HENDERSON, Nev. -- How did Casey Hayward Jr. spend at least part of his bye week?
Getting honored in his old stomping grounds, Perry (Georgia) High School, retiring his jersey No. 3.
And how has the 32-year-old Las Vegas Raiders cornerback spent his first season with the team? By reinvigorating his game and playing at an All-Pro level not seen in these parts since before Nnamdi Asomugha became an acclaimed movie director and actor.
Indeed, critics charged that the two-time Pro Bowler with 23 career interceptions was in the autumn, if not the winter, of his career when he signed a one-year free-agent deal with the Raiders this past spring.