Archive for February, 2009

27 Feb

Raiders courting Khalif Barnes and Marvel Smith?

In desperate need of an upgrade at right tackle, the Oakland Raiders could once again be turning to the free agent market to try and shore up the O-line.
After last season’s disastrous signing of the now departed Kwame Harris, the Oakland brass appears to be undeterred by past failures in free agency as rumors abound [...]

27 Feb

Imagine the fallout had the Raiders paid Haynesworth $100 million

When Nnamdi Asomugha signed a deal that made him the highest paid defensive back in the history of professional football the backlash was immediate.
According to the Summer’s Eve scented analysts on the Disney Sports Network, his mega contract caused the stock market to crash and forced a border skirmish in the Middle East.
I’m speaking in [...]

26 Feb

What has Al Davis learned from taking a $200,000,000 bath?

If the national sports media were to assign a country for each professional franchise, then the Oakland Raiders would be considered the North Korea of the NFL. The popular view is that the Raiders are an isolated organization under the tyrannical rule of Kim Jong-Al.
This is one Raider fan that is here to tell you [...]

25 Feb

The Raiders’ Draft Dilemma

The combine is in the bag and everyone’s mock draft has been shook up like a snow globe.
Suddenly, the chance of two of the best prospects in the draft falling to the Oakland Raiders at pick #7 has become a very real possibility. I’m talking about Texas Teach wide receiver Michael Crabtree and Alabama left tackle Andre [...]

24 Feb

THE Reason to Watch the Combine

The NFL combine has saved its best for last as today the defensive backs took the field in Indianapolis.
On the schedule it reads as Groups 10 and 11, but on the field it is a show unlike any other at the combine.
While the NFL scouting combine is a good way to get a handle on a player’s [...]

23 Feb

The 2008 Raider Free Agent Purge Nears Completion

The roster trimming party in Oakland is in full swing with Kwame Harris and Justin Griffith becoming the latest casualties as Al Davis glances nervously at the countdown to free agency clock on his desk.
The news of Harris being dropped is only shocking in regards to the amount of time it took to occur. Yet [...]

22 Feb

Javon Walker’s paid vacation could be over

Adam Schefter of NFL.com is reporting that the Oakland Raiders could soon be parting ways with free agent bust Javon Walker.
Last off-season, Javon put his John Hancock on a six year deal worth $55 million. He then was robbed in Las Vegas, had to be talked out of retirement, caught just 15 balls, found the [...]

20 Feb

Wilson axed in order to pay Nnamdi

The ever swinging pendulum that is Al Davis has once again swung across the bay taking the innocent lives of Raider players in his wake. 
One day after making Nnamdi Asomugha the highest paid defensive back in the history of the NFL, and yours truly proclaimed that the Raider Rebirth was in effect, the fallout is under [...]

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