Archive for October, 2008

57-Yard OT Field Goal Wins it for Raiders 16-13 Over Jets

Brett Favre had never lost to the Oakland Raiders when he was the QB of the Green Bay Packers. In his first outing vs the Raiders as a member of the New York Jets, Oakland used a super kick from Sebastian Janikowski in overtime to top Favre and the Jets 16-13 to move to 2-4 [...]

Same Old Song and Dance…

Sung to the Areosmith song…. Get yourself a new coach, and think that you’ll win But our QB’s still talkin, talkin to Kiffin The Saints laid the smack-down, and beat us real bad The way my teams a playin, it gets me real mad It’s the same old story, same old song and dance, raider [...]

Cable’s Debut a Disaster as Raiders Crushed 34-3

For Tom Cable, it wasn’t exactly the debut he was looking for. The Raiders got off to a 3-0 lead, but were dominated in every phase from there on as they were punished by the Saints 34-3 at the SuperDome. The numbers tell the story, as the Saints put up 441 yards of offense to [...]

Key Fantasy Matchups for Sunday’s Raiders-Saints Matchup

From: KFFL.com Raiders TE Zach Miller vs. Saints SS Roman Harper The Raiders finally let Miller loose last week after defenses had clamped down on him through three games. He had five receptions for 95 yards, including a career-best 61-yard touchdown catch that came when four receivers ran vertical routes and quarterback JaMarcus Russell found [...]

Kiffin still giving Russell advice

To quote a famous 50′s sitcom “Lucy, you got some splainin’ to do.” It appears that recently fired Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin is still trying to coach JaMarcus Russell. In a report in the Contra Costa Times Kiffin has spoken to the youg quarterback as early as this past Monday. I am sure this [...]

Week 6 Preview: Raiders Travel to New Orleans

The Oakland Raiders are hoping a shift at the top of their coaching ranks will pay off as they travel to New Orleans on Sunday to take on the struggling 2-3 New Orleans Saints. Al Davis finally did what he said he was going to do for sometime, and that was fire coach Lane Kiffin [...]

Davis In Violation Of League Rules

From National Football Post and Special to NFL Gridiron Gab League sources have confirmed to us here at The National Football Post that the NFL League Office has sent Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis a letter informing him that he was in violation of NFL league rules when he falsely accused the New England Patriots [...]

Nnamdi Asomugha Talks Raiders’ Football