A wet and rainy wild contest between the Oakland Raiders and Miami Dolphins took place in Florida along with Obi Melifonwu’s debut, the site of last week’s edition of Sunday Night Football. Pitting the Raiders against the Dolphins in a game that both teams needed to win in order to maintain their previously dwindling playoff …
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After a potentially season-saving victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, it seems that the Oakland Raiders took that momentum and drove it straight over the side of Niagara Falls during a 34-14 loss to the Buffalo Bills. The winter weather conditions in Orchard Park, New York were a massive factor in the lopsided loss. Nearly …
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The Oakland Raiders saved their season with a victory over the division-leading and then-first place NFL team the Kansas City Chiefs in a hotly contested 31-30 victory. While much ado has been made of the phenomenal production of Derek Carr and the Raider offense, I would argue that it was the defense that played the …
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Watching Derek Carr warm up on the Oakland Raiders sidelines was like turning on the tape and looking at the guy from last year who took the league by storm. The ball seemed to have just that extra little zip coming out of his hands and his game face was focused on the task at …
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Six weeks into the 2017 NFL season and the Oakland Raiders offense appears to have been sucked into the infamous Black Hole” residing in the south end of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Raiders OC Todd Downing encouraged by direction of offense. "We’re so close on so many things." https://t.co/YzNdirwmR0 pic.twitter.com/4ZkZNbcl2Z — Michael Gehlken (@GehlkenNFL) October …
Speaking The Truth: Downing, Offense, and missing the “little” things? Read More »
The Oakland Raiders are currently in the midst of a three-game slide and are desperately in need of a win; luckily enough for them, the (1-4) Los Angeles Chargers are next up on the schedule in the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum. While the Raiders have not been playing a winning brand of football lately, there have been some …
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Collectively the Raiders appear to be losing the battle against distractions. Slow starts out of the gate have left an already anemic offense flat on its face and forcing them behind the eight ball for an entire game. The flatness in the past three football games is unbecoming of a professional team. Sleepwalking through …
Del Rio’s Ship is Sinking and Todd Downing is Drowning Read More »
An eerie sense of deja vu had to overwhelm the senses of Raider Nation as it watched Raiders quarterback Derek Carr lying motionless on the field. Sustaining what would later be diagnosed as a transverse process fracture after taking multiple hits with the last one being from Denver Broncos defensive lineman Derek Wolfe. Oakland Raiders: …
Oakland Raiders: Where Does the Offense Go From Here? Read More »
It’s a well-known fact that the AFC West is a scary place for quarterbacks. The Oakland Raiders’ own Khalil Mack is the reigning and defending NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Von Miller was the Super Bowl MVP in 2016, in 2015 Justin Houston led the league in sacks and last, but certainly not least, Joey Bosa is the 2016 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Defensively the “Mike” linebacker is to the defense what the quarterback is to the offense. The Raiders face a lot of up and coming defenses in the 2017 season, and we’re here to take a look at some of the top candidates. Specifically, the best overall Mike, best coverage Mike, and the best run-stuffing Mike that’ll oppose the Silver and Black.
