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The Oakland Raiders have signed offensive lineman Rodney Hudson to a three-year, $33.75 million contract extension, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. The deal features $24.4 million in guaranteed money. Hudson is now the highest-paid center in the league, as he will be earning $11.25 million annually. The 30-year-old is entering his fifth season […]

The Oakland Raiders made the move to sign former Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall this offseason in free agency. It was a move that many thought would help their defense in a big way. Surprisingly, that will not end up being the case. According to a report from Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Raiders made […]

Antonio Brown has had quite an entrance with the Oakland Raiders after being traded to the team earlier this offseason. Despite all of the drama, the expectations for the former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver remain nearly the same. The disgruntled wideout forced his way out of Pittsburgh after having a dispute with Ben Roethlisberger before […]

The final week of the preseason is upon us and the Seattle Seahawks—along with the other 31 teams in the NFL—still have roster decisions to make. This Saturday, all 32 teams in the league are required to trim their rosters down to 53 players ahead of the regular season. Therefore, the last game of the […]

The Oakland Raiders are set to face off against the Seattle Seahawks in their preseason finale this evening. While the final preseason game of the year may not excite a ton of fans, there are a lot of things the Raiders are still working on that need to be ironed out this week. Jon Gruden […]

Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown is one of the most polarizing figures in the NFL. Some just focus on his greatness as a player. Others can’t get past his tendency to be kind of a diva. Count former NFL quarterback Dan Orlovsky in the latter group. Following Brown’s tweet in which he told Pittsburgh […]

Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden thinks with the guys surrounding Derek Carr he needs to go deeper more often this year. The Raiders improved their wide receivers corps adding Antonio Brown and Tyrell Williams and the offensive line also improved. Gruden thinks with those improvements; it means that Carr can have more success more often […]

Derek Carr is the Oakland Raiders starting quarterback. That is not even debatable. But that doesn’t mean the Raiders can’t be impressed with their backup. Head coach Jon Gruden likes what he has seen from second-string quarterback Nathan Peterman, who has been playing very well in the preseason: “I’m afraid to bring up Peterman’s name […]

The Oakland Raiders have been longing to get Antonio Brown back on the field with the team. Brown has returned to practice this week and Jon Gruden discussed the progress that the All-Pro receiver has made so far. Raiders' Gruden on progress of Antonio Brown: `I know that I don't believe all the technology ,but […]

Antonio Brown’s feet are almost fully healed, and though he lost his second grievance with the NFL, helmet-related absences are apparently behind him. The Oakland Raiders’ best player, finally, should be able to devote most of his focus to preparing for the regular season with his new team. It seems so important to him, in […]

The retirement of Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has brought the focus back to other players that decided to call it quits at the height of their powers. Among the most notable is former Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders. Sanders shocked the NFL world when he retired after 10 seasons of pure dominance. He […]

The Green Bay Packers have had some offensive players standout through three weeks in the preseason. Among them, quarterback Tim Boyle has been their highest-graded player in the preseason per Pro Football Focus. Tim Boyle is the highest graded player on offense for the Packers through preseason so far. Among 20 QBs with at least […]

Antonio Brown finally appears to be zeroing in on some new headgear. On Sunday, Brown’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, appeared on Sirius XM NFL Radio to discuss the wide receivers’ helmet situation, saying that Brown has “multiple” offers lined up: “As a result of all the publicity accrued from our efforts to get him to wear […]

The level of speed and power is different between college and professional football, so it’s not usually expected for rookies to be able to contribute right away. But there are certain rookies like Jonathan Abram who just impresses the teams that pick them up. The Mississippi State product has so far impressed in his preseason […]

The Antonio Brown helmet saga finally appears to be coming to an end. According to Pro Football Talk, Brown is close to choosing a new helmet, a helmet that will be a custom-made model and will come with an endorsement deal. Brown has been embattled with the NFL over the usage of his headgear, which […]

Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown refuses to take flak from detractors about his specific helmet specifications. He took to Twitter to directly address his detractors about his helmet debacle. He posted an interesting image on his Twitter account to have a laugh at the people saying he is too picky with his helmet. Mr.Outrageous […]

Antonio Brown is in a good place and mindset to play top-quality football. If you are an Oakland Raiders fan and you believe the words of his agent Drew Rosenhaus, these words are nothing but music to your ears. According to a tweet by Zig Farcassi, Brown is more than happy with his current setup […]

The Oakland Raiders are longing for one of their guys in the secondary to help make plays for the defense. Jon Gruden said that Keisean Nixon has ‘made more plays than any of our corners‘. The Raiders signed Nixon as undrafted rookie earlier this offseason. In his last year at South Carolina in 2018, Nixon […]

The Oakland Raiders bolstered their defensive line on Sunday. The team announced they have signed defensive tackle Corey Liuget. There’s no word on the length or amount of the contract. Oakland also signed linebacker Bryson Allen-Williams and released long snapper Andrew DePaola. Earlier reports indicated that they had released running back Doug Martin, but they […]

Antonio Brown has been trying to allow the NFL to wear the helmet he has worn since entering the NFL in 2010. On Sunday, Brown has lost his second helmet grievance against the NFL per Ian Rapoport. Source: #Raiders WR Antonio Brown has lost his grievance for his helmet. Again. — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August […]

