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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The Oakland Raiders will have to either avoid or beat the Titans ballwhawk secondary. Neither will be easy to pull.
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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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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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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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Fire up the Jim Mora Sr. “Playoffs!?” video and memes all you want on this one, baby. Because Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden and the franchise’s quarterback Derek Carr have not only the proper mindset, but the only one the team should have when it comes to postseason aspirations. “I don’t feel like we
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Raiders HC Jon Gruden’s side of the ball is generating an outstanding 6.2 yards per play. That’s good for 4th in the NFL. See, Gruden still got it. Raiders: The Gruden-Guenther Comparison is Stark Paul Guenther’s group, however, is allowing an alarming 6.1 yards per play. That’s good for 5th worst int he league. See,
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Let’s start with the statistics, shall we? According to Pro Football Reference, the Raiders defense has yielded 137 completions (out of 191 for a clip of 67.5 percent) for 1,810 yards and 16 touchdowns to three interceptions. The pass rush generated 10 sacks, 32 pressures, 11 quarterback hurries and blitzed 57 times. The Raiders are
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The post halftime report during Sunday’s broadcast of the Raiders-Beats tilt was thoroughly intriguing. FOX’s sideline reporter noted Chicago head coach Matt Nagy said it was nothing Oakland was doing and it was all about what his team was not doing as a reason for the 17-0 deficit. There’s a lot of truth in those
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If Tottenham Hotspur Stadium isn’t blaring Mark Morrison’s “Return of the Khalil Mack” this Sunday when the Oakland Raiders square off against the Chicago Bears in London, well, it would be a damn shame. (An F-bomb would me more apt there, but I don’t want to get suspended for the season by the Powers That
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