For four consecutive years, the San Francisco 49ers have had more wins per season, starting in 2006 and ending in 2009. In 2010, the Oakland Raiders had an 8-8 record, while the 49ers had a 6-10 record. In fact, in 2009, the 49ers bragged about an 8-8 record, then dropped to a 6-10 in 2010. Here is a chart to get an idea of what's been going on since 2002:
49ers Raiders diff
2002 10 11 1
2003 7 4 -3
2004 2 5 3
2005 4 4 0
2006 7 2 -5
2007 5 4 ...
The Oakland Raiders are poised to make a playoff run this year under new head coach Hue Jackson. Jackson turned the Raiders into the sixth highest scoring team in the league last year as offensive coordinator. Not only has Jackson helped make the Raiders relevant in the NFL, but he's also made Raiders players worthy of being rostered in fantasy football leagues. Not since Rich Gannon and Charlie Garner helped lead me to a title in 2001 have the Raiders had guys who can be the difference in helping a fantasy team win a league. Even better, you got them ...
With the American League Champions in first place in the AL West and the Los Angeles Angels just three games behind the Rangers, it looks like Oakland might have to wait at least one more year more for a playoff run.The A's are 14.5 games behind in their division, and the wild card isn't an easy ride with even the mediocre Toronto Blue Jays ahead by a couple of games. Basically, Billy Beane and his team aren't going to make the postseason this year.That brings us to a new topic: What can Beane do now?His money-ball ways have gone wrong this year, with ...
Following another sloppy 7-1 loss to the Texas Rangers on Saturday afternoon, A's manager Bob Melvin was asked in his post-game press conference if he was aware that the A's were now the worst defensive team in the Major Leagues."I'm very aware of that," Melvin responded to the question.To sit through the entire press conference, though, which lasted only about five minutes, it is not hard to sense the growing frustration by the manager to his team's complete, at times, ineptitude towards defense.As it was on Saturday, the A's received another good pitching performance from their ace, Trevor Cahill, only ...
Following Friday night's ugly 9-1 loss to the Texas Rangers, the Oakland Athletics made a roster move today to add some power to their lineup.Brandon Allen, acquired in the Brad Ziegler trade from Arizona, will bat sixth and play first base in his Oakland debut.Allen has split his season among Arizona's Triple-A affiliate, the Reno Aces, the A's Triple-A affiliate, the Sacramento River Cats, and 11 games with the Diamondbacks.For the Diamondbacks he batted .172 with five hits, three of them home runs, and seven RBI in 11 games.He batted a combined .299 with 21 homers and 72 RBI in ...
This year appears to be Darrius Heyward-Bey's last chance with the Raiders. The 2009 draft pick has woefully underperformed given his seventh-overall draft position.A good year for DHB would do wonders for him as well as the Raiders. Their receiving corps is very young, but very talented. Jacoby Ford, Chaz Schilens and Louis Murphy are all capable, and if DHB can prove his talent the Raiders are in for a good year.Problem is, no one ever knows what to expect from Heyward-Bey.In his two seasons, Bey only has 35 catches and 460 yards receiving. For comparison, another "bust," Michael Crabtree, ...
Hue Jackson has been a successful teacher in the NFL for the last decade. He has turned good players into Pro Bowlers and league leaders. He has turned historically stagnant offenses into juggernauts. Now the coach who has been overqualified for the last two years gets a shot to lead the most infamous team in professional sports, the Oakland Raiders.
Jackson began his professional coaching career with the Washington Redskins in 2001. He was the running backs coach with the Redskins and worked with Stephen Davis. Under Jackson’s tutelage, Davis finished third in the league in rushing and made the Pro ...
For Oakland Raider fans, last night's outcome was not what they were looking for. But amongst a loss, two offensive rookies shined in their first game with the Raiders.Wide receiver Denarius Moore and tight end David Ausberry had some key plays against the Arizona Cardinals in a losing effort.Moore was selected in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft, but he played as if he was a first-round pick. Moore led the Raiders receiving group with three catches for a total of 37 yards.Raider fans have been waiting for a big performance from their wide receivers, and they saw ...
The Oakland Raiders lost their preseason debut against the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday night.But, despite coming up short in their 24-18 loss, there were some encouraging signs.The offense did alright for their first game action of the year and the defense had some nice plays.Here are four individual players who stood out in the loss.Begin Slideshow
When the Oakland Raiders selected wide receiver Denarius Moore in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL draft they expected to get raw talent. Instead, what the Raiders ended up with was one of the steals from this year's draft class and a player who should make an impact early.Putting up a notable performance in the Raiders' first preseason game after dominating every day of training camp, Denarius Moore's name is officially buzzing.Against the Arizona Cardinals, Moore caught three passes for 37 yards, returned one kick for 18 yards, and had three punt returns, one of which was for 56 ...