{"id":1379,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1379","headline":"Raiders activate WR Dont'e Thornton off injured reserve","dek":"Las Vegas made room by releasing defensive tackle Jonah Laulu as its losing streak hits four games.","body":"The Raiders gave Dont'e Thornton another chance to prove himself, activating the second-year wide receiver from injured reserve on Tuesday. The move comes as Las Vegas tries to stop the bleeding after dropping four straight games.\n\nTo clear a roster spot, the Raiders released defensive tackle Jonah Laulu in a corresponding transaction. Thornton now returns to a Raiders offense searching for answers, and the team is betting his return can provide a spark among its skill-position options.\n\nThornton's season had been on hold while he recovered, and this activation keeps his year alive with a chance to contribute down the stretch. For a Raiders team mired in a four-game slide, adding back an offensive piece is a small but notable step as they look to turn things around.","published_at":"2026-10-27T22:34:06.889443+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Raiders give Dont’e Thornton another shot as losing streak hits four","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/27/sports/raiders-make-big-changes-to-struggling-roster/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Raiders activate WR Dont'e Thornton off of IR","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/raiders-activate-wr-donte-thornton-202342910.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Raiders activate WR Dont'e Thornton off of IR","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/raiders-activate-wr-donte-thornton-off-of-ir"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Raiders activate WR Dont'e Thornton from injured reserve ahead of Week 8","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/raiders-activate-wr-donte-thornton-201306035.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Raiders reportedly releasing Jonah Laulu","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/raiders-reportedly-releasing-jonah-laulu-200755875.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Raiders activate Dont'e Thornton Jr. off injured reserve and waive Jonah Laulu","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/raiders-activate-donte-thornton-jr-224036660.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Raiders finally get wide receiver help with return from injured reserve","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/raiders-finally-wide-receiver-help-204859360.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nypost.com/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2F10-las-vegas-raiders-runs-136391908.jpg?w%3D1024","credit":"New York Post","width":5321},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}