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In the game last Sunday in which the Raiders faced the Chiefs, second year Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles ran for 103 yards. It was Charles' first start since the Chiefs gave up on their former star running back Larry Johnson and the Chiefs seem to have officially passed the torch to ...
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Bruce Gradkowski was named the starter for the comng game between the Raiders and the Bengals. Russell's play has been subpar thus far this season, which makes it stand to reason that Russell was going to be getting the hook.
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To pour salt in the wound remaining from the loss against the Kansas City Chiefs, defensive back Mike Brown was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week. Brown had two interceptions, including the one that derailed the Raiders last drive.
Both of Brown's interceptions came on balls that bounced ...
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The Oakland Raiders are struggling to find a way to win. Their latest effort against the Chiefs was yet another bitter loss in what has become yet another lost season for the Silver and Black.
This loss could be considered good for draft position, as it left the Raiders as the ...
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The Chiefs and the Raiders met up this week in a matchup of bottom feeders to see who could make the fewest mistakes. It was reminiscent of that South Park episode where the boys are playing Little League baseball and competing to see who could lose so they wouldn't have to keep playing. ...
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The Raiders jumped to an early lead in Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs, but could not hold on as the Chiefs came away with a 16-13 victory.
The Raiders offense played probably their best quarter of football of the season to open the first quarter. JaMarcus Russell ...
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The Oakland Raiders will face the Kansas City Chiefs today in a throwback game, in which the Chiefs will be sporting their Dallas Texans uniforms and the Raiders will be in black jersey with their throwback helmets.
Since nobody will be seeing the game on television, we'll be ...
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Kansas City Chiefs
Now that the bye week has gone bye, it is time to resume the season that has been unfolding since mid-September. It has not been a pleasant season for the followers of the Silver and Black as the Raiders have been on the losing end for 75% of their games so far, and their offense that was ...
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tfdssports.com - 9 days ago
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The Raiders overall record facing KC since 2001
is 5-14. Three of those wins have come in
the past three seasons. And all three wins were at Arrowhead Stadium. Before that they were win-less at Arrowhead for five seasons dating back to September 9th, 2001.
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Can the Raiders sweep the Chiefs?: Guest Writer
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For what seems like the fourteenth straight year, there is a Raider coach on job watch. OK, it is really only the fifth. (The last time there weren't any questions towards the end of the season was Norv Turner's first year in 2004 and that wasn't a solid lock.) There was some speculation that ...
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The bye week couldn't have come at a better time for this team. Right in the middle of the season where the players and coaches can look back at the first half and try to fix the problems and improve upon the things that worked.
I know what you're thinking, "there were things ...
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Now that the bye week is over, it is time to look ahead to the second half of the season. The first half was a case study in disappointmen t for the team and its fans. The offense has been horrible. The defense has been wildly inconsistent. The team is 2-6.
Over the bye week, the Raiders ...
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Robert Gallery
With the injuries that have occurred through the first part of this season, there were a few players that the Raiders had to sign to either fill in for them or add depth at certain positions. This also meant that there were other players that had to be dropped to make room. So now, with the ...
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Justin Miller
Tom Cable
Itis the bye week. For most teams, that makes it slow news week. This isn't an ordinary average team, it is the Oakland Raiders. For the second consecutive year, the bye week finds questions flying around the coaching situation. Last year, that was the week Lane Kiffin was fired. This week, it ...
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As the Raiders season swirls the drain down towards another lost season and likely double digit losses, the sharks are encircling Tom Cable and smelling blood. Not long after the Napa County district attorney decided against charges stemming from the alleged ...
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After a rocky first half of the season that saw many important Raider starters and role players go down with injury , the Raiders are finally set to be at nearly full strength.
The bye week comes at a great time for this struggling team. Several key players will return to the team and others ...
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With the Raiders getting the bye week at week nine, it gives them a halftime for the season. Tom Cable is planning on using the week off to do "self scouting" and add some things to the offense. That makes this a good time to look back at the first half of the season to see what ...
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Richard Seymour
The Raiders played the Chargers tough again but again, they couldn't pull it out in the end . In the week one loss, it was the defense that played great all game only to not be able to stop the Chargers offense from scoring on their final drive. In this game, the Raiders offense actually ...
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The San Diego Chargers (4-3) got on top quickly and held off the Oakland Raiders (2-6) to extend their win streak to 13 games over their AFC West rival with a 24-16 victory. The streak is the longest active NFL streak of dominance by one team over another and it's the sixth ...
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San Diego Chargers
LaDainian Tomlinson
JaMarcus Russell
Antonio Cromartie
The Oakland Raiders offense turned in yet another performance that bordered on ineptitude. They were held under 200 total yards for the fifth time in eight games. The Raiders defense had some big stops, but in other drives they were able to gash the Raiders primarily through the air for big ...
