On any given Sunday, you are either gonna win or you're gonna lose. Parity is the name of the game these days in the National Football League.Just about every Sunday there is a scoreline that leaves people going, huh? Well this Sunday, the Oakland Raiders are in a great position to upset the New York Jets. Begin Slideshow
After the demoralizing loss the Oakland Raiders suffered at the hands of the Buffalo Bills, many fingers were pointed and blame was spread around amongst the team.In the aftermath, there are many questions that fans and experts alike want answered in Oakland. Taking a 21-3 lead into halftime of their Week 2 road game, the Raiders had to be brimming with confidence. Coming out of the half, they looked like someone spiked their Gatorade on defense as they gave up 35 points en route to blowing a golden opportunity to start 2-0 on the young season.The stakes were amplified by the ...
Ever since Greg Biekert was relieved of his duties as the Raiders' middle linebacker in 2002, Oakland has tried to fill his shoes with a trio of different draft picks.The first was Northwestern linebacker Napoleon Harris, who was selected in the first round of the 2002 NFL draft. He immediately replaced Biekert, who joined the Minnesota Vikings at the beginning of that season, manning the middle linebacker spot for the team that went on to reach the Super Bowl.He was not without his share of mistakes during the season, however. Yet, with a defense full of veterans many of those ...
Okay Raider Nation, I'll admit it. I almost had an aneurysm after last Sunday's second half collapse against the Buffalo Bills. Five touchdowns in five possessions? Oh man, that really kicked me in the gut. I even wrote an article calling for Al Davis to step aside and hire a GM to run the team. Yes, I was that upset.And I was deservedly chastised by the Raider Nation for that article. While I still have my doubts that the Raiders can win 10 or 11 games, they are an improved team that is slowly getting better. I forgot all about ...
Let's take a minute to clear the air.Al Davis did not commission the drafting or publication of this piece. In fact, the last thing Davis commissioned was an oil painting of himself before the Battle of Hastings.With that said, the Oakland Raiders finds itself three weeks into the 2011-12 NFL regular season, and the sports-loving world has not yet turned away in horror. Even as the wheels fell off in the second half of a heartbreaking 38-35 loss to the Buffalo Bills last Sunday, fans around the league seemed more entertained by the idea of Oakland scoring 35 points in a ...
There is definitely a familiarity to the Oakland Raiders situation after their loss to the Buffalo Bills, but this year has a different ring to it. The Raiders are a good football team, and this honestly couldn’t be said in the last eight years, with maybe the exception of last year, when the team started to turn the corner. The Raiders came up one play short of starting the season at 2-0 for the first time in eight years. Nevertheless, the silver and black must adopt a short memory, get down to business, and prepare for the New York Jets, a ...
The Oakland Raiders are one of the most difficult teams to peg down right now.It's fitting that the Raiders were 8-8 last season because they've always been half and half, good and bad.In Week 1 of this season, they were good, defeating the Denver Broncos 23-20 on the back of running back Darren McFadden and a 63-yard field goal by Sebastian Janikowski.In Week 2 of this season, they lost to the Buffalo Bills 38-35 after allowing Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick to pass for 264 yards and three touchdowns, including the game-winning strike to David Nelson with 14 seconds remaining in ...
If this slideshow presentation was on the New England Patriots or the Green Bay Packers, it would need one of those old-school jailhouse rings to hold all of the keys to victory. The average reader would get to slide 3,495 before collapsing from dehydration.Between screaming and recovering from screaming, the Oakland Raiders fans do not have the time for Sean O'Leary's Encyclopedia of Game Time Advantages. Besides, Oakland has a hard enough time finding the door to victory, let alone using a key to open it.So, let's keep it simple. The New York Jets visit the O.co Coliseum this Sunday ...
Having gone undefeated against the AFC West in 2010, there seems to be some light shining now in the Black Hole. Despite the loss of Nnamdi Asomugha to free agency over the offseason, and in part because of the release of former No. 1 overall draft pick JaMarcus Russell last season, the Raiders, like the Detroit Lions in the NFC, have made the jump from league laughingstock, to maybe not Super Bowl contenders, but at least to the short list of teams on the rise.Now let's take a quick look at the playmakers on the Raiders roster who are bringing ...
The last time the New York Jets came to Oakland, they embarrassed the Raiders 38-0. This was one of many ugly games during the JaMarcus Russell era and an early indication of the success the Jets were building towards.Here we are in 2011, and the Jets will be making the trip to the West Coast once again. However, a lot has changed since the blowout in 2009.Let's start with the biggest reason why this year is different. I stress the word "biggest" because the Raiders no longer have the biggest waste of black and silver clothing at the quarterback position.JaMarcus ...