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John Madden Stands Up For Dennis Allen

As one of the greatest coaches in the history of the Oakland Raiders franchise – indeed the entire game of football as well – John Madden has more than earned the right to give his opinion on the…Read More

John Madden To Raiders: “Stop The Stupid Penalties”

John Madden didn’t become the icon of NFL football that he is by making things more difficult than they need to be. His everyman style in everything from coaching to commenting has endeared him to the…Read More

Dennis Allen Doing A Defensive Overhaul

Hue Jackson kept it real. A little too real on his way out of Oakland. He was right to call out his defense for their poor performance just wrong to do it at the end of the season. Timing is everything.…Read More

Mark Davis To Accept Award On Behalf of Al Davis

The importance of sports in society reaches far beyond TV ratings and beer sales. Never forget that many of life’s lessons are taught through sports. More importantly sports have been instrumental in…Read More

Is Coaching Experience A Concern For Raiders?

It’s February and per recent tradition that new coach smell is wafting through the East Bay. Dennis Allen’s arrival might be more celebrated if it wasn’t the third new head coach in as many years…Read More

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Some Advice For Dennis Allen

So, Dennis Allen has agreed to become the new head coach of the Oakland Raiders. Good! Great! Grand!…Read More

What Does the Future Hold for the Raiders Franchise?

Under most circumstances it would be insensitive to discuss business matters mere days after the death…Read More

Raiders Cut Ties with Tom Cable

The writing has been on the wall for some time now and not even a perfect lap around the AFC West could…Read More

Keeping Cable is a Must

Maybe he’s not John Madden. Maybe he’ll never collect hardware like Tom Flores. But Tom Cable is…Read More

Tom Cable: Coach of the Year

It’s never too early to start campaigning and now is the right time. With his Oakland Raiders within…Read More

Memo to Al Davis: Fire Tom Cable, Lose Raider Nation

Not even 24-hours have passed since the Oakland Raiders ended their 7th straight season of 11 or more…Read More

Paul Hackett is ruining JaMarcus Russell

It is far too easy to assign a large portion of the blame for the Raiders’ 1-4 start on the horrendous…Read More

The 10 Best Moments of the Last Six Years of Raider Football

Yesterday, I put together a list of the 10 worst moments of the last six years of Raider football. Not…Read More

The 10 Worst Moments of the last Six Years of Raider Football

Since that tragic loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII, the Oakland Raiders have been…Read More

There’s a storm brewing in Raider Nation

If you listen intently enough you can hear the winds of fear howling in the distance. Each day a mighty…Read More

Raider legend John Madden retires from broadcasting

His very name is synonymous with the game of football itself. That trademark voice and infectious laugh…Read More

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…Read More

Lechler punts free agency and resigns with Oakland

Adam Schefter of NFL.com reports that the Raiders and Pro Bowl punter Shane Lechler have reached a 4…Read More

A farewell to Favre from a Raider fan

It was Monday, December 22nd, 2003, when Brett Favre authored the defining moment of his proud career. The…Read More

Lane Kiffin is only making Al Davis Look worse

Come on Raider Nation! Last week, a lot of you celebrated when Lane Kiffin called out Urban Meyer and…Read More