Thursday technically marked the extremity of grooming campy arsenic the Raiders volition power to regular-season signifier mode opening Friday. That means it’s astir clip to trim the roster to 53 players, a fig the enactment indispensable scope by Tuesday afternoon.

Olson indicated determination are inactive pugnacious decisions to beryllium made astatine respective positions, truthful players connected the fringe of the roster inactive person a accidental to marque an content successful Sunday’s crippled astatine San Francisco.

“I deliberation there’s large contention astatine the wide receiver position,” helium said. “That’ll astir apt beryllium the astir hard determination … And the violative line, determination volition beryllium a bully subordinate that mightiness not marque the roster.”

The Raiders were a spot shorthanded for their last grooming campy signifier arsenic starting guards Richie Incognito and Denzelle Good some sat out. Incognito is dealing with a calf injury.

Linebackers Nick Kwiatkoski, Nicholas Morrow and Javin White remained retired of practice, arsenic did antiaircraft extremity Clelin Ferrell and cornerback Keisean Nixon.

Kwiatkoski and Ferrell were moving with diversion trainers disconnected to the side. Richard was riding a scooter with his near ft successful a boot.

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