Oakland Raiders

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Quick hits from a conference call with Raiders coach Lane Kiffin Saturday regarding the Raiders’ 17-16 loss at Tennessee: Walker’s story is still playing out, but dropping a slant pass from JaMarcus Russell to open the game and doing little during his time in the game earned him another o...

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer With the first training camp practice coming Thursday, a pre-camp review of the Raiders’ defensive line: Edwards has seven sacks for the Lions in 2005 but six in his last 24 games, with coach Rod Marinelli phasing him out last season before putting him on waivers.

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer While Carter became the first wideout to bond with Russell, Miller, who set a Raiders rookie record last season with 44 catches, started that process last season. The Raiders were the subject of some riducule among NFL teams and agents last season for overpaying Miller by approximately a...

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer The last time the Raiders led the NFL in rushing, they did it by committee and were proud of it. The most talented back, and the best talent since the days of Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson, is rookie No. 4 overall pick McFadden _ and it remains to be seen whether he will start.

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer In the days leading up to the first day of training camp, I’ll review the state of the rest of the AFC West and how they match up with the Raiders, as well as all Raiders position groups heading into the first practice on July 24. Today’s entry takes a look at Raiders quarterbacks:

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Last season, the Chargers gave up 1,712 yards rushing and 4.1 yards per carry, including an NFL-record 296 yards by rookie Adrian Peterson. In the season finale, Dominic Rhodes ran for 122 yards against the Chargers _ and the Raiders almost never make any headway with the run against San Die...

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer If Brett Favre were to wind up in the AFC West, the only destination that makes sense is Kansas City. Kansas City was 4-12 in the AFC West, 1-1 against the Raiders. Ranked 32nd in rushing, 31st in total offense, 13th in total defense, 28th in rushing defense. News update

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By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer You hope for a Barry Sims, Tommy Kelly or Chris Carr. Last year, the Raiders didn’t find a single undrafted free agent worthy of making a team coming off a 2-14 season. – The trade of Fabian Washington was a dump job on a far smaller scale than the one that occurred last season when Randy Moss was d...

By Raiderbot Oakland Raiders 2008 NFL Draft Review Sports Network - By Tony Moss, NFL Editor Analysis: As expected, the Raiders went for the big splash and took McFadden, which is good news for JaMarcus Russell and bad news . ...

I don’t see any moves to fire up the fan base. I don’t even see any moves that as a Raider fan make me think the Chiefs will be a threat. Oakland got the AFC west monkey off our back last year, and the Chief monkey off their back with a win in Arrowhead. Maybe Al Davis overpaid, but he has aggressively f...

By TheSportsGuru Score: Broncos 17 - 10 A third and long upcoming from deep in our territory..Big play....and Cutler gets sacked for a safety by old friend Gerard Warren.  Hope that was worth the late-round draft pick the Broncos will get. SAFETY -- BRONCOS 17 - Raiders 12 Broncos Tenth Drive -- Raiders Tenth Drive

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By John By Jerry McDonald Seventh in a series reviewing Raiders’ draft classes cine they returned to Oakland in 1995: 1/28_Derrick Gibson, S, Florida State 2/59_Marques Tuiasosopo, QB, Washington 3/89_DeLawrence Grant, DE, Oregon State ...

By John By Jerry McDonald Fifth in a series reviewing Raiders’ draft classes since they returned to Oakland in 1995: 1/18_Matt Stinchcomb, G, Georgia 2/40_Tony Bryant, DE, Florida State 4/102_Dameane Douglas, WR, California 5/146_Eric Barton, ...

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Sunday provided an opportunity to really see how far the local AFC franchise has fallen and how much progress the local NFC franchise has made entering the second half of the season. Let's review: - The 2-8 Raiders, who have scored one second...

By Steve_Svekis The Jets got away with exactly what killed the Dolphins season six years ago. Back in 2000, the 5-1 Dolphins, with a 30-7 lead in the fourth quarter in Giants Stadium, packed it in and "prevented" their way all the way to a 40-37 overtime loss. Sunday, the Jets mentally were in the showers when t...