“Fantasy Football Gamble at The Ramble” – Sean Hildebrandt @Oahu_Raider808 This is a weekly piece aimed at covering The Raiders weekly FF topics. Topics will vary. One way to forget the fantasy football disgust from the Oakland Raiders’ Week 3 performance versus Washington was to lose Derek Carr to injury in Week 4. Consecutive games […]
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The first quarter of the season came to a close in Denver Sunday for the Oakland Raiders. There have been some enjoyable highs but also some concerning lows through four games. The Raiders did quite a bit of traveling playing three games on the road with only their lone home opener. Three of their opponents were
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I know it has been a rough week for Raider Nation after a Sunday Night Football meltdown in front of a national audience. It has been painful to recall the performance of the Raiders vs. the Redskins, especially from a fantasy football perspective. It is hard to battle my bias seeing the offense completely a
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“Fantasy Football Gamble at The Ramble” – Sean Hildebrandt @Oahu_Raider808 This is a weekly piece aimed at covering The Raiders weekly FF topics. Topics will vary. What a big stage for the Oakland Raiders this week taking on the Washington Redskins during a Sunday Night Football matchup under the lights in front of a national
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Following a successful home opener blowout win for the Oakland Raiders over the visiting New York Jets, let’s further settle into the review of the free agent class that Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie brought in. Week 2 is in the books; the sample size is growing and so are the free agent newcomer success stories. #1-Cordarrelle Patterson
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Strategizing your Fantasy Football lineup after week 1 is when the pot begins to stir beyond just the projections.  You finally witnessed the first sample size of the targets, the carries, and the goal line roles. The major FF stars from the Raiders have quite the matchup(s) vs the New York Jets. The Jets are looking
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The Oakland Raiders played well in every facet of the game against a formidable AFC opponent on the road, notching an impressive victory. In that win, general manager Reggie McKenzie saw good return value for many of his 2017 free agency acquisitions. Here’s a closer look at the key contributions that many of the newcomers
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The Oakland Raiders went into the 2017 offseason with a dire need at middle linebacker, in fact, the front seven on this unit as a whole had some very underwhelming moments. In spite of that, most of the free-agency work in the offseason was primarily addressing the offense; Carr’s lofty contract extension followed by the
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Can you feel it Raider Nation? The regular season is quickly approaching with the preseason now officially in the books. With those meaningless games (at least record wise) out of the way, let’s take a look at one the NFL’s best young passing duos; Derek Carr and Amari Cooper, affectionately known as “AC/DC.”
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During the 2016 offseason, the Raiders had to address the cornerback position seriously. Former first round pick D.J. Hayden had his pending fate sealed with the team amidst struggles at cornerback. Sean Smith was seemingly the answer by adding a physical corner; while Hayden would play out his rookie deal and inevitably not have his services retained. Now we are barely into the official start of Smith’s second season, and he is arguably the worst pure cover corner on the roster.
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