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Plenty 'o' Raiders' info
Published 5/16/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson Lots of good Raider info here from a Raiders' OTA Thursday. Check it out. The most interesting tidbits include a position move for former first-round pick Michael Huff, a slimmed down JaMarcus Russell and the absence of Lamont Jordan.

Terrell Owens on Flava Flav’s show
Published 5/16/2008 at Goal-Line Stand
... the media . • Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk thinks someone needs to get axed at the Boston Herald for the story that claimed there was a tape of the Rams’ Super Bowl walk-through in 2002. Sorry Mike, but if every journalist who published a story with a source that let them down was fired, we’d have very few left. • Adam Schefter says the Falcons and rookie quarterback Matt Ryan are negotiating. • Javon Walker says he’s healthy . • For now… for now … Justin Fargas is the Raiders’ starting running back . • The Jaguars appear to have a lot ...

JaMarcus Russell’s Head Growing At Alarming Rate
Published 5/16/2008 by J Koot at Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football
JaSkinny (right) talks to media yesterday at Oakland’s camp  We’ve heard of growing into a man’s body, but this is getting ridiculous for JaMarcus Russell. He’s literally a dozen cupcakes from exploding.The 2008 photo above (right) was taken yesterday after Oakland’s non-madatory minicamp. At left is from the 2002 Nike Camp before fatboy went to LSU. See any difference? As a teen, Russell had a NFL body.  Now just 22 beefcake is looking offensive lineman-esque. San Francisco media report he’s ‘down’ to 269, even going as far to run headlines ...

Juggernaut Index No. 26: Not entirely a black hole
Published 16 days ago by Andy Behrens at Roto Arcade
The Juggernaut Index is our annual attempt to rank every NFL team for fantasy purposes. We're not concerned with real-life wins and losses here. No, here we just care about imaginary winning. If an NFL team gains lots of yardage, limits turnovers, and scores when they reach the red zone, then you'll want to own their skill position players in fantasy leagues. You'll find those teams at the top of the Juggernaut Index. We began at No. 32, the worst of the worst, and we're working our way to the elite fantasy offenses. These rankings rely on hard, incontrovertible math. There are algorithms at ...

Juggernaut Index No. 26: It's not entirely a black hole
Published 16 days ago by Andy Behrens at Roto Arcade
The Juggernaut Index is our annual attempt to rank every NFL team for fantasy purposes. We're not concerned with real-life wins and losses here. No, here we just care about imaginary winning. If an NFL team gains lots of yardage, limits turnovers, and scores when they reach the red zone, then you'll want to own their skill position players in fantasy leagues. You'll find those teams at the top of the Juggernaut Index. We began at No. 32, the worst of the worst, and we're working our way to the elite fantasy offenses. These rankings rely on hard, incontrovertible math. There are algorithms at ...