The halfway point of the NFL season is quickly approaching. After Week 8, many teams — including the Oakland Raiders — will have played half of their games. Injury reports tend to be quite lengthy by this point, or if not the injury report, the injured reserve lists will include plenty of names.
For the Raiders, that includes Lee Smith, Gabe Holmes, Ben Heeney, Neiron Ball, SaQwan Edwards and Mario Edwards Jr., who will be given the designation to return.
For Tampa, their IR includes Charles Sims and Vincent Jackson, and several non-notable names — Devante Boyd, George Johnson and Jacquies Smith.