Do you believe in miracles?  D.J. Hayden certainly does.  He has gone from a near death experience to the 12th overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.  As Don King would say “Only in America.” Reggie McKenzie had his first 1st round pick with the 3rd overall selection in the 2013 Draft, but he decided he could get his top [...]

To get to the picks that I finally decided on, I took many things into account. First and foremost, team needs. Given the laundry list of needs on the current team, that doesn’t exactly narrow it down much. Second, is “best player available” at the time of their pick. I also considered which way I think Reggie McKenzie may be leaning, given his history and comments he’s made in regards to his approach as a GM.

In the history of the NFL, the Oakland Raiders have played on Thanksgiving Day a total of 6 times.  They have a .500 record in those games, most recently losing to yearly participants, the Dallas Cowboys 24-7 in 2009.  Prior to that, the team hadn’t missed a Turkey Day with their families since 1970 where they lost to the other [...]

The Oakland Raiders have announced that Marcel Reece has been chosen to replace Super Bowl-bound Vonta Leach in the Prow Bowl.  Reece will be making his first all-expense paid trip to Honolulu in his 4-year career. The Washington alum is, without a doubt, the most versatile and dangerous fullback in the league.  It is shown not only in his statistics [...]

The Oakland Raiders have announced the hiring of Bobby April as the team’s special team’s coordinator.  April is a 21-year veteran of his craft at the NFL level.  Obviously well-respected since he has had absolutely no trouble finding a coordinator job throughout that same span.  Along the way, he’s made stops in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, St. Louis, Buffalo, and [...]

The Oakland Raiders (3-9) have lost 5 games in a row, and the only thing keeping them from the AFC West cellar are the lowly Kansas City Chiefs.  In fact, if the Raiders were in any other division, excluding the AFC South, they would be at the bottom of the barrel.  In fact, they are ranked below the aforementioned Chiefs [...]

The Oakland Raiders this week have listed 20, yes 20, of their players on the final official injury report before Sunday’s game vs. the Chiefs.  You’ll see key players like Darren McFadden, Matt Shaughnessy, and Sebastian Janikowski on the list.  Apparently Reggie McKenzie reads the news and would rather be safe than sorry after the Ravens were fined $20,000 for [...]

The Oakland Raiders have their first Defensive Player of the Week since week 17 of the 2010 season.  That’s a long time for any defense to go without an outstanding performance for a single player.  In case you were wondering, the last Raiders’ player to do it was also a defensive end, Kam Wimbley. Lamarr Houston did everything you can [...]

This week in the latest news regarding the saga that is the Oakland Raiders’ injury report, there is very little “news” to report.  Despite the fact that the team has had an extra week to recover from their ailments, there seems to be little progress on the injury front for the three players that are out again this week.  Here [...]

Five days after the Oakland Raiders’ Darrius Heyward-Bey was carted off the playing field last Sunday, he was back on the practice field today.  No, he wasn’t practicing, he was just watching his teammates prepare for the upcoming game vs. the Broncos in Denver. Being on the sidelines is OK with Heyward-Bey, who says he’s happy that “So far I’ve [...]