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One would think that after the beatdown that Oakland Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell suffered during Saturday night’s game against the San Francisco 49ers was bad enough, it appears that he is more injured than originally thought.
Not only is Campbell suffering from a stinger, he is also suffering from an injury to his right wrist, according [...]

Running back Michael Bush suffered a fractured thumb Saturday night and will see a hand specialist Sunday, reports Jerry McDonald, of ANG Newspapers. Head coach Tom Cable said Bush’s status won’t be known until he sees the specialist. Bush echoed his coach’s comments, saying he did not know if or how long he would be [...]

The Raiders got great news on Tuesday as running back Darren McFadden practiced for the first time in more than two weeks. Reports say that the guy expected to be the teams feature back in 2010 will make his preseason debut this weekend against the 49′ers.
McFadden ran with the Raiders’ first-team offense, breaking off [...]

The National Football Post is getting ready for Fantasy Football in 2010, and one spot they have put a target on is the Raiders RB spot. Here is what they have to say:
Battleground: Oakland, California
Position: Running back
Players in the mix: Michael Bush(notes) (6-1, 245, 3rd season) and Darren McFadden(notes) (6-2, 210, 3rd season)
Frontrunner: McFadden
Better [...]

Pro Football Weekly reports that it appears now that there may be a sharing of carries between Michael Bush and Darren McFadden in 2010:
Raiders head coach Tom Cable initially indicated he wanted one of his top two backs to emerge as a leading workhorse, but now he apparently is considering a more even distribution of [...]

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 [...]

The Radiers have not made a move at the start of free agency, but the rumormill is churnning that the team is shopping running back Michael Bush around the league. Bush is a talented player who is versatile, but the team must feel he can be replaced. He may be easier to trade than [...]

The Raiders ended the Tampa Bay Buccaneer’s playoff hopes Sunday by beating them 31-24.  One month ago, Tampa Bay was 9-3 and in the hunt for an NFC playoff spot, but after 4 consecutive losses in December, the Bucs completed their biggest collapse in franchise history and will miss the playoffs.  For Oakland, they finished [...]

It was another frustrating week for the Oakland Raiders, as they were beat up on offense and ran over on defense at Baltimore on Sunday. This week they return home for an interesting matchup vs the Atlanta Falcons, a team that even though they lost in Philly last week, hung in with a team [...]