At 3-5, it's becoming increasingly clear that the Oakland Raiders aren't going anywhere this year. Two of their three wins came against teams that are even worse off than Oakland right now—the Kansas City Chiefs and Jacksonville Jaguars. They beat the Pittsburgh Steelers somehow, but that wasn't their most impressive game of the season. In Week 6, the Raiders went into Atlanta and gave the undefeated Falcons all they could handle. With Carson Palmer due $13 million next year, the Raiders need to make a decision about whether he will be leading the team into the future. Putting his performance against ...
Injuries are plaguing the Oakland Raiders as they head to Baltimore for a very tough road test.The Raiders will be without defensive end Richard Seymour and star running back Darren McFadden. Not only was McFadden injured in last week's loss against Tampa Bay, but so was his primary backup, Mike Goodson.At 3-5, a loss would begin to jeopardize any playoff aspirations the team may have, and they can't go into M&T Bank stadium planning to have Carson Palmer throw 61 passes, as he did last week.So with their top two running backs out, Taiwan Jones, a second-year player out of ...
Fresh off of a disappointing loss to the Buccaneers, things won't get any easier for the Raiders this weekend as they travel to Baltimore for a matchup with the Ravens.To make matters worse, the Raiders head into the weekend with little hope of being at full strength. Both Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson have missed practice this week on the offensive side of the ball while Richard Seymour has also been held out.On the other side of the field, the 6-2 Ravens are coming off of a 10-point victory over the Browns, although their past three games haven't been their ...
The new era of Oakland Raiders football started with a purge of players deemed too expensive by general manager Reggie McKenzie. The Raiders were way over the salary cap and had to get rid of a few large contracts while attempting to remain competitive. Oakland’s piecemeal roster was banking on luck with injuries and good production from the offense to carry a defense in transition.Through eight games the Raiders have had bad luck with injuries and the running game is still stuck in neutral. Oakland’s plan backfired, and they will have to grind through the second half of the season ...
Mike Goodson is dealing with a painful high ankle sprain, and though he hasn't been ruled out of the Oakland Raiders' Week 10 contest against the Baltimore Ravens, it's not likely he's even going to suit up. Per the Bay Area News Group's Jerry McDonald:Running backs Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson each spent the day in protective boots, nursing high right ankle sprains. Coach Dennis Allen hasn't ruled them out, but the Raiders are making plans to play without them.McDonald also reports that Taiwan Jones and Marcel Reese are expected to receive the bulk of the work against the Ravens. High ankle ...
Michael Huff has quietly gone on to become one of the biggest defensive leaders this season, in my mind at least. After signing two veteran cornerbacks this offseason, the Raiders found themselves looking for another cornerback by Week 3 because of injuries. That led to the coaching staff having to move one of their starting safeties in the secondary. Luckily for the Raiders, both of their starting safeties had cornerback experience. Tyvon Branch played corner at the University of Connecticut, while Michael Huff had his fair share of time at the position last season and at Texas.Being the superior player ...
I waited a day longer than usual to write this because, well, Doug Martin is still running.After the nightmare second half on defense that saw Martin rush for nearly 200 yards and four touchdowns, the Raiders are now 3-5 as the schedule again heats up.When I profiled the biggest games on the schedule last spring, the Baltimore game was the first one on my list. Realistically, I never had the Raiders pegged as a contender in 2012. At best they were a borderline playoff team.But, as much as some fans hate hearing this, it isn't always about wins and losses, ...
Per CSN Bay Area's staff, Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane won his second Sporting News Major League Baseball Executive of the Year award for his job in molding the 2012 A's into the American League West champions. Beane won the award with 31 out of 50 possible votes to finish ahead of the Washington Nationals’ Mike Rizzo (13) and the Texas Rangers’ Jon Daniels (6). It is Beane's second time winning the award, the first being in 1999 when the A's won 87 games and had their first winning record since 1992.This was an award I personally said Beane should win ...
Taiwan Jones has not seen much action in his brief NFL career. In 2011 he came into the league with much promise. The Oakland Raiders running back only saw 16 carries which he converted into 76 yards during his rookie year. The limited action was because the Raiders had Darren McFadden and Michael Bush on their team as the top options.With McFadden and Raiders backup running back Mike Goodson suffering from ankle injuries, Jones may finally get his chance to show off his 4.33 40-yard dash speed this week.The timing couldn't have been any better for Jones to get his ...
Oakland Raiders franchise running back Darren McFadden went down in a Week 9 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with a high ankle sprain.With the biggest play maker likely to sit out in Week 10, which Raider will rise to the occasion and pick up the slack at Baltimore this Sunday?There is plenty of talent on this Raiders roster and they will need to showcase their talent with the absence of McFadden. Run DMC has been injury-prone throughout his young career and there is no time table for when he will be back in action.Read more Oakland Raiders news on ...