With last year's closer Andrew Bailey set to begin a rehab assignment at AAA Sacramento on Friday and Joey Devine, a dominant reliever who missed all of 2010 recovering from Tommy John surgery, resembling his former self in the minors, the A's should look to trade their highly-paid fill-in closer Brian Fuentes over the coming months. The A's in the offseason added Fuentes along with fellow high-priced veteran reliever Grant Balfour, both to two year deals paying them each between $4-$6 million annually. After missing out on high priced bats in the free-agent market, the A's decided to add valuable pieces to ...
The Raiders had eight draft picks last month, and there was heavy speculation that a new quarterback would be coming to Oakland. Even with Jason Campbell and Kyle Boller already in place, rumors and coach Hue Jackson, said the Raiders would like a "young arm to groom" for the future. But the draft came and went, and the Raiders left with those same two quarterbacks being the only two on the roster. The Raiders reportedly tried to trade with the Patriots for their second-round pick to use on Nevada's Colin Kaepernick. But no such luck for the Raiders. Whenever a team drafts ...
It's almost unbelievable to hear, yet at the same time it's the best news if you are an owner named Al Davis or the coaching staff in Oakland. The Oakland Raiders are training.There have been numerous articles saying that NFL players will get out of shape, travel, party, you name it, so long as it's not practice plays. In fact, the press has been a bit aggressive toward the players' actions as the NFL lockout lingers on.Yet QB Jason Campbell and defensive lineman Richard Seymour feel that rules are made to be broken. Campbell and Seymour are promoting a ...
In this article the names do not matter. The scenarios of struggle are what should be shared with the public. While surfing the Internet I saw an article about a former Oakland Raider who ended up with a stab wound because a woman had been rejected by him or his brother.It reminded me of the Steve McNair tragedy, but, according to the research, the former Oakland Raider had no affair with the woman. That means that there are women who have strange fantasies about NFL players, and if they are rejected they get enraged. Fortunately, the Oakland Raider (in 1971) survived ...
Nnamdi Asomugha, the best cornerback in the NFL.Every NFL team is aware that Asomugha voided his contract in Oakland when he was injured and missed two games causing him to fall short of his incentives. Similar to sharks in the seas, a drop of talent hits the NFL waters then most NFL teams began swimming towards the star CB hoping to lure him into a new contract.Nnamdi Asomugha is going to be hit with a lot of offers should the lockout end soon; however, it appears the lockout may last a bit longer.Will this ...
A proven coordinator + Raider alumni position coaches = A new era in Raider defense.Al Davis is at it again.The Oakland Raiders' owner is making off season moves when most owners are not willing to spend money or make big changes. Davis is giving head coach Hue Jackson and the Raider players their best chance to succeed since their 2002 Super Bowl run.In a previous article, I discussed what the coaching changes would mean for the Oakland offense. This article will cover how the defense will be different for the 2011 NFL season.Ultimately, games are won in the trenches and ...
There is actually hope in Raider Nation right now as the Raiders finished 8-8 in 2010.The Raiders also have a rich history with three Super Bowl wins and are the only team the NFL that went to at least a conference championship in every decade of the NFL's existence. But the seven years prior to 2010 were about as horrible as it gets for the once-proud organization. So what was the thing that held the Raiders back for all that time? You got it! It's coaching! There were some coaching blunders from the good ol' days, but I believe the last seven years of futility is ...
The biggest question facing the Oakland Raiders this season—beyond the ongoing labor issues— is crossing that last hurdle into the playoffs.
Last season, Darren McFadden had his breakout season and the team compiled its first non-losing season since 2002. The next step is morphing into a playoff contender.
The first glimpse of Oakland’s most talented squad since the Super Bowl team of 2002 will go on display in Georgia next week.The Oakland Raiders’ team passing camp will get underway in Duluth, GA. The four-day event will be held Tuesday-Friday and be led by defensive tackle Richard Seymour and quarterback Jason Campbell.
AFC West blogger Bill Williamson passed the story ...
With the lockout dragging along, most NFL players have joined with their teammates to take a day to go outside and maybe throw a football around and run some routes.That's all fine and dandy, but Raider Nation should be thrilled to hear that the Raider roster is doing much more than just playing catch.Led by Richard Seymour and Jason Campbell, 25-plus Raiders will be meeting in the Atlanta area for a four-day program that includes weight lifting, swimming and even a nutritional program.This is similar to Drew Brees' offseason camp, but Oakland is seemingly taking it a notch higher with ...
Join me as I wonder if the opinions of a senior Oakland Raider give us some insight on what needs to be done in 2011. On Monday, I made a visit to a small town to check on someone who knows football and played it well. Warren Wells and his generation of players fascinate me as an aspiring sportswriter, and many aspects of their careers have inspired me to do research on some of them. As I peruse old files, I run into more information than I am able to process. It would take years to pull some of the information together ...