After being waived by the San Francisco 49ers Tuesday, the team announced that Junior Bergen would be added to the practice squad Wednesday after clearing waivers.
Former Bobcat quarterback Tommy Mellott was not picked up by the Raiders practice squad, likely ending his time in Las Vegas.
Raiders general manager John Spytek was asked about Mellott on Wednesday.
“I have a lot of respect for Tommy,” Spytek said. “There was a lot of hard decisions we made the last couple of days. And ultimately our responsibility. ... was to put the best 53 and the 17 after that to get ready to win football games.
“Ultimately we made some decisions that didn’t include him, for now.”
Spytek noted that every receiver the Raiders brought to camp ended the preseason healthy, making it somewhat of a numbers g