INDIANAPOLIS — The Raiders have a lot of questions to answer when it comes to their roster this offseason. One, though, has apparently been checked off the list, here on the eve of the NFL scouting combine.



Receiver Michael Crabtree is coming back to Oakland for the 2018 season, league sources told The Athletic.



There had been some discussion that Crabtree could be released, given his rough finish to last season and the fact that his $7.5 million (in salary and roster bonus) next season is not guaranteed. But that is not the plan. Crabtree could be asked to restructure his contract, a four-year deal he signed in 2015.



Crabtree has met with new coach Jon Gruden in the past month and they appear ready to write off last year’s problems as an issue with former coach Jack Del Rio and his staff.



Crabtree, 30, finished last season with 58 catches for 618 yards — after catching 89 passes for 1,003 yards in 2016 — and eight touchdowns...