Updated: 1/2/2008
According to ESPN.com the Oakland Raiders will have either the 3rd or 4th overall pick in the upcoming NFL Draft.  The regular season might have just ended, but the off-season for the losers just began.  All season long the guys on ESPN and Fox Sports Net have been talking about the teams at the [...]

Well it’s over; the Oakland Raiders ended their season with a 30-17 loss to the San Diego Chargers.  I was looking for Don Meredith’s rendition of “Turn out the lights, the party’s over” (Willie Nelson) that he use to do when he ended Monday Night Football games in the 70’s and early 80’s, but I [...]

ESPN is reporting that both Warren Sapp and Derrick Burgess have been fined for “physical and verbal actions towards a game official.”  We all know the incident, but what we don’t really know is what exactly happened. 
What we know so far is that Sapp says he never touched any of the refs, and that he [...]

Head Coach Lane Kiffin’s comments on JaMarcus Russell’s performance via Jerry McDonald from Inside Bay Area (the stuff in italics that’s not in quotes, are his lead-ins, which I had to put in cause they’re so perfect).
Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart and John David Booty apparently never threw blindly to the other side of the field at [...]

Each of the teams in the AFC West has suffered a blowout loss at least once this season.  The San Diego Chargers gave up more rushing yards to one man than any other team has ever given up in a devastating loss to the Minnesota Vikings (35-17).  The Denver Broncos lost to the Detroit Lions [...]

For the last couple days I’ve been debating with myself whether it was a bad idea that the Oakland Raiders took JaMarcus Russell out of last Sunday’s game so early.  The game was still winnable, and Russell was struggling, but a part of me still thinks he should have been left in to play the [...]

The linebackers have been a bright spot for the most part of the season, but I think the injury to Sam Williams has really opened my eyes to another problem.  He was replaced on the field by Robert Thomas, who has done a mediocre job.  The thing that concerns me is that Williams has been [...]

ESPN.com is reporting that the Oakland Raiders Head Coach has made a decision on JaMarcus Russell’s playing time against the visiting Indianapolis Colts.  Yet the statement isn’t completely true:
Coach Lane Kiffin has committed to playing time for rookie quarterback JaMarcus Russell for Sunday’s game.
Russell, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 draft, has [...]

Barry Bonds probably had his baseball career, and legacy saved today by one man.  In the Game of Shadows Bonds is said to have been angry that he wasn’t getting the attention that he thought he deserved, during Mark McGwire’s record breaking 1998 season.  Bonds then was said to have started using everything he could get [...]

The defensive line seems to be a major weakness for the Oakland Raiders, but to say that a majority of the players need to go would be an overstatement.  In fact, I’d actually keep almost every player on the roster.  I’d just the add a couple run-stopping defensive tackles, and pray for the healthy return of [...]