Growing Pains Continue for Raiders’ First-Round Pick

D.J. Hayden sat in front of his locker, head down and covered by a white towel. The Oakland Raiders’ first-round draft pick politely declined all requests for an interview, his mind undoubtedly swimming with visions of footballs raining out of the sky.

On an afternoon in which the Raiders were terrible all the way around on defense, Hayden painfully stood out.

The rookie cornerback has had his share of growing pains this season, but nothing like what he endured in Week 9 against Philadelphia when Hayden become the personal whipping boy for Eagles quarterback Nick Foles.

Hayden was beaten for two tou...

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