Raiders report: Star running back unlikely to play Sunday

Raiders Report

All practices astatine Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center, unless noted:

■ Saturday — Off

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

■ Monday — Off

■ Tuesday — Off

Injury report

Running backmost Josh Jacobs is officially listed arsenic doubtful and is improbable to play against the Dolphins connected Sunday.

Jacobs missed past week’s triumph implicit the Steelers and did not signifier astatine each this week.

Kenyan Drake and Peyton Barber are apt to erstwhile again stock the backfield duties for a tally crippled that has amassed conscionable 134 yards connected the crushed successful the archetypal 2 games.

“We consciousness beauteous bully (about them), honestly,” Gruden said of Drake and Barber. “We person to get them immoderate amended looks successful the moving game. We misfired connected immoderate assignments. We person to play amended and we person to tally the shot amended collectively. It’s not conscionable the backmost and his statistical data. We person to artifact better, we person to telephone amended plays and we person t

o execute better. Running the shot these archetypal mates weeks has evidently not been bully enough.”

Richie Incognito has yet to play oregon signifier since the regular play began and volition erstwhile again beryllium listed arsenic retired for Sunday’s crippled with a calf wounded helium suffered during grooming camp..

“I don’t deliberation we’re being cautious and I don’t deliberation there’s been a setback,” Gruden said. “It’s conscionable a calf strain and it’s taking time. He’s making immoderate progress, but not capable yet to get him backmost connected the field.”

John Simpson and Jermaine Eluemunor are expected to again commencement astatine defender with Incognito retired and Denzelle Good connected injured reserve.

Gruden said they person immoderate enactment to bash on with the remainder of the roster.

“We person to play better,” helium said. “We person to support getting better. They’re some doing immoderate bully things, but we each person to bash better. We person to manager amended and we each person to play better. Miami is going to unit america to bash that if we privation to triumph this game.

Safeties Roderic Teamer (ankle) and Dallin Leavitt (concussion) some volition miss the game.

Linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski, who was constricted connected Wednesday and Thursday with a concussion, got successful a afloat signifier connected Friday and volition play. Defensive tackle Darius Philon besides upgraded to afloat information with a genu wounded and does not person an wounded designation for Sunday.

Quote of the day

The Raiders don’t person to look precise acold successful the past to find a heartbreaking effect against the Dolphins.

The Dolphins came into Allegiant Stadium past twelvemonth and handed the Raiders a heartbreaking nonaccomplishment with important playoff ramifications.

Coach Jon Gruden said Friday helium didn’t usage that crippled arsenic a motivational instrumentality heading into the rematch this week, however.

“We person a batch of guys that weren’t adjacent here, truthful I can’t play that paper due to the fact that guys won’t adjacent cognize what you’re talking about,” helium said. “I don’t cognize if it’s revenge. We gave up a Hail Mary and a idiosyncratic foul facemask connected the aforesaid play. One of the worst plays I deliberation the Raiders person had successful their history. There’s thing we tin bash astir that. We conscionable person to hopefully adjacent retired games amended than we did then.”

Welcome back

Linebacker Marquel Lee was added to the signifier squad connected Friday.

He was released from the Raiders’ progressive roster connected Wednesday and had to wide waivers earlier the squad could bring him back.

Tackle Devery Hamilton was released from the signifier squad to wide abstraction for Lee.

Fuller house

Dolphins backup backmost Jacoby Brissett should person his afloat complement of weapons astatine his disposal erstwhile helium makes his archetypal commencement of the play Sunday against the Raiders.

Will Fuller, 1 of the league’s premier heavy threats, volition marque his debut with the squad aft serving a one-game suspension and missing different crippled for idiosyncratic reasons.

Gruden said the Raiders’ defence volition beryllium prepared and added Fuller isn’t the lone concern.

“We cognize he’s a fast, large receiver,” Gruden said. “(Jaylen) Waddle is simply a young, dynamic guy. DeVante Parker has a batch of past successful this league and their choky extremity (Mike Gesicki) tin wounded america and we each cognize what (running backmost Myles) Gaskin did to america past twelvemonth (169 scrimmage yards, 2 touchdowns).

“So we person our hands full. We person a batch of accomplishment guys to woody with. They person a batch of firepower.”

The Dolphins are averaging 8.5 points per crippled this play and were unopen retired astatine location past week.

Adam Hill Las Vegas Review-Journal