Raiders report: Former first-rounder added to practice squad

Raiders Report

All practices astatine Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center, unless noted:

■ Thursday — Practice, 10:50 a.m.

■ Friday — Practice, 11 a.m.

■ Saturday — Off

■ Sunday — astatine Steelers, Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

Quote of the day

Defensive extremity Maxx Crosby is officially connected the radar of Steelers’ backmost Ben Roethlisberger up of their matchup connected Sunday successful Pittsburgh. Crosby is coming disconnected a ascendant show that earned him AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors.

But Roethlisberger has known astir Crosby since his assemblage days. That’s due to the fact that the third-year Raiders’ prima played shot astatine Eastern Michigan of the Mid-American Conference, the aforesaid league that produced Roethlisberger.

Q: What surprises you astir Maxx Crosby?

Roethlisberger: “Nothing. He’s from the MAC. That’s wherever the champion shot players travel from. He’s a stud.” pic.twitter.com/RsmyYFPzyd

— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) September 15, 2021

When asked astir preparing to look Crosby, Roethlisberger said helium hasn’t been amazed by his success.

“He’s from the MAC,” Roethlisberger said. “That’s wherever the champion shot players travel from. He’s a stud.”

Crosby reciprocated the respect aboriginal Wednesday afternoon.

“He’s a fable from the MAC. I decidedly hold with him,” Crosby said of the erstwhile Miami of Ohio star. “The champion players travel from the MAC, truthful outcry retired to him. We’re looking guardant to this week. He’s a large subordinate and different obstacle successful our way. So we’re going to hole for him and beryllium ready.”

Transactions

The Raiders made a mates rumored roster moves authoritative connected Wednesday, announcing the signings of antiaircraft tackle Damion Square and defender Jordan Simmons.

Simmons spent 2017 connected the Raiders’ signifier squad arsenic an undrafted rookie earlier playing successful 20 games with the Seahawks implicit the past 3 seasons, including 9 starts.

Square besides entered the league arsenic an undrafted escaped cause successful 2013 and has spent clip with the Eagles, Chiefs and Chargers.

He played 5 snaps successful the Bears’ nonaccomplishment to the Rams connected Sunday and has appeared successful 92 games successful his career.

“We conscionable signed him and the dude already fits close in,” said Crosby, speaking of the chemistry the defence is building. “We conscionable met him today. He fits close successful the group.”

Guard Denzelle Good and antiaircraft tackle Gerald McCoy were placed connected injured reserve to marque country connected the roster.

The Raiders besides added seasoned information Ha Ha Clinton-Dix to the signifier squad, releasing Madre Harper to wide space.

Clinton-Dix is simply a erstwhile first-round prime of the Packers He has 16 vocation interceptions, 4 forced fumbles and 4 fumble recoveries successful 96 vocation games, including 90 starts.

The 28-year-old erstwhile Alabama prima didn’t play past play and was released by the 49ers aft grooming campy past month.

Taking shots

According to a idiosyncratic with cognition of the situation, the Raiders filed a ailment with the league alleging soiled hits connected wide receiver Hunter Renfrow.

At slightest 1 of the hits drew a punishment flag, but backmost Derek Carr said astatine slightest 1 different deed should person been called.

“They had a mates shots connected him,” helium said. “Teams get this thought successful their caput astir everybody. With a feline his size and successful the slot, they thought possibly they could conscionable unsmooth him up. I don’t cognize what their program was, but I tin presume they astir apt thought they could get successful his head.”

Renfrow insists it didn’t work.

“I didn’t peculiarly announcement thing antithetic than immoderate different game,” helium said. “You conscionable get truthful caught up successful the crippled and winning and playing your champion that you don’t adjacent announcement immoderate radical are trying to do. You conscionable get truthful focused connected the occupation that you conscionable play.”

Injury report

The Raiders listed 17 players connected their archetypal authoritative wounded study of the week, though the information presumption was conscionable an estimation due to the fact that the squad conducted a walkthrough alternatively of a afloat practice.

Richie Incognito remains retired with a calf wounded that has kept him disconnected the tract astir a month. Josh Jacobs continues to woody with a toed wounded and present has concerns astir an ankle that kept him retired of practice.

He has said helium volition miss respective practices this twelvemonth to negociate deterioration and teardrop connected his body, truthful Friday volition beryllium the astir telling signifier study each week for the prima moving back.

Linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski was retired with a concussion and backup backmost Marcus Mariota missed the league with a quad injury. Safety Roderic Teamer remains retired with an ankle wounded aft missing the opener.

Yannick Ngakoue (hamstring), Denzel Perryman (hip) and Alec Ingold (fibula) were each limited.

Adam Hill Las Vegas Review-Journal