Raiders report: Olson says players feel remorse about Ruggs

RAIDERS REPORT

Schedule

All practices astatine Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center, unless noted:

Friday — Practice, 11:30 a.m.

Saturday — Off

Sunday — astatine New York Giants, Met Life Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, 10 a.m.

Quote of the day

Raiders’ violative coordinator Greg Olson opened his media availability by saying the sanction of the deceased operator in the clang involving erstwhile Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs, who is facing charges of DUI resulting successful decease and reckless driving.

“The full Raiders organization’s thoughts and prayers are with the household of Tina Tintor,” helium said. “We are profoundly saddened by this calamity that has affected a fig of people. A beingness has been taken and we can’t get it back. Our thoughts are with her family.”

Olson made it wide the absorption is and should beryllium connected the beingness that was lost. But helium got affectional erstwhile discussing the feelings those wrong the Raiders’ squad office person for Ruggs and what they could person done to forestall the tragedy.

“The guilt you consciousness successful the building, we’d beryllium talking retired of some sides of our rima (if we didn’t person it) due to the fact that we speech astir being a family,” helium said. “We person a household ambiance successful this building. Your guilt of not knowing possibly what was going connected erstwhile helium near the gathering oregon not having idiosyncratic beryllium the big successful the concern and halt that bid of decisions from happening. That’s the guilt you consciousness arsenic a manager and a teammate.”

Transactions

The Raiders promoted wide receiver Dillon Stoner from the signifier squad to the progressive roster, giving them 4 receivers for now. Additional moves could beryllium made earlier Sunday’s crippled either by bringing successful a escaped cause oregon promoting from the signifier squad.

Veteran heavy menace DeSean Jackson went unclaimed connected waivers Thursday aft helium was released by the Rams. He is present a escaped agent.

Olson said the squad has ever believed successful Stoner, who signed with the Raiders arsenic an undrafted escaped cause retired of Oklahoma State successful May.

“We’ve liked him from the infinitesimal we signed him,” Olson said. “Sometimes we speech astir arsenic a coaching unit that this is the feline our scouts brought to america and helium is who they said helium was. We’re excited to support him connected our squad and not suffer him, to beryllium honorable with you.”

The Raiders utilized the unfastened spot connected the signifier squad to bring backmost linebacker Javin White, a erstwhile UNLV standout.

White was brought disconnected the injured reserve database earlier this week and instantly released. The volition was to bring him backmost to the signifier squad should helium wide waivers, which helium did.

Defending the unknown

The Giants’ accomplishment positions person been a revolving doorway each play with injuries affecting the squad astatine wide receiver, moving backmost and choky end.

This week, 5 of the 7 receivers presently connected the roster person appeared connected the wounded report. Star moving backmost Saquon Barkley hasn’t played since Week 5 owed to an ankle wounded and hasn’t practiced this week due to the fact that he’s successful COVID protocols. His presumption for Sunday is inactive unknown.

Raiders’ antiaircraft coordinator Gus Bradley says the squad isn’t stressing implicit trying to fig retired who volition really play against them connected Sunday.

“You conscionable spell done everybody and speech astir their accomplishment set,” helium said. “You say, ‘Hey, we don’t cognize who we’re going to see, truthful let’s conscionable marque definite we screen everybody and person a bully understanding.”

One subordinate who whitethorn get immoderate peculiar attraction is wide receiver Kadarius Toney, a first-round prime retired of Florida.

“You person to cognize wherever helium is,” Raiders antiaircraft coordinator Gus Bradley said. “He tin instrumentality a 5-yard drawback and crook it into an explosive play. I’m definite they volition find antithetic ways to get the shot successful his hands.”

Adam Hill Las Vegas Review-Journal