February 14th, 2009 
Matt Loede 
Posted in Former Raiders’ coach Lane Kiffin is proceeding with his grievance against the team for unpaid salary, according to a source close to the situation. Kiffin is looking for money that Oakland would have owed him during the time he was unemployed. Both Kiffin and the Raiders are in the preparation phase.
Archive for February, 2009
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Raiders Sign CB Chris Johnson to Four-Year Deal
The Raiders have made an offseason move, as they are bringing back cornerback Chris Johnson. The SF Chronicle reports that Johnson gets a four-year contract. His agent confirmed the signing to the paper earlier today. Word is that money was not disclosed but one league source said he got “starter’s money.” Johnson was a 7th [...]
RB McFadden Has Surgery on Shoulder
A report today from Pro Football Talk.com says that rookie back Darren McFadden had a recent secret surgery. Here is the report: Raiders running back Darren McFadden had some injury problems as a rookie. The best known were two cases of turf toe. The least known was a shoulder problem, which we don’t recall seeing [...]
Asomugha Thinks the Raiders will Tag Him
With free agency starting up in a about two weeks, it looks like the Raiders are going to make sure they do not lose their best defensive player – CB Nnamdi Asomugha. Today’s SF Chronicle says that the team is likley to throw the tag on him, and the CB thinks that they will put [...]
Cable Hires Jim Michalczik as O-Line Coach
The Raiders have a new O-line coach, as Tom Cable today hired on Jim Michalczik, who left California to become Washington’s offensive coordinator in mid-December, but will now leave there to come to the Raiders. Michalczik is a longtime friend of Cable, so making the decision to come over to the Raiders was not that [...]
Russell May Need Offseason Ankle Surgery
Looks like Raiders starting QB JaMarcus Russell is going to need some offseason surgery. That is according to today’s Sacramento Bee: Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell might need ankle surgery this offseason, team owner Al Davis said Wednesday. Russell is in Alameda after spending some time back home in Mobile, Ala. “He’s got some physical problems [...]
Tollner and Marshall Ready to Join Raiders Staff
Our friends at the National Football Post have broken the story about some coordinators coming to the club to be on Tom Cable’s staff. Here is the post: Ted Tollner, a former longtime NFL and college coach, is expected to be named offensive coordinator of the Oakland Raiders, according to National Football Post sources. In [...]
Cable Hiring to Be Coming This Week?
Today’s San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Raiders are going to make the league’s worst kept secret finally happen – the team will officially hire Tom Cable as their full-time head coach. Here is the report from today’s edition: This looks like the week the Raiders finally name interim head coach Tom Cable their full-time [...]
