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Archive for August, 2008

Raiders Cuts Include Linebacker Wannabe Archuleta

The Raiders roster is now at 53 after a round of cuts today.  Here are the players gone: LB Adam Archuleta, C Jesse Boone, CB Darrick Brown, DE Derrick Gray, DE Greyson Gunheim, WR Jonathan Holland, FB Luke Lawton, DB Nate Lyles, WR Chris McFoy, P Glenn Pakulak, RB Louis Rankin, FB Marcel Reece, G [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Aug 30 2008

Raiders Great and Hall of Famer Upshaw Passes at 63

Gene Upshaw, 63, died Wednesday night, after battling pancreatic cancer. He was diagnosed on Sunday. Upshaw, Hall of Fame guard, played 15 years with the Raiders. He won two Super Bowls, and was named to 7 Pro Bowls. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987. Two years after he retired, in 1983, [...]

Posted by Jeremy Fuchs on Aug 21 2008

CB Hall Has Ligament Damage in Right Hand

Raiders CB DeAngelo Hall has been suffering with a right hand injury for sometime now, and now word is coming out that he has ligament damage in the hand and may have to wear a protective cast for the rest of the preseason.  He hurt the hand during training camp before the first preseason game, [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Aug 20 2008

Raiders Tickets Available Now at Coast to Coast Tickets!

If your looking for great McAfee Coliseum seats to watch the Raiders this season do battle, go no further than Coast to Coast tickets.  You can buy Raiders tickets right off their site, and they have an Oakland football schedule as well to see when the team does battle.  They have playoff tickets on [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Aug 16 2008

Russell Throws for a Score in Raiders Last Second 17-16 Loss

Two of the more young up and coming QB’s in the NFL collided in preseason action on Friday night in Nashville, as Vince Young of the Titans took on JaMarcus Russell of the Raiders.  Lucky for both, it was only preseason, because the action on the field didn’t quite live up to the hype off [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Aug 15 2008

Hall Hurting; CB Playing with Broken Bone in Hand

New Raiders CB DeAngelo Hall is playing with a broken bone in his hand, and right now is practicing with a thick cast on the hand. “It affects everything,” Hall said after practice Tuesday in Napa. “I’ve got a little broken bone in there. I don’t even feel like I should even be out here [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Aug 13 2008

Raiders Add Archuleta to Possibly Play LB

The Raiders today came to terms with former Rams and Redskins safety Adam Archuleta.  The former first round pick of the Rams back in 01 may make the switch from safety to strongside linebacker for the silver and black.  He did play linebacker in college at Arizona State.  Right now Ricky Brown, Robert Thomas and [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Aug 11 2008

Raiders beat 49ers in Preseason #1

If last nights game is any indication, the Raiders should improve on their 4-12 season of a year ago as they beat the life-less San Fran 49ers by a score of 18-6.  The Raiders rushing game looked solid as they combined for a total of 248 rushing yards. Darren McFadden performed well, gaining 48 yards [...]

Posted by Michael Loede on Aug 09 2008

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Posted by Matt Loede on Aug 02 2008