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Upcoming schedule
All practices astatine Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center, unless noted:
■ Wednesday — Off
■ Thursday — Practice, 10:50 a.m.
■ Friday — Practice, 10:50 a.m.
■ Saturday — Practice, 11 a.m.
■ Sunday — Off
■ Monday — vs. Ravens, Allegiant Stadium, 5:15 p.m.
Quote of the day
Raiders’ linebacker Cory Littleton is acceptable to determination on from past year.
Not lone did helium conflict successful his modulation from the Rams to the Raiders and a caller system, but helium didn’t get the aforesaid enjoyment retired of the crippled playing successful beforehand of constricted and adjacent zero capableness stadiums.
Littleton is thrilled to person the fans backmost successful the gathering and is particularly fired up for Monday Night Football this week erstwhile the Raiders big the Ravens successful beforehand of what is expected to beryllium a capableness assemblage astatine Allegiant Stadium.
“Any accidental is an accidental to play shot and we’re excited to bash conscionable that,” helium said aft Tuesday’s practice. “Having fans backmost successful the assemblage is simply a large happening for america due to the fact that honestly, we play shot to springiness a amusement and to amusement our champion attributes successful everything we tin do.”
We hardly knew ye
Former Raiders linebacker Tanner Muse cleared waivers connected Tuesday day and signed with the Seahawks signifier squad.
Muse is present the 2nd 2020 third-round prime of the Raiders to permission the enactment without playing a regular-season snap, joining Lynn Bowden, who was traded earlier past play started.
A erstwhile standout astatine Clemson, Muse spent the full 2020 play connected injured reserve.
According to a idiosyncratic with cognition of the situation, Muse was offered a signifier squad spot with the Raiders and elected to alternatively motion with Seattle.
The Seahawks tally a akin antiaircraft scheme, truthful Muse already has immoderate familiarity with the system.
Still connected the lookout
The Raiders person made respective roster moves implicit the past fewer days. The enactment appears to inactive beryllium looking astatine ways to get amended with the opening crippled little than a week away.
A radical of players were successful municipality connected Tuesday to enactment retired for the team, including erstwhile Lions moving backmost Kerryon Johnson, who was released by the Eagles past week. Several antiaircraft players were besides astatine the facility.
Starting moving backmost Josh Jacobs has not practiced the past 2 days, but a idiosyncratic adjacent to the squad expressed assurance Jacobs would beryllium backmost Thursday aft Wednesday’s time off.
Starting near defender Richie Incognito remained out. He has not practiced since the associated league with the Rams past month.
Cutting it close
It’s been rather a week for Peyton Barber.
The seasoned moving backmost was released by Washington and past brought backmost to the team’s signifier squad. Two days later, helium got a telephone telephone from his cause asking astir his involvement successful playing for the Raiders.
Barber was soon connected a level to Las Vegas to service arsenic a backup to Josh Jacobs and Kenyan Drake.
“I’m an each down back,” Barber said of his accomplishment set. “I tin block. I tin tally the ball, I tin drawback the ball. I play peculiar teams. Anything you request to maine to do.”
He could beryllium asked to bash each of the supra with seasoned peculiar teamer and third-down specializer Jalen Richard connected injured reserve, though Barber faces a situation successful learning Gruden’s extended playbook rapidly capable to lend connected Monday.
“To beryllium honest, I’m not wholly sure,” helium said of however overmuch he’ll grasp by then. “But I’m definite determination volition beryllium a mates things successful determination for me. I’m a speedy learner.”
Protection database submitted
The Raiders protected the maximum 4 players from their signifier squad connected Tuesday, according to the league’s transaction wire.
Under NFL rules, teams tin motion players to their progressive roster from different teams’ signifier squads. Each squad is allowed to support up to 4 players from being poached during the season.
The Raiders elected to support antiaircraft extremity Gerri Green, wide receiver David Moore, linebacker Patrick Onwuasor and antiaircraft tackle Kendal Vickers.
Also of note, the Panthers protected kicker Dominik Eberle. The Utah State alum has been successful grooming campy with the Raiders each of the past 2 seasons and spent portion of past play connected the signifier squad.
Contact Adam Hill astatine ahill@reviewjournal.com. Follow @AdamHillLVRJ connected Twitter.
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