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HENDERSON, Nev. -- Las Vegas Raiders coach Klint Kubiak still hasn't announced a starting quarterback with the regular season two weeks away.
However all indications are Kirk Cousins likely will be behind center when the Raiders open their season Sept. 13 against the Miami Dolphins.
Cousins received the lion's share of first-team snaps in training camp and was the starter in the two Las Vegas preseason games he played.
He carries the experience of what will be his 15th NFL season as the Raiders bring along rookie and No. 1 overall draft pick Fernando Mendoza. All three drives Cousins quarterbacked this preseason ended in points -- a touchdown and two field goals.
"I just think he's taking practice to the field," Kubiak said Friday. "He's led scoring drives. We would have loved to lead three touchdown scoring drives, so we're not satisfied with field goals, and that's an area that we need to improve at. But I see a guy that's leading the offense."
Kubiak and general manager John Spytek have to decide whether to keep three quarterbacks when they cut the roster to 53 players on Sunday.
Aidan O'Connell is in his fourth season, all with the Raiders, and he could be the first one onto the field should Cousins get injured or struggle. That would give Mendoza even more time to develop -- if the coaches go that route.
"We have three guys that are ready to play," Kubiak said. "It's going to be some hard decisions on who's (No.) 1, who's (No.) 2, and that's not a decision that we have to make today. But those are discussions that are ongoing."
Steelers' moves
PITTSBURGH -- The Steelers have made roster moves in advance of Sunday's 6 p.m. deadline to trim the roster to 53 players.
Pittsburgh has released the following 11 players -- defensive back: Jaylon Guilbeau, Jack Henderson, Brandon Hill, Tamon Lynum, Daryl Porter; offensive line: Gregory Crippen; running back: Alex Tecza; tight end: Jaheim Bell; wide receiver: Jakobie Keeney-James, Cornell Powell and Isaiah Winstead.
More Romo trouble
Tony Romo is facing three more citations in connection with his arrest last month that got him placed on leave from his role as CBS' lead analyst on NFL games.
Romo was arrested July 23 in Wisconsin on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence.
The case against the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback was amended Thursday to add citations for possessing open intoxicants in a motor vehicle, unsafe passing on the right and first-offense operating while intoxicated. He already had received a citation for refusal to take a test for intoxication after arrest.
CBS Sports president David Berson said earlier this month that he does not have a timeline for a decision about Romo's future with the network.
Romo, 46, has been the lead game analyst for CBS' NFL coverage since 2017 after making four Pro Bowl appearances during a playing career that ran from 2004-16 and was spent entirely with Dallas.
Analyst JJ Watt will join play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz and sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson on CBS Sports' lead NFL team during Romo's absence.
Suffers from addiction
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- An opioid addiction sullied the once-stellar reputation of one of the NFL's good guys, Thomas Davis.
The linebacker for the Carolina Panthers, once named a Walter Payton Man of the Year, said he became addicted to the painkillers toward the end of his 16-year career in the league.
It was his addiction that led to the downfall of Joan Rubinger, a self-styled healer who listed Davis among her dozens of high-profile pro-athlete clients who swore by her pain-relief miracles. Davis, still a fixture in Charlotte, says he's gotten the help he needed to overcome his addiction but concedes his reliance on pills made it hard for him to be the kind of father he wanted to be.