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 [...]
The Oakland Raiders may be without one of their wide receivers when they start their regular season on September 12 against the Tennessee Titans as Steve Corklan of the Oakland Tribune is reporting that WR Chaz Schilens underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee Tuesday and stands a chance of missing the first game [...]
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 [...]
Posted by Stephen Rhodes on December 20th, 2009 in Game Stories
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 [...]
Posted by Stephen Rhodes on November 22nd, 2009 in Game Stories
The Oakland Raiders, by and large, are an unlucky team that happens to be offensively challenged, as well. And as luck would have it, they on Sunday would have to host the Cincinnati Bengals over at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Bengals’ rushing attack was better than expected and their run defense stopped the Raiders, for [...]
Posted by Stephen Rhodes on November 19th, 2009 in News
It looks like the Oakland Raiders will continue to call Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum their home as the team and the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum Authority announced Wednesday that they have reached a tentative agreement to extend the Raiders’ lease through the 2013 season; the original lease was to expire after the 2010 season.
According to Oakland city Councilmember [...]
Posted by Stephen Rhodes on November 15th, 2009 in Game Stories
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 [...]
Posted by Stephen Rhodes on October 25th, 2009 in Game Stories
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 [...]
Posted by Stephen Rhodes on October 18th, 2009 in Game Stories
A funny thing happened over at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. No it wasn’t a dream sequence nor was it anything that came from a Hollywood script. No way, no how. What happened, you’re wondering? The Oakland Raiders – poster children of the dysfunctional set – in their game against the Philadelphia Eagles, actually put together a [...]
Posted by Al Gordon on October 10th, 2008 in Main
To quote a famous 50’s sitcom “Lucy, you got some splainin’ to do.” It appears that recently fired Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin is still trying to coach JaMarcus Russell.
In a report in the Contra Costa Times Kiffin has spoken to the youg quarterback as early as this past Monday. I am sure this is [...]
