NAPA — After steadfastly declining to talk about issues relating to wide receiver Antonio Brown, Raiders coach Jon Gruden sounded like a man Saturday night who had a pretty good idea his most valuable offensive player along with quarterback Derek Carr would soon be back in the fold.
“I support this guy,” Gruden said. “I think that’s what needs to be said.”
Brown was not with the Raiders during Saturday night’s 14-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams at the Coliseum.
With Brown for the most part missing 11 of the Raiders’ first 12 practices, Gruden had declined to specify an injury or speculate on when he might return.