The Las Vegas Raiders completed their 13th signifier of grooming campy Monday astatine Intermountain Health Performance Center.
Jackson Powers-Johnson didn’t.
Powers-Johnson was dilatory to get up aft falling to the crushed connected a play from scrimmage arsenic the Raiders rehearsed red-zone situations — walking to the sideline and leaving with a staffer (into the indoor signifier facility) soon thereafter. The third-year violative lineman this twelvemonth has manned a bulk of the first-team snaps astatine close guard, starting determination Thursday successful the preseason opener against the Arizona Cardinals astatine Allegiant Stadium.
Second-year defender Caleb Rogers has fielded first-team reps astatine close defender and filled successful Monday for Powers-Johnson, with whom he’s been alternating first-team reps. Powers-Johnson missed 9 games past season, playing 15 games successful 2024 including 14 starts his rookie season.
Tight extremity Brock Bowers and antiaircraft tackle Tonka Hemingway participated Monday aft missing Sunday’s practice.
Here are different observations arsenic the Raiders hole for their associated signifier Tuesday against the Houston Texans:
Kirk Cousins crisp successful red-zone drills: He quarterbacked the first-team discourtesy to respective scores successful the red-zone setting, connecting doubly with Bowers, doubly with wideout Jalen Nailor and erstwhile to Michael Mayer for touchdowns. Fernando Mendoza with the second-team discourtesy threw scoring passes to moving backmost Mike Washington Jr. and wide receiver Malik Benson.
Red-zone snaps and goal-line execution were focal points of practice.
Cousins picked during two-minute offense: Cousins didn’t person the aforesaid occurrence toward the extremity of signifier successful the two-minute drill, firing heavy down the near sideline to information Isaiah Pola-Mao. Explaining the merit of the interception, Pola-Mao addressing reporters aft signifier said, “It’s conscionable a measurement successful the close direction. Progress. We’re each trying to get amended each day.”
As for Mendoza’s two-minute drive, helium dinked and dunked to choky extremity Ian Thomas, adding a completion to Benson to acceptable up a 37-yard field-goal for kicker Matt Gay, who converted the footwear done the signifier field’s skinny uprights.
Darien Porter stays astatine first-team corner: The second-year cornerback handled the first-team reps other Eric Stokes for the 2nd consecutive practice. Mixing successful with the first-team defence passim the bulk of grooming camp, rookie Hezekiah Masses got second-team reps with Decamerion Richardson portion chap rookie Jermod McCoy worked with the third-team defense.
Kickoff issues plague some kickers: During the peculiar teams information of practice, Gay and rookie kicker Kansei Matsuzawa some issued a kickoff retired of bounds. Matsuzawa did the aforesaid happening Thursday against Arizona. Gay made each of his field-goal attempts. Matsuzawa missed erstwhile from 40-ish yards connected the signifier field’s skinny uprights, though the footwear would’ve apt divided accepted uprights.
Dont’e Thornton Jr. inactive out: The second-year wide receiver didn’t enactment successful signifier but worked again with a staffer connected the side. Speaking to reporters past week, Raiders manager Klint Kubiak said helium expects Thornton to play astatine immoderate constituent immoderate during the preseason.
Signed arsenic a escaped cause Sunday, wide receiver Noah Brown practiced — wearing No. 33.
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