Under normal circumstances, the Raiders would be taking flight for Atlanta on a nine-day journey for two games on the East Coast. Of course, this year is anything but normal.
Coach Jon Gruden said Friday the original plan called for the Raiders to hold practice back east for all of next week in between Sunday’s game at Atlanta and next week’s road matchup against the Jets.
With all of the increased health and safety protocols in place, the Raiders will instead head back to Las Vegas and make back-to-back trips to the Eastern time zone.
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