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The Oakland Raiders have had to go through a change of game plan in the backfield with former Pro Bowl running back Marshawn Lynch being placed on the injured reserve due to a groin injury that required surgery. Doug Martin believes he’s the man for the job. Raiders head coach Jon Gruden has already indicated that the […]

The Oakland Raiders need a boost to give their offense a jump start, and Jon Gruden thinks Doug Martin can be feature the back the team needs. Martin is in his seventh NFL season. While he exploded onto the scene with an amazing rookie year, he’s fallen off. During his rookie campaign for the Tampa […]

Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden seems to be throwing up all kinds of smoke screens and now has backtracked on his comments saying he wouldn’t make any more trades. Before Amari Cooper was traded for a first round pick to the Dallas Cowboys Gruden said the team had no interest in trading him. General Manager […]

As the Oakland Raiders look ahead to Week 8 of the 2018 NFL season, there are still quite a few rumblings about what could be going on in town. Jon Gruden’s football team has struggled mightily this season, which has resulted in the team making some big moves. There was also a big trade made […]

The Oakland Raiders have lost former Pro Bowl running back Marshawn Lynch for at least the next eight weeks after he was placed on the injured reserve due to groin surgery. This has put his status for the rest of the year up in the air as there is no certainty that he will be able […]

The Oakland Raiders, under the leadership of Jon Gruden, have now traded both Khalil Mack and Amari Cooper, two of the supposed franchise cornerstones. That just leaves quarterback Derek Carr as the last cornerstone left standing, and the speculation has already begun regarding his future in Oakland. However, Gruden said per Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk […]

The Oakland Raiders are a mess right now. New head coach Jon Gruden has gone from trying to take this team back to the playoffs to hoping for the highest draft pick possible next year. It has been a drastic change of events filled with highly questionable trades involving Pro Bowlers Amari Cooper and Khalil […]

When the Oakland Raiders signed on Jon Gruden to be the head coach there were questions about how long he and general manager Reggie McKenzie would last to together. Many believed that Gruden would force him out after this season and although that still might be the case McKenzie said on Monday that he and […]

Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden has continued his purge of former high draft picks releasing 2017 second-round pick Obi Melifonwu off of injured reserve. The Raiders have waived S Obi Melifonwu off of injured reserve, per source. Another former highly-drafted player done in Oakland. — Field Yates (@FieldYates) October 23, 2018 Melifonwu has placed on […]

Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden recently said that the team is done trading players away following a deal that sent wide receiver Amari Cooper to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a future first-round pick. However, what Gruden said can be taken with a grain of salt with rumors of another Raiders player getting […]

The 2018 NFL season has been entertaining, to say the least. There have been entertaining games, surprising starts on both ends of the spectrum, and some big trades as well. That has led to the belief that this year’s NFL trade deadline may end up being the busiest ever. Already, the NFL has seen the […]

This season is basically a wash for the Oakland Raiders, and one source reports that Derek Carr has a “fractured relationship” with his teammates. Football players are known for being tough. The moment the enemy shows weakness, they’ve all but lost. The Raiders are coming off a bye week, but they lost to the Seattle […]

The Dallas Cowboys have been criticized in many circles by giving up a first-round pick to the Oakland Raiders to acquire wide receiver Amari Cooper. But Cowboys coach Jason Garrett believes that’s just the price they had to pay to acquire a player of Cooper’s caliber. “The value for a player like that at his age, […]

Jon Gruden and the Oakland Raiders decided to make a massive league-shaking trade on Monday afternoon. After a week of rumors, star wide receiver Amari Cooper was traded to the Dallas Cowboys in a deal that netted the Raiders yet another first round pick. A former Raiders’ star took some time to weigh in on […]

After days of swirling rumors around them, the Oakland Raiders have finally pulled the trigger on the trade block, shipping wide receiver Amari Cooper to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a first-round pick. Not a few people think that it was too big of an asset to give up even for a talented receiver […]

Following days of speculation, the Oakland Raiders on Monday finally pulled the trigger on a trade that sent former Pro Bowl wide receiver Amari Cooper to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a 2019 first-round pick. In wake of the move, head coach Jon Gruden has voiced that the team will not be trading any other […]

The Oakland Raiders have seen the 2018 season go south in a hurry that landed them with one of the worst records in the league winning just one of their first seven games of the year. Things have become further compounded as former Pro Bowl running back Marshawn Lynch has been placed on the injured […]

The Oakland Raiders have seen the 2018 campaign head south in a hurry that led them to quickly be a team that is on the rebuild ahead of the trade deadline. This was made clear after the Raiders pulled the trigger on a trade of former Pro Bowl wide receiver Amari Cooper in a trade […]

The Oakland Raiders may be on the verge of trading yet another star player. The team appears to ready to move on from wide receiver Amari Cooper with the Dallas Cowboys emerging as a potential suitor for the former first-round pick. According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the Cowboys are interested in acquiring […]

The Dallas Cowboys’ lack of a true No. 1 wide receiver has been a major talking point around the team this season. But they’re apparently looking into addressing that problem by potentially trading for Oakland Raiders wideout Amari Cooper, league sources tell Adam Schefter of ESPN. The Cowboys have reportedly been calling up people around […]

