Injury Report: Oakland Raiders at Baltimore Ravens

Injury report update of the Oakland Raiders and the Baltimore Ravens ahead of their Week 4 matchup.

In a rematch from the 2015 season, the Raiders will look to repeat in the win column against Baltimore.

On the other hand, Baltimore, of course, is hoping for the opposite. Both teams are battling injuries to notable players, so here is a mid-week update, courtesy of Vic Tafur.

For Oakland, the two most notable names are Austin Howard and Menelik Watson. Not counting Rodney Hudson, as this pattern of rest has been typical for him thus far.

Howard and Watson have each missed the two practices this week — Howard with an ankle injury, and Watson with a groin injury.

If both players can’t go, the starting right tackle will be either Vadal Alexander or Matt McCants. Vic notes that the team may be leaning towards Alexander.

Which makes sense. Alexander had a quality debut, taking over for Watson fairly early in the game. Might as well see what the rookie is made of.

Taiwan Jones was limited in practice with a knee injury. Perhaps this is an opportunity for Jalen Richard to lock down the kick return job once and for all.

For Baltimore, their injury report is filled with names. Ronnie Stanley and Marshall Yanda would be big losses for that offensive line, and if they miss the game, perhaps Oakland’s pass rush might actually do something. Although Yanda is not considered to be injury related.

At any rate, injuries are something always worth monitoring as the week progresses.

More from Just Blog Baby

This article originally appeared on