Raiders GM tells Brown it’s time to be ‘ all in’ or out

Oakland Raiders general manager Mike Mayock told disgruntled receiver Antonio Brown it’s time to decide whether he’s “all in or all out” about playing this season after losing a fight with the NFL and NFLPA over his helmet.

Mayock issued a statement expressing his frustration that Brown didn’t participate in practice Sunday despite being healed from the frost- bitten feet that have sidelined him for most of training camp.

“You all know that A. B. is not here today. So here’s the bottom line. He’s upset about the helmet issue. We have supported that,” Mayock said. “But at this point, we’ve pretty much exhausted all avenues of relief.

“So from our perspective, it’s time for him to be all in or all out. So we’re hoping he’s back soon. We’ve got 89 guys busting their tails. We are really excited about where this franchise is going and we hope A. B. is going to be a big part of it starting Week 1 against Denver. End of story. No questions.”

Brown’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, said last week after Brown returned to the Raiders training camp facility that they had found several helmets and were waiting formal approval.

Brown took part in warmups Thursday night and a walkthrough on Saturday, prompting coach Jon Gruden to express confidence that he would soon be able to practice.

Chargers

Los Angeles All- Pro safety Derwin James will have surgery this week for a stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal of his right foot and he could miss up to three months.

Jets

Le’Veon Bell’s debut will not come until the regular season after coach Adam Gase announced the star running back will be held out of the final two preseason games.

Elsewhere

University of Texas football great and former NFL running back Cedric Benson died Saturday night in a motorcycle crash in West Austin, Texas. Complete details were not released.