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Ramble 101: Stickum Up – Breaking The Rules Before They Were Rules

AFC West, Raiders History / Angria Trask

The Oakland Raiders have a long and illustrious history that lends heavily to the development of the NFL into the league that it is today.
To understand the Raiders is to understand the NFL. How could so much be attributable to one team, you may ask, but a glimpse into the past tells you everything you need to know about how Al Davis and his Raiders have molded the league in their own way.

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30 is the new 20 in Oakland

AFC West / Philip Robinson III

The Oakland Raiders, like every team in the NFL, are looking to put together a “super plan” for winning it all in 2018-2019. Stretched between a rock and a hard place salary cap-wise, they chose not to overpay for younger talent, which has left them all of the 30 somethings general manager Reggie McKenzie can

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Carving Out Roles for the 2018 Oakland Raider Defensive Line

AFC West, Bruce Irvin, Jon Gruden, Khalil Mack / Holden Mayberry

Jon Gruden and Co. did their best to keep Gruden’s word of adding interior pass rushing help. In Rounds 2 and 5, the Raiders added a small school superstar in PJ Hall and a superstar with health concerns in Maurice Hurst. Also, Arden Key, the 2016 SEC sack leader, was selected in the 3rd round

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The VEGAS Archives: Contextualizing the 2018 Raiders’ Draft

Uncategorized / randerson81409

At my core, I am a Raider fan. Before Fridays on the radio covering high school football, before the blogging, the podcasts, and everything else, for me, there was Raiders fandom. I remember the bad football in the 1990s watching those games with my family after long hours at the tailgate. Those seasons were bad,

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Opinion: Gruden’s gambles show his intent

AFC West, Jon Gruden / Ray Leonard Aspuria

That’s the jewel Marshawn Lynch dropped during media sessions before Super Bowl XLVIII. Turns out that quote is apropos for Jon Gruden. The Oakland Raiders head coach isn’t merely dipping his toes into the kiddie pool in his return to the NFL, he’s diving into the deep end. Scratch that. He purposely cut his toe,

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Opinion: NFL Draft in the UK you say?

Uncategorized / Gavin Brooke

The anxious wait for this years NFL draft was one of the most anticipated in recent history. But what does the future hold for the NFL draft going forward? It’s not completely out of the question that it could be held in an international venue. With growing popularity here in the United Kingdom, it would

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Ramble 101: The Maverick

Raiders History / Angria Trask

There are very few franchises in the NFL that can claim as large a historical contribution as the Oakland Raiders. After so many ups and downs through the franchise’s history, it’s time to revisit what makes them so great and why the Raiders are such an integral part of the game as we know it

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NFL: Ranking The Raiders Draft Picks

Uncategorized / nickpopio21

The 2018 Oakland Raiders draft could go down as one of the most historic and polarizing events in the illustrious history of the Silver and Black. From offensive lineman Kolton Miller to wide receiver Marcell Ateman, let’s break down the entire haul of choices made by Reggie McKenzie and Jon Gruden. 1. Maurice Hurst, DT,

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Entrenched: Gruden Intently Focused On Fixing The Lines

Uncategorized / Ray Leonard Aspuria

Protect the quarterback. Disrupt the quarterback. Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden’s draft-day intentions focused on exactly just that on Day 1 and 2: Round 1: Offensive tackle Kolton Miller (UCLA) Round 2: Defensive tackle P.J. Hall (Sam Houston State) Round 3: Offensive tackle Brandon Parker (North Carolina A&T) and Edge Arden Key (LSU) And

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Skeptics, Simplicity and a Solid Draft

AFC West / Philip Robinson III

I don’t really hear all the skeptics -Raiders head coach Jon Gruden Typically a review of draft picks comes with a grade assessment and talk of how good or bad this draft was. Grading drafts accurately areÂ impossible without the benefit of at leastÂ 4-5 years’ body of work to critique. What we can assess is what

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