"The Raiders might be on their bye this week, but the team's facility in Oakland will be anything but empty during the NFL-mandated four-day break this weekend.

Instead of relaxing at home -- or taking a trip to the Bahamas as certain quarterbacks are want to do -- Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer will meet up with his receiving corps in an attempt to establish the chemistry that clearly was lacking during Sunday's loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Darrius Heyward-Bey, Jacoby Ford, Louis Murphy and Derek Hagan all told the Contra Costa Times on Monday that they did not intend to go out of town during the scheduled time off."