December 31st, 2009 
Matt Loede 
Posted in The Raiders’ season finale against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday will be blacked out locally because the team did not sell out the game in time. This marks the seventh straight blackout this season since the Raiders sold out the season opener against San Diego. That’s the most blackouts in a season for the Raiders [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Three Raiders Fined $40,000 for Actions in the Browns Loss
Three Raiders players were fined a total of $40,000 for their actions in last week’s penalty-filled game against the Browns. Tight end Tony Stewart got hit with the biggest amount, being docked $25,000 for “making intentional physical contact with a game official.” Defensive end Richard Seymour was fined $10,000 for striking an opponent after the [...]
Cable Feels He’ll Be Back as Coach in 2010
NFP reports that current coach Tom Cable seems to feel that he’ll be back in the 2010 season: Although he said he has yet to discuss his future with owner Al Davis, Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable expressed confidence during a conference call with Baltimore reporters that he will be retained despite the team’s 5-10 [...]
Raiders Can’t Overcome Mistakes in 23-9 Loss to Browns
A 61-yard field goal by Sebastian Janikowski aside, the Raiders were full of mistakes and anger on Sunday in Cleveland as the team got behind early and never caught up in losing 23-9 to the suddenly hot Browns. The Raiders dropped to 5-10 with the loss and failed to win back-to-back games for the fifth [...]
Has Cable Done Enough to Hang as Raiders Coach in 2010?
The rumors are starting to swirl on if Tom Cable has done enough to keep his job past the final two games this season. There are a number of other good coaches that will be available. Barry Wilner, AP Football Writer, writes the following on this Christmas about Cable, and if his job going into [...]
FB Lawton Suspended Four Games by the League
The Constra Costa Times reports that Raiders FB Luke Lawton has been suspended four games by the league: The NFL has suspended fullback Luke Lawton for four games for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancing substances. Lawton will miss the Cleveland and Baltimore games this season, and the first two games of the 2010 [...]
Raiders Starting QB Still A Mystery
It looks like it will be Wednesday at the earliest before Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable announces who will start behind center when the team faces the Cleveland Browns this Sunday. Depending on his participation in practice for the balance of this week and the overall state of his knees, Bruce Gradkowski would likely [...]
Tags: Late Russell TD Pass Lifts Raiders Past Broncos 20-19
The game Sunday between the Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos at Invesco Field had some interesting twists to it. Twist #1 being the physicality of the game itself. Twist #2 was that the Broncos’ run defense fell apart at the seams. The third – and most unusual – was that the Raiders used three quarterbacks [...]
