examiner.com - 10/15/2008
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The Oakland Raiders are coming off of their second humiliating defeat thus far in the 2008 season. Talent-wise, it seems that the Raiders should be a better team than they have thus far appeared to be on Sundays. The key for the Raiders is to come together as a team under the new coaching staff ...
Oakland Raiders ballers and busters for week 6: Special Correspondent
mvn.com 10/14/2008 — With the egg the Raiders laid in their performance against the Saints, it could not have been easy for our special correspondent L Dizzle to find any real “ballers” and quite difficult to not just name the entire team the busters. Through his methodical research and patient picking over the ...
Cable invokes the past and gets his first win
myespn.go.com 10/20/2008 — Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson Kyle Terada/US Presswire Oakland coach Tom Cable celebrates during the Raiders' 16-13 overtime win over the New YOrk Jets Sunday. OAKLAND -- Tom Cable isassimilating well to Raiders football. ...
57-Yard OT Field Goal Wins it for Raiders 16-13 Over Jets —
Raiders Gab
Brett Favre had never lost to the Oakland Raiders when he was the QB of the Green Bay Packers. In his first outing vs the Raiders as a member of the New York Jets, Oakland used a super kick from Sebastian Janikowski in overtime to top Favre and the Jets 16-13 to move to 2-4 on the season.
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Raiders Stun Jets with 16-13 OT Win in Oakland —
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Brett Favre had never lost to the Oakland Raiders when he was the QB of the Green Bay Packers. In his first outing vs the Raiders as a member of the New York Jets, Oakland used a super kick from Sebastian Janikowski in overtime to top Favre and the Jets 16-13 to move to 2-4 on the season.
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Janikowski’s OT Kick Stuns Jets at Raiders Win 16-13 —
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Brett Favre had never lost to the Oakland Raiders when he was the QB of the Green Bay Packers. In his first outing vs the Raiders as a member of the New York Jets, Oakland used a super kick from Sebastian Janikowski in overtime to top Favre and the Jets 16-13 to move to 2-4 on the season.
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Third quarter: Raiders 10, Jets 3 —
Inside the Oakland Raiders
Scoring
– Javon Walker 8-yard pass from JaMarcus Russell (Sebastian Janikowski kicks extra point), 9:35
Notes:
– JaMarcus Russell threw a 10-yard strike to Zach Miller on third-and-5 to the Oakland 32 as the quarter expired. As the third quarter neded, Russell is 11-for-17 ...
Halftime: Jets 3, Raiders 3 —
Inside the Oakland Raiders
Scoring
None
Notes:
– JaMarcus Russell was sacked on the final play of the first half as the Raiders penetrated deep into Jets territory twice and came away with three points.
Defensively, the Raiders have forced Brett Favre to operate throwing underneath without much success. ...
JETS-RAIDERS INACTIVES —
ProFootballTalk.com
The inactives for Sunday’s late game between the Jets and Raiders are now posted at NFL.com.
Jets inactives: K Mike Nugent, QB Brett Ratliff (3rd), QB Erik Ainge, WR David Clowney, CB Justin Miller, CB Drew Coleman, LB Marques Murrell, DT Kareem Brown.
Raiders inactives: QB Marques ...
Return of Callahan —
Inside the Oakland Raiders
Bill Callahan slipped quietly into town, functioning for the New York Jets much as he did from 1998 through 2001 as an assistant coach for the Raiders.
Callahan was Jon Gruden’s right-hand man in Oakland, brought along first as offensive coordinator/tight ends coach and then coaching ...
Game Thread 10-19-08: NY Jets @ Oakland Raiders —
Silver And Black Pride
The Raiders are poised at the edge of a slippery slope. A loss today would all but end their season.
I know that many of you gave up even before last week's putrid showing in New Orleans and I think that we are still 3-4 weeks away from being the team that I envisioned this year, BUT, if the ...
Last Jets - Raiders Injury Report —
thejetsblog.com
Here’s the last Jets Raiders injury report from Friday. Again, Derrick Burgess not playing could be a big loss to the Raiders pass rush, so watch that one closely.
