Much of the credit for the Raiders' 2-1 start to the 2011 season should go to Hue Jackson and the coaching staff. Then of course you have the veterans like Richard Seymour to show this young Raider team the way.With the losses of Nnamdi Asomugha, Zach Miller and Robert Gallery, there are only so many veterans there to produce. Therefore, the Raiders have had to lean heavily on youngsters to carry the day to get wins.If you look at the way they're playing now, it's hard not to think that a dynasty can come out of this young team if they stay ...
As a Raiders fan, it pains me to say this, but the silver and black will have a hard time beating the New England Patriots on Sunday.Tom Brady will probably light up the defense like a Christmas tree. Fortunately, this is a Raider team with a different attitude than years past.Coach Hue Jackson has said he wants to build a bully and the Raiders sure knocked the hell out of Mark Sanchez last week en route to a 34-24 win over the Jets.The Raiders have a puncher’s chance of defeating the Patriots Sunday, but it’s going to take smart game ...
The whole 2000-2009 decade of Oakland Raider first round picks really seems to be one of the worst in their history. I can't help but wonder what our team would be like had we drafted differently. Some players may still very well have been Oakland Raiders and others may not have been. Let's find out how it could've gone down.Begin Slideshow
With some exceptions, a successful Oakland A's team has been more of a pitching team that a hitting team. With the absence of a Rickey Henderson or a Jason Giambi from the lineup, that is likely to be the case in 2012 if the club is to have a successful season.In 2011, the As ranked about 10th in the majors in most pitching categories and 20th to 25th in most batting categories. The pitchers will have to step up their game a bit, first to get to the top eight to make themselves playoff worthy, and second, to another level ...
The most dangerous active dual in the NFL at the moment hails from the East Coast, and it surely is not Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie.Tom Brady and Wes Welker, two men on a mission to seemingly shatter every single season passing and catching record imaginable, and are on track to do so, but they face a huge obstacle in Alameda October 2nd, 2011.That obstacle weighs 1,185 pounds of pure intensity. No nickname has been adopted for this specific obstacle, but a safe route to go would be to call them "The Black Wall."What is this obstacle you ask? Oakland's ...
Mere days before the 2009 season, the New England Patriots shipped veteran defensive tackle Richard Seymour to the Oakland Raiders for a 2011 first round draft pick. The two teams have had a history of being trade partners, the most famous of which was the Raiders sending Randy Moss to the Patriots for a fourth round draft pick. Needless to say, the public perception is that the Patriots have been on the winning end of many of these deals.The media crowed that the Patriots once again and made the Raiders look like fools. Considering the recent history of the Oakland ...
One year it was Matt Holliday. This year it was Hideki Matsui. Both were star sluggers on a previous team.More to the point, they were supposed to give the Oakland A's the pop that was missing from the offense since the days of Rickey Henderson and Jason Giambi. Oakland tried to replace those missing pieces quite literally in the form of home runs and runs to remedy a pitching staff that was parsimonious about giving them up.Holliday had compiled a large part of his "record" in the mile-high stadium (and thin air) of Denver's Coors Field, a notably hitter-friendly park. ...
On Sunday the Oakland Raiders sent a loud and clear message to teams around the league. The bully is getting stronger. That message was driven home as they thumped the usually stout New York Jets defense to the tune of 234 yards on the ground. These Raiders are becoming the bully their coach promised they would be. Behind Darren McFadden and the offensive line, they are rushing towards the top of the AFC. McFadden was the bell cow once again for the Raiders, rushing for 171 yards on 19 carries. He has been nothing short of outstanding and punishing ...
Oakland Raiders running back Darren McFadden has been receiving all the headlines and deservedly so, but it's time you look at quarterback Jason Campbell as a possible addition to your fantasy roster. Without question the Raiders are going to establish the run, run and then run some more. They will look to really impose their ultra-physical nature on opponents with McFadden and Bush, so it's easy to forget about Oakland's signal caller. So far this season, Campbell hasn't thrown for a great deal of yardage, but has three touchdowns with a 93.8 quarterback rating. I know what you're thinking—what does quarterback rating have ...
The Oakland Raiders are now going into Week 4 against the New England Patriots 2-1—tied for the lead in the AFC West. From the looks of it all, the Raiders could easily be undefeated but 2-1 is a good spot to be in.It is particularly good when you think of how the Raiders just beat the big, bad New York Jets to climb to 2-1. Tom Brady and his Patriots could be a problem as he is the master of what Buffalo Bills' quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick did to the Raiders in Week 2.The good news is the Patriots won't be able to stop ...