TFDS Prayer of the Week: The Raider Nation on Thanksgiving
tfdssports.com 11/26/2008 — Pastor Mando of Nation Ministry is back! Before we get into why, as you can tell the topic of the week is Thanksgiving.  Here at TFDS, we'd like to let you in on a few of the things that we are thankful for, and of course our family and friends are excluded for this discussion, but ...

Happy New Year to the Raider Nation from TFDS
tfdssports.com 1/3/2009 — Rob, LDizzle, and I would like to wish all of our readers a very happy and safe New Year! 2008 has been a very eventful year here at TFDS, and we would like to thank you all for your continued readership, comments, and support. It means a lot to all three of us for you to take the time out of ...

American Pie: The Oakland Raiders (alleged) offense-Raider X
tfdssports.com 11/21/2008 — Once again the X signal has gone out and the call has been answered by the mysterious Raider X. He has seen enough of the Oakland Raiders offense this year to find a unique comparison for the state of their offense. No, its not the 40 Year Old Virgin because they can't score. He looks at the ...

TFDS Predicts: Oakland Raiders to dispatch the Kansas City Chiefs
tfdssports.com 11/29/2008 — The Oakland Raiders will win on Sunday. That's right, I said that the Raiders will win. It has been a while since I have believed the Raiders would win coming into a game and it is a refreshing feeling.

Merry Christmas Raider Nation, from TFDS
tfdssports.com 12/25/2008 — Rob, LDizzle, and I would like to wish the Raider Nation a Merry Christmas. From the staff here at Thoughts from the Dark Side, we sincerely hope that all of your Christmas wishes come true. We would also like to thank you all for sticking with us through our arduous transition to our new ...

Hall, Walker costly against ‘09 cap
ibabuzz.com 11/15/2008 — The Raiders are not only out $20 million in actual dollars for the 16 games played by DeAngelo Hall and Javon Walker, but will also see both players take up a good chunk of salary cap space in 2009. With Hall having been waived, the Raiders will ...

Raiders allowed to dream, if only for a day
sfgate.com 11/25/2008 — Yes, it sounds like crazy talk from a team that is 3-8, but humor them for at least another week or two. Now that they've finally mastered the offensive touchdown, they need something to focus on before Sunday's home game against the Chiefs. "Things ...

Knapp out as play-caller
ibabuzz.com 11/12/2008 — Got problems with the play-calling against the Carolina Panthers Sunday? Look somewhere else other than at offensive coordinator Greg Knapp. Beat writer Steve Corkran is reporting that Knapp was relieved of his play-calling duties after four ...

Carolina Panthers at Oakland Raiders: TFDS Keys to the Game
tfdssports.com 11/8/2008 — What kind of advice do you give a team that appears divided? Tell them to call Dr. Phil? The Oakland Raiders are a team, and an organization, in crisis. In other words, there are far more important issues they need to tend to before figuring out how to win a game. In the NFL, teams don't call...

Is the A League transfer system flawed?
sportsagentblog.com 11/9/2008 — John Kosmina certainly thinks so. The Sydney FC coach has a struggle on his hands to keep many of his stars who are attracting lucrative offers from not only other A League clubs, but overseas too.

Raiders-Broncos: Fear the Ones That Have Nothing to Lose — Bleacher Report - NFL 11/20/2008
It's a simple, time-honored phrase. But for Oakland, and a season that has had nothing go right, this is what Oakland's resigned to do. Play the spoiler. Oakland, in their last six games, face several teams that are fighting to get into the ...

According to Jim: Fassel Wants To Coach Raiders — Bleacher Report - NFL 11/20/2008
I was under the impression that people stopped using handwritten letters back in the mid-1990s. Apparently Jim Fassel still does. The former New York Giants head coach has expressed his interest in coaching the Raiders by sending Al Davis ...

Raiders, Chargers, 49’ers, Seahawks: Blame Season on East Coast — Bleacher Report - NFL 11/20/2008
Football is known as a game of inches, but for the Arizona Cardinals, the Oakland Raiders, the San Diego Chargers, the San Francisco 49’ers, and the Seattle Seahawks it’s a game of miles, thousands of miles.  While gaining yards on ...

Cut Coach Tom Cable Some Slack — Bleacher Report - NFL 11/20/2008
In just a few short weeks, Tom Cable has gone from unknown to NFL head coach, learning on the fly. Sure, his head coaching stint at downtrodden Idaho has helped prepare him to lead and organize, but let's face it, this is a situation where he really ...

Michael Bush adjusting to another new position — Latest Sporting News Articles for NFL 11/21/2008
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) -- When the Oakland Raiders drafted Michael Bush in 2007 they felt as if they h...