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WEEKLY RELEASE VS AUGUST 24, 2018 | 7:30 P.M. PT | OAKLAND-ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEUM PRESEASON WEEK 3 OAKLAND RAIDERS VS. GREEN BAY PACKERS PRESEASON WEEK 3 • FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2018 • 7:30 P.M. PT • OAKLAND-ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEUM 1220 HARBOR BAY PARKWAY | ALAMEDA, CA | 94502 | RAIDERS.COM GAME PREVIEW THE SETTING The Oakland Raiders will play their final home contest of the 2018 Date: Friday, August 24, 2018 preseason with a matchup against the Green Bay Packers at Oak- Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. PT land-Alameda County Coliseum on Friday, Aug. 24 at 7:30 p.m. PT. Site: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Friday's contest with the Packers marks the third time since 2014 Capacity/Surface: 56,057/Overseeded Bermuda the two clubs have competed against each other in preseason ac- Preseason: Series tied, 5-5 tion, with their last game coming in 2016 at Lambeau Field. Regular Season: Packers lead, 7-5 Postseason: Packers lead, 1-0 Last week, the Raiders traveled to Los Angeles to play against the Rams. The trip to Los Angeles marked the return of the Silver and Black to Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the first time since AST EEK S OS NGELES 1994, when the club returned to Oakland following the conclu- L W V . L A sion of the campaign. While they were defeated by the Rams, 15- Below are the stat lines of the key contributors from last week’s 19, the team had strong individual outings on both sides of the road contest against the Los Angeles Rams: ball, including a 110-yard rushing performance from undrafted rookie RB Chris Warren III and a two-tackle, one-sack perfor- LB Jason Cabinda: Led the team with six tackles (three solo) mance by fifth-round pick DT Maurice Hurst. While many of the young players saw extensive playing time, the club sat 32 players LB James Cowser: Recorded the team's first INT of the preseason - many of them starters - as they prepare to face the Rams again and also added two stops on special teams in the Monday Night Football opener at home in Week 1 of the regular season. DT Maurice Hurst: Registered two tackles and one sack Next week, both clubs will face a short week following the con- LB Marquel Lee: Posted five tackles (four solo) and also added test on Friday night, as the Raiders will conclude their preseason one sack slate with a road matchup against the Seattle Seahawks on Thurs- day, Aug. 30 and the Packers will travel to Kansas City to play the QB EJ Manuel: Completed 10-of-16 pass attempts for 89 yards Chiefs on the same day. With the conclusion of the preseason, and one TD for a passer rating of 98.2 all NFL teams will make their final roster reductions on Sept. 1, reducing their squads to the mandated 53-man limit. RB Chris Warren III: Rushed 18 times for 110 yards, leading all rushers for the second consecutive week. During preseason play, Warren III ranks first in the NFL in yards (196), first downs (10) and 2018 SCHEDULE average yards per carry (6.32 avg.) PRESEASON (1-1) WR Griff Whalen: Recorded two receptions for 13 yards and Aug. 10 DETROIT LIONS W, 16-10 added one TD reception Aug. 18 at Los Angeles Rams L, 15-19 Aug. 24 GREEN BAY PACKERS 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30 at Seattle Seahawks 7:00 p.m. BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION REGULAR SEASON KTVU-2/KICU-36 (Bay Area) Mon., Sept. 10 LOS ANGELES RAMS 7:20 p.m. ESPN KVVU (Las Vegas) Sun., Sept. 16 at Denver Broncos 1:25 p.m. CBS Play-by-play: Beth Mowins Sun., Sept. 23 at Miami Dolphins 10:00 a.m. CBS Color Analyst: Matt Millen and Rich Gannon Sun., Sept. 30 CLEVELAND BROWNS 1:05 p.m. FOX Sideline: John Tournour “JT The Brick” Sun., Oct. 7 at Los Angeles Chargers 1:05 p.m. CBS Exec. Producers: Vittorio DeBartolo, Sun., Oct. 14 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS# 10:00 a.m. FOX Brad Phinney BYE WEEK Producer: Mark Shah Sun., Oct. 28 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS 1:05 p.m. CBS Director: Sean LaRett Thu., Nov. 1 at San Francisco 49ers 5:20 p.m. FOX Sun., Nov. 11 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS 1:05 p.m. FOX RADIO Sun., Nov. 18 at Arizona Cardinals 1:05 p.m. CBS Raiders Radio Network Sun., Nov. 25 at Baltimore Ravens 10:00 a.m. CBS Flagship: 740 KCBS Sun., Dec. 2 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 1:05 p.m. CBS Play-by-play: Brent Musburger Sun., Dec. 9 PITTSBURGH STEELERS 5:20 p.m. NBC Color Analyst: Lincoln Kennedy Sun., Dec. 16 at Cincinnati Bengals 10:00 a.m. CBS Sideline: