Las Vegas Raiders suffer brutal triple injury blow as NFL season at risk of unravelling

Las Vegas Raiders manager Antonio Pierce confirmed that Michael Mayer and Maxx Crosby would some miss Sunday's crippled against the Cleveland Browns done injury

The Las Vegas Raiders are facing a mounting wounded situation with All-Pro antiaircraft extremity Maxx Crosby and Pro Bowl wide receiver Davante Adams each ruled retired for Sunday's clash against the Cleveland Browns.

Adams (hamstring) and Crosby (ankle) person some been listed arsenic out, portion choky extremity Michael Mayer volition besides miss the crippled for idiosyncratic reasons. Raiders manager Antonio Pierce confirmed to reporters that the trio would miss the game, taking their wounded tally to six cardinal players.

With violative tackle Thayer Munford [knee/ankle], linebacker Divine Deablo [oblique] and cornerback Decamerion Richardson [hamstring] besides out, the Raiders' problems are mounting. These six articulation 7 others already connected the wounded list, including 5 connected wounded reserve.

Third-string beardown information Marcus Epps is connected IR with a genu injury, portion DE Malcolm Koonce has undergone season-ending genu surgery. Wide receiver Jeff Forman besides sustained a genu injury, defender Jake Johanning was placed connected IR earlier the play began, and third-string escaped information Trey Taylor joined the IR database connected Aug. 28 with an unspecified injury.

Linebacker Kana'i Mauga is listed arsenic questionable for the crippled on with backup QB Decamerion Richardson. Starting close tackle Thayer Munford suffered a genu wounded successful past week's 36-22 decision to the Carolina Panthers, who had backup QB Andy Dalton orchestrating their offense.

Pierce, successful his archetypal afloat play successful complaint of the Raiders, is facing a turbulent commencement with a 1-2 record, ranking them 3rd successful the AFC West. Both the struggling Raiders and the injury-hit Browns, who are missing cardinal players specified arsenic David Njoku, Jack Conklin, and Myles Garrett the second having been hampered by limb issues astatine Thursday's signifier are looking to bounce backmost from defeats.

After a crushing decision to Carolina, a visibly shaken Pierce didn't mince his words erstwhile helium delivered a potent connection to his squad successful a property conference. In a veiled critique, without naming names, helium slammed definite players for their lacklustre performance, suggesting that immoderate mightiness beryllium prioritising their wage implicit passionateness for the game.

"I deliberation arsenic the crippled went on, I don't deliberation it was the team. I deliberation determination was decidedly immoderate individuals that made concern decisions," Pierce stated firmly. "And we'll marque concern decisions going forward, arsenic well."

During the match, prima subordinate Adams couldn't fell his discontent, caught connected camera seething implicit the concern astatine halftime. His purportedly half-hearted blocking has drawn flak, starring to murmurs astir his committedness to the Raiders.

The franchise softly took enactment pursuing Pierce's comments, making changes to their roster to fortify their enactment depth. Offensive tackle Germain Ifedi was moved up from the signifier squad to the progressive roster.

The squad besides signed violative tackles Sebastian Gutierrez and Ricky Lee, on with antiaircraft extremity Elerson Smith, to the signifier squad.