Raiders rule out Adams, Crosby, 3 different starters

HENDERSON, Nev. – The Las Vegas Raiders can be with out two of their finest gamers Sunday towards the Cleveland Browns as three-time first-team All-Professional receiver Davante Adams and three-time Professional Bowl edge rusher Maxx Crosby can be inactive as a result of damage, Raiders coach Antonio Pierce mentioned Friday. Pierce had no timelines for his or her returns, both.

Adams suffered a hamstring damage in observe Thursday and Crosby has been coping with a left excessive ankle sprain suffered on the second-to-last play of the Raiders’ Week 2 win on the Baltimore Ravens.

The Raiders may also be with out three different starters in linebacker Divine Deablo (indirect), proper deal with Thayer Munford Jr. (knee/ankle) and tight finish Michael Mayer (private motive). Pierce mentioned different gamers resembling tight ends Harrison Bryant and Brock Bowers and receiver Jakobi Meyers should benefit from the alternatives introduced.

“However collectively, no person must be Davante Adams,” Pierce mentioned. “I do not want one other Davante. There’s just one, proper? I simply want one of the best model of Jacobi Myers.

“We’ll see what occurs come Sunday, however we actually really feel [positive] giving these guys the final 12 hours and now as we speak, tomorrow to prepare for the sport.”

Adams has 18 catches for 209 yards and landing by three video games. He final missed a recreation in 2021, with the Green Bay Packers.

It will likely be the primary recreation Crosby, in his sixth NFL season, will miss in his profession.

Crosby was non-committal Thursday when requested if he thought his damage may sideline him.

“I am not anxious about that proper now,” mentioned Crosby, who was hampered final week towards Carolina, when he didn’t have a deal with for a loss and a QB hit in the identical recreation for the primary time since Week 2 of the 2023 season. “I am simply anxious about as we speak. Each single day I am in right here – first in, final out – doing every part I can to get wholesome. In order that’s all I am anxious about proper now.

“That is the toughest half. I imply, I play a method and while you’re not in a position to do sure issues, it is robust. However I did every part I can to attempt to produce and I really feel like I did some issues, some good issues, but it surely’s robust. I’ve a rattling Timberland boot-size wrapping on my leg and it is, it is robust, however on the finish of the day, I do not complain. Like I mentioned, I am targeted on getting wholesome, simply taking it at some point at a time.”

The Raiders misplaced their different beginning defensive finish, Malcolm Koonce, to a season-ending knee damage in observe two days earlier than the season opener.

Tyree Wilson, final season’s first-round draft choose at No. 7 total, is anticipated to play a much bigger position, together with Janarius Robinson, Ok’Lavon Chaisson and Charles Snowden.

“Don’t fret about being Maxx Crosby,” Pierce mentioned he instructed Wilson. “Do not put a cape on. Do not attempt to be 98, be No. 9. Be 97. Be 44. Be 49. And simply give us your finest. Do not attempt to be that man to be the hero of the sport. Simply be a group participant, be a D-end.

“You have to set the sting, set the sting. You are dropping, you drop. In case you acquired to go inside on the stunt, simply run that profession. Simply do your job. And I feel if we try this sufficient throughout the board, we’ll get the outcomes we would like.”