Chris Townsend Mon., Dec. 24 DENVER BRONCOS 5:15 p.m. ESPN Sun., Dec. 30 at Kansas City Chiefs 10:00 a.m. CBS SPANISH RADIO # - in London Spanish Flagship: La Z 1490-AM/107.5-FM * - Sunday night games in Weeks 5-16 subject to change; Week 17 Play-by-play: Fernando Arias game TBD Color Analyst: Ambrosio Rico Will Kiss, Senior Director of Media Relations - (510) 780-3020 | Erin Exum, Media Relations Manager - (510) 780-3219 Katie Agostin, Media Relations Coordinator - (510) 780-3038 | Evert Geerlings, Media Relations Coordinator - (510) 780-3014 RAIDERS VS. PACKERS NOTABLE CONNECTIONS 2017 TEAM RANKINGS Pro Connections OFFENSE • Raiders General Manager Reggie McKenzie served as the Packers RAIDERS PACKERS pro personnel assistant (1994-96), director of pro personnel (1997- Category Stats Rank Stats Rank 2007) and director of football operations (2008-11). Raiders direc- tor of college scouting Shaun Herock was also a key member of the Total Offense 324.1 17t 305.7 26 Packers’ personnel staff, spending 19 seasons with Green Bay. Rush Offense 97.1 25 107.8 17 • Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden served as an offensive assistant for Pass Offense 226.9 16 197.9 25 the Packers in 1992 and spent the 1993 and 1994 seasons as Green Points Per Game 18.8 23 20.0 21 Bay’s wide receivers coach. Third-Down Off. % 40.2 11 39.3 13 • Raiders wide receiver coach Edgar Bennett spent the last 17 seasons Fourth-Down Off. % 33.3 26 53.6 9 with the Packers in multiple roles, serving as the team’s offensive co- Red Zone Off. (TD%) 58.8 7 61.9 3 ordinator from 2015-17, wide receivers coach from 2011-14, run- ning backs coach from 2005-10 and as the team’s director of player development from 2001-04. Bennett also spent five seasons playing DEFENSE running back for the Packers. RAIDERS PACKERS • Raiders defensive line coach Mike Trgovac held the same position Category Stats Rank Stats Rank with the Packers for 10 seasons (1999, 2009-17). Total Defense 350.1 23 348.9 22 • Raiders WR Jordy Nelson spent 10 seasons with the Packers after Rush Defense 108.9 12 112.1 T17 being selected in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He record- Pass Defense 241.1 26 236.8 23 ed 550 receptions for 7,848 yards and 69 TDs over his career and helped the Packers capture Super Bowl XLV after the 2010 season. Points Per Game 23.3 20 24.0 26 Third-Down Def. % 40.9 26 42.8 28 • Raiders TE Jared Cook played in 10 games with five starts with the Packers in 2016 and caught 30 passes for 377 yards (12.6 avg.) and Fourth-Down Def. % 70.0 30 80.0 31 one touchdown. Red Zone Def. (TD%) 47.9 9 65.2 31 • Raiders T Breno Giacomini entered the NFL with the Packers, spend- ing three seasons (2008-10) in Green Bay. TEAM RAIDERS PACKERS • Packers Associate Head Coach/linebackers Winston Moss played linebacker for the Raiders from 1991-94. Moss led the Raiders in Category Stats Rank Stats Rank tackles in 1993, leading the team to the AFC Divisional playoffs and Turnover Ratio -14 29t -3 T20 earning the Ed Block Courage Award. Penalties 114 24 96 8 • Packers West Regional Scout Sam Seale was selected by the Raiders Penalty Yards 1,009 26 789 6 in the 1984 NFL Draft. He played wide receiver as a rookie in 1984 and moved to defensive back/kick returner from 1985-1987 for the Silver and Black. Seale returned to the Raiders in 1992. College Connections WEEKLY SCHEDULE • Raiders CB Nick Nelson transferred to Wisconsin prior to the 2016 season and redshirted before starting all 14 games for the Badgers in Monday, Aug. 20 2017, posting 35 tackles and 21 passes defensed. 11:30 a.m. (approx.) .......................... Head Coach Jon Gruden and • Packers special teams coordinator Ron Zook (defensive backs) QB Derek Carr and coached Raiders General Manager Reggie McKenzie (linebacker) at WR Jordy Nelson available Tennessee in 1984. 1:15 - 1:45 p.m. (approx.) ................ Practice, open to media; • Raiders QB Derek Carr (2009-13) threw to Packers WR Davante Ad- Videography/photography limited ams (2012-13) for two seasons at Fresno State, helping Adams set 14 new Mountain West records and 11 Fresno State records. Tuesday, Aug. 21 • Raiders WR Amari Cooper and Packers S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix were teammates at Alabama in 2012, winning the 2012 BCS National 11:30 a.m. (approx.) .......................... Offensive Coordinator Greg Championship. Olson and Defensive • Packers WR Ty Montgomery spent four years (2011-2014) at Stan- Coordinator Paul Guenther ford, finishing as the school’s all-time leader in kickoff return yards. available • The Packers have three players from their 2016 NFL Draft class that 1:15 - 1:45 p.m.