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The media praise is high for Tyler Wilson in Oakland. Yes, he had a good rookie camp. He could be a promising prospect. But here's my advice: Let's wait to see him in training camp and in the preseason and, just as importantly, let's wait and see ...

Three of Oakland's four preseason dates have been set. It will host Dallas on Aug. 9. It will play at New Orleans on Aug. 16 and at Seattle on Aug. 29. Oakland's Week 3 home game against Chicago remains TBA. Oakland starts training camp practices Jul...

The NFL has announced the 2013 preseason schedule. Among the highlights is Kansas City and new quarterback Alex Smith hosting his former team, San Francisco. Most times and dates are TBA: Denver Week 1 at San Francisco Week 2 at Seattle W...

Chargers receiver Vincent Brown is returning to practice Wednesday. He has been on the injured reserve (with the designation to return) since the preseason. However, U-T San Diego reports the plan is for Brown to remain out for the rest of the sea...

San Diego running back Ryan Mathews' disappointing career has taken another rough turn. Mathews broke his left clavicle Sunday and is out for the season. He broke his right clavicle in the first preseason game and missed the first two games of the...

U-T San Diego reports Vincent Brown likely won't play until next year. He broke his ankle in the preseason. Brown finished last season strong and he was great in training camp. The San Diego offense has missed him. There is hope for the future tho...

Vincent Brown reportedly is running well, but will he be able to play for the San Diego Chargers this season? UT-San Diego reports that the second-year receiver, who suffered a broken ankle in the preseason, is nearly at full speed. The team had h...

Both Ryan Mathews and Antonio Gates are active for the San Diego Chargers on Sunday against Atlanta. It will be Mathews' season debut. He broke his clavicle Aug. 9 on his first preseason carry. Mathews was questionable to play Sunday. Gates was pr...

It appears Ryan Mathews' attempt to play Sunday against Tennessee has lost momentum. The running back did not practice Wednesday. He practiced on a limited basis all last week. He broke his clavicle Aug. 9 on his first preseason carry of the year ...

The Oakland Raiders have signed four players to their practice squad. They have four remaining spots. Heading the group is linebacker Nathan Stupar. The seventh-round pick was a star in the preseason and it was somewhat surprising he did not make ...

Exhale, the preseason is over. For what it's worth, it really wasn't a very good preseason for the AFC West. Lots of sloppiness and way too many injuries. The story of the next week (particularly in San Diego and Kansas City) will be monitoring in...

A look at the Broncos' 16-13 victory Thursday night at Arizona: It was a night for the backups for the Broncos in a game that Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt decided to tie with a short, final-minute field goal instead of going for it and ending the ...

A look at the Chargers' 35-3 road loss Thursday night: After being held out last week because of injuries on his offensive line, the Chargers gave quarterback Philip Rivers some late-preseason work. The interception bug hit him again. Rivers' n...

A look at the Raiders' 21-3 road loss Thursday night: It was a night for the backups for the Raiders and it looked like it. The Raiders weren't very good, but not many of these players will even be factors in the regular season. But it shows th...

A look at the Chiefs' 24-3 loss at Green Bay: If I owned an NFL team, I don't think I'd meddle much. But I'd have one mandate: Do not play starters in the fourth preseason game. That used to be a universal feeling in the NFL. But in recent year...

A look at one key for each AFC West team in their final preseason games Thursday, a game usually designed for backups to shine: Kansas City at Green Bay, 7 p.m. ET: I'd like to see Ricky Stanzi get some good experience. Stanzi won't see much mo...