2019 NFL Draft Officially Set For Raiders After Bears, Cowboys Eliminated From Playoffs
With three draft picks in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft, it has been clear the Oakland Raiders would be in control. The question was only where those picks would fall. Now, with both the Chicago Bears and…
What Rams, Patriots, Chiefs, And Saints Can Teach Raiders About Building Winner For 2019 NFL Season
There are a lot of ways to build a football team and for every adage (i.e. “defense wins championships”), there is a seemingly endless list of contradictory edicts. What amazes me, though, is that we rarely ever seem to look…
2019 Raiders Offseason Shopping List: Defense
In what has been dubbed the most important offseason in franchise history, the Oakland Raiders have both a lot of holes to fill, as well as a lot of capital at their disposal (both cash and draft picks). While we’ve…
Raiders Press Fast Forward On Their Rebuild To Begin 2019 NFL Free Agency
When Jon Gruden came to town, people weren’t thinking it was time for a rebuild. However, six months into the Gruden experience? It seemed like it might be the only option. Gone were Khalil Mack and Amari Cooper and in…
Raiders 2019 NFL Draft Pick Or Pass: DK Metcalf
As an Oakland Raiders fan, there are few times of the year I’ve come to enjoy more than NFL Draft season. While it’s not ideal to love the draft (it’s usually only because you’re drafting high), it remains a season of…
Raiders 2019 NFL Draft Pick Or Pass: Marquise Brown
This is the second installment of our new PICK or PASS series as we approach the 2019 NFL Draft, and having looked at DK Metcalf earlier, today we turn our attention to the other receiver on our list: Marquise “Hollywood”…
Raiders 2019 NFL Draft Pick Or Pass: Jeffery Simmons
Of all the prospects you’ll read about this draft season, I’m beginning to doubt you’ll see a more polarizing name than Mississippi State’s Jeffery Simmons. In most polarizing cases, the player falls into one of two categories: a guy with…
Reggie McKenzie’s Days Were Numbered Once Raiders Hired Jon Gruden
The headline is an attention-grabber: Oakland Raiders fire general manager Reggie McKenzie. And yet, to anyone who has been paying attention, the story itself couldn’t be any less surprising. Despite serving as the Raiders general manager since 2012, McKenzie’s days were…
Derek Carr Continues To Prove He Is Raiders Quarterback Of Present And Future
Through five games of the 2018 NFL season, Derek Carr was in a bad spot. He had thrown seven touchdowns and eight interceptions — at one point pacing the league in the worst stat possible. In the meantime, the team around…
2019 NFL Draft Officially Set For Raiders After Bears, Cowboys Eliminated From Playoffs
With three draft picks in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft, it has been clear the Oakland Raiders would be in control. The question was only where those picks would fall. Now, with both the Chicago Bears and…
What Rams, Patriots, Chiefs, And Saints Can Teach Raiders About Building Winner For 2019 NFL Season
There are a lot of ways to build a football team and for every adage (i.e. “defense wins championships”), there is a seemingly endless list of contradictory edicts. What amazes me, though, is that we rarely ever seem to look…
2019 Raiders Offseason Shopping List: Offense
It’s officially an Oakland Raiders fan’s favorite time of year: the off-season. It’s a time of optimism and what-ifs, a time where the predetermined disappointment of the regular season has faded and the hope of 2019 has emerged. It’s a time…
