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The Raiders Research Project has finally completed the upgrading of its Starting Lineups project, now available here at Silver & Black Report!
Need to know who started at strongside linebacker in 1984? Look no further. This project is a year-by-year breakdown of the Raiders’ primary starter at each of the 22 field positions, plus kickers, return [...]

The Oakland Raiders have finally done what everyone has expected for several weeks and fired head coach Lane Kiffin.
The team issued a one-sentence statement that reads:
Lane Kiffin has been released as head coach of The Oakland Raiders for cause.
Kiffin had a record of 5-15 in two-plus seasons as head coach, including 1-3 thus far in [...]

Let’s see if this sounds familiar: Youthful outsider with reputation as offensive whiz takes over as head coach of struggling franchise amid grand pronouncements and great expectations, only to find himself at odds with owner and facing an employment equivalent of the Sword of Damocles hanging over him before his second year is out.
When Lane [...]

The Raiders, who had to pare 22 players from the roster by today’s deadline, made the following moves to get to the NFL-mandated 53-man roster limit, according to Inside Bay Area’s Jerry McDonald (UPDATE: the Raiders confirmed the transactions an hour or so later):
• Placed on injured reserve: WR Arman Shields (D4b-08).
• Waived: OL Jesse [...]

Today, the Raiders got one step closer to tomorrow’s 75-man roster limit, making a series of moves, including some expected, some surprising and some in-between.
The expected:
Wide receiver Drew Carter and fullback Oren O’Neal, both out for the season after suffering knee injuries in this weekend’s preseason game, were placed on injured reserve.
The surprising:
Special teams ace [...]

With the start of training camp at hand, the Raiders waived three rookie/first-year players to arrive at the 80-man roster limit.
Cut were quarterbacks Sam Keller and Jeff Otis, and defensive lineman Tranell Morant.
The three waived players freed up roster spots for draft picks Arman Shields and Trevor Scott, as well as “franchise” free agent Nnamdi [...]

Chaz Schilens
The Oakland Raiders announced tonight that they have signed seventh-round draft pick Chaz Schilens, a wide receiver out of San Diego State.

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For those who may not have realized or who don’t read the blog, the Raiders Research Project is continuing to grow here at S&B Report!
The latest additions include lists of Raiders superlative accomplishments (Project No. 8 ) and a Memorial Wall of Raiders players who have died (Project No. 9).
They join the draft history, 1998-present [...]

By Eric Strauss, S&B Report Staff Columnist
It doesn’t seem that long ago that an oft-injured, undrafted former college star dazzled Raider fans in preseason 1999, when Scott Dreisbach won a spot on the roster despite a broken leg.
Last night, the Raiders rolled the dice on another oft-injured former college quarterback, signing Nebraska’s Sam Keller, who [...]

Raiders receiver Javon Walker is reportedly hospitalized with “significant injuries.”
By Eric Strauss, S&B Report Staff Columnist
Multiple media outlets are reporting Raiders receiver Javon Walker was found unconscious this morning in Las Vegas, apparently the victim of a mugging and robbery.
Several reports list his injuries as including an orbital fracture, and state that he is in [...]