The 2011 season saw the San Francisco 49ers rise from disappointment to one of the elite teams in the league seemingly overnight. Led by a quarterback whose ability had been questioned since day one, an elite running back, a solid receiving core, an energetic head coach and a suffocating defense, the 49ers came within an [...]
It’s the boring time between the offseason and training camp, you know what that means. If you guessed; ” A time for inaccurate predictions”, then you were right. It was an offseason if change for the Oakland Raiders. Whether personnel, management, or scheme the Raiders went threw fundamental changes in every part of the Franchise. [...]
I see it written, and hear it spoken; “Rolando McClain doesn’t fit with what Reggie McKenzie and the new regime is doing in Oakland.” That’s an incomplete or just plain ignorant comment, simply because Rolando McClain doesn’t fit into the Oakland Raiders of any era. That comment makes it seem as if he’s the poster [...]
What’s up RaiderNation? Just got back from Las Vegas and its time to get back to work. This week’s article is about recently signed, backup QB, Matt Leinart. I have seen and heard a lot of grumblings about this signing, and I will be the first to admit that he wasn’t my first choice as [...]
In as little as two months, sports geeks around the country will begin to assemble for the annual ritual that has become the sports equivalent of Dungeons and Dragons: The Fantasy Football Draft. Some people like to stick with what they know, drafting a bunch of guys from their team or division. Others, like me, [...]
Hey Raidernation! It’s almost that time of year. Yes, I am talking about football season. The offseason is almost at end and we are moving on to minicamps. During the offseason, the Oakland Raiders kicked-off the post-Al Davis era by hiring Reggie McKenzie to takeover football operations. Reggie McKenzie hired his first Head Coach; Dennis [...]
The Oakland Raiders have finally announced the official number of undrafted free agents that they will be bringing in to participate in the team’s rookie camp. The number is the ever-lucky 13. Yes, 13 more camp bodies for Reggie McKenzie and Dennis Allen to look at and evaluate. It seems like only hours after the [...]
With the transition from the Al Davis era into the Reggie McKenzie era, it was expected there would be major changes to the Personnel Department of the Oakland Raiders. To no one’s surprise, the Raiders have fired longtime scouts Jon Kingdon and Bruce Kebric, and scouts George Karras and Kent McCloughan “resigned”. Reggie McKenzie has [...]
What’s up RaiderNation? This week will be Old Timer’s Las Vegas edition article as I am in Vegas for a week-long computer imaging conference. I am doing my best to represent RaiderNation properly, although I did skip the annual bowling tournament opting to watch the basketball game instead. Before the game, my partner Hector Guzman [...]
As most in the Bay Area expected after Tyvon Branch let the cat out of the bag that he was going to be in the Bay Area this past weekend, he will be signing his franchise tender with the Oakland Raiders today. Branch tweeted to his fellow defensive backs last Thursday wondering which of them [...]
Well, so much for Kiper and McShay’s pre-draft prospect rankings. The 2012 Rookie class has been drafted. Depending on where exactly they went, their fantasy value may have shot up or plummeted. The right situation and supporting cast can have everything to do with the success of a young rookie in the NFL. Here are [...]
To the surprise/chagrin of most Oakland Raiders’ fans, Al Davis selected Darrius Heyward-Bey, commonly known as “DHB” with the 7th pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. With fellow Wide Receiver Michael Crabtree available, it left many fans and analysts baffled. A typical Al Davis HWS (Height-Weight-Speed) pick, Bey came out of college with shaky hands, [...]
There is little I can say about Junior Seau that you can’t just read hundreds of other places on the web today, but I feel, as a former player, coach, and fan, I owe something. The circumstances around his passing and why it happened the way it did is not what we need to [...]
What’s up RaiderNation? Well the 2012 draft is in the books but the Raiders are still busy bringing in UDFA’s to look at which according to Reggie McKinzie, will be an ongoing process right up until the season starts. They have unofficially signed 16 up to this point, but Reggie said they will not officially [...]
The Oakland Raiders have signed free agent Ed Wang, who was waived/injured by the Bills at the end of the 2011 season. Wang appeared in a total of 6 games for the Bills after being drafted by the team in the 5th round of the 2010 draft. Wang was the first Chinese-American ever drafted into [...]
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