Is Tom Cable the next great Oakland Raiders head coach?
He just may be.
Raider Nation has ranted and raved over the draft this year and rightfully so. The influx of talent over the last couple seasons minus the quarterback bust has given Oakland fans reason to do so.
The Raiders have brought in talent before but with mixed results, going through superstars like Randy Moss without an improvement.
The losing continues and the players move on. Moss left Oakland and went on to break records in New England.
So what went wrong for the Raiders?
They didn't have the coaching that knew how to use the talent presented ...
Raiders fans recently breathed a huge sigh of relief when the team signed not only Kyle Boller, but also Jason Campbell.
Good quarterback play in Oakland has all but been forgotten, but optimism is now back.
The Raiders fans just suffered through another disappointing season with poor QB play, in a league that is now driven by the passing game.
Here is a look at the five most successful quarterbacks in Raiders History.
Now that the Jamarcus era is behind them, Raiders fans can look to the future, and hope that someday the name Campbell could turn up on this list, ...
The day: September 20th, 1992. The Oakland Raiders and Cleveland Browns were about to do battle in Los Angeles.
At stake: the first win of the season for one of the teams. Both were 0-2 heading into the contest, although the Raiders were clear favorites. They were at home and coming off two straight playoff seasons, whereas the Browns hadn't seen the playoffs since the 1989 Conference Championship loss to the Broncos.
The Raiders were loaded on both sides of the ball, with new quarterback Todd Marinovich leading a team with a future Hall of Famer, Tim Brown, and two ...
This year, OTAs are looking very promising, and there is competition everywhere.
According to Tom Cable, we have had the best OTA attendance he has ever seen, despite Richard Seymour's absence.
One of the more interesting competition is at defensive tackle, mainly because the interior D-line has been a weakness for the Raiders for years.
Here's a look at the players competing to earn a spot on the roster as a defensive tackle.
The Raiders will likely only keep four of these guys. They have been known to only keep three active defensive tackles on the roster in the past, despite running a ...
If football games are won in the trenches, it's appropriate to take a closer look at the Raiders defensive line. The Raiders released Gerard Warren this winter and drafted Lamarr Houston from the University of Texas to solidify the defensive line. Warren showed flashes the past couple seasons, but was inconsistent. The former first-round selection never played to fan expectations. The Raiders were the third team to give up on him. He was also due a sizable salary in 2010, and that money can be put to better use elsewhere. The Raiders have surprisingly decided to put ...
Terrell Owens is the star of his own reality show on VH1. As far as his actual reality on the football field, however, there hasn't been much action.
The Oakland Raiders have acquired a veteran quarterback, and have a stable of young, but unproven receivers. The lack of a proven veteran receiver could make the Raiders offense vulnerable.
Most people who disagree with Owens going to Oakland are quick to cite his "me first" attitude, or his disruptive behavior in the locker room. Most people do get their facts from the media, and the media is known to blow things up to ...
Today's morning mail contained a reminder to renew my membership to the Insider's Club of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. I joined the club because I plan to make regular visits to the Hall of Fame to continue doing research on the Oakland Raiders and the NFL.
The reminder contained a colorful and informative brochure with pictures of the seven men who will be inducted in the 2010 ceremony. It was good to see Jerry Rice on the list since he was an Oakland Raider from 2001 to 2004. Most of all he played in Super Bowl ...
I will be writing about Oakland Raider players that seem to have been lost in time. I hear so many claiming to be die hard Oakland Raider fans but yet when I name players such as Hewritt Dixon, Clem Daniels, Dave Grayson or even Billy Cannon I always get the same reaction...who?
So Raidernation, here is a look at a player who is only remembered by the game. The "Heidi Bowl."
This game was played back at the Oakland Raider Coliseum on Nov. 17, 1968. This game was against the NY Jets. In fact, Charlie Smith comes into play because the Jets ...
The rumbling continues in Raider Nation over the Raider's run defense. Many question if enough has been done about it in the offseason.
A great start was made in the draft. Rolando McClain projects well as a first round pick. Lamarr Houston was also considered to be a solid pick out of Texas in the second round.
Then a curve ball was thrown at Raider nation. Houston was a defensive tackle at the University of Texas last year, but Cable intends to move him to defensive end.
Where does that leave the Raiders at defensive tackle?
Cable has since spoken of his "secret weapon" that Raider Nation is supposed ...
Good Choice, A's.
Haha, yeah, pun intended...
I'm certainly not the first to use wordplay after the Oakland Athletics' selection of UT-Arlington outfielder Michael Choice with the tenth pick of the first round of the 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
Just 20 years old, the college star will, if signed, bring one of the most potent college bats around to the A's system.
A true slugger with arguably the best power in the entire draft, Choice batted .413/.494/.644 in 2009, with 11 homers. He followed that up by hitting .383/.568/.704 as a junior, bashing 16 homers and walking an unbelievable 76 times in just ...