Raiders look to rebound at Denver

Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak told the media that Manning did some drills and “about a half hour of throwing” during practice on Wednesday.

“We’ll see how he comes out of each day, so we’ll just take it day by day”, Kubiak said. With all due respect to the Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals, and Green Bay Packers, if Wilson maintains his level of play and the defense remains as dominant as they have been, the Seahawks will be well on their way to a third-straight NFC title. Ward was not on the field – even as a spectator – as the Broncos began their practice Wednesday.

But the 39-year-old quarterback is the Broncos’ main passer and is still capable of leading the team to victory. We got our weekly helping of unforeseen upsets; we saw two teams improve their overall records to 10-0; we witnessed several notable individual and team performances (both bad and good); and we mourned injuries to big-name players. But, Keo noted that it’s “still the same system” and asked Phillips to “keep me in mind”.

“Yeah, I am definitely involved with them”, he said, “whether it’s film or personally over there depending on what’s going on that part of the day. I thought that was pretty nice”, he said.

Finally, the snoozers. Seth Roberts was a good stay-away after his big week, finishing with just 4 catches for 41 yards, but the curse of Latavius Murray continues to haunt me. I doubt that tune will change this weekend and I believe the Broncos will win their fourth consecutive game in a row and secure a playoff birth on Sunday.

“I think that we made up a lot of ground. We’re going to try to get as many back as we can so we can go out and try to get another win come Sunday”.

The AFC playoff picture is now wide open after the New England Patriots have now lost their last two games, after starting the season undefeated through the first 10 games. How Denver prepares to defend against the electric running back will be an important factor in their ability to defeat Oakland on Sunday.

In addition to Manning and the three injured safeties, tight end Vernon Davis and linebacker Danny Trevathan were in the concussion protocol Wednesday and running backs C.J. Anderson (ankle) and Ronnie Hillman (foot) missed practice, leaving Juwan Thompson and practice squad running back Kapri Bibbs to split carries.

One week after re-signing Josh Bush as an injury replacement for star safety T.J. Ward, Denver has announced another new addition to their secondary.

NT Sylvester Williams returned to practice on a limited basis Wednesday. Raiders quarterback Derek Carr threw three fourth-quarter interceptions in the loss. Bolden injured his hamstring late in the win over the Chargers….

“It was a little extensive last week and it’s gotten a little worse”, Kubiak said of the Broncos’ injury report.