mvn.com - 3/28/2008
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There are loud rumblings that the NFL is going to opt out of their collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Players Association. The last agreement was reached with the help of Oakland Raiders’ owner Al Davis bringing the sides together in the eleventh hour. This was a deal that neither side could truly claim victory, which means it was pretty fair. If the owners chose to opt out of the ...
Source reports Al Davis has been dead for three years
serioussportsnewsnetwork.com 3/27/2008 — A source within the Oakland Raiders organization has confirmed a recent rumor that longtime Raiders owner Al Davis has been dead for just over three years. According to the source, Davis, the boss of the Raiders for over four decades, died while throwing darts at a photograph of former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue.
RAIDERS REEL IN ANOTHER
profootballtalk.com 3/28/2008 — The Oakland Raiders have continued their effort to upgrade the talent on the roster via the expenditure of enormous amounts of money by signing free-agent defensive end Kalimba Edwards.
The deal, per Adam Schefter of NFL Network, is for two years and ...
NFL.com's 2008 mock draft
nfl.com 3/27/2008 — NFL.com NFL.com has gathered writers from around the country to play GM for a day for the NFL team that they cover on a daily basis. Each writer will be "on the clock" to select their first-round pick. Five new picks will be revealed each week leading ...
Edwards signing starts to bring Raiders draft plans into focus
mvn.com 3/29/2008 — At the beginning of the 2008 offseason, it was widely thought that the Raiders would need a defensive tackle to replace the retiring Warren Sapp.
The debate began: Should the Raiders draft Glenn Dorsey from LSU or Sedrick Ellis from USC? Some chimed in that Al Davis would snag Ellis with the pick based on his love for USC, while others blatantly stated that there wasn’t a better defensive ...
NFL: Oakland & San Francisco 08/09 —
Bleacher Report - NFL 3/27/2008
Continuing my look at NFL teams for 08/09, I'd like to look at both Bay Area teams at once. I've discovered something that has thus far escaped the notice of the mainstream press. America's financial crises were not triggered by ...
NFL: 08/09 Oakland Raiders —
Bleacher Report - NFL 3/27/2008
Continuing my look at NFL teams for 08/09, I'd now like to look at the Oakland Raiders. I've discovered something that has thus far escaped the notice of the mainstream press. America's financial crises were not triggered by sub-prime ...