Review-Journal Vegas Nation host Bryan Salmond and reporter Michael Gehlken discuss Thursday’s practice and Sunday’s matchup against the Denver Broncos.
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The Raiders are coming off a 27-10 loss to the Redskins in which the offense went 0-for-11 on third down. But the focus before Sunday’s game at Denver isn’t simply to address what happened on third down. It’s what transpired on first.
Raiders cornerback Sean Smith is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in a Los Angeles Superior Court for felony assault and battery charges related to a July 4 incident.
Best bets from Brian Blessing, Bernie Fratto, Mitch Moss and Todd Dewey.
The executive director of the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Authority says he hasn’t spoken with representatives of the Raiders since mid-summer and there haven’t been any discussions about the team playing at the facility through 2020.
Week 4 of the NFL regular season kicks off tonight with the Green Bay Packers hosting the Chicago Bears for Thursday Night Football.
The Packers opened as a 7½-point favorite before early action on the Bears moved the line to 7, but the number has since climbed back to 7½ at several Las Vegas sports books.
After both teams suffered disappointing losses in Week 3, the Raiders and Broncos find themselves needing a critical victory to keep pace with the undefeated Chiefs.
Todd Dewey, Kelly Stewart and Wynn Las Vegas sports book director Johnny Avello preview Week 4 of the NFL season.
Bryan Salmond and Michael Gehlken discuss Amari Cooper dealing with dropping passes as well as several Raiders who were limited at practice on Wednesday.
Amari Cooper has six drops on 16 catchable passes this season, according to Pro Football Focus. The drop rate of 37.5 percent is the highest in the NFL among receivers who have been targeted on at least 10 such throws.
These are this weekend’s NFL games on Las Vegas TV.
Denver’s new head coach Vance Joseph talks assembling staff, bringing in former Raider OC Bill Musgrave
DirecTV, a satellite broadcast service provider based in El Segundo, Calif., is allowing some customers to cancel subscriptions to its Sunday Ticket package of NFL games and obtain refunds, if they cite the players’ national anthem protests as their reasoning, according to multiple reports Tuesday.