Raiders Gab

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 start [...]

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 [...]

The Kansas City Chiefs have a couple things going for them, despite their abysmal win-loss record: Jamaal Charles and an affinity for playing at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. In reference to Charles, he is quickly making Chiefs fans think, “Larry WHO?” Meanwhile, the Chiefs have had their fair share of success at the Coliseum as they [...]

As I have said before, the Oakland Raiders are opportunists. By that, I mean that they easily lose at home as they do on the road. Perhaps they were full of themselves when they upset the Philadelphia Eagles last week. Who knows, really? Nonetheless, the Raiders reverted to their normal selves as they accumulated a [...]

Steve Corkran of the Oakland Tribune reports Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell told CBS’s Dan Dierdorf on Saturday that he has been fined by the Raiders for being overweight but not for missing any meetings. This admission came two days after he told Bay Area media he hadn’t been fined for either offense this season. “Not [...]

USA Today spoke to former Bengals QB Boomer Esiason, who says that the Raiders are hurting themselves with starting JaMarcus Russell:

Former NFL QB Boomer Esiason said today that Raiders owner Al Davis and coach Tom Cable are fooling themselves thinking that JaMarcus Russell is the right quarterback to lead that team. “When will Tom Cable [...]

There were 3 things that needed to happen if the Raiders are to change their 6 straight losing seasons and start progressing.
1) Offensive and Defensive Line were to focus on fundamentals and become a force in running the ball and stopping the run
2) JaMarcus Russell needed to become a leader for the [...]

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 [...]

There seems to still be a lot of chatter about the Raiders QB spot, and today the Contra Costa Times says that despite some rocky offseason practices, JaMarcus Russell still has a firm grasp on the starting quarterback role.
Head coach Tom Cable has all along said that he wants to see Russell in that role, [...]

Leadership can come from many places in the game of football. Ownership takes the lead for the entire organization. The head coach gives the team direction Monday thru Saturday. He puts in the game plan and coaches his assistants. He deals with the media.
But on Sunday afternoon the players can only look to themselves [...]