Archive for September, 2008

30 Sep

Commitment to Excellence? Don’t Make Me Laugh

Al Davis finally made good on his promise to relieve Lane Kiffin of his coaching duties. So, the luckiest man in the Bay Area today is probably Lane Kiffin. Not only does he get to exit this mess, but he does so looking quite well.
Kiffin leaves the Raiders at a time when they were at [...]

29 Sep

Latest Coach Kiffin News

The latest report from Oakland is that owner Al Davis is meeting with three members of the Oakland organization to discuss replacing Lane Kiffin.
What do you think? Is it time for Lane Kiffin to go or is Al Davis just running the Raiders farther into the ground? Voice your opinions!

29 Sep

It’s a great time for the bye

I had planned to write about how the Raiders gave another one away. I was going to discuss that the season is slipping away with the 4th quarter giveaways and the continued Coach Kiffin speculation. But, I’m going a different route. This season is far from over.
The bye week gets here at the absolute perfect [...]

26 Sep

How will the Silver and Black fare this week?

How will the Raiders match-up this week against The San Diego Chargers and their high-powered offense? Well, on the surface it looks like a very tough match-up for the Silver and Black.  For the Raiders to be successful this week they will need to do three things.  
First, the Raiders must win the coin toss, get the [...]

25 Sep

Early thoughts on Sunday

You’ll probably call me crazy, but I think the Raiders will be in the AFC mix a lot longer than usual. Yes, it sounds insane after the opener against Denver. But, we’ve seen signs of life since then. The game in KC showed what both the offense and defense are capable of doing. Last week’s [...]

22 Sep

Wrong Time for a Coaching Change

There are rumors circulating again that owner Al Davis may fire Coach Lane Kiffin as early as today. With the team coming off a rough loss to Buffalo and the coaching staff waging a war of words, it seems like a change could better the team. I could not disagree more.
The disagreement on philosophy, members [...]

21 Sep

Run, baby, run

The Oakland Raiders get to have McAfee Coliseum all to themselves this fall and winter, after the A’s schedule ends and the end of summer finally puts an end to the Athletics self-imposed struggling season.
The Raiders have been trying to shake off the slide the franchise has endured every since they [...]

21 Sep

Raiders Sign TE Troupe

Adam Schefter’s Blog
Continually looking to improve JaMarcus Russell’s targets, the Raiders signed tight end Ben Troupe on Friday. A former Florida standout, Troupe failed to make his mark in Tennessee or in Tampa Bay this past summer. Oakland has been looking for help at tight end and it has seen enough of Troupe to think [...]

21 Sep

McFadden To Play Sunday?

Even though Darren McFadden has a case of turf toe he is still expected to start on Sunday for the Raiders. Lane Kiffin will see how McFadden feels after warming up and taking a pain killer. If McFadden can’t go then it will be Michael Bush starting with Justin Fargas still hurting.

“We’ll see how Darren [...]

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