It's no longer correct to say the Oakland Raiders are for real. This is obvious. We know this. The sky is blue and there's some sort of election this week. Duh.
It's time to look at a bigger picture with the Raiders, much bigger, and two parts of that picture in particular. First, the league is better when the Raiders are good. This is a simple fact. It's a characteristic of the Raider genome that a good Oakland team is swashbuckling and sexy, liable to punch you in the mouth or run by you.
The Raiders are fun. The Raiders are important. ...
Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr will be a free agent following the 2017 season, though the team will likely offer him a contract extension in the near future.
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Raiders Reportedly Will Offer Carr Massive Contract
Sunday, Nov. 6
Adam Schefter of ESPN.com reported Sunday that the Raiders are prioritizing a contract extension for Carr this offseason. According to the report, "a league source expects that deal 'to be Luck-ish,' a reference to the five-year, $123 million contract that Andrew Luck signed with Indianapolis last summer."
Carr, 25, has been superb in 2016, throwing for 2,321 yards, 17 touchdowns and three interceptions while completing 66.3 percent of his passes. Oakland, in ...
Oakland Raiders wide receiver Amari Cooper was dealing with a back injury. However, it did not cause him to miss any game action.
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Cooper Active vs. Broncos
Sunday, Nov. 6
The Raiders announced Cooper is available to play on Sunday against Denver.
The Raiders had previously listed Cooper as questionable for Week 9.
Latest on Cooper's Practice Status
Saturday, Nov. 5
The Raiders announced that Cooper was limited in practice for the third day in a row Friday.
Raiders Need Cooper Healthy for Playoff Push
Cooper largely delivered on expectations in his rookie season. He was far and away the top-performing wideout from the 2015 draft class. He ...
When Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr tossed a 41-yard touchdown pass to Seth Roberts in overtime of Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he surpassed both 500 yards passing and reached four touchdowns in the game, joining a rare group. Carr became just the third quarterback ever to reach 500 yards passing and throw for four touchdowns in a game without being intercepted, per ESPN Stats & Info.
Carr required overtime to reach the mark, but it's impressive nonetheless. The effort put him in the company of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (2014) and Y.A. Tittle with the Giants in 1962.
Carr ...
Fact: Derek Carr threw for 513 yards in the Oakland Raiders’ 30-24 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, setting a franchise record for most passing yards in a single game.
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After a second week in a row that featured a tie, it just goes to show how unpredictable the 2016 NFL season has been through eight weeks.
But let's not focus on teams that can't win games in overtime. Instead, let's praise the ones that actually did win on Sunday.
It was business as usual for the New England Patriots, who are the scariest team in the NFL at the halfway point of the season. Since Tom Brady's return from suspension, no team has been even close to competing with them, and no quarterback has been more impressive than Brady since Week ...
It’s better to win a disgusting, penalty-ridden contest than to lose a clean game. The Oakland Raiders accomplished the former with an NFL-record 23 infractions in a poor showing in terms of field discipline and on-field communication.
Nonetheless, when’s the last time the Silver and Black finished the first half of a season at 6-2 or better?
The answer is 2001.
The Raiders' fifth consecutive road victory and sixth win of the season came late in overtime after blowing three real opportunities to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in regulation and overtime combined.
After celebrating a hard-fought win, head coach Jack Del Rio must ...
It’s hard to process a few new NFL realities after the Oakland Raiders’ win Sunday over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. We need to go slowly here and absorb everything.
Taking on too much, too fast while thinking about that game could be hazardous to your health. The root of any mental strain may actually depend on your age.
There’s a young generation of NFL fans that have never known a successful Raiders team, or at best, those visions are a faint memory. Oh sure, they’ve heard the folktales from their football-watching elders around the campfire. But to see it with their ...
The Oakland Raiders didn't make it easy on themselves as they picked up their sixth win of the season Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.According to NFL Media's Ian Rapoport, the Raiders set an NFL record after getting called for 23 penalties, which cost them 200 yards, the third-most all time, per ESPN Stats & Info:Oakland's penalty total nearly matched Tampa Bay's scoring output after the Raiders earned a 30-24 overtime victory. CSN Raider News didn't care about the record as much as the result:The San Francisco Chronicle's Vic Tafur shared the thoughts of Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio ...
Green Bay Packers wide receiver and fill-in running back Ty Montgomery is battling a kidney ailment related to his sickle cell trait. He missed the Packers' Week 8 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, and his playing status for Week 9 against the Indianapolis Colts has yet to be revealed.
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Latest on Montgomery's Practice Status
Thursday, Nov. 3
Tom Silverstein of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Montgomery was "working extensively" during Thursday's session.
Montgomery Comments on Illness, Potential Return
Monday, Oct. 31
ESPN.com's Rob Demovsky noted: "Montgomery said the symptoms that kept him out were related to sickle cell trait. He said doctors told him it isn't career-threatening and he ...