The Oakland Raiders are parting ways with running back Doug Martin, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. The team re-signed the back in early May after a season-ending injury to Isaiah Crowell. Martin — also known as the “Muscle Hamster” — played 16 games with the Raiders in 2018. He started nine. For the season, […]

The Oakland Raiders picked up yet another exhibition win on Thursday night, defeating the Green Bay Packers by a score of 22-21 to get off to a 3-0 record with one week left to play in the preseason. But how much did the win actually matter? Seeing as how none of the Raiders’ regulars actually […]

The Green Bay Packers appear to be facing a roadblock before the season even starts. Undrafted rookie linebacker Curtis Bolton has impressed in camp, but now they might be without his services for some time. On Thursday, the Packers played their preseason Week 3 game against the Oakland Raiders. Bolton left that game early and […]

Antonio Brown has been a walking drama show all offseason long. Early in the offseason, the drama surrounding him had to do with his trade demand and the Pittsburgh Steelers shipping him to the Oakland Raiders. Now, he has been going through a helmet grievance situation against the NFL as he tries to find a […]

The Oakland Raiders are coming off of a miserable 2018 campaign in which they won just four games, but thanks to a bustling offseason that included some major additions, there is hope for the club heading into 2019. While the Raiders probably still won’t make the playoffs, they should certainly be better than the abject […]

Daniel Carlson’s redemption tour with the Oakland Raiders is off to a good start in his first full season with the squad. Carlson went 3-3 on Thursday night against the Green Bay Packers including the game-winner with 12 seconds remaining the game. So money he doesn't mind the exchange rate. Another look at @DanielCarlson38's go-ahead […]

Green Bay Packers rookie pass rusher Rashan Gary left the team’s third preseason game of 2019 — against the Oakland Raiders in Canada — with an unspecified injury, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapaport. He left the game with a tackle to his name. Gary went down twice in the preseason bout. Once when he […]

Preseason football is almost entirely meaningless. Many teams elect against playing their starters in multiple games, and all teams roll out vanilla offensive and defensive concepts that are far from an accurate reflection of the schemes they will employ during the regular season. Exhibition games are used primarily to decide backup roles and the final […]

The great Dr. Phil McGraw once stated that problems and bills are two things that have the ability to get worse over time if not addressed. While the Oakland Raiders will perhaps never lack with the latter, the former is showing in Antonio Brown. The Antonio Brown helmet-gate saga has become one of the leading […]

Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown has been at odds with the NFL over the usage of his helmet, which is now banned by the league for no longer being certified by the NOCSAE. Brown filed a grievance against the NFL over the issue earlier this month and lost, but now, Brown has filed yet […]

The Oakland Raiders are getting set play a preseason game in Canada, and Antonio Brown is going along for the ride. On Wednesday, Brown took to Instagram to post a story of himself boarding a flight to Winnipeg for the Raiders’ exhibition contest against the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night, per Scott Bair of […]

This year’s team for HBO’s series Hard Knocks is the Oakland Raiders. So far, there hasn’t been a shortage of material due to Antonio Brown and Jon Gruden. Brown showed up to training camp in a hot-air balloon to the dismay of his fiery head coach. A few days after the balloon spectacle, Brown began […]

Oakland Raiders veteran wideout Antonio Brown has filed a second grievance against the NFL following the news that he could not wear an “outdated” helmet that does not meet safety regulations. After the first case was shot down, the 31-year-old wide receiver acquired by the Raiders in the offseason from the Pittsburgh Steelers, will reportedly […]

Frustrated Oakland Raiders fans aren’t the only ones fed up with Antonio Brown’s uncertain status as the regular season draws closer and closer. During a Monday appearance on FOX Sports’ Undisputed, James Harrison, his former teammate with the Pittsburgh Steelers, said that “it’s time” for Brown to give up the helmet-related grievance that’s most recently […]

Since the news dropped that Antonio Brown wasn’t at practice with the Oakland Raiders due to being unable to wear his helmet, there were laughs throughout the media. Jon Gruden hasn’t found any of the situation to be humorous and says that Brown’s helmet grievance is “no laughing matter”. Last word on Antonio Brown being […]

Antonio Brown exited the Oakland Raiders’ walk-through practice on Tuesday when it was time for he and his teammates to strap up their helmets. His departure came in the wake of the six-time Pro-Bowler filing a second grievance with the NFL over his adherence to wearing a helmet that had since been discontinued and ruled […]

The saga surrounding Antonio Brown and his helmet disputes continue, but the Oakland Raiders receiver was recently at the latest training camp practice with the team, and in a brand new helmet. Speaking to the media following the team’s latest practice, Raiders coach Jon Gruden confirmed that Brown was at practice, and in a new, […]

Antonio Brown has been the talk of the NFL offseason. From his trade request from the Pittsburgh Steelers, to being dealt to the Oakland Raiders, to the drama that has ensued, things simply couldn’t get worse surrounding him, could they? Think again, as the most absurd thing in recent NFL history happened today. In a […]

Helmetgate continues. After the NFL declined Antonio Brown’s 2014 Schutt AiR Advantage helmet made in 2014, the Oakland Raiders wide receiver is filing another grievance against the league, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Raiders’ WR Antonio Brown filed a new grievance against the NFL in an attempt to be able to wear the helmet he […]