Raiders' Meyers 'for sure' still wants to be traded

HENDERSON, Nev. -- With the NFL's Nov. 4 commercialized deadline approaching, Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Jakobi Meyers is lasting steadfast with his petition to beryllium traded from the team.

"Oh, for sure," Meyers said Tuesday. "But I'm a nonrecreational astatine the extremity of the day. I'm conscionable trying to play bully football. If I'm here, I'll play bully football. If I'm not here, I'll spell retired determination and play wherever I'm expected to be."

In August, Meyers requested a commercialized aft being incapable to scope an statement connected a caller contract. The Raiders, however, denied his request. Meyers is successful the last twelvemonth of his three-year, $33 cardinal deal, which helium signed successful 2023 aft 4 seasons with the New England Patriots.

Since the play has started, Meyers said helium hasn't enactment overmuch thought into a caller woody with the Raiders.

"That model benignant of conscionable closed with the offseason successful it," Meyers said. "If it gets done, I don't attraction for real. I truly conscionable privation to beryllium successful a bully spot for maine [and] my family."

Meyers added that helium hasn't spoken with the squad astir his commercialized petition arsenic of late. He is focused connected staying successful the infinitesimal contempt being a taxable of commercialized rumors due to the fact that Las Vegas sits successful past spot successful the AFC West astatine 2-5.

"[The Raiders] cognize however I feel," Meyers said. "It's nary crushed for maine to support going backmost crying to them, 'Can you get maine retired of here?'

"If you determination me, you determination me. But successful the meantime, I got immoderate existent radical that I attraction astir adjacent to me, truthful I'm trying to marque definite I'm being my champion aforesaid for them."

During this clip of the year, Meyers said the squad tries to marque airy of the uncertainty.

He mentioned however the players volition marque jokes whenever they spot their names look successful commercialized discussions. "Like, what clip is your flight? It's each amusive and games," helium said.

"Everybody is simply a comedian astir this thing, and I'm chill with it," helium said. "I similar proceeding the jokes arsenic agelong arsenic guys are consenting to speech astir it. If they got an issue, I'll beryllium unfastened with them."

Meyers missed past week's 31-0 nonaccomplishment to the Kansas City Chiefs due to the fact that of a knee/toe wounded that helium sustained against the Tennessee Titans successful Week 6. He was sidelined for 2 days of signifier earlier returning to the tract Friday.

Meyers warmed up up of kickoff but decided it was champion for him not to play. He practiced Tuesday and plans to beryllium disposable for Week 9's matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars astatine home.

"It wasn't chill sitting connected the seat watching guys suffer similar that," Meyers said. "I decidedly conscionable privation to spell retired there, bash my portion [and] hopefully bring a small spark to the offense."

In 97 vocation games (76 starts), Meyers, 28, has totaled 422 catches for 4,921 yards and 20 touchdowns. He has recorded astatine slightest 800 yards successful 4 consecutive seasons and totaled a career-best 1,027 yards successful 2024. Through six games successful 2025, Meyers has totaled 29 catches for 329 yards.

Despite the Raiders' struggles, particularly connected discourtesy (three games with less than 10 points scored), Meyers said the squad has remained close.

"Everybody inactive precise overmuch attraction astir winning. We're retired present fighting," Meyers said. "It's a caller regime. We are trying."