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It can be difficult sometimes to know when Jon Gruden is joking or not. Sometimes he likes to mess with the media a little bit Womens Derek Carr Jersey , so it’s important at times to be able to read the twinkle in his eye...."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Raiders StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Raiders NewsYahoo Raiders Team PageYahoo Raiders ReportYahoo Raiders Depth ChartYahoo Raiders TransactionsYahoo Raiders PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Raiders Draft 2019Look: Raiders staff dons Clemson gear for practice to welcome three Tigers draft picksNew,27commentsPDTShareTweetShareShareLook: Raiders staff dons Clemson gear for practice to welcome three Tigers draft picksOakland RaidersIt can be difficult sometimes to know when Jon Gruden is joking or not. Sometimes he likes to mess with the media a little bit, so it’s important at times to be able to read the twinkle in his eye. Last week he responded to a question about the team drafting three players off the National Championship Clemson team by saying the Raiders coaching staff would be wearing Clemson gear at the team’s final Rookie minicamp practice. “[W]e will wear Clemson gear as a staff on Sunday,” said Gruden. “We will have a staff photo wearing Clemson shirts and Raiders hats, so it will be a new tradition that we do every year. And as it turns out, he was NOT joking.Oakland RaidersIn the center are the Raiders three Clemson drafted players, from left to right — 5th round receiver Hunter Renfrow, 4th overall pick defensive end Clelin Ferrell, and 2nd round pick cornerback Trayvon Mullen.The coaches from left to right are senior defensive assistant coach Jim O’Neil, defensive quality control coach Travis Smith, assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia, defensive line coach Brentson Buckner, defensive coordinator Paul Guenther, offensive coordinator Greg Olson, offensive quality control coach Tim Berbenich, head coach Jon Gruden, and assistant defensive backs coach Taver Johnson.They weren’t just wearing it to pose for that picture, either. Many of the coaches wore the gear for the entire practice. Paul Guenther for instance, seen here with Clelin Ferrell.Oakland RaidersGruden went even further, saying that with the way Clemson is looking, they could be tapping the program again next year.“I got this to say about Clemson; you got to watch all their tape because they are the best team in college football and they got a lot of good players at every position Womens Antonio Brown Jersey , and some of the underclassmen will keep us wearing that orange color next year I hope because they are loaded,” Gruden added.The head coach kept his Clemson shirt on during practice, but put a black windbreaker over the top of it.Jon Gruden, Hunter RenfrowOakland RaidersUnfortunately the tweeting of the staff decked out in Clemson orange led to this atrocity.Follow @LeviDamien Training camp goes up a notch for the Raiders on Wednesday, but the team’s biggest free-agency arrival won’t be there for it.As noted by Michael Gehlken of the , receiver Antonio Brown remains absent as the Raiders welcome the Rams for two days of joint practice. It will be the eighth practice that Brown has missed, due to feet that were frozen by entering a cryotherapy chamber without proper footwear.“It’s good to go against a different scheme,” quarterback Derek Carr said regarding the joint practices, via Gehlken. “I really enjoy it and especially when it’s two really professional teams that aren’t trying to prove their manhood or prove their toughness to each other. Obviously, football is a physical game, but when there are just fights and brawls, I think that’s pointless.”Five years ago, during Carr’s rookie season, the Raiders and Cowboys got into a knock-down-drag-out fight during training camp at Oxnard, California. The following year, the Rams and Cowboys rumbled in Oxnard. Raiders coach Jon Gruden and Rams coach Sean McVay, who worked together in Tampa and who remain good friends, surely will try to avoid any joint-practice ugliness.The Raiders and Rams will meet in a preseason game on Saturday night in Oakland. Brown surely won’t be playing. Although his condition has been downplayed by the Raiders, it’s clear that it’s not minor. At some point, the Raiders need to start worrying about whether he’ll be available for Week One — and if so whether he’ll be effective.