Pep Talk—Show Love and Respect
Let's just say that I want the Oakland Raiders to rise up, again, in the NFL because too many people think that they have the power of expression and media to huff, puff and blow the house down.
So many articles are written that are critical of Al Davis. Someone even said that he was 90 years old. He was born in 1929 and if you do the arithmetic, he is not there yet. I know a number of people who are octogenarians and who are as sharp as a tack.
Some folks ridicule his looks. That’s not ...
The season comes to an end, and fans start looking toward an uncertain free agency pool, and the always important NFL draft class. The Oakland Raiders have already made bold decisions as they have changed their coaching outlook heading into the 2011 season and beyond. So far, their decisions have been deemed as positive making the move from Tom Cable to Hue Jackson.
Hue Jackson has made it known what kind of football team he aspires to create. A team of physical dominance and athleticism. A team of mental toughness and discipline. The kind of team that can be a force ...
Thanks to a voided contract, the Oakland Raiders are facing the possibility of losing one of their best players in Nnamdi Asomugha.
Thanks to a different voided contract, the Raiders have an opportunity to instantly improve a team that was on the verge of a playoff berth last season.
On Friday, Adam Schefter reported that Washington Redskins wide receiver Santana Moss would become an unrestricted free agent due to his contract being voided.
In an offseason where the Raiders, amongst other teams, are looking at a potential mass exodus of free agents, making smart signings is key to success in the 2011 season, ...
The A's first round pick of the 1996 draft, Eric Chavez made his professional debut with the Oakland Athletics on September 8, 1998 in a pinch-hit role against the Baltimore Orioles. Over the course of the next 13 seasons "Chavvy" would become the second longest continuous tenured player to wear an Oakland Athletic uniform.
Chavez reached free agency for the first time this offseason when his club option was not picked up by Oakland. After four consecutive seasons in which Chavez spent the majority of the season on the disabled list, there was no doubt that the A's would not exercise ...
A cup with the Oakland Raiders logo was set upon a desk in a college classroom. Students began to tell the professor what they saw.
Here are some of the responses:
One student said he saw a depressed man.
A student said he saw a very aggressive man.
Another student said he saw a man who had been beheaded.
Another student said he saw a strong warrior.
A student saw a shield.
And the perceptions went on and on.
An article about the logo was read to them. The idea was to inspire them to see deeply, as different people can sometimes see different things in artwork.
We see the Oakland Raiders ...
Oakland Raiders' greats have had humble roots and haven’t come from a big name college football powerhouse.
Howie Long played at Villanova, Art Shell played at Maryland Eastern Shore and Gene Upshaw played college football at Texas A&I.
The Raiders have found these gems and molded them into some of the greatest players in Raider history, as well as some of the greatest players at their positions in the history of the game.
This draft will operate on a few premises, since it is impossible to have an accurate mock draft until after re-signings and coordinators' hirings. Since these have not happened yet, this draft ...
It's about time to change things that no longer work, for a better way.
The antiquated system known as the NFL Hall of Fame nominating committee toyed around for almost seven and a half hours...only to bungle yet again.
From all the hype, Deion Sanders, Marshall Faulk, Richard Dent, Steve Sabol and the two Senior Committee selections were given free passes to the Hall of Fame, meaning that their actions will continue the logjam at WR for another season.
But this year's selections highlight even more problems that exist within this fraternity of ego-driven, media writers. Some writers clearly show a bias, that ...
It has been three months since the Giants won their first World Championship since their move to the Bay Area from New York, and not a day has gone by that I have not been reminded. While the A's have been busy all off season and gearing up for a serious run at the American League pennant in 2011, the Bay Area continues to ignore the A's accomplishments in favor of their love-fest with the Giants. Before I am labeled a Giants "hater" allow me to give you a little background. I grew up in ...
With the Super Bowl looming the next few days, the Oakland Raiders are still without a defensive coordinator. Speculations as to who would take over the defense, such as Rob Ryan who is now with the Dallas Cowboys, haven't materialized.
Instead of the return of Ryan, Raider nation has been reunited with another former defensive coordinator, as Chuck Bresnahan has been added to the Raiders' defensive team.
Bresnahan will not return to his former post as the defensive coordinator,—a position he held with Oakland from 1999 to 2003—but as the new linebackers coach. Bresnahan was a linebackers coach with the Indianapolis Colts from ...
This could be a dream in the making as negotiations between All-Pro guard Logan Mankins and his team, the New England Patriot, are breaking down. Logan Mankins will be a free agent this season and has been at odds with the Patriots when they tried to offer him basic qualifying pay despite his winning record as a Patriot. He became so upset that he missed the first seven game and refused to sign last season. Logan Mankins has always been a winner. Whether he was playing for the Fresno State Bulldogs or New England Patriots, Mankins has been a formidable ...