The 2007 Oakland Raiders looked as if they made strides, but Sunday a costly JaMarcus Russell turnover that resulted in a score and note enough big plays did in Oakland, as they lost to the rival Chargers 30-17. San Diego wrapped up the AFC’s number three seed on Sunday with a win over the [...]
Bloomington, Ill., Nov. 20, 2007 – On November 22, Thanksgiving Day, State Farm is officially debuting the “Your Game | Your Call” Ultimate Pro Bowl Giveaway where fans can win one of five trips to the 2008 Pro Bowl in Hawaii. Fans can enter the promotion daily through January 6 at www.statefarm.com/NFL2 for their chance to win [...]
With QB Daunte Culpepper and RB Justin Fargus being placed on the IR list Weds 12-26, not only has the season ended for these Raiders, but more then likely their time in the Silver & Black as well. Culpepper signed a 1 year contract in training camp and missed the past 4 games with a [...]
Today could be the day that Raiders defensive tackle Warren Sapp learns his fate for this weekend’s regular season finale against San Diego for his actions during Sunday’s 49-11 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, which included bumping into an official. The NFL is expected to suspend the 13-year veteran, who was ejected during a sequence of [...]
In a somewhat expected move, the future is now for the Oakland Raiders, and with it will come the first NFL start of rookie QB JaMarcus Russell Sunday when the team takes on the San Diego Chargers in the season finale in Oakland. Russell will start despite head coach Lane Kiffin saying that the QB’s [...]
The Raiders play their final road game of the season with an AFC showdown against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Raiders, who are making their first ever visit to Jacksonville, come into this contest at 4-and-10 on the season while the Jaguars are 10-and-4. With a victory or a loss by Tennessee, the Jaguars will secure a [...]
With Justin Fargas ailing this week, the Raiders will be going with their offseason free agent pickup and using Dominic Rhodes as their feature back tomorrow vs Jaguars. Rhodes was expected to be the teams feature back this season along with LaMont Jordan, but got off to a late start as he had to sit [...]
The Raiders will once again have just one representative heading to the Pro Bowl– punter Shane Lechler. The 31-year old Lechler, who’ll make his third Pro Bowl appearance, leads the NFL with an average of 49 yards-per-punt and is second with a net average of 41.3. The Dallas Cowboys led the NFC with 11 Pro Bowl [...]
A day after their disappointing 21-14 loss to the Colts, Raiders head coach Lane Kiffin said quarterback JaMarcus Russell could see some playing time this Sunday against Jacksonville. “I anticipate him playing this week and getting him some more opportunities to play. Hopefully, it will go better than it did last week,” Kiffin said on the [...]
Running back Justin Fargas could miss the final two games of the season after suffering a knee injury during Sunday’s 21-14 loss to Indianapolis. Fargas had just tied the game with a tough two-yard run for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter but was seen moments later on the training table behind the bench. [...]
