Raiders vs Broncos Thursday injury report: Menelik Watson re-injures calf again

Just when the Raiders start talking about being as healthy as they have been all season, they lose an offensive linemen. This is not a re-print: Menelik Watson re-injured his calf and missed practice.

This is the fourth time the rookie second round pick has injured the same calf. He came into camp on the non-football injury list having injured his calf in the off-season. He returned to practice at one point only to re-injure the calf and leave shortly thereafter. He returned early in the season only to re-injure the calf again. He had a knee injury in between and now the calf injury has come back to haunt him once again.

The good news for the offensive line is Mike Brisiel was upgrade to full participation.

The Broncos had tight end Joel Dreessen back full at practice after missing the previous practice with a knee injury.