An era came to an end Tuesday, and a new one began, as Carson Palmer, who spent the first eight years of his career with the Bengals, was traded to the Raiders in exchange for a 2012 first-round pick and 2013 conditional second-rounder.

The Raiders will be without several offensive weapons for their road game against the Bills, as Oakland inactives include WR Jacoby Ford, WR Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR Louis Murphy, and TE Kevin Boss.

The Raiders are optimistic that TE Kevin Boss (knee) and WR Darrius Heyward-Bey (knee) will play on Sunday against the Bills. Both are currently listed as questionable.

Star receiver Calvin Johnson’s status is in doubt for the Lions’ home opener against the Chiefs.

What if Bills receiver Stevie Johnson didn’t drop that should-have-been game-winning TD pass in overtime against the Steelers last season? Perhaps Pittsburgh wouldn’t have won the AFC North and advanced to the Super Bowl.

Chargers TE Antonio Gates is likely to miss Thursday’s game against the 49ers, according to our Steve Wyche. A huge blow not only to the Chargers, but fantasy enthusiasts still in the playoffs.

Giants TE Kevin Boss was carted off the field during the first quarter of Sunday’s season opener. The team said Boss was having his neck evaluated and is questionable to return against the Panthers.

The NFL fined Chargers DB Eric Weddle $7,500 for unnecessary roughness, according to a league source.

Teams have released their latest Week 6 injury reports. Here’s a look at the developments among notable names through Thursday.

The Thursday injury report has been released and includes some notable players — Bengals RB Cedric Benson, Texans DE Mario Williams and Cowboys WR Roy Williams among them — sitting out for the second day in a row.

The latest news, notes and injury updates from around the NFL.

Kevin Boss was doubtful and Brandon Jacobs was questionable, so this shouldn’t be a huge surprise. Derrick Ward is a tough start against the motivated Vikings defense that will be missing Pat Williams. Coach Tom Coughlin does want to get some backups, such as David Carr, into the mix. So proceed with caution.

Bernard Berrian was questionable coming into the game, but this is a huge game for the Vikings, so this isn’t much of a surprise.

Maybe it’s the warmth of the dome or the roar of the fans, but Michael Turner loves playing at home. He just scored his third touchdown of the afternoon against the Panthers. He has eight scores at the Georgia Dome.