The Dallas Cowboys dominated in Week 6, and Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin thinks Amari Cooper of the Oakland Raiders is the final piece they need. The Cowboys were clicking on all cylinders in their 40-7 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Dak Prescott threw for two touchdowns and ran one in. Ezekiel Elliot had a […]

The Oakland Raiders have gotten out to a sluggish start to the 2018 season that has seen them drop five out of their first six games played. Things have taken yet another disappointing turn with former Pro Bowl running back Marshawn Lynch being ruled out for the next month due to a groin injury, according to […]

Since the Oakland Raiders made the decision to move on from All-Pro defensive end Khalil Mack in a trade to the Chicago Bears, there has been plenty of scrutiny on the franchise. This has only been more poignant over the first several weeks of the season with the team winning just one of their first […]

Six games into Jon Gruden’s second stint with the Oakland Raiders the franchise looks a bit different while sporting only one win thus far. Things haven’t gone as planned for Gruden and he’s received quite a bit of backlash for decisions he’s made in his return to Oakland. One thing in particular that Gruden has […]

Through the Oakland Raiders’ slow start to the 2018 season, it has seen the offense notable struggle to produce with any true consistency on the field. Much of this could be exemplified by the performance of former Pro Bowl wide receiver Amari Cooper’s topsy=turvy production. According to Michael Lombardi of The Athletic, there are those around […]

Jon Gruden’s first year back with the Oakland Raiders has pretty much been a disaster thus far. He’s not proven to be good either as a coach or as the top personnel decision-maker. Just about the only thing Gruden has been good at upon his return to the league is throwing shade at his own […]

Jon Gruden and the Oakland Raiders have been one of the worst teams in the NFL throughout the first six weeks of the 2018 NFL season. They are 1-5 at this point in the year and have not looked good on either side of the football. That kind of start has fans and some in […]

Marshawn Lynch has not only bounced back with a strong season for the Oakland Raiders in 2018, he has also proven that he still has plenty of gas left in the tank for future seasons. Even though the Raiders have been struggling mightily this season and are off to a 1-5 start, Lynch has been […]

The Oakland Raiders are back in home soil following a 27-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in London on Sunday. It’s not the best way to enter a two-week break, but it’s probably worse for linebacker Derrick Johnson, who was officially cut by the Raiders on Tuesday, according to the team’s verified Twitter account. "We […]

The Oakland Raiders are off to a rough start to the 2018 season having won just one of their first six games that put him a tough spot.Much of the criticism has been tossed toward the play of Pro Bowl quarterback Derek Carr, who has struggled over the last couple of weeks to produce. With […]

Week 6 of the 2018 NFL season proved to be one of the best yet. Shootouts, nail-biters, and near-upsets reminded us why the game is still the best America has to offer (unless you’re an Oakland Raiders fan). Here is a look at Week 6’s highs and lows: Highs 3. New England Hangs On I’m […]

The Oakland Raiders are out of the gate to the season on another discouraging start dropping five out of their first games played that has put them in the cellar of the AFC West standings. This has pushed the Raiders have now reportedly possibly considering moving the former Pro Bowl wide receiver Amari Cooper in […]

Bruce Irvin and the Oakland Raiders are having a truly horrendous season. They fell to just 1-5 on the year after they were manhandled by Irvin’s former team, the Seattle Seahawks, in a 27-3 blowout in London. However, Irvin doesn’t seem too down about the Raiders’ struggles. The veteran pass rusher had some interesting perspective […]

Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr looked shaken in his team’s 27-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in Week 6, but he still has faith in his line. Carr was sacked six times in the game. Videos surface showing his extreme discomfort as he was helped up from the ground time and time again. He threw […]

Oakland Raiders starting quarterback Derek Carr is battling a shoulder injury, but he is not expected to miss any games, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Oakland has a bye week next week, so Carr will be able to get extra treatment and rest. The Raiders played in London in Week 6, and got […]

The Oakland Raiders haven’t gotten off to a great start in Jon Gruden’s second stint with the team. Following Week 6’s loss to the Seattle Seahawks, the storied franchise is now sitting at 1-5 on the season with rumors circulating about another big-name player potentially being traded. Before the game against the Seahawks, a rumor […]

Before the Oakland Raiders took on the Seattle Seahawks in London, England on Sunday, a rumor surfaced about wide receiver Amari Cooper. The team has reportedly put the Alabama product on the trading block which is surprising after the team made the highly questionable move to trade Khalil Mack to the Chicago Bears before the […]

Jon Gruden has already pulled off one major trade in his return to the Oakland Raiders as he sent Khalil Mack packing. And with the trade deadline still a couple weeks away, he is reportedly eyeing deals for two more former first-round picks, wide receiver Amari Cooper and safety Karl Joseph, per Jay Glazer of […]

The Oakland Raiders are heading into Week 6 with a huge matchup against the Seattle Seahawks. Jon Gruden’s team has not gotten off to a hot start this season, but he feels confident that the team can get back on track. Martavis Bryant was a big part of their offense last week, but may not […]