It’s Thursday and this is the Black Hole Roll Call. While Week 8 of the 2017 NFL season gets underway this evening when the Baltimore Ravens host the Miami Dolphins on Thursday Night Football, the Oakland Raiders will prepare for the Buffalo Bills on Sunday without starting running back Marshawn Lynch.
Lynch will be suspended for this game for his on-field incident from last Thursday. Getting the call up to the active roster will be Oakland’s seventh-round pick in running back Elijah Hood. While once a promising running back for the North Carolina Tar Heels in the ACC, maybe Hood takes advantage of his big NFL opportunity on Sunday?