Jeanty Walked Off the Practice Field. The Raiders Can't Afford to Wait Long for Answers.

Ashton Jeanty left training camp practice on August 23 with a right leg injury and had to be helped off the field. Initial reports point to a sprained ankle, but the full extent and any timeline for return haven't been established. He's listed as questionable.

That uncertainty matters more here than it would for most teams. Last season Jeanty ran for 975 yards and five touchdowns while adding another five scores as a receiver — he was the clearest thing the Raiders had to a reliable offensive weapon in a 3–14 year. Brock Bowers and Tre Tucker give Geno Smith options in the passing game, but the rushing attack was built around Jeanty, and there isn't an obvious plug-and-play replacement behind him on the depth chart.

The timing compounds everything. The o-line has been unsettled since Powers-Johnson went down in red zone drills last week. The secondary is thin and got thinner in Houston. Each of those I've noted as they happened, and each time the margin for error shrank a little more. A Jeanty absence heading into Week 1 doesn't just thin the backfield — it removes the one offensive dimension that didn't require the passing game to carry the load. The Raiders need answers on his ankle soon.