For the first time in NFL history the Raiders will be playing in their new stadium Monday night as they host future Hall of Fame QB Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints on Monday night football. The Raiders are looking to get to 2-0 after a win in Carolina over the Panthers a week […]
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Decision to Go For Two Was Made Before Raiders Began Their Winning Drive
The decision to go for a two-point conversion with less than a minute to play on the road against the Saints was not up for debate on the Raiders’ sideline, Paul Gutierrez of ESPN.com reports. Not even when considering that settling for the safer extra point attempt could have tied the game, while missing on […]
Raiders vs Saints NFL Week One Inactives
The Raiders and Saints Inactives are out for week one: Raiders Inactives Mychal Rivera (TE) Dexter McDonald (CB) Connor Cook (QB) Antonio Hamilton (S) Saints Actives C.J. Spiller (RB) Dannell Ellerbe (LB) Sterling Moore (CB) Chris Manhertz (TE) Obum Gwacham (DE) Tommylee Lewis (WR)
Raiders Host Saints in Third Preseason Battle
Amidst all the hoopla surrounding the arrival of Terrelle Pryor, the Raiders will take the field for an important preseason battle with the visiting Saints Sunday at the Coliseum. The Raiders made a big splash in Monday’s supplemental draft by forfeiting a 2012 third-round pick to acquire the services of Pryor, the talented former Ohio […]
Week 9: Jean-Paul Bergeaux’s List of Things
By Columnist Jean-Paul Bergeaux Things I know. I’m going to miss “The good-ship lollipop”. It would have been more fun if Wade Phillips had finished out the year in Dallas. I had given the Cowboys that nickname for the fantasy land that Phillips seemed to live in. Who knows, maybe Jason Garrett will provide enough […]