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The Oakland Raiders coming into this season are undergoing a lot of changes. One of them is improving their overall health. This is why they have brought in a new strength and conditioning coach. Per Scott Bair of NBC Sports Bay Area, the Raiders have hired on A.J. Neibel to head their conditioning program next season. He’s a former member […]

The Oakland Raiders ultimately encountered quite the disappointing season in 2018-19 with the AFC West franchise trading away a tremendous amount of talent early on. With the Raiders now seeking to rebuild from the ground up, could yet another trade pave the way for an eventual upswing? According to Paul Gutierrez of ESPN, it is […]

Charles Woodson, a former All-Pro defensive back for the Oakland Raiders, has just left his gig at ESPN. He was a football analyst. As he hung up the cleats on his new day job, one seemed to have opened, as the Raiders have their defensive backs coaching slot open. Head coach Jon Gruden hasn’t decided […]

The Oakland Raiders may spend one more season in the East Bay after all. According to Larry Beil of San Francisco’s KGO-TV, the team is engaging in talks with Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum officials to remain in Oakland next season. #BREAKING sources tell ABC7 the #Raiders are now in negotiations with Coliseum officials to play in […]

Wide receivers Josh Gordon and Martavis Bryant could both be reinstated by the NFL in May, according to Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk. Both wideouts were suspended indefinitely by the league for violating terms of their conditional reinstatements under the NFL drug policy, with both Gordon and Bryant receiving suspensions in December. Gordon began […]

Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis has been fairly quiet this past season and considering all that has happened with the team; it’s a bit shocking. Since head coach Jon Gruden’s hire, the team has traded two key players in Khalil Mack and Amari Cooper, and up until recently, it was unclear where the team would […]

Oakland Raiders offensive lineman Donald Penn would be lying if he said this past season was a success for the Raiders. It was disastrous. It’s clear the Raiders are in the midst of a huge rebuild, but the move that started the woes for Oakland was the trade that sent Khalil Mack to the Chicago […]

The Oakland Raiders are an NFL team—a historic one, at that—and yet, they don’t have a place to play next season. They are slated to move to Las Vegas in 2020, but for 2019, they don’t exactly have things organized. Fortunately for the Raiders, their fellow Bay Area team may be willing to step in […]

Happy payday, Derek Carr! As ESPN’s Field Yates reminded the football world on Twitter, the Oakland Raiders quarterback’s $19.9 million base salary for next season became fully guaranteed on Wednesday. Offseason accounting: Raiders QB Derek Carr’s $19.9M base salary for 2019 becomes fully guaranteed today. — Field Yates (@FieldYates) February 6, 2019 Before last season, […]

The Oakland Raiders are slowly becoming the Las Vegas Raiders with the AFC West set for a full-on transition ahead of the 2020-21 campaign. However, with the team still technically in limbo as the Raiders’ new stadium in “Sin City” continues to be built, the once-heralded franchise still does not have a permanent home for […]

The Golden State Warriors will leave their long-time home of Oakland next season, moving across the bay to San Francisco’s newly-built Chase Center. While excitement for the team’s relocation is building, one extra prominent voice in the Bay Area insists the Warriors’ presence will create enough complications by itself, not leaving enough room for the […]

Per Raj Mathai of NBC, the Oakland Raiders will be playing the 2019 season at Oracle Park, formerly known as AT&T Park. This is the home of the San Francisco Giants of the MLB. This would allow them a year to figure out where they’ll play in Las Vegas, as they’ve previously announced they were moving the […]

In last Sunday’s NFC Championship Game, the New Orleans Saints were driving late in the contest when the NFL officiating crew missed the textbook definition of pass interference. Needless to say, the entire Saints organization and fanbase went ballistic. Such a closely-contested and high-stakes game was essentially decided by the referees. Of course, New Orleans had […]

Kareem Hunt burst onto the season in 2017 for the Kansas City Chiefs. The running back out of Toledo led the league in rushing with 1,327 yards. This season, Hunt played in 11 games and racked up 824 yards. He was well on his way to a second straight 1,000-yard season until a controversial video […]

The Oakland Raiders are seemingly clueless about where exactly they will play football next season. According to a report by Darren Rovell of The Action Network, the Raiders are contacting loyal ticket holders to notify them that as of right now, the team is unsure which location Derek Carr and company will be calling home. […]

There has been little to no indication that the Oakland Raiders are ready to move on from Derek Carr at quarterback, but that does not mean they won’t draft a signal-caller in the first round. According to Peter King of NBC’s Football Morning in America, the Raiders are giving consideration to taking a quarterback with […]

San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan doesn’t like to lose, especially when it’s Jon Gruden on the opposite sideline. "I want to beat Gruden always." – @49ers' Kyle Shanahan 👀 (via @TomPelissero) 📺: @seniorbowl LIVE on NFL Network pic.twitter.com/RfOxgXklte — NFL Network (@nflnetwork) January 26, 2019 The two coaches’ relationship goes back to 2004, when […]

The Oakland Raiders need help in a lot of areas following a miserable 4-12 campaign, but one area their defense may be their biggest issue. The Raiders ranked just 26th in the league in yards allowed in 2018 and were dead last in scoring defense, so, obviously, that side of the ball could use some […]

Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr drew heavy criticism throughout the 2018 campaign, with some even questioning his future with the team heading into 2019. However, Carr received a pretty big vote of confidence from general manager Mike Mayock on Thursday, with Mayock saying that the quarterback position is not a problem for the Raiders: “When […]

