It has been widely accepted that football is a game of inches. Kevin Dyson and Mike Jones know that far better than anyone. Sunday Night Football in Oakland, CA, Derek Carr was electric in the second half, but in attempting to carry the team to victory both he and the Oakland Raiders fell short 20-17. …
The Raiders fell 20-17 to the Cowboys on a national audience, the playoffs now all but out of reach The Oakland Raiders had a lackluster offensive showing in the first half coupled with a game full of controversial rulings from the referees. They ultimately lost on a Derek Carr fumble out of the end zone …
This 2017 season for the Oakland Raiders has been full of concerning headlines. Quietly beneath the finger-pointing people are ignoring the performance of Derek Carr without relation to the other puzzling issues within the offense. Is it time to hit the panic button? Maybe not, but it’s time take an individual look at Carr’s career-alignment. …
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Jon Gruden brings back fond memories for the Raider Nation, but he’s not the answer.
At the beginning of the year, the Oakland Raiders’ time was now. But what if the great hoodwink of 2017 started when fans thought the Raiders were responsible for the departure of former offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave. What if Musgrave left on his own because of the toxicity of his working environment? Distraction after distraction …
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With the Oakland Raiders’ chances of making the playoffs now slim, the attention will soon turn to the NFL draft and whether there will be staff changes, something that might or might not take place. The Raiders currently sit in third place in the AFC West with a 6-7 record, which can only be deemed …
It’s now or never. Even after a lackluster season, the Oakland Raiders still find themselves in perfect position to make a run at the playoffs. Amazing considering that when the lights were on and the stage was bright the team folded under the pressure. Tale of the Tape: How Raiders can beat the Cowboys Now …
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We don’t deserve this. We, Raider Nation, don’t deserve this abysmal 2017 NFL season. We didn’t deserve the coaching carousel. We didn’t deserve the pain of being the laughing stock of the league. We certainly didn’t deserve Derek Carr’s injury last year. The people of Oakland, especially, deserve better. The fact remains that Raider …
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The two divisional games between the Oakland Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs in 2017 served as a microcosm for the Raiders’ season, both reeling the fans in with optimism, while serving them equal doubt and despair. The Raiders’ playoff hopes have effectively ended after Sunday’s massacre at Arrowhead, but the reality is that this …
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The magnitude of today’s collision is an understatement, to say the least. The reeling Kansas City Chiefs have fallen from grace, while the Raiders may be hitting their stride at the appropriate time. Needless to say, it will be an all-out war for sixty minutes that will earn the winner a spot atop the AFC …
