Shane Lechler

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Is Terdell Sands not a part of John Marshall’s plan?

Yesterday, the Oakland Raiders officially released their unofficial depth chart. While the folks at Pro Football Talk have clearly been hitting the snooze on their coverage of the Oakland training camp,…Read More

The Method behind the Raider Madness

I’m not going to pretend to know exactly what is going on behind those closed doors in Alameda. For all I know, Al Davis and Tom Cable are quietly plotting the most carefully executed rebuilding…Read More

A decade of Raider drafts

In order to properly evaluate a draft class, one must wait at least three years. When evaluating a franchise, it takes an even broader scope. Therefore, I’d like to review the past decade of Raider…Read More

Raiders should save some cash and trade out of the top 10

Cue the cliché: The NFL draft is the biggest gamble in all of sports. There is a reason why the above saying is uttered more than 1,000 times daily on sports talk radio – it’s true. This…Read More

Commitment to Continuity

Under normal circumstances, returning the bulk of your roster from a team that finished with a record of 5-11 would appear to be a recipe for disaster. In Oakland, however, familiar faces are a welcome…Read More

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Justin Fargas and the Re-Commitment to Excellence

Last Friday, The Steering Committee for the Oakland Raiders Booster Clubs presented Justin Fargas and…Read More

Raider players are buying in but will the front office sell them out?

Tom Cable speaks with a calming, measured, tone in press conferences. When hearing him give such a glaring…Read More

Tom Cable keeps a steady hand on the wheel

At 12:01 am on Friday, February 27th, 2009, the free agency tornado touched down on the NFL. Amid the…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

Oakland Raiders draft needs

Where to begin? Let’s not kid ourselves, the “need” list in Oakland is about as long…Read More

Cap space? Cap space! Don’t talk about cap space!

I really do wonder why we still refer to this time of the year as the “offseason”. Yes,…Read More

T.O. a Raider? Don’t believe the hype

In the electronic age, what begins as idle chatter on message boards can quickly become news worthy debate…Read More