ALAMEDA, Calif. Gregory Polanco Jersey . - Oakland Raiders running back Latavius Murray has been cleared to play this week against San Francisco after missing the previous game with a concussion.Murray was officially cleared Tuesday morning and was back at practice on Wednesday as the Raiders (1-11) prepare to face the rival 49ers (7-5) on Sunday in Oakland.Murray gave the Raiders a big spark in their only win of the season, carrying four times for 112 yards and two touchdowns in a 24-20 victory over Kansas City on Nov. 20. Murray left that game with a concussion and had to sit out last weeks 52-0 loss at St. Louis as well before he was deemed healthy again this week.Im ready to show I can handle a workload of carries, Murray said. Its no pressure for me at all. I know what Im capable of. However many carries I get or however many plays I get I just have to go out there and be effective.Murray has made the most of his limited time. He missed his entire rookie season in 2013 with a foot injury suffered in the preseason and began this year as the third-string running back behind Maurice Jones-Drew and Darren McFadden.He carried the ball just six times the first nine games despite Oakland being on pace to be the worst rushing team in the NFL since 1946. Murray then got four carries for 43 yards against San Diego on Nov. 16 to earn a bigger role the following week against the Chiefs.Murray scored Oaklands first touchdown of the game on an 11-yard run and then broke off a 90-yarder that was the longest for an Oakland running back since Bo Jackson went 92 yards back in 1989.I know its only a couple of carries here, a couple of catches here but you cant take it away from him, quarterback Derek Carr said. The guy went out and did it. You have to be excited for him for that. ... I will be excited to see what he can do with more touches. Hopefully its more 90-yard runs.Despite the success in limited action, interim coach Tony Sparano has not committed to Murray becoming the feature back despite the lack of production from McFadden and Jones-Drew.Murray has rushed for 155 yards on eight carries in his past two games. McFadden has the same amount of rushing yards on his past 62 carries and is averaging 3.3 yards a run for the third straight season. Jones-Drew has just 90 yards on 41 carries this year.He has eight carries, Sparano said. I love the way Latavius runs the football. I like what Ive seen. Ive seen eight carries. I want to see more of him. Im curious too. Im curious just like the fans are curious.Sparano said he has seen improvement each week by Murray and that if he had practiced as well early in the season as he has of late, he would have been playing more already.But Sparano said it took some time for Murray to get back into form after sitting out all last season.This kid has just come along, come along, come along, Sparano said. All of a sudden he has gotten his opportunities.NOTES: Backup TE Brian Leonhardt did not practice after being knocked out of his second straight game with a concussion. The only other tight end on the roster is Mychal Rivera, although FB Marcel Reece and T Matt McCants could get time there. Oakland also could activate TE Scott Simonson from the practice squad. ... 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The five-foot-seven English forward will have to sit out Saturdays game against visiting Sporting Kansas City after receiving a caution last weekend in Houston, when he was essentially hurled to the ground by six-foot-four Dynamo defender David Horst during an altercation. Only Defoe saw yellow, his fifth of the season which triggered a one-game ban. Nelsens beef is that officials seem to be swayed by simulation and the extras that can follow a foul rather the actual incident. "Hes such a honest player," Nelsen said of Defoe. "Especially in England, you dont dive, you dont fall down, you dont complain. You get that sort of treatment and you have to deal with it. "But over here, a lot of players fall and dive and roll. And the referees react on that. Where(as) our guys are sometimes a wee bit too honest and they take the punishment. The league talks about stamping out all that play, but just because our guys dont dive, it doesnt mean its not happening. "Thats the thing that frustrates me the most is that the referees, they react on what happened if its a dive or its a roll or something like that, then they react. And not the actual impact itself, which they should be doing." No stranger to having a target on his back, the 145-pound Defoe has not complained and has shown he can take care of himself, not backing down from anyone. Bill Mazeroski Jersey. But the 31-year-old has surprised even himself with the five cautions so far in his first season in MLS. "Which is unusual for me," he said after the midweek friendly with Tottenham. "I dont normally get involved, I dont really get yellow cards and that." Defoe understands, however, that opposing teams are looking to get him off his game. "Well thats their job at the end of the day," he said after the recent 1-1 tie with Vancouver."Youve got to do whatever it takes to win the game. "Obviously Im not in their changing room, I dont know what the manager says or what they do, but at the end of the day, for me, Ive just go to get into the areas where Im going to score goals. And obviously theyre going to try and do stuff, I suppose, to put me off my game. But its not a problem. Its important just to keep focused and as a forward make sure when we get the chances, that we put them away." Going into this weekends round of play, Defoe was one of 13 players with five cautions. D.C. United midfielder Perry Kitchen led the league with seven yellow cards while six players had six cautions. Defoe leads TFC in yellows, despite only having played 14 of 17 league games. Portlands Darlington Nagbe led the league with 61 fouls suffered in 20 games. Defoe was not in the top 10. But as Torontos leading scorer, with 11 of the clubs 26 goals, he is a key to the attack. Defoe ranks fourth in league scoring. ' ' '