A week from free agency, Oakland has three more tasks

 
The Oakland Raiders have already done their fair share of work this offseason in terms of prepping themselves for the upcoming free agency period, which begins a week from today. The Oakland Raiders have already done their fair share of work this offseason in terms of prepping themselves for the upcoming free agency period, which begins a week from today. Eight days ago, they locked their leading rusher from 2007, Justin Fargas, into a three-year deal. This week, they used their franchise tag to retain their best defensive player, 26-year-old cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha. Also, in late January, the team re-signed linebacker Sam Williams to a one-year deal; he will provide some depth along the defensive front. For Oakland, that leaves 10 players remaining who will become unrestricted free agents one week from now. According to my count, Oakland can get away with signing just three. Goodbye ... Tyler Brayon: Finally, the time has come. Brayton recently voided the final year of his ... [link]

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Thanks to Raider X and L Dizzle both for their recent contributions to Thoughts from the Dark Side. I just got back from a couple of days in Santa Cruz feeling rested and refreshed. It appears that the Oakland Raiders went full bore and made Nnamdi Asomugha an exclusive rights franchise player meaning that he can’t even talk to other teams and will have a much higher tender. The Raiders staff ...
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Oakland Raiders position analysis: Quarterback

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Falcons finally catch a break

Maybe the Mojo is about to change. New Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff called “tails” in a coin flip tiebreaker with the Oakland Raiders at 7:30 this morning to land the No. 3 pick in the April 26-27 draft. Oakland will select No. 4, Kansas City, which shared 4-12 records with Atlanta and Oakland, will choose fifth. Miami has the top selection. St. Louis is at No. 2. The few ...
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To the surprise of no one the Raiders lose the coin toss and pick fourth

This morning the NFL held the coin flip that would decide how the third, fourth, and fifth picks in the NFL draft among the Oakland Raiders, Atlanta Falcons, and the hated Kansas City Chiefs. In this scenario the flip was between Atlanta and Oakland. If Oakland had won, then there would be a second flip between the Falcons and the Chiefs, but since the Raiders lost the order was set as #3 ...
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FG timeouts unlikely to get boot - The Denver Post

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