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Rookie Rearview: Deablo, Koonce earning more snaps

Game-day performance is one thing. But what Divine Deablo delivered in the postgame press conference was on another level. The blunt-force type honesty was both refreshing and enlightening.

“Personally I feel like a lot of people just, for lack of a better term just ‘fold,’” the Las Vegas Raiders rookie linebacker said after the Raiders’ 48-9 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs this past Sunday. “They’ll just lay down, come to practice not ready to practice. I know I’m a rookie but I don’t want my teammates to do that. I want to make sure they’re ready to practice and we bring that intensity every day.