If you haven’t already read Mike Silver’s comparison of Mark Davis to Tommy Boy, do yourself a favor and check it out. Here it is. Silver essentially described the younger Davis as Al’s whipping boy who generally regretted even having an opinion around his father. Silver cited former Raiders employees who described this scene just a few years ago:… [Read more…]
November 13, 2011
The Raiders have alot to feel good about going into next week. Michael Bush tallied more yards than Darren McFadden has at any point this year. Denarius Moore is looking like the steal of the draft. Kamerion Wimbley showed he’s back to his 2010 form with 4 sacks on Philip Rivers, and the defense finally put together two good halfs. But… [Read more…]
November 10, 2011
It’s been nine years since the Raiders fielded a competitive football team. That was Rich Gannon’s ’02 team that finished 11-5, on it’s way to the Raiders first Super Bowl appearance since 1984. At face value, Gannon’s team had little in common with the 2011 version. But this years’ team faces an eerily similar cross… [Read more…]
November 3, 2011
On Wednesday Adam Schefter reported that the Raiders were “holding out hope that Darren McFadden can somehow play” this Sunday. That report was met with some skepticism since the Raiders were initially reported to have kept him out of the Chiefs game for precautionary reasons. That theory was squashed yesterday afternoon when McFadden was spotted… [Read more…]
November 3, 2011
You’ve got questions? We’ve got answers… sort of. Well, maybe just educated guesses. Actually just guesses. But the questions are real, and soon enough maybe we’ll have real answers. So here goes… Why T.J. Houshmandzadeh now that Schilens and Murphy are finally getting healthy? I don’t think it has as much to do with Carson Palmer… [Read more…]
November 2, 2011
It’s an interesting story about the most difficult name to pronounce in the NFL. This is an excerpt from an article written in 2007 by Mark Curnutte of the Cincinatti Enquirer: About a week after Father’s Day, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh picked up the phone in his Los Angeles home, dialed overseas to Iran… [Read more…]
November 1, 2011
With speculation swirling that T.J. Houshmandzadeh could be a Raider by the end of the week, the Raiders seem poised to make their third major roster move since the passing of Al Davis. It’s safe to assume, Davis would have jumped at the chance at a talent like Aaron Curry, especially considering his relatively cheap… [Read more…]
January 12, 2012
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