DeMarcus Davis, Staff Writer/SBReport.net
Sunday December 21, 2008
Oakland, CA - The last game in Oakland for the season and before Christmas, the Oakland Raiders desperately wanted a win and a win is what they would get and in BIG TIME fashion.
Oakland won the toss and elected to receive first and kick returner Justin Miller brings the ball out to Oakland’s 36-yard line. Immediately, the Raiders came out of the gates, first with a brilliant JaMarcus Russell scramble and pass to TE Zach Miller for 21-yards. Then, after a wonderful mix of …

DeMarcus Davis — Staff Writer 
OAKLAND, CA - Oakland would win the opening toss and elect to receive first. On the ensuing kickoff, the kick returner chose to bring the ball out 2-yards deep into the endzone instead of downing it. The kick returner would realize his mistake as he would get dropped on his own 7-yard line. After nominal yards on the ground and a severely errant pass, the Raiders would be forced to punt; an opening 3-and-out.
 
The New England Patriots would make the Raiders pay immediately after returning the …

San Diego, CA - If the Oakland Raiders were looking to finally exercise the demons of losing to San Diego for the last 10 meetings, then the Silver & Black will need to do a few things:

Run the ball successfully
Stop the Chargers from running
Put an end to stupid penalties
Open up the offensive playbook
Attack on defense

Predictably, Oakland would manage to not check off a single point of …

Oakland, CA –The Oakland Raiders elected to start the game on defense. That defense would see a Kansas City offense that looked to pass first with having tightend Tony Gonzalez split out wide. The tactic seemed to work in the beginning of the drive but Oakland would eventually figure out how to defend the new formations and forced K.C. to punt after having allowed them to get just inside of Oakland’s side of the 50-yard line.
On Oakland’s first offensive drive of the game, it was the Raiders’ turn to display …

OAKLAND, CA - Today’s game against the visiting Carolina Panthers will be a monster of a test for the Oakland Raiders on many levels. Not because of any potential individual matchups, but rather because it will be a barometer of just where this team is after releasing cornerback DeAngelo Hall and the soon-to-come ‘shake ups’ by head coach Tom Cable and owner Al Davis.

After watching a mere 10 minutes of last weeks debacle against the Atlanta Falcons, it was obvious that the players lost the will to give …

Oakland, CA - A tragic day for the Oakland Raiders. In an embarrassing performance in front of a sold out crowd, Oakland’s defense got spanked early and often. The Raiders defense only managed one defensive stop on Atlanta as the Falcons scored four times on four consecutive drives in the first half. Combine that defensive effort with an even worse offensive execution; the game would end 24-0.

Each offensive drive for Oakland ended in a 3-and-out and was met with a loud chorus of boos from the football starved Oakland …

This is my interview with the always outspoken Thomas Howard and what took place before today’s game…
Thomas Howard exclusive audio

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I spoke with Jay Richardson after the Jets game to find out from him what he took from having directly spoken several former Raider greats and about game planning for Brett Favre…
Jay Richardson exclusive audio

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On Trevor Scott’s biggest NFL game where he recorded two sacks on the Quarterback legend Brett Favre, I had the opportunity to speak with him as he spoke about his game play and what motivated him…
Trevor Scott exclusive audio

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Tyvon Branch briefly speaks about his recent cast removal and the decision to move him to kick returner…
Tyvon Branch exclusive audio

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