Raider Nation has seen two sides of Derek Carr in his time as the team’s quarterback. The first version was a confident and aggressive quarterback, which was seen throughout the first three years of his career. This included an MVP Caliber season in 2016, a season that was good enough to earn him a $125 […]
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Somehow, someway, we find a silver (and black) lining in an ugly Raider loss.
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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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After Khalil Mack was traded, much of Raider Nation and the rest of the NFL community were shocked that it actually happened. The Oakland Raiders had traded a future Hall of Fame player. Adding salt to the wound, in his debut Bears performance, Mack completely dominated the Packers offensive line as he finished with one
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Stop reading if you’ve heard this before, this year Cooper is expected to take a significant jump. With the return of Jon Gruden and his own admission of his plans for number 89, the spotlight is once again on the Raiders young receiver. However, unlike last season, the coaching staff seems to already have a
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It’s no secret the strength of the Los Angeles Rams starts on the interior defensive line. Aaron Donald has been a yearly DPOY candidate and now for the first time, he’s lining up next to another elite interior defensive linemen. One of the many splash free agency moves the Rams made was signing free agent Ndamukong
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As the fires from the post-trade riots die down, Ryan Smith attempts to lead the Raider Nation through the five stages of grief.
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The Raiders have officially wrapped up preseason play and the focus has now shifted to the regular season. Quarterback Derek Carr let his Twitter followers know he’s pumped to get things going. Preseason done… here we go #RaiderNation !!!! 💀💀💀💀 — Derek Carr (@derekcarrqb) August 31, 2018 With anticipation growing for the Monday night matchup
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On Thursday local Bay Area radio station 95.7 The Game posed a question: You have ONE season, same team, same personnel. Which Bay Area quarterback would you have at the helm? — 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) August 16, 2018 Let’s look at the FACTS to this argument and why Carr is the logical choice here.
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Meet Chris Warren III, he’s an undrafted rookie from the University of Texas, who was one of three players to sign with Oakland following their rookie mini-camp in May. It was expected that Marshawn Lynch, Doug Martin, and either Jalen Richard or DeAndre Washington would fill out the running back position for the Raiders this
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