On Monday, Jeff Garcia returned to the Bay area, but this time, he will be donning the Silver & Black of the Oakland Raiders. Garcia inked a one-year contract with Oakland knowing he will have to take a back seat to starter JaMarcus Russell. The 39-year old has spent the last two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the last five campaigns with four...
Raiders go down in flames, fall to San Diego 34-7
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...
Sloppy contest in Oakland, but Carolina prevails 17-6
Well, at least the Oakland Raiders (2-7) didn’t wait till the 3rd quarter to get their initial first down of the game against the Carolina Panthers (7-2). They got that out of the way in the 1st quarter on Sunday, but after that, they couldn’t do much of else. Unlike last weekend, the Raiders showed some signs of life, but their ineptitude on offense and...
Today’s Inactives: Panthers at Raiders
For the Oakland Raiders, rookie running back Darren McFadden will miss his third straight contest, designated inactive for today’s game versus the Carolina Panthers. Oakland will start Andrew Walter today, as JaMarcus Russell was also on the inactive list along with WR Ronald Curry, OL James Marten and OL John Wade. On defense, Derrick Burgess will sit again...
After the Game: Seahawks defeated the Raiders 23-16 in finale
The Oakland Raiders (1-3) ended their pre-season with a 23-16 defeat last night versus the Seattle Seahawks in a game that featured mainly back-ups, as head coach Lane Kiffin’s goal was to avoid any more major injuries. “Very successful on the first thing: nobody got hurt,” he stated after the game. JaMarcus Russell was in uniform, but stood on...