Earlier this week, Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr ripped ESPN First Take co-hosts Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman, calling the two analysts “clowns” and even going as far to tweet UFC president Dana White to ask how he could challenge them to an octagon fight. Carr has drawn heavy criticism for his comments, but […]

Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr has gotten a lot of critiques after two straight poor seasons from under center. In fact, it’s been reported that Raiders head coach Jon Gruden will be looking elsewhere to replace him. The team has three first-round draft picks and very likely will select a quarterback with one of them. […]

Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden could only look on and watch as the Sean Payton and the New Orleans Saints watched their Super Bowl hopes slip out of their reach. Unfortunately, the Saints lost the game in a way many would consider unfair as the officials clearly missed a blatant pass interference call that […]

It remains to be seen as to where the Oakland Raiders will play their home games next season. With an eventual move to Las Vegas looming closer and closer each day, the Raiders are attempting to both retain one of the more loyal fan bases in sports while also trying to build an even larger […]

Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden is an old-school kind of coach; a lot of his philosophies on offense and defense are antiquated. That’s why his hiring choices and decisions involving the roster have been questioned and critiqued to no end. However, it seems that Gruden may be getting wiser after watching some quarterback film. […]

The Cincinnati Bengals will have to wait a couple of weeks to formally hire their head coach, but they have already secured the services of their next offensive coordinator. According to Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden during his media availability at the Senior Bowl, Brian Callahan will be moving on from his position of […]

Former NFL running back Darren McFadden has been arrested and charged with a DWI after recently falling asleep behind the wheel of his vehicle, according to police, via The Dallas News. Now facing charges of both driving while intoxicated (DWI) and resisting arrest, McFadden was detained by police after being found asleep in the drive-thru […]

To say that the Oakland Raiders are in a weird place right now is an understatement. From all of the massive changes throughout the regular season, with star players like pass rusher Khalil Mack and wide receiver Amari Cooper being traded, to the questioning of Jon Gruden’s decisions on and off the field. With the […]

The Kansas City Chiefs came up just short of reaching the Super Bowl on Sunday evening, while yet another season has come to an abrupt end for Andy Reid’s squad. While the Chiefs will not be participating in this year’s Super Bowl, thanks to Tom Brady and the heralded New England Patriots, the team did have […]

The Oakland Raiders entered the second Jon Gruden era before the start of the 2018 season. Not only that, but the Raiders made a wild 10-year, $100 million commitment to the NFL head coach, turned ESPN commentator, turned NFL head coach. However, things did not go as planned as the soon-to-be Las Vegas Raiders. They […]

Marshawn Lynch may end up playing another NFL season. The NFL running back told Bill Maher, on his eponymously named HBO show, that he may be playing again in 2019 if everything lines up the way it should. When asked if he will play again, Lynch — notoriously a man of very few words — […]

The Oakland Raiders do not exactly have the greatest reputation around the league right now. Heck, they haven’t had the greatest reputation around the league for a decade-and-a-half. However, quarterback Derek Carr said on his YouTube channel that free agents are interested in playing for Oakland. “I’ve talked to some guys,” said Carr, via Raiders […]

While the Oakland Raiders are waiting for their $1.8 Billion, 65,000-seat stadium in Las Vegas that is set to be finished in 2020, the Coliseum Authority will meet later this week to see if there is a possibility of the Raiders staying one more year in Oakland, according to ESPN. Authority executive director Scott McKibben […]

The San Francisco 49ers have emerged as frontrunners to acquire Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown. However, it appears the Oakland Raiders may have the edge in the Bay Area. There are a number of signs that have resulted in the 49ers being pegged as favorites to trade for Brown. NFL analyst John Clayton said […]

Houston Texans defensive end Jadeveon Clowney will be one of the most highly sought-after free agents on the market this offseason, and Chris Roling of Bleacher Report feels that the Oakland Raiders could end up landing him. This would essentially be the Raiders filling the gaping hole left by Khalil Mack, whom the team traded […]

The Oakland Raiders have reportedly contacted the San Diego mayor’s office about playing their 2019 home games in the city, according to Dan Sileo of 97.3 The Fan. “I got this email last night,” said Sileo, noting it was from a somewhat well-known San Diego attorney who he would not name. He then read the email […]

A week or so has passed since the Oakland Raiders announced former NFL Draft analyst Mike Mayock as their general manager. Recently, Mayock was asked by ESPN reporters about his relationship with his head coach Jon Gruden: “I’ve known Jon for 20 years, I know his brother Jay. I grew up as the son of a […]

Bleacher Report has predicted that Detroit Lions pass rusher Ezekiel Ansah will likely sign a long-term contract with the Oakland Raiders this upcoming offseason. Ansah played under the franchise tag in 2018 and it led him to be less productive as he usually is. He was cursed with the injury bug just after seven games and […]

If Scott Gleeson and Tom Schad of USA Today Sports are correct, Colin Kaepernick will not be unemployed for much longer. In a piece where Gleeson and Schad made some sports predictions for 2019, they prognosticate that Kaepernick will end up signing with the Oakland Raiders in an attempt to push Derek Carr. Gleeson and […]

NFL teams are not crazy about HBO’s Hard Knocks, and why should they be? Why would teams want their personal business during training camp out there for the world—which includes other NFL teams—to see? As a result, the NFL sometimes has to force Hard Knocks on teams that do not want to do it. It’s […]