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Could Grier be a Raider at some point? The quarterback room is really interesting in Vegas.
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yup lmao wanted to test it out
I wouldn't have minded them trading for Trey Lance
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Las Vegas Raiders Finalize Initial 53-Man Roster
The Las Vegas Raiders revealed their final 53-man roster on Tuesday. The club waived fifteen players, including defensive end David Agoha who came to the Raiders through the International Player Pathway program (IPP).
Other notables include linebacker Drake Thomas and cornerback Sam Webb. Thomas had a strong 2023 preseason, finishing with 20 combined tackles, 10 of which came in the Raiders' victory over the Los Angels Rams in Week 2. He was signed by Las Vegas as an undrafted free agent in May. Webb played in every game for the Raiders last season, having made three starts. He ended the season with 36 combined tackles, three passes defensed and a forced fumble.Las Vegas signed the young cornerback as an undrafted free agent in May of 2022.
The Raiders also released ten veteran players including defensive lineman Isaac Rochell, cornerback Duke Shelley, wide receivers Cam Sims, Keelan Cole Sr. and Philip Dorsett II. Rochell played only one game with the Silver and Black after being signed by the club on Dec. 28, 2022, playing only two snaps. Sims recorded 34 receiving yards and a touchdown, while Shelley posted 11 combined tackles, including a team-high six combined tackles against the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday.
As part of the roster reveal, the Raiders on Tuesday also traded defensive tackle Neil Farrell Jr. to the Kansas City Chiefs for a 2024 sixth-round pick. Farrell was drafted by the Silver and Black in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft. He played in only nine games in his rookie season, recording 12 combined tackles and a tackle for a loss.
The Silver and Black open the regular season at the Denver Broncos on Sunday, Sept. 10, at 4:25 p.m. EDT/1:25 p.m. PDT.
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Chandler Jones' absence a 'private matter,' says Raiders coach
While Las Vegas Raiders coach Josh McDaniels would not discuss why defensive end Chandler Jones went on a social media harangue against him and the team a day earlier, McDaniels did say Jones was not currently with the team and was not sure whether the four-time Pro Bowl defensive end would be with the Raiders for Sunday's season opener at the Denver Broncos.
"Right now, we're going day to day ... so we'll kind of take it one day at a time," McDaniels said in his Wednesday media conference. "It's a private matter and, you know, if there's something to report on it, then we'll do that. But as of right now, there's nothing.
"I'm not going to get into this. It's a personal situation. It's a private matter. If you want to talk about the game on Sunday, I'll be excited to talk about the game."
Told that Jones, a team captain and team leader, potentially missing the game is related to the game, McDaniels said Jones was not a team captain.
"So it is what it is," McDaniels said. "Like I said, we're dealing with it internally. We've dealt with it but we're not going to get into this."
Jones, 33, is entering his 12th NFL season, the second year of the three-year, $51 million free agent contract he signed with Las Vegas in 2022. He took to social media Tuesday morning to say he no longer wanted to play with the Raiders after allegedly not being allowed into the team's facility to work out over the Labor Day holiday weekend.
"F--- IT. I DON'T WANNA PLAY FOR THE RAIDERS IF THAT'S MY HC, OR GM...I WANT PATRICK GRAHAM IVY LEAGUE N---A," Jones posted on his since-deleted Instagram story, referencing Graham, the Raiders' Yale-educated defensive coordinator.
"THEY WON'T LET ME IN THE BUILDING THO, TRYNY PROVOKE A N---A," Jones also posted.
"It's a shame that I am a top athlete with 112 sacks in the NFL and I have to go to a local gym to work out during the season for no apparent reason this is wild to me Josh and you know it you need to do what's right," Jones posted, apparently part of a text string aimed at McDaniels.
Jones' agent, Ethan Lock, told ESPN he had no comment, while defensive teammate Nate Hobbs offered his support.
"That's my brother," said Hobbs. "I just hope he's OK. I wish the best for him."
Veteran receiver Davante Adams chose to keep his eyes on the task at hand -- beating the Broncos.
"Everybody's got to focus on what we've got to focus on," said Adams. "And the only thing that's important this week is this game, so we've got to lock in on that."
Rookie defensive end Tyree Wilson, whom the Raiders selected No. 7 overall in April's NFL draft, stands to see his workload increase if Jones doesn't play.
"I mean, s---, I prepare every day like everybody else -- it's the next-man-up mentality," said Wilson. "No matter what, I got to put the best out there for my brothers, so we get the best defense out there at the end of the day."
Jones has a long history with McDaniels and Raiders general manager Dave Ziegler, having been drafted by their previous team, the New England Patriots, in 2012 and playing his first four seasons there. But in January 2016, Jones was hospitalized after showing up at the Foxborough Police Department, reportedly having had a bad reaction to synthetic marijuana. Jones played in the Patriots' two playoff games after the hospitalization and less than two months later was traded to the Arizona Cardinals, with whom he spent his next six NFL seasons.
