PRO FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : RAIDERS : Young Players May See Some Action

Coach Art Shell has decided that the Raiders will not make any lineup changes for Sunday’s game against the San Diego Chargers, but he did not rule out playing some of their younger players.

“We’ll decide during the course of the game if we’ll put those guys in,” Shell said. “Right now, we aren’t making any changes, but I would like to get those guys more playing time.

“But our obligation is to go out and try to win games and play our best players.”

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San Diego has several players who played for high schools in the Los Angeles area. They include wide receiver Anthony Miller, Pasadena Muir; center Courtney Hall, Wilmington Banning; quarterback Bob Gagliano, Glendale Hoover; running back Eric Bieniemy, La Puente Bishop Amat; offensive lineman Broderick Thompson, Cerritos Gahr; defensive lineman Chris Mims, Los Angeles Dorsey; defensive back Marquez Pope, Long Beach Poly, and long-snapper Sam Anno and quarterback Pat O’Hara, Santa Monica. Pope and Mims have donated 50 tickets each to their respective high schools for Sunday’s game.

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Wide receiver coach Fred Biletnikoff returned to practice this week after spending more than a month recovering from prostate cancer surgery. . . . The Raiders listed three players with injuries: offensive tackle Reggie McElroy, ankle sprain; fullback Steve Smith, sore neck; and defensive back Elvis Patterson, sore hamstring. All three are expected to play.