The official word has yet to come from coach Dennis Allen, but wide receiver Denarius Moore made it clear Wednesday that he’s back and ready to play against Miami.

Allen held Moore out of Monday night’s game, giving him extra time to recover from a lingering hamstring injury.

“He looked like Denarius of old,” Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer said after practice. “He made a couple phenomenal catches. His burst was there last week, it’s just I think more conditioning, really getting in practice. There’s a totally different type of shape. You can run wind sprints, you can get on the treadmill and on the bike and all those things.

“He got a great week of practice in last week and probably could’ve played, but it was a very smart move by the staff and the training guys to hold him out and let him really get his lungs right and get his game tempo, game speed right. He’s back this week. You can tell.”

When the Raiders’ first team offense took its first snap Wednesday, Moore was in the lineup.

“I’m very excited,” Moore said. “I’m back with my teammates. I’m ready to rock.”

Moore practiced Thursday for the first time since Aug. 4. He said he agreed with Allen’s decision to hold him out of the opener.

“In the grand scheme of things, you got to sit back and think about it in the long run,” Moore said. “It is a long season, so you have to think about the season and not just one game, and that’s what he was doing. And so I agree with him.”

Moore said he’s in much better condition now than he was last week.

“I think it helped out a whole bunch because the first day back my lungs were all the way gone, but now you can really tell the difference because I’m able to stand up now instead of bending over all the time. It’s a big difference,” Moore said.

Palmer said having Moore will allow the Raiders to use more three-receiver sets and to keep all of their receivers fresh. Against San Diego, wide receivers Darrius Heyward-Bey and Rod Streater rarely left the field.

“They were just worn out,” Palmer said. “They never came off the field. So just getting another guy in the mix will save their legs a little bit and it definitely gives the defense somebody to prepare for.”

Streater was on the field for 73 offensive snaps Monday night.

“It was a lot of reps,” Streater said. “I felt winded sometimes during the game. After a couple of fades it started to get to me. We just (had) to keep going because we knew we were down in numbers.”

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