With advanced receiver Rod Streater on the shelf for 4-5 weeks due to bottom surgery, the Oakland Raiders attending assertive to accord new wideout Vincent Brown some added reps. A alliance with the San Diego Chargers is looming on the calendar, and you accept to amount that Brown, who already looked so able for the Chargers organization, will put his best bottom advanced in that animosity game.
In today's mailbag feature, ESPN NFL Nation's Bill Williamson wrote that he believes Brown will get added snaps in tomorrow's bold adjoin the Miami Dolphins in London. Brown didn't comedy abundant in his Raiders admission adjoin the New England Patriots, so it's cryptic how abundant added is "more". Williamson isn't abiding if Brown will comedy the abounding game, but it looks like we'll be able to see how fast the above third-round aces is afterwards assorted injuries.
James Jones is the accepted baton of the Raiders advanced receivers corps, and it would be astute to ambition the control guy added often. He sees this week's bold adjoin the Dolphins as a must-win for the Raiders, and I'm abiding hot-seat arch drillmaster Dennis Allen absolutely feels the aforementioned way. If the Raiders can't win, again they'll abatement into an 0-4 aperture that will be about absurd to ascend out of.
The above Green Bay Packers receiver said, via CSN Bay Area's Scott Bair, "To me, it's a charge win. We got a lot of vets on the aggregation and we apperceive the percentages. You never apperceive how the division is activity to about-face out, but aback you go 0-4 it's adamantine to accomplish the playoffs. This is a boxy alliance to win in, so to me it's a charge win. We've got go out actuality comedy our best game. We charge to go aback home 1-3 afore the bye week."
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