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Just because it’s been relatively quiet for a
few days doesn’t mean all is well with Lane
Kiffin and the Raiders. It turns out that James Lofton has agreed to terms to join the Raiders as an unspecified assistant coach, most likely wide ...
Lane Kiffin was floating the possibility Thursday of
a trading the No. 4 overall pick, which could
mean any number of things. Perhaps the Raiders are seeking more and better offers to what they already have for the right to select what could be ...
A few items of interest gathered Wednesday night
and Thursday morning around town and at the Indianapolis
Convention Center at the NFL scouting combine: – The Raiders raised more than a few eyebrows with their designation of cornerback Nnamdi ...
Found a new office for a couple of
hours Saturday _ a lounge chair in front of
four elevator doors at the Indianapolis Hyatt Regency. Lane Kiffin was nowhere to be found on what one general manager calls “The Gauntlet,” a long stretch ...
Free agent Drew Carter, on occasional starter for
the Carolina Panthers last season, has been added to
the Raiders receiving corps, beat writer Steve Corkran confirmed. Barring any other acquisitions, Carter would enter training camp as no worse ...
Assuming DeAngelo Hall arrived in Oakland Wednesday and
all goes according to plan, the Raiders will reportedly
lose their second and sixth-round picks in this year’s draft to the Atlanta Falcons. Given that the Raiders lost their third-round ...
If Darren McFadden is sitting there at No.
4, the Raiders ought to use all of one
second out of their allotted 10 minutes before sending his name up to the podium. McFadden was in Alameda Monday getting the grand tour, which hardly qualifies as ...
Al Davis has a reputation of wanting the
best available athlete. Give him the biggest, the fastest,
the most explosive talent and he is happy, regardless of whether the position is settled. It is said he won’t be able to bypass Darren ...
Thursday’s media interview with tackle Kwame Harris Thursday:
Q: Where do you fit in this system and
what is your experience in the zone blocking scheme? Harris: I :hink the system is really a good fit, especially for somebody my build. as ...
Cornerback DeAngelo Hall’s session Thursday with the Bay
Area media: Q: (Hall is wearing No. 23). Is
that your new number? Hall: Yep. That’s the number. New and improved. Numbers don’t mean a whole lot. Came out here for a new start so ...
Lane Kiffin with the local media following the
selection of Darren McFadden with the fourth pick of
the draft: Q: Was this just a matter of McFadden being too good to pass up? Kiffin: That was definitely the case. I remember mentioning that ...
In an interview on Dan Patrick’s radio show
Friday, former Raiders defensive tackle Warren Sapp as asked
if Al Davis was still in control of the Raiders. (I like Patrick, his sense of humor and his perspective, but it’s pretty clear he ...
There were some encouraging signs, but “fantasy camp”
being what it is, there was nothing shocking about
the first day of the Raiders rookie minicamp other than the sight of Rob Ryan with short hair. The “fantasy” reference, ...
Update: A Raiders spokesman called to say the
club was continuing to negotiate in good faith with
Oakland and Alameda County regarding a stadium lease extension and that the Dublin visit was purely educational in nature. In a revised version of the ...
While it may be fair to consider whether
a team which has had seven coaches in 13
years might be on the verge of making it eight in 14, that doesn’t mean it’s likely to happen. Common sense says that at some point within the next couple ...
Statement released by the Raiders by spokesperson Mike
Taylor to the Associated Press: “The recent conjecture regarding
the removal of Rob Ryan is incorrect and the constant barrage of rumors is irresponsible. The Raiders organization stated ...
James Lofton will interview with the Raiders for
the third time in three years Monday. According to
senior executive John Herrera, Lofton will interview as a position coach with head coach Lane Kiffin. The same Kiffin who reportedly is locked in ...
There are a lot of different ways Lane
Kiffin could have shot down reports regarding his demise
in the eyes of Al Davis, and reasonable people can agree that saying “I’m not going to comment on anything that transpired in the last three ...
Interesting sequence of events as reported by Ira
Miller of The Sports Xchange, who said Lane Kiffin
fired Rob Ryan before first consulting with Al Davis. Ryan, Miller reported, went to Davis to thank him for the opportunity, with Davis telling ...
The Raiders finished a day-long interview with James
Lofton for an undisclosed position and senior executive John
Herrera had no announcements other than the interview went well and there could be a resolution in the next day or so. Lofton, fired ...


Kiffin out of the loop on Lofton