'Classic' Raiders signings put a ton of pressure on embattled coach Kiffin

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Football for Breakfast found this 4/5/2008 on www.sfgate.com [flag]
(04-04) 20:09 PDT -- Raiders boss Al Davis just sunk some $180 million in the free agent market, signing anyone he could - functional ACL or otherwise - to turn around his floundering franchise and deliver his first Super Bowl ring in 24 years. Embattled coach Lane Kiffin knows what that means: all the more demand for him to produce an instant winner in his second season, if only because no ... [link]

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NFL Saturday: ‘They Won’t Let Me Stay Retired!’
Published 4/5/2008 by Joel 'DiG' DiGiacomo at Football for Breakfast
... Redskins Make First Offseason Move, Sign Kick Returner Mathis (AP/ESPN) Packers: Favre: ‘They Won’t Let Me Stay Retired’ (Green Bay Press-Gazette) Lions: Marvin Lewis: Lions Got a Gem in Leigh Bodden (Detroit Free Press) AFC News Titans: Sources: Pacman Offers to Cut Pay Demands for Titans (ESPN) Raiders: Classic Raiders Signings Puts Pressure on Kiffen (San Francisco Chronicle)

SATURDAY NIGHT ONE-LINERS
Published 4/6/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
... under the rest of the defensive line? Raiders coach Lane Kiffin says that the injury to WR Javon Walker’s knee was a “ major concern .”  (Is it wasn’t, maybe they would have given him $30 million guaranteed.) ...

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