Raiders | Wheatley Agrees to Return

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10:50 PT: ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli reports the Oakland Raiders have agreed to terms in principle on a new deal with unrestricted free agent RB Tyrone Wheatley. Terms of the deal were not immediately released.

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Raiders keep tailback Wheatley

Despite a diminished role in the Oakland offense over the past two seasons, Raiders coaches and team officials still consider Tyrone Wheatley essential to their success.

ESPN.com learned Sunday the two sides have reached an agreement in principle on a new contract.

Terms of the agreement, which end the veteran tailback's three-week tenure as an unrestricted free agent, were not immediately available. The contract will be signed later in the week.

Wheatley, 31, attracted interest from other teams at the outset of the signing period, but Oakland officials pursued him from the first day of free agency. With the market slowed to a near-halt, and the Raiders the team for which he wanted to play anyway, Wheatley decided to act now on the Oakland offer....more