Updating a previous report, Oakland Raiders DE Jihad Ward (foot) underwent minor surgery on his injured foot this offseason. While the Raiders will not rush him back, he is expected to be ready by mid-August, however.

Footballguys View: As Auric Goldfinger told James Bond, “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action” – or in NFL terms, third time is cause for concern. Ward had surgery on the same foot in 2015, then had a knee operation in 2016. Here we are in 2017 and it’s another date with a surgeon. He didn’t have much impact in his rookie year and this won’t help his chances to change that in the coming season.