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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Oakland Raiders Face Resurgent Buffalo Bills team this Sunday. The Oakland Raiders go on the road to face the resurgent 4-2 Buffalo Bills. The Bills resurgence this season is being led by an aggressive defense that has given Buffalo a +10 in takeaways so far this season. They are number one in the NFL in …
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Point of no return is defined as: “The point beyond which one must continue on one’s current course of action because turning back is physically impossible, prohibitively expensive, or dangerous.” Captain Obvious moment here, but suffice it to say, the Oakland Raiders emphatically crossed that threshold in its 31-30 win over the Kansas City Chiefs …
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Oakland has a tall task ahead of them come this Sunday. The Raiders have to come down off the high of beating the Chiefs on the national stage in a thriller and travel cross-country to play the Buffalo Bills. Buffalo has a defense that ranks 7th in the league against the run and until last …
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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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The 2017 offseason was eventful for the Oakland Raiders, mostly for one reason: Marshawn Lynch in Silver and Black. Now fans are wondering if they jumped the gun. Hometown folk hero Marshawn Lynch signed a 2-year $9,000,000 deal this offseason with the team he grew up watching, the Oakland Raiders. Raider Nation was all abuzz …
The Oakland Raiders’ Week 7 win against the Kansas Chiefs was the most exciting Thursday night game in quite some time. I don’t think anyone went to sleep early that night, at least no one from Raider Nation. Raiders Defeat Chiefs: A Tale of Good and Bad It was an up and down emotional roller …
Andria’s Analysis this week reviews the Thursday Night barn-burner between the Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs and a peek at the upcoming visit to Buffalo to face the Bills. Thursday Night Football has been a subject of debate for a few years now. Questions surround the game, not the least of which is how …
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“None, Nada, Zilch” What’s been deemed by many a football scholar as impossible, the Oakland Raiders have accomplished. Zero. Interceptions. Let that marinate. In seven games, the Oakland Raiders (3-4 overall) have yet to pick off a pass. How wild is that? Wait, let me rephrase: how embarrassing is that? It’s very difficult to go …
After four straight losses, the Oakland Raiders came into Thursday night’s rivalry matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs needing to turn around their whole season by obtaining a much-needed win. The Raiders did, as Al Davis would say, “Just Win Baby”. The Silver and Black won in a thrilling 31-30 come-from-behind victory with a game-winning touchdown …
