So many words describe an Oakland Raiders team earning respect in 2015.
Of course, we’re not referring to the unflattering descriptions from years past. It’s a more serious conversation surrounding the team as it stands at 4-3.
Competitive. Spirited. Physical. Playoff team?
A club coming from an 0-10 start in the previous year would be told to pump the brakes on postseason talk, but it’s time to put the Raiders in contention. The AFC West division doesn’t have the stiffest competition.
Oakland beat down the San Diego Chargers in Week 7. The Kansas City Chiefs will grind out the season without their top offensive ...
The Oakland Raiders earned their first victory against a winning team in convincing fashion on Sunday.
Offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave put together an aggressive game plan for the passing attack. Quarterback Derek Carr made a statement on the first drive when he threw at New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis.
Wide receiver Amari Cooper didn’t fully explode on the Jets secondary, but the message became a symbolic stance for the Raiders offense. Oakland made it clear they weren’t backing down from one of the league's toughest defenses.
The Jets came into this contest with the best run defense, allowing 71.5 yards per game. ...
Since they were demolished by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII, the Oakland Raiders have won an NFL-low 60 games over the course of 12-plus non-playoff seasons.
In fact, no other NFL team has won fewer than 65 games during that span, and in terms of point differential and turnover margin, the Raiders are in a league of their own (in a bad way).
Sports writers have become so accustomed to writing it that there are tweens in the Bay Area who think "the lowly Raiders" is the team's official nickname.
But after a second consecutive impressive victory on Sunday, the upstart ...
The Oakland Raiders are for real, and Sunday's 34-20 win over the New York Jets proved it.
Behind Derek Carr's arm and the receiving stylings of Michael Crabtree and Andre Holmes, the Raiders have reeled off back-to-back victories and improved to 4-3.
Here's how each player's fantasy stock is trending following Sunday's impressive outing.
Derek Carr
Carr didn't look like a safe fantasy play entering Sunday, but he made the Jets' fourth-ranked pass defense look pedestrian.
Now, he looks like an every-week QB1. After carving up the Jets and tying his career high with four touchdown passes, Carr has thrown for seven scores and no ...