When Richie Incognito re-aggravated his Achilles in week two against the Saints, there was some optimism that the injury might not be severe.
Now almost two months later, Incognito is still not practicing and it sounds like he might not be coming back anytime soon.
The Athletic’s Vic Tafur reported on Wednesday that there is nothing official on Incognito’s status, but that he has heard “not good things” and doesn’t believe Incognito will be back soon. Achilles injuries can be delicate so it wouldn’t be a surprise if Incognito is dealing with a setback or the injury was worse than originally believed.
Whatever the case, the Raiders have managed to shuffle around linemen all season and it sounds like they will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. One bit of good news, however, is that Tafur believes left tackle Kolton Miller (ankle) will be back this week against the Chiefs. Gruden was noncommittal on Miller on Wednesday, but said his presence at practice was a “step in the right direction.”
As for the Raiders roster as a whole, a few offensive linemen out with injury might be the least of their concerns as NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported today that nearly all the Raiders’ defensive starters have been placed on the COVID-19 list on account of close contact with an infected person (reportedly Clelin Ferrell).
Please come quickly, 2021.
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****, that sucks! RI is a beast on the OLine . . the backups have been playing pretty well fortunately and getting Miller back is a good sign . . Now Brown the human injury machine for the Raiders . . what’s up with that guy?
B S covid lies theres no such thing
Dumb ***!
Im sick of this covid bullshit. ITS A BLEEPING PLANDEMIC. The world needs to wake up collectively. And say enough is enough. I
Tell that to my friend that supervises the positioning of mobile mortuaries in El Paso.
UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! CHANCE TO BEAT THE CHIEFS AGAIN AND. THEY GO AND GET SICK ? GET SERIOUS AND DO THE **** THING ,DO WHAT YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DO AND PLAY BALL!!!! REAL SIMPLE…. HOW COME DEREK CARR HASN’T GOT IT? BECAUSE HE’S DOING WHAT HE’S SUPPOSED TO!!!!!
What are they supposed to do?, completely isolate them selves from everyone? Maybe someone in their family was around someone where they work and they got it from him or her. All they can do is try to eliminate as many possibilities as they can. There will be cases here and there that is not because they were careless. Maybe Derek hasn’t been exposed to anyone who has it. I guarantee that he isn’t completely isolating himself. Grow up!
Covid not real? They told Noah” it’s just a shower”
Boy the NFL sure loves dem Chiefs, huh?
I thought the same thing about covid, until I caught it. It’s real, people are getting sick and dying. Wear a mask, take precautions. Maybe we’ll get to attend a Raider game one day