Oakland Raiders Notes: N.Harris back, Walker update & more
- The Oakland Raiders brought back Napoleon Harris yesterday; the same linebacker that was traded for Randy Moss after the 2004 campaign. The former first round draft choice (23rd overall) of the Silver & Black has made stops in Minnesota (2005-2006 & 2008) and Kansas City (2007-2008) before coming back to the bay area. Out of Northwestern, the once boisterous defender has tallied 481 tackles, 8.5 sacks and 4 forced fumbles in his career. He’ll always be remembered for being traded to the Vikings in exchange for Moss. Oakland also sent the seventh overall pick in that draft and a seventh rounder to Minnesota. Harris wore number 96 in practice and worked with the second team. SB Report journalist DeMarcus Davis stated, “The one play I saw him make was a tackle on Michael Bush up the middle. Harris shed his blocker to make the tackle.”
- Javon Walker worked with the team for the first time on Monday and looked crisp running his route drills. The wide receiver is expected to play versus the Saints this week, but is not sure for how long. “The rehab part is the hard part,” Walker said. “The easy part is being out there practicing and catching balls now.”
- Oakland released CB Ricky Manning Jr to make room for Harris. Manning was signed on August 15 and played during the pre-season for the Silver & Black.
- JaMarcus Russell had another up-and-down day in practice. He zipped the ball a few times to Louis Murphy and Darrius Heyward-Bey. The rookie out of Maryland was observed dropping another ball that was a perfect toss.
- Ricky Brown played MLB along with Jon Alston and Thomas Howard.
- Raiders that sat out of practice: Shane Lechler (groin), Justin Fargas (hamstring), Mike Mitchell (hamstring) & Hiram Eugene (flu).
