For a second straight week, Oakland Raiders' wide receiver Jacoby Ford was held out of practice.On Wednesday afternoon, he was once again a spectator, dressed in sweats near a training table. According to Jerry McDonald of the Oakland Tribune, Mike Mitchell, Louis Murphy and Chris Johnson were also kept from the practice field due to injury.The absence of Ford and Murphy should not be alarming to the team or their fans due to the play of rookie wide out Denarius Moore and veteran Derek Hagan last week against Buffalo.Each had five catches in the contest. Moore was used as more ...
It is never easy for an east-coast team to travel 3,000 miles to play a game on the west coast, especially when the game is contested in the Black Hole of Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. That’s exactly what the tough New York Jets will face when they square off with an Oakland Raiders team looking for redemption after losing a heart-breaker to the Buffalo Bills. The Jets haven’t looked great this season, and a tough Oakland team will give New York everything they can handle on Sunday. Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California When: Sunday, September 25, 4:05 PM EDT TV: ...
The Oakland Raiders are now 1-1 after opening their season on a two-game road trip. The Raiders lost a tough one they should have won in Buffalo but they are still in line with all NFL teams that started the season with two road games. I expected Darren McFadden, Jason Campbell, Stanford Routt and Richard Seymour to step to the fore. But there are also some pleasant surprises that are chipping in and look like they will be key players going forward. Turn the page to see who they are. Begin Slideshow
Many people call me pessimistic when it comes to the Oakland Raiders. I say I am not pessimistic, just realistic. Before the first preseason game, I went through the schedule and marked what games I thought they would win, and I came up with six. After the preseason, I was tempted to change it to four, but preseason football isn't really a good predictor of how a team will do during the regular season, so I didn't. Of course I want the Raiders to win on Sunday against the New York Jets, and on any given Sunday, any NFL team ...
Let's take a break from analyzing last week's heart-breaking loss to the Buffalo Bills and, instead, examine a lighter subject—fantasy football. This article is for everyone to read and enjoy, not only fans of the Oakland Raiders. Ladies and gentlemen, I present you with a list of Raiders you should consider for your fantasy squad.While players like Darren McFadden, Sebastian Janikowski, and Michael Bush (as a handcuff to McFadden) are probably already owned in your league, here are five players that are most likely languishing on your league's waiver wire, awaiting a savvy owner to scoop them up.For years, the ...
Heading into Saturday’s game against the Detroit Tigers, the Oakland A’s made a few additional roster moves, promoting Chris Carter and Graham Godfrey as the most recent September call-ups to join the big league club.Both players, who already have spent time in the majors this season, join Michael Taylor, Jai Miller, Adam Rosales, Landon Powell and Andrew Carignan as this year’s version of September reinforcements. The promotions of Taylor and Miller were highly anticipated moves by A’s fans who had hoped to get a chance to see both players following strong seasons in Triple-A Sacramento this year.Many fans ...
One writer said that the Buffalo Bills are all "juiced up" for Week 2, and he seemed to be leaning in their direction. Juiced up or not, the Oakland Raiders are going to be all "fired up," and that will evaporate the "juice" the Bills may try to bring to the game. Now, if you look at the data, you see that in 2000, 2001 and 2002, the Oakland Raiders had started 2-0 during those years. More recently, however, the Raiders have had a 1-1 record in Week 2, and that fact alone has fired up both the coaches and ...
In 2010, just his second year in the big leagues, he was an American League Cy Young Award candidate and an MLB All-Star. With an 18-8 record, a 1.11 WHIP and 2.97 ERA, despite missing the first month of the season, there was talk of his bright future and of him being amongst the best young starting pitchers in baseball. And after earning the Opening Day start to the 2011 campaign, the Oakland Athletics’ Trevor Cahill appeared to continue where last season left off, catapulting to a 6-0 record with a 1.72 ERA through May 9. Gaudy numbers to be ...
The Oakland Raiders last visited Buffalo three years almost to the day. The Raiders fell to the Bills 24-23, as Buffalo was able to score 17 points to cap a come-from-behind victory. In just three short years however, both teams have experienced radical changes to their roster and coaching staff. A few losing seasons can do that.The biggest difference in the game is probably the emergence of Darren McFadden. In that game, DMC ran for 42 yards on fourteen carries while splitting time with Michael Bush. As we saw in the season opener, McFadden is now capable of putting the ...
There's only one thing that matters in fantasy football: scoring! Fantasy football isn't about shutouts or field goal battles, it's about out-shooting your opponent to victory.As such, the most important players from week to week are those that put up the most points—genius, I know!Here are the best projected performers for this weekend: Aaron Rodgers: 400-plus yards, 4 TDs, 0 INTsRodgers destroyed a strong Saints defense last week. This week, he gets another NFC South team in the form of the Carolina Panthers.The Panthers lack the pass rush to get to Rodgers, while their secondary won't be able to match up ...