Raiders In Review: AJ Cole taking control
In consecutive seasons, the Raiders employed two punters who exchanged their collegiate stories after transitioning to the professional level.
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Don’t Kid Yourself, Gruden Was Like This In Round 1
Lose your breath yelling all you want and sprain your fingers typing furiously on your preferred social media platform, but for those clamoring for more aggressiveness from Jon Gruden’s offense, you must have missed his first go-around as Raiders boss. Don’t Kid Yourself, Raiders Fans; Gruden Was Like This In Round 1 Generate a lead,
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Hayden’s Comments Funny, But No Laughing Matter for Raiders
There was a lot of laughter and mockery from Raider Nation after ex Raiders CB DJ Hayden dropped some dimes during the Jaguars’ open media session Wednesday. “Oh yeah, I been have this game marked,” the former Raider began, “I am excited. They didn’t bring me back. So, know what I’m saying? Gotta make them
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Stopping Fournette is something Raiders can’t forget
If the Oakland Raiders aren’t on point this Sunday, LF could say Alpha Mike Foxtrot (AMF) to the Silver & Black’s defense. And that’s something the hometown boys do not want to see in the last-ever home Raider game in Oakland. LF would be Leonard Fournette, of course. “Yeah, I mean everybody has one. I
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Is Raiders DC Paul Guenther really that bad?
The numbers do Oakland Raiders defensive coordinator Paul Guenther no favors. Against the visiting Tennessee Titans this past Sunday, his Raiders defense was eviscerated for touchdown drives of: 74, 77, 84, 89 and 91 yards. “Every time we touched it, we felt like we were going to score,” said Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill after dropping
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Criticizing Carr doesn’t mean you’ve forgotten about Raiders defense
When it comes to talking about the Raiders offensive woes, the game against the Titans and the now infamous fourth-and-one pass was the last straw, not an anomaly.
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Titans’ Ryan, Byard are ballhawks Raiders need to avoid
The Oakland Raiders will have to either avoid or beat the Titans ballwhawk secondary. Neither will be easy to pull.
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Puncher’s Chance: Raiders rookie Jacobs can be the KO shot in Arrowhead
When Jon Gruden famously said he’s not into dreams but into f*cking nightmares on Hard Knocks it wasn’t hyperbole. It’s the stone-cold truth. Because there’s nothing quite as horrific as his Oakland Raiders’ Arrowhead Blues. Conventional wisdom says a Raiders victor in the Kansas City Chiefs’ house isn’t in the cards. Digest these nuggets, real
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Anyone still questioning Raiders’ GM Mike Mayock?
How loud and annoyed Stephen A. Smith was when Mike Mayock landed the Oakland Raiders General Manager gig. Lambasting the Raiders, Smith boisterously denounced the hire and said he should be given the job due to being a TV guy himself and having zero experience running NFL team operations, like Mayock. Smith was one of
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Aspuria’s Assertions: Raiders’ Jacobs vs. Bears’ run game
Remember all those comparisons and running tallies of Khalil Mack’s sack numbers and the Oakland Raiders lack of them as a whole? From Week 1 to 16 last season, there was a running count of No. 52s QB takedowns vs. the Silver & Black’s total number. They were disparaging and revealed a hard truth: The
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