After Saturday’s blowout loss to the Saints, Greg Ellis had quite the issue with his teammates about their effort:
Raiders linebacker Greg Ellis had some harsh words for his teammates following Saturday’s blowout against the Saints. “Guys, you can’t stay out all night, can’t expect to come in here and just turn it on,” Ellis said [...]
The Raiders today brought back linebacker Chris O’Neill and released linebacker Napoleon Harris.
The team announced the moves before Saturday’s exhibition game against New Orleans. O’Neill signed with the team as an undrafted tight end out of Boise State in the offseason. The Raiders moved him to linebacker before releasing him early in training camp.
Harris was [...]
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Good news for the Raiders, as reports say that rookie WR Darrius Heyward-Bey is finally catching on in camp:
Raiders rookie wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey shook off an early drop and turned in, perhaps, the best practice of his young NFL career Wednesday. Heyward-Bey punctuated a strong showing during the 2?1/2-hour practice by lunging for [...]
The Oakland Tribune reports that coach Tom Cable has not yet been contacted by police about the incident with assistant Randy Hanson:
Raiders coach Tom Cable said Monday he has not been contacted by the Napa Police Dept. or the NFL regarding defensive assistant Randy Hanson’s telling police that he was assaulted by another member of [...]
In a move that was more of a formality than anything else, Raiders coach Tom Cable today ended any speculation by ending talk of a QB derby by naming JaMarcus Russell as the teams opening day QB. Here’s the San Francisco Chronicle story on the announcement:
The unofficial became official Sunday, and it’s really no [...]
The Oakland Tribune says that it looks as if Tom Cable isn’t all that worried about his recent knockout blow that landed Randy Hanson in the hospital:
Raiders coach Tom Cable didn’t shed much light on the most recent reports regarding his alleged altercation with defensive assistant Randy Hanson, but didn’t appear to be overly concerned. [...]
As has been talked about for awhile, the Raiders seem set to give former Bucs LB Derrick Brooks a tryout:
The word going around the Bucs training camp Thursday is that their former star linebacker, Derrick Brooks, is now headed to Oakland for a try-out with the Raiders. Brooks, who has spent every minute of his [...]
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The Raiders said so long today to veteran fullback Lorenzo Neal on Wednesday, releasing him after a short stay with the Silver and Black.
Neal, who signed with the Raiders in May, was expected to push Oren O’Neal and Luke Lawton for the starting fullback job but became expendable when O’Neal impressed Oakland’s coaching staff with [...]