With the Raiders, Jones had a slow start before getting three sacks against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 13, adding another sack a week later at the Los Angeles Rams and then giving the Raiders a wild 30-24 walk-off victory against the Patriots on his 48-yard fumble return as time expired.
An elbow injury at the Pittsburgh Steelers a week later on Christmas Eve, though, ended his season. A motivated Jones reported to camp lighter and said he did not need surgery on his elbow. He also welcomed the chance to be a mentor to Wilson.
"All of the young players, whatever opportunity they have to talk to me and try to pick my brain, they do, especially Tyree," Jones said early in camp. "But all the young players, they kind of see me as the older OG. They know that I have a lot of knowledge in this game, and they pick my brain every chance they get."
With Jones away from the team and possibly not playing at Denver, the Raiders would have to lean more heavily on third-year edge rusher Malcolm Koonce, who has two career sacks, and Wilson, who came off the non-football injury list Aug. 16 and made his preseason debut in the exhibition finale at the Dallas Cowboys on Aug. 26, opposite two-time Pro Bowler Maxx Crosby.
McDaniels said no Raiders player would play 70 snaps in the opener.
"We deal with different things throughout the course of the year," McDaniels said, "whether it's injuries or other adversities. So, I think the guys are focused on trying to control things that they can control and get ready to play the best game we can play on Sunday."
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Updated House Rules
Settings
Video Game: EA Sports' Madden NFL 24
Gaming Console: PlayStation 5
Gameplay Difficulty Level: All-Madden
Quarter Length: 15 minutes
Player Min Speed Threshold: 95
Homefield Advantage Effects: On
Gameplay Sliders: HUM/CPU
QB ACC 30/20
PASS BLOCKING 18/18
WR CATCHING 40/40
RUN BLOCKING 1/50
BALL SECURITY 35/35
PASS DEF REACTION 90/90
INTERCEPTION 15/15
PASS COVERAGE 95/95
TACKLING 58/100
FG POWER 50
FG ACCURACY 35
PUNT POWER 60
PUNT ACCURACY 37
KICKOFF POWER 50
INJURIES 22
FATIGUE 89
OFFSIDE 75
FALSE START 99
HOLDING 99
FACE MASK 50
DPI 50
BLOCK IN THE BACK 75
ROUGHING THE PASSER 50
Auto Subs
QB 1/0
RB 93/91
WR 93/91
TE 89/87
OL 1/0
DT 93/91
DE 93/91
LB 89/87
CB 89/87
S 89/87
Gameplay Restrictions
- No switching players on offense or defense after the snap with exception being on offense during designed jump ball situations (ie goal-line fade).
- No unusual moving of defensive players pre-snap (ie moving a player with deep third responsibility close to the LOS)
- No hot routes allowed on offense or defense. Defense allowed to shift to adjust to offense formation or game situation.
- Must mix up the snap cadence on offense in order to simulate real-game scenarios and be susceptible to false start penalties.
- No audibling on the road (see QB/MLB Awareness Perks for exceptions).
- Audibling is limited to quick audibles (ie: run play, quick pass, man coverage) only under the following circumstances:
- Defense is overloaded to one side. QB is allowed to flip the run play.
- Defense is playing press coverage on a WR screen/bubble play. QB is allowed to audible to a run.
- Defense is showing blitz on a run headed towards the player(s) showing blitz. QB is allowed to flip the run play.
- Offense is lining up in an empty set on a play where a blitz is called. Defense is allowed to audible out of the blitz.
- Offense is lining up in the wildcat formation. Defense is allowed to audible to a blitz.
- Offense has overloaded one side of the football. Defense is allowed to audible to man coverage in order to match leverage.
- Cannot utilize the pre-snap coach view (reveals play being run) on offense. Allowed once per play on defense and an additional time if the offense changes formation/motions.
- Play selection is limited to the first page of recommended plays on offense and defense except on third/fourth down and in the final two minutes of the half.
- Can overrule AI fourth down decision once per half. In those situations, offense must run a play from the recommended plays section (any page).
- QB/MLB Awareness Perks:
- If QB/MLB awareness rating is under 75:
- no audibling on the road and limited to one audible per drive at home
- If QB/MLB awareness rating is 75-80
- no audibling on the road and limited to one audible per set of downs at home
- can utilize the pre-snap coach view on third downs at home (offense only)
- If QB/MLB awareness rating is 81-85
- limited to one audible per drive on the road and limited to two audibles per set of downs at home
- can utilize the pre-snap coach view on third downs and in the redzone at home (offense only)
- If QB/MLB awareness rating is 86-90
- limited to one audible per set of downs on the road and unlimited audibles at home
- can utilize the pre-snap coach view on any play at home (offense and defense) and on third downs on the road (offense only)
- If QB/MLB awareness rating is 90+
- unlimited audibles on the road and at home
- can utilize the pre-snap coach view on any play at home and on the road (offense and defense)
Roster Management Restrictions
- Must prioritize using Practice Squad to handle mid-season injuries as opposed to free agents.
