Overview

• After a Week 5 blowout loss at Indianapolis, the Raiders are 1-4 with only six points scored in their latest game.
• Geno Smith has a league-high nine interceptions and six touchdown passes through five games in his first season with Las Vegas.
• Damian Lillard, a longtime Raiders fan, posted on X that Smith is not washed yet urged the team to pursue rookie Shedeur Sanders for the future.
• Cleveland elevated rookie Dillon Gabriel to starter over Joe Flacco, leaving Sanders third on the Browns’ quarterback depth chart.
• Coverage notes a Sanders trade appears unlikely since Las Vegas passed on him in the draft and has already invested in Smith and backup Kenny Pickett.