Raiders report: Starting safety briefly leaves practice

Raiders Report

All practices astatine Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center, unless noted:

■ Friday — Practice, 11 a.m.

■ Saturday — Off

■ Sunday — vs. Miami Dolphins, Allegiant Stadium, 1:05 p.m.

Quote of the day

Kenyan Drake thought helium was going to get a accidental to play against the Dolphins past twelvemonth erstwhile helium was with Arizona.

The moving backmost was forced to miss that matchup against his erstwhile squad due to the fact that of an ankle injury. He volition yet get his accidental connected Sunday.

“I’d beryllium lying if I said I wasn’t hyped for this game,” said the moving backmost who was drafted by Miami and played determination from 2016 to 2019. “Obviously I person a batch of past with the Dolphins. A batch of players I came up with are inactive connected the team. No atrocious humor oregon anything, but I decidedly privation to spell retired determination and play to my highest capabilities.”

Drake’s last play successful Miami was the archetypal for existent caput manager Brian Flores, truthful he’s acquainted with the coaching unit successful summation to respective players.

He doesn’t expect a full batch of telephone calls oregon substance messages up of the game, however.

“I usually effort to enactment not needfully to myself, but I’ll spot them connected the field,” Drake said. “All the mentation worldly and trying to get into each other’s head, I don’t truly play that benignant of game. I conscionable absorption connected what I tin control. I’ll holla astatine them earlier the crippled and privation them luck and safety, past holla aft the crippled aft we travel retired connected top.”

Injury report

Starting information Johnathan Abram concisely near the signifier tract with an diversion trainer during the little information of signifier unfastened to viewing connected Thursday.

Abram had a noticeable limp and was added to the authoritative wounded study with an Achilles issue. The squad listed him arsenic a afloat participant, truthful helium indispensable person returned to the tract quickly.

Running backmost Josh Jacobs was a non-participant for the 2nd consecutive time with an ankle injury.

The Raiders volition not marque an wounded designation until aft Friday’s practice, but determination is increasing interest astir Jacobs’ availability aft helium missed past Sunday’s game.

Left defender Richie Incognito (calf), information Dallin Leavitt (concussion) and information Roderic Teamer (ankle) each missed practice.

Linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski (concussion), antiaircraft extremity Carl Nassib and antiaircraft tackle Darius Philon (knee) were each limited.

Yannick Ngakoue was backmost to a afloat signifier aft helium was constricted Wednesday by a hamstring injury.

Under pressure

One of the much awesome parts of the Raiders’ speedy commencement is the mode the antiaircraft beforehand has been capable to impact opposing quarterbacks. Gus Bradley’s defence ranks 15th successful unit complaint contempt blitzing little than immoderate different squad successful the league.

The antiaircraft coordinator, who is successful his archetypal twelvemonth with the Raiders, said the squad has plentifulness of blitz packages installed, but determination hasn’t been overmuch request to telephone them the mode the antiaircraft enactment has been playing.

“In this league you perfectly person to impact the backmost somehow,” Bradley said. “You person to find a way. We person blitzes successful our package, and we’re not acrophobic to usage them erstwhile those opportunities contiguous themselves. But arsenic the crippled goes on, I deliberation we effort to get a consciousness for what offenses are doing and immoderate of the protections, past prime and take our times.

“There mightiness beryllium games wherever we unit a lot. It truly depends connected the squad we’re seeing and what we consciousness similar we request to make vigor for our team.”

Adam Hill Las Vegas Review-Journal