Oakland Raiders vs Minnesota Vikings Injuries and more

Injury Report

Oakland Raiders
NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Dwayne Harris, WR	Out	Sep 20
Lamarcus Joyner, S	Questionable	Sep 20
Vontaze Burfict, LB	Questionable	Sep 20
Corey Liuget, DT	Questionable	Sep 20
Trent Brown, OT	Questionable	Sep 20

Minnesota Vikings
NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Anthony Barr, LB	Questionable	Sep 20
Ben Gedeon, LB	Questionable	Sep 20
Mike Hughes, CB	Questionable	Sep 20
Mackensie Alexander, CB	Out	Sep 20
Pat Elflein, G	Questionable	Sep 20

During a nine-year break from the MINNEAPOLIS - NFL line, Jon Gruden viewed the players as if they were still coaches and drew special attention as ESPN's analyst when the quarterback candidates entered the drafts.

Kirk Cousins ​​was one of those students. Although only the fourth round was chosen by Washington in 2012, the eighth player was picked in the spring season, clearly influencing his attention to detail and communication ability on his cousins ​​Gruden. At the end of this episode, Gruden said, perhaps he could go back to coach him in the game.

Well, this week Gruden and the Oakland Raiders were making plans against the Cousins, who will try to return for the Minnesota Vikings as a professional on one of the worst performances on Sunday.

Gruden, coach of raiders last season, said, “He works hard in football. He had a lot of productions. ” "I hope we can find a way to slow him down and win a football game."

This is the time Green Bay made last weekend, when his cousins ​​published the second worst percentage of his career and lost three turnovers in his 21-16 loss. The return offer held the first goal in the final zone, and was surprised by an out-of-balance throw, which he said he had to send to the seats later. The Vikings coach Mike Zimmer reiterated the team's confidence in their second cousins ​​in the second season of a three-year $ 84 million fully guaranteed contract.

"You have to play well to gain the trust of the peoples, so if he says, he has seen practice repetitions, he has seen repetitions, he has seen what we can do as a crime to throw football," he said. . “So you have to go out and win. Believe me, I won't play quarterback if I play like I did on this Sunday for a long time. So, and we look forward to going out there and playing at a higher level. "

Some other comments to follow on Sunday:

ROAD TRIP

Raiders (1-1) started a 48-day tension without making a match at the Oakland Coliseum this week. After the Vikings visit, the Raiders will go from Indianapolis to Indianapolis for a "home" game against Chicago. After good-bye week, they return to play Green Bay and Houston. The raiders will not play again in Oakland against Detroit until November 3rd.

Uz We're still trying to figure out how this happened, but we'll have to deal with it, Gr Gruden said. Iz We must show our mental strength and deal with it. It's hard to deal with. Unusual, perhaps unprecedented, maybe it is not realistic to happen in pro football. I'm not excited about it, but we will adapt and we will. the best we can. "

INCOGNITO PERIODS

When Raiders Richie Incognito makes his first debut, Raiders will gain speed on the offensive line this week. Four times the Pro Bowl missed the first two games when suspended for violating NFL's personal behavior policy. He has been eager to see the court for the first time since a Buffalo playoff game since January 7, 2018. The secret code never played last season.

“All the negative things behind me. Just eyes forward, staying positive. ” Yaşamak Reliving the opportunity, enjoying it here every day, because you don't know how many more you will have. ”

BURFICT, CAUTION

Another talented senior veteran, Vontaze Burfict, with a troubled past who joined the raiders this year, knows Cincinnati's defense coordinator Zimmer in the first three NFL seasons. Burfict was constantly fined and punished by the league for violent beats throughout his career.

Immer He knows the defense as well as anyone, probably as good as I do, Z Zimmer said. He's very instinctive. He's very athletic. He reads extremely quickly, and it's very good. ” Ak We should make sure that the authorities know that they have to play clean ”

Gruden didn't have it.

Gruden, "Burftic played two games for us. There was no penalty. So I do not know all of them," he said. “He had a bull's eye on his career in Cincinnati, and I'm sure the referees were looking for him. I don't think the referees need more help from them. ”

But the Vikings were ready to continue to turn their heads as they caught a pass in traffic.

Alıcı Sometimes we've all lost our feelings, or what's there, so I think you've learned from it, and I think you're a pretty neat football player lately, Geniş said Adam Thielen. Said.

QUICK START, SLOW FINISH

The Raiders had a bad habit of stopping by the offensive after a quick start in a plus season under Gruden. They were tied for the fifth time at the NFL, an average of 2.83 points per driver in their first hands since 2018, but fell half that in the rest of the game, with an average of 1.46 points per driver following their opening. Last week against Kansas City, Oakland scored 10 points after two drivers, but failed to score the rest of the game.

"We've always been able to get started quickly, that's good, and I hope we can do it again this week, then we can continue and cut the penalties," quarterback Derek Carr said.

Men Running

The Vikings, who led Dalvin Cook to rush the NFL, are not the only teams in this favorite league to hold the ball down. Rookie Josh Jacobs, one of Raiders' first three-round draft elections, has 184 rush yards in fourth place in the NFL.

“He's definitely on the run, Ev Everson Griffen said at the end of the Vikings' defense. "You can pull the ball out and have a fast cutting speed. You can run downhill runner and play great."

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