NEW YORK JETS at OAKLAND RAIDERS
Jets: OUT: K Mike Nugent (right thigh). QUESTIONABLE: WR David Clowney (shoulder), WR ...
Jets-Raiders Preview —
Sports Handicapping
The New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at McAfee Coliseum. Oddsmakers currently have the Jets listed as 3-point favorites versus the Raiders, while the game's total is sitting at 41. The Jets defeated Cincinnati 26-14 as a 10-point ...
Kiffin To File Grievance —
The National Football Post » Hot News and Rumors
From Bill Williamson of ESPN.com:
Former Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin and his advisers are in the process of putting together his grievance against the Raiders for the remaining money on his contract, a source close to the situation said Thursday. The source said the grievance is expected ...
Raiders Preview - Week 7 vs Jets —
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Jets (3-2) at Raiders (1-4) (Sunday, 1:15 p.m. PST, CBS)
THE SCENE:
The “Black Hole” will certainly give Jets quarterback Brett Favre (right) an earful, a testament to Raider fans’ loyalty to the silver and black, because this team is becoming increasingly more difficult to ...
Still no Burgess —
Inside the Oakland Raiders
Defensive end Derrick Burgess was not in pads when the Raiders began practice Thursday, making it more likely he won’t be available to pressure Brett Favre when the Raiders host the New York Jets Sunday.
Everyone else appeared accounted for.
In other news, rumor has it (and citing ...
Outsiders Look: Oakland Raiders —
thejetsblog.com
With the Jets heading to Oakland this Sunday, we wanted to give you a quick preview of how Football Outsiders ranks them. I’ll put up a few stats, but go to the Outsiders website for more information that you see below.
Raiders Offense
Passing Rank — 25th
Rushing Rank — 27th
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RAIDERS WON’T FILE TAMPERING CHARGES AGAINST PATRIOTS —
ProFootballTalk.com
In the wake of last month’s press conference from Raiders owner Al Davis, during which Davis accused the Patriots of tampering with former Raiders receiver Randy Moss, the league instructed the Raiders to put up or shut up. (Actually, it was more like put up and shut up.)
On Tuesday, NFL ...
Raiders hold to status quo —
Inside the Oakland Raiders
The Raiders made no deals at the NFL trade deadline, which is no surprise to anyone who heard the “fire Kiffin” press conference by Al Davis or read the transcripts.
Davis thinks the Raiders have plenty of great players, a winning team just waiting for the proper direction to ...
Oakland Raiders: Back to the future —
Oakland Raiders
I must really be getting up in years, because I’m already having trouble remembering just how long ago it was that Al Davis pulled the DeLorean out of the garage, called up Christopher Lloyd and told him to grab his lab jacket, and then drove around looking for 1.21 gigawatts so that he ...
Michael Bush to be traded? —
Oakland Raiders
Today on the pregame coverage, Charlie Casserly reported that the Raiders are shopping Michael Bush and Justin Fargas in hopes of getting an offer that they can’t refuse. The Raiders wouldn’t trade both of them, but they would be open to trading either one for draft picks. Darren ...
JANIKOWSKI'S FG BOOTS JETS IN OT —
NY Post: Sports
OAKLAND - Countless dreams have died in the Black Hole. Where the Jets' season goes after yesterday's wild 16-13 overtime loss to the often-bumbling Raiders at rabid Oakland Coliseum will not be determined for another month or two. Suffice it to...
JETS FALL TO RAIDERS IN OVERTIME 16-13 —
NY Post: Sports
OAKLAND - Countless dreams have died in the Black Hole. Where the Jets' season goes after today's wild 16-13 overtime loss to the often-bumbling Raiders at rabid Oakland Coliseum will not be determined for another month or two. But suffice...
BRACE FOR WAR WITH 1-4 RAIDERS AT BLACK HOLE —
NY Post: Sports
OAKLAND - To open his Wednesday press conference, Eric Mangini stood before reporters and rattled off a lengthy and detailed assessment of the Raiders, whom his Jets play today at McAfee Coliseum. When he was done praising everything about the...