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On the Raiders podcast with J. Hawkes:

#1 Raiders quarterback Derek Carr said that his remembrance of former Raider teammate George Atkinson III. Was he was always a joyful teammate just happy to be at the Raiders?

#2 Atkinson, who died on Monday at age 27 of unknown causes, played on the Raiders special teams and practice squads from 2014-17. His father safety George Atkinson II played for the Raiders from 1968-1979 and survives the younger Atkinson.

#3 Carr said in practice this week he wanted the team to get back on track to “rewind (the last) two weeks, we were the great story in the NFL, two weeks later we suck again.”

#4 Head coach Jon Gruden had the team work out at an indoor facility this week and held an indoor walk through. Gruden said it was to allow more reps.

#5 Joe talks about this Sunday’s game at the Coliseum against the Tennessee Titans, a 1:25 pm kickoff.

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