gridironfans.com - 4/17/2008
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Cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha has not signed his exclusive franchise tender, a league source confirmed. The Raiders aren't in a rush to sign him because they still want to get a long-term deal done by the July 15 deadline. His one-year tender is worth at least $9.465 million. While Asomugha cannot negotiate with other teams because of the exclusive tag, he also cannot work out with the Raiders ...
2008 NFL Playoffs: Oakland Raiders will be back in black
mvn.com 4/17/2008 — Now that the 2008 schedule is out, the Raiders and Raider Nation must be licking their chops. For the first time in over three years, the Raiders have only one team from the previous Super Bowl on their schedule. As a matter of fact, the Raiders only have four games against teams that made the playoffs last year, two of which are against the San Diego Chargers. Normally, I try to be skeptical ...
The Raider Nation delivers another NFL Mock Draft: Thoughts from a Reader’s Side
mvn.com 4/17/2008 — I am loving the response that we are getting with this mocking the draft project here at Thoughts from the Dark Side. If you are going to participate, please have your submissions in to me no later than Monday, as we are going to be creating a master list of all the Mock drafts submitted so we can see whose ideas were closest. Today’s entry is from our trusty reader OakFoSho, who is now an MVN ...
Roski Proposes Stadium to Lure NFL Team to Los Angeles
bizoffootball.com 4/17/2008 — Edward P. Roski Jr., part owner of the Los Angeles Kings and Lakers will make a plan public on Thursday that would propose the building of a 75,000 seat stadium in hopes of bringing an NFL team back to Los Angeles . According to vice president of Majestic Realty, John Semcken , the stadium will be in the City of Industry . Roski claimed he wants to start the process now in hopes of ...