- Players poached from another team's practice squad must spend at least four weeks on the active roster before being demoted back to practice squad or be released back into free agency for at least one simulated week.
- Can only enter re-signing negotiations prior to off-season with one player rated 90-99, one player from offense and defense rated 80-89 and two players (offense or defense) rated 70-79.
- During off-season, allowed to extend extension offer to one player of any rating who has not previously been negotiated with.
- Limited to two offers during off-season free agency to players rated over 90 overall. If team lost a player rated over 90 overall to free agency, team receives an additional offer to use.
- Limited to five offers during off-season free agency to players rated over 85 overall. If team lost a player rated over 85 overall to free agency, team receives an additional offer to use.
- No trading of players for draft picks once draft has begun.
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Are you starting before they fix the draft classes?
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Week 1 Preview: at Denver Broncos
Last Season Record: 5-12 (missed playoffs)
Head Coach: Sean Payton
Offensive Coordinator: Joe Lombardi
Defensive Coordinator: Vance Joseph
Denver Broncos Projected Starters
QB #3 Russell Wilson | 5'11", 215lbs | 77 ovr, 85 spd, 89 acc, 75 awr, 92 thp, 86 sac, 78 mac, 85 dac
HB #33 Javonte Williams | 5'10", 220lbs | 82 ovr, 88 spd, 91 acc, 96 btk, 9 trk, 82 sfa, 83 jkm
WR #14 Courtland Sutton | 6'4", 216lbs | 82 ovr, 90 spd, 92 acc, 86 cth
WR #10 Jerry Jeudy | 6'1", 193lbs | 83 ovr, 91 spd, 94 acc, 81 cth
WR #19 Marvin Mims Jr. | 5'11", 182lbs | 74 ovr, 92 spd, 94 acc, 83 cth
TE #80 Greg Dulcich | 6'4", 245lbs | 74 ovr, 84 spd, 88 acc, 81 cth, 54 rbk
LT #72 Garett Boles | 6'5", 300lbs | 81 ovr, 87 str, 84 pbk, 80 rbk
LG #74 Ben Powers | 6'4", 310lbs | 81 ovr, 83 str, 85 pbk, 69 rbk
C #79 Lloyd Cushenberry III | 6'4", 315lbs | 72 ovr, 85 str, 78 pbk, 69 rbk
RG #77 Quinn Meinerz | 6'3", 320lbs | 78 ovr, 91 str, 72 pbk, 82 rbk
RT #69 Mike McGlinchey | 6'8, 315lbs | 80 ovr, 89 str, 74 pbk, 90 rbk
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EDGE #5 Randy Gregory | 6'5", 242lbs | 84 ovr, 82 spd, 85 acc, 79 str, 84 tkl, 78 pmv, 88 fmv, 74 bsh
EDGE #55 Frank Clark | 6'3", 260lbs | 78 ovr, 82 spd, 89 acc, 88 str, 76 tkl, 79 pmv, 74 fmv, 71 bsh
IDL #99 Zach Allen | 6'5", 285lbs | 77 ovr, 74 spd, 78 acc, 85 str, 79 pmv, 68 fmv, 78 bsm
IDL #93 D.J. Jones | 6'0", 305lbs | 74 ovr, 71 spd, 74 acc, 88 str, 76 pmv, 59 fmv, 79 bsh
LB #47 Josey Jewell | 6'2", 236lbs | 78 ovr, 80 spd, 85 acc, 83 awr, 89 tkl, 77 bsh, 60 mcv, 72 zcv
LB #49 Alex Singleton | 6'2", 240lbs | 78 ovr, 84 spd, 85 acc, 81 awr, 92 tkl, 69 bsh, 61 mcv, 69 zcv
CB #2 Patrick Surtain II | 6'2", 202lbs | 94 ovr, 93 spd, 92 acc, 92 awr, 96 mcv, 93 zcv, 94 press
CB #27 Damarri Mathis | 5'11", 195lbs | 72 ovr, 93 spd, 93 acc, 67 awr, 68 mcv, 74 zcv, 76 press
CB #37 Riley Moss | 6'0", 193lbs | 70 ovr, 91 spd, 95 acc, 71 awr, 60 mcv, 71 zcv, 61 press
S #31 Justin Simmons | 6'2", 202lbs | 92 ovr, 88 spd, 91 acc, 94 awr, 70 tkl, 82 mcv, 92 zcv
S #22 Kareem Jackson | 5'10", 183lbs | 78 ovr, 87 spd, 88 acc, 83 awr, 64 tkl, 81 mcv, 78 zcv