Thursday, January 10th, 2013
If Dallas Cowboys fans want a crystal ball into their future, they needn't look any further than the Oakland Raiders. The once-proud organization run into the scorched earth by demented late owner Al Davis appears to be serving as the template for the Cowboys, who will be doing the same ...
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Monday, November 12th, 2012
They say Al Davis is dead, but from the looks of it he's been playing Bernie Lomax-style on the Raiders defense the past two weeks. (If you think that's a low blow, Raider Nation, at least I'm not running fake field goals against you when I'm up 24 points in ...
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Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Former Ohio State quarterback and currently suspended NFL draftee Terrelle Pryor getting drafted by Oakland is so obvious I can't believe I didn't think of it when Pryor declared for the supplemental draft. It's a perfect relationship, and it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm a Chargers ...
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Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis, who is still alive thanks to nightly readings of the Necronomicon and the daily drinking of virgin blood (or so we hear), hired a new coach on Tuesday. Yes, Raiders offensive coordinator Hue Jackson was promoted to the big job, but more importantly, Davis used ...
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
The Oakland Raiders have done it again. For the second straight draft, the Raiders grabbed a player far higher than he was supposed to go, and have paid that player far more than his slot value.
In 2009, the Raiders took receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey with the No. 7 pick in the ...
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
With the Raiders trading for Jason Campbell and JaMarcus Russell reportedly weighing in at over 300 pounds these days, it seems pretty clear that Mr. Russell's future in Oakland is over. And if you can't make it in Oakland, you can also be fairly certain that your future in football ...
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
The Oakland Raiders were spanked by the Denver Broncos at home yesterday, 23-3. Just to run this by you again: A Kyle Orton-led team slapped around a team with a former No. 1 overall draft pick as its quarterback. To quote Vince Lombardi (as I often do), "What the hell ...
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