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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The NFL has long been openly distilled down to “Not For Long” and it seems Jon Gruden has embraced this moniker. In a league where Bill Belichick freely trades or cuts formerly (and still) talented players a year early, Gruden has now pushed to an extreme. The extremity with which the talent of the roster
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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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Fans of the Silver and Black have to be pulling their hair out wondering what has happened with their beloved Raiders. Two seasons, ago all-world defensive end Khalil Mack was winning Defensive Player of the Year, and Derek Carr was finishing 5th in MVP voting. Now at 1-5, the Raiders’ season is dead in the
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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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In the Oakland Raiders’ Week 5 loss to the L.A. Chargers, it appeared head coach Jon Gruden got a little too cute with his goal line play calling. There is no other way to put it; if you have a running back whose nickname is ‘Beast Mode’ it would be plausible to actually use him in situations where a beastly running back is needed.
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No NFL fan wants to think their season is over, but for Raider Nation, this is the case. The Raiders are 1-4 through five weeks, and the only team in the AFC West that they don’t have a head-to-head loss to is 5-0 and rolling. The team has one win after five games, and it
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Only a quarter of the 2018 NFL season has passed and the Raiders have already sustained their first major injury. Starting right tackle and former Pro Bowl left tackle Donald Penn has been placed IR with a groin injury. This will throw rookie third-round pick Brandon Parker into the starting lineup for the foreseeable future.
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There are few moments in football history that stand out as much as the infamous Tuck Rule game. Since that moment, the Raiders have a nasty chip on their shoulder against the Patriots, and specifically Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. The faces of a team that crushed what might have been another era of a
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