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Jachai Polite had an excellent season rushing the passer for the Florida Gators last season. In the 13 games he played, he totaled 45 tackles, six forced fumbles, and 11.5 sacks. His best game came against Florida State in a huge divisional matchup. He recorded six tackles, 2.5 sacks, and one forced fumble. Overall, Polite […]

Marshawn Lynch is set to hit free agency this offseason and there are going to be a few teams that could use help at the running back position. After a season that saw him play in just six games, Lynch still has some football left in the tank. He carried the football 90 times in […]

Marshawn Lynch’s NFL career probably isn’t over. Though the former All-Pro running back hasn’t confirmed his plans to continue playing going forward, most assume he’s still likely to embark on a 13th season after his brief retirement three years ago. The bigger question is where Lynch would play next season with the Oakland Raiders poised […]

The Oakland Raiders, it turns out, celebrated their final game at the East Bay’s legendary Coliseum one year too early – if not more. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Raiders are on the verge of finalizing and agreement with stadium officials that will keep them in Oakland through the 2019 season, and perhaps […]

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown has made it clear that he wants to be traded and it seems the team is now open to trading him, as long as they get a good return. There is no question what Brown can do on the field but there is also a lot of question marks […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard took to Twitter to suggest that the Oakland Raiders would be a great landing spot for former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell. After sitting out the entire 2018 NFL season, Bell recently became an unrestricted free agent after the Steelers chose not to use the franchise tag on […]

The Oakland Raiders are not a good defensive ballclub. They are not good at much of anything, but cornerback Daryl Worley thinks he can help set the tone for the Raiders’ defense next season. “I’m just fun, energetic, even though it might not show,” said Worley, via John Newby of 247 Sports. “I mean, I […]

Jon Gruden isn’t exactly taking a unique approach to free agency. In an interview posted on his team’s website on Friday, the Oakland Raiders head coach and key personnel decision-maker said his team was hoping to acquire “blossoming young players” this offseason rather than veterans nearing the end of their playing days. “We’ve been doing […]

Former Detroit Lion Ezekiel Ansah is now a free agent. The six-year veteran has been with the Lions his entire career. It’s unlikely that the team will pay big dollars to retain him. Last season for the Lions he only played in seven games, starting just two. He did amass 4.0 sacks and 11 tackles […]

Defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was a very impactful player for the Los Angeles Rams this past season, primarily during their playoff run to Super Bowl 53. He only had 4.5 sacks, but he also added 49 tackles, 4 pass deflections, and four tackles for a loss. Pro-Football Focus gave him an 82.6 ranking, which put him […]

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown made it clear that he is hungrier than ever to make his return. Oakland Raiders safety Karl Joseph feels that his team should take advantage. There is plenty of speculation regarding Brown’s next potential landing spot. Joseph posted a message on his Instagram story expressing his interest, via Fallon […]

The Oakland Raiders are in a massive rebuild after trading away two of their best players in Khalil Mack and Amari Cooper. The Cooper trade put Derek Carr and the Raiders offense in a tough spot as well as leaving Carr frustrated for the remainder of the season. While Carr built a nice connection with […]

The Oakland Raiders are coming off an incredibly disappointing season, but the future could be very bright for them due to the amount of draft picks they accumulated heading into the 2019 season. After the Raiders traded away two of their best players in Amari Cooper and Khalil Mack, they acquired several first round picks. […]

It appears the Oakland Raiders are going to be staying at the Oakland Coliseum for one more year after all. Going into the offseason, the Raiders didn’t seem to know where they would be playing the 2019 season and Oakland didn’t seem to want them to play another year in their town. However, after some […]

This past season for the Oakland Raiders was quite the disappointment. It began with the hire of Jon Gruden to a 10-year, $100 million contract. The Raiders are heading into a new era. They’re moving to Las Vegas in the coming years and have committed to a new coach for over a decade. Everything seemed […]

Could the Oakland Raiders take a quarterback with the fourth overall selection of the NFL Draft in two months? If Kyler Murray is available, they might. According to Peter King of NBC Sports, the Raiders are fascinated with Murray and could trade current signal-caller Derek Carr somewhere else in order to make room for him. […]

University of Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray is likely to be a first-round pick in the NFL Draft this spring, but he was already a first-round pick in a different sport: baseball. The Oakland Athletics took Murray with the ninth overall pick of the MLB Draft over the summer, forcing Murray to make a decision. The […]

The Oakland Raiders might not have played their last game in the East Bay after all. In an interview with Michael Gehlken of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Coliseum Support Authority executive director Scott McKibben expressed hope that the Raiders will reach a deal with stadium officials to play one final season in Oakland. “I am cautiously […]

The Oakland Raiders announced five new additions to Jon Gruden’s coaching staff on Thursday, per Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk. First, the Raiders hired Brentson Buckner as their defensive line coach. Buckner spent the 2018 campaign as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ defensive line coach and earned his first NFL coaching job back in 2013, […]

The Oakland Raiders this past season had a terrible showing. They went 4-12 on the season and had absolutely no depth in their front seven. Their defense allowed 29.2 points every game. Pro-Football Focus had them ranked last in every single defensive ranking. Head coach Jon Gruden desperately needs some pass rushers off the edge. He […]

Former wide receiver Cliff Branch has announced that he will join Jon Gruden at the NFL combine, where he will help the Raiders scout receivers. According to NBC Sports, Branch said that Gruden extended the invitation to him, which he immediately accepted. Branch will join Gruden and general manager Mike Mayock to take a look […]

Over the past couple of weeks, the Oakland Raiders have been attempting a return back to the Oakland Coliseum. Both sides have had “meaningful and productive” discussions since resuming negotiations. The lease to the stadium expires this upcoming Wednesday. Reportedly, both sides have agreed on terms that include around $7.5 million for rent next year. […]

One might assume the Detroit Lions would relish the spotlight. Perpetually overlooked in the NFC North due to the presence of prestige franchises like the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears, the Lions also fall victim to the inevitable effects of playing in flyover country. Nobody cared about the Kansas City Chiefs, for instance, despite […]

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 […]