The Facts: At the end of the regular season, a report from Oakland indicated that the Raiders would part ways with Crabtree before the 2018 season got underway. The Raiders have changed coaches since then and they may also be changing directions when it comes to their plans for Crabtree. “I got to bump into Crabtree,” new HC Jon Gruden said this week. “Hopefully we can get the best out of Crabtree and his career.”

Diehards Line: Crabtree, who started having bad drops, was forgotten at the end of last season as he was targeted only five times in Oakland's last two games and had two catches for 18 yards. This after being targeted a combined 30 times in Weeks 14 and 15. Still, as PFT notes, Crabtree caught 58 passes for 618 yards and eight touchdowns in 14 games last season and the report about his expected release touched on behind-the-scenes “dysfunction” contributing to the direction the team was taking. If that proves too much to bear, the Raiders would get over $7.7 million in cap space from parting ways with Crabtree.