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Disgruntled WR Porter inactive for Raiders opener
Jerry Porter, the Oakland Raiders' leading receiver last season, was inactive for the season opener Monday night against the San Diego Chargers.
Porter's role on the team has greatly diminished after he clashed with new coach Art Shell in the offseason over his offseason workout plans. Porter demanded a trade at the start of training camp, but the Raiders have declined to grant his wish.
Porter was slowed by a calf injury early in training camp but was healthy for the final three preseason games and was not listed on the team's injury report leading up to the game. He was on the sideline in street clothes for this game.
"As far as Jerry Porter is concerned, I really don't know where he stands, what the organization has in store for him," starter Randy Moss told Fox Sports Radio last week. "So the only thing I can do is worry about the guys they're putting on the field."
Porter led the Raiders with 76 catches last season and had 942 yards receiving and five touchdown receptions in 2005.
He has not been listed as a starter all of training camp, even after the Raiders traded starter Doug Gabriel to New England on Sept. 2.
Little-used Alvis Whitted got the starting nod against the Chargers, just his 11th start in eight NFL seasons and first since the end of the 2004 season. Ronald Curry was the team's third receiver. Johnnie Morant was the other receiver active for the game, but the Raiders rarely use four-receiver sets.
Porter, a second-round pick out of West Virginia in 2000, is in the second year of a five-year deal worth $20 million. He has 239 catches for 3,215 yards and 24 touchdowns in six seasons with the Raiders. He has never reached 1,000 yards receiving in a season, missing the mark narrowly with 998 yards in 2004 and 942 last season.
The other inactive players for the Raiders were offensive linemen Corey Hulsey and Brad Badger, tight ends John Madsen and James Adkisson, fullback John Paul Foschi and cornerback Duane Starks.
The inactive players for the Chargers were defensive back Cletis Gordon, fullback Andrew Pinnock, offensive lineman Leander Jordan, receiver Greg Carmarillo, tight ends Aaron Shea and Ryan Krause and defensive lineman Derreck Robinson.
Source: ESPN.com
Porter's role on the team has greatly diminished after he clashed with new coach Art Shell in the offseason over his offseason workout plans. Porter demanded a trade at the start of training camp, but the Raiders have declined to grant his wish.
Porter was slowed by a calf injury early in training camp but was healthy for the final three preseason games and was not listed on the team's injury report leading up to the game. He was on the sideline in street clothes for this game.
"As far as Jerry Porter is concerned, I really don't know where he stands, what the organization has in store for him," starter Randy Moss told Fox Sports Radio last week. "So the only thing I can do is worry about the guys they're putting on the field."
Porter led the Raiders with 76 catches last season and had 942 yards receiving and five touchdown receptions in 2005.
He has not been listed as a starter all of training camp, even after the Raiders traded starter Doug Gabriel to New England on Sept. 2.
Little-used Alvis Whitted got the starting nod against the Chargers, just his 11th start in eight NFL seasons and first since the end of the 2004 season. Ronald Curry was the team's third receiver. Johnnie Morant was the other receiver active for the game, but the Raiders rarely use four-receiver sets.
Porter, a second-round pick out of West Virginia in 2000, is in the second year of a five-year deal worth $20 million. He has 239 catches for 3,215 yards and 24 touchdowns in six seasons with the Raiders. He has never reached 1,000 yards receiving in a season, missing the mark narrowly with 998 yards in 2004 and 942 last season.
The other inactive players for the Raiders were offensive linemen Corey Hulsey and Brad Badger, tight ends John Madsen and James Adkisson, fullback John Paul Foschi and cornerback Duane Starks.
The inactive players for the Chargers were defensive back Cletis Gordon, fullback Andrew Pinnock, offensive lineman Leander Jordan, receiver Greg Carmarillo, tight ends Aaron Shea and Ryan Krause and defensive lineman Derreck Robinson.
Source: ESPN.com