Pro Football Weekly reports that DHB is signed and sealed:
Rookie WR Darrius Heyward-Bey has agreed to terms on a deal with the Raiders and may arrive at training camp in time for practice Thursday, according to reports.
Heyward-Bey, the seventh-overall pick in this year’s draft, was hampered by a hamstring injury throughout OTAs and minicamps, and [...]
Seems that if you think JaMarcus Russell is the unquestioned starter, someone better tell Jeff Garcia:
Veteran quarterback Jeff Garcia arrived at training camp early, unwilling to concede anything to projected starter JaMarcus Russell. “My job is to make certain decisions hard,” Garcia said Tuesday.
“JaMarcus’ job is to make the decision easy and to go [...]
The Raiders arrived at training camp with all but one of their draft picks signed.
Second-round pick Mike Mitchell, third-rounder Matt Shaughnessy, fourth-rounders Louis Murphy and Slade Norris and sixth-rounder Brandon Myers all checked into the team’s summer headquarters in Napa on Tuesday after having their contracts signed.
Oakland is hoping to finalize a deal with receiver [...]
Paul Gutierrez from the Sacramento Bee had a chance to sit down and chat with Raiders CB Nnamdi Asomugha:
Just returned from an inspiring weekend in Cooperstown, where I was covering baseball’s Hall of Fame inductions and where former A’s star Rickey Henderson admitted again that his childhood dream was to play for the Raiders and [...]
Today’s San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Raiders have gotten a deal done with second-round pick Mike Mitchell:
The Raiders have agreed to terms with second-round draft pick Mike Mitchell, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal Monday.
Mitchell was given a four-year deal. Terms were not immediately available. The deal isn’t officially done until [...]
Raiders starting LG Robert Gallery underwent an emergency appedectomy and is expected to miss the first two weeks of training camp reported the Oakland Tribune. Last seasons back-up left guard Chris Morris will probably replace Gallery when camp opens this week. Gallery should be fine for the start of the season..
I myself do not play video games.. Never had the time, nor the inclination to sit in front of a TV and jam my thumbs until they were sore.. Dont get me wrong, I see nothing wrong with them, and I am sure that they can be fun, but I have just never gotten into [...]
The Raiders have broken down some of the details on their training camp. The following comes from the Contra Costa Times:
The Raiders released the times of their practices through the first weekend of training camp in Napa, and as expected, they will not have evening sessions.
In training camps under Lane Kiffin, the Raiders [...]
There’s been so much Mike Vick talk lately, who even knows where to start?! Anyway, ESPN.com’s Bill Williamson, who blogs about the AFC West, had this tidbit of an article today about Vick, and his possible landing spot in Oakland:
The Oakland Raiders continue to be mentioned as a possible landing spot for Michael Vick, [...]
After reading my brother Matt’s post on the Raiders possible interest in recently released from jail – dog killing- felon Michael Vick, I had probably the same reaction as most Raider fans.. When I was done, I had to break out a new roll of Charmin.. In the words of Homer J Simpson, “D’oh!!!” Just [...]
