The Raiders new executive needs to be a supreme pain in the ass. So much so, that head coach Jon Gruden constantly thinks, “Why in the hell did I hire you in the first place?” This is a prerequisite for a job that won’t have final say on personnel. Mark Davis forced Reggie McKenzie upon […]
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First the Raiders waxed general manager Reggie McKenzie on Monday then pull a reported $7.5 million one-year lease at the Coliseum for 2019 from the city of Oakland after an antitrust lawsuit was filed by the Town. Who would have thought after landing a haymaker right onto the chin (or Big Ben’s ribs) of the
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We’ll likely never hear the true reason why Raiders cornerback Rashaan Melvin has been banished to the NFL hinterlands known as “inactive”. But his outburst on social media was a large part of the reason. I’m done trying to change my style. It’s not me. Back to what I know and what got me here!!
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Perhaps Jon Gruden will get the last laugh and, as Troy Aikman alluded to on Thursday night’s broadcast, the Khalil Mack and other trades is the catalyst to a Raiders renaissance under Chucky. But, perception is reality and there’s a lot of Raider Nation seeing nothing but — as tight end Lee Smith eloquently said
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Beard Mode had enough. There’s a brotherhood inside this locker room that’s very special unlike any team I’ve ever been a part of,” he said. The attacking of our strongest leader and the strongest man in our locker room is absolute horseshit. Bravo to tight end Lee Smith for putting his foot down and stomping
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Being a parent, one learns the depth and extent of patience that you never knew you had. So, now that I’ve returned from baby bonding time, boy, what a shambled ruin we have in the Oakland Raiders, no?
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Tank you very much, Jon Gruden. No really, tanks a lot. The Oakland Raiders head coach and de facto general manager gave the NFL viewing world clear and concise evidence the 2018 season is a tank job when his team got romped 27-3 by the Seattle Seahawks in London last Sunday. Quick Slants: Gruden’s Raiders
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Hysteria! Dysfunction I say! That was the negative notion media folk took when Jon Gruden dropped a CM Punk-esque pipe bomb during the media presser after Wednesday’s practice. “You look at the film, we had him wide open deep,” Gruden said of Raiders wide receiver Amari Cooper. “We didn’t go there. He was open a
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There’s a 17-year age gap between former play-caller Todd Downing and current Oakland Raiders head honcho Jon Gruden. But, apparently, there’s no gap in mundane and rudimentary play-design and game calls between the two. Do you prefer Jon Downing or Todd Gruden? Opinion: Half-and-half chalk full of gaffes for Raiders The lack of a play-action
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“We made a decision as an organization. People are trying to divide us,” Jon Gruden defiantly said at Sunday’s press conference at Oakland Raiders HQ. “I really wasn’t involved in all of that. So you have to ask (general manager) Reggie (McKenzie) to be honest with you,” the head coach quipped when asked why a
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