26-year old RB Michael Bush has a broken thumb which could sideline him for the start of the season.  Bush has played in 3 games this pre-season for the Raiders and he carried the ball 22 times for 80 yards (3.6 ypc) with 1 TD run.  He also caught 4 passes for 47 yards (11.8 avg) during the pre-season.  Bush was in line to be the primary ball carrier for the Raiders as this pre-season came right behind a solid 2009.  Bush played in 16 games (7 starts) for the Raiders last year and he carried the ball 123 times for 589 yards (4.8 ypc) with 3 TD runs.  He also caught 17 passes for 105 yards (6.2 avg) last year.  The Raiders hope Bush is ready to return to action soon.

24-year old WR Chaz Schilens will be out indefinitely (maybe half  the year) as he recently has underwent knee surgery.  This is a blow to the Raiders passing game as they were depending on Schilens to help them in 2010.  Schilens has played in 24 games (14 starts) in his career with the Raiders and he has caught 44 passes for 591 yards (13.4 avg) with 4 TD grabs.  The Raiders hope that Schilens will give them a boost in the passing game in the second half of the 2010 season.

The Raiders have lost 28-year old QB Charlie Frye for the entire 2010 season as they have placed him on I.R. due to surgery on his right wrist.  Frye played in 3 games (all starts) for the Raiders last season and he completed 53 of 87 passes (60.9%) for 581 yards with 1 TD pass and 4 INTs (65.3 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 4 times for 41 yards (10.3 ypc) for the Raiders last season.  With Jason Campbell, Kyle Boller, Bruce Gradkowski and Colt Brennan on the roster it was going be very hard for Frye to make the team.

26-year old DE Jay Richardson needed surgery on his left knee which cause him to miss the rest of the pre-season.  Richardson played in 16 games (0 starts) for the Raiders last season and he had 23 tackles and 3 sacks.  He has now played in 48 games (22 starts) in his three years with the Raiders and he has 109 tackles, 7 sacks and 1 pass defensed.  Richardson is part of a rotation at DE so they hope he’s ready to return to action when the season starts.

The Raiders have placed 25-year old WR/KR Jonathan Holland on the Injured Reserve List ending his season with a ankle injury.  He didn’t catch any passes in his first two years in the NFL.  In 17 games (0 starts) in his two years with the Raiders he has returned 28 kickoffs for 550 yards (19.6 avg).  This is not much of a loss for the Raiders as they weren’t counting on Holland in 2010.