Follow @cottovic For years, Oakland has attempted to play spoiler at the end of their campaigns – up till 2010 – where they knew going into the final weekend that the post-season was not an option. Year after year, Oakland generated one of the league’s worst records and consistently found ways to tank it at the end of the campaign. In 2011, they...
Five reasons why Oakland is in position for a playoff berth
Follow @cottovic The Oakland Raiders are one win and some help away from reaching the playoffs for the first time since 2002. It all boils down to one more game, but how did they get to this point? Here are five reasons why the Silver & Black have a shot at a post-season berth: Carson Palmer Plain and simple, trades of that magnitude featuring quarterbacks...
Oakland Raiders: One-win and help…destination playoffs
Follow @cottovic It’s all come down to this for the Oakland Raiders (8-7)… A victory versus the San Diego Chargers (7-8) and a loss for the Denver Broncos (8-7), and they’ll be AFC West champions. The Kansas City Chiefs (6-9) will have to go on the road and notch their fourth win away from Arrowhead against Tim Tebow for Oakland to have their first...
Raiders can make the playoffs next week if…
Follow @cottovic The Oakland Raiders had a key win today at Kansas City, defeating the Chiefs 16-13 in overtime. Hue Jackson’s team can clinch an AFC Wets crown with a win versus the San Diego Chargers at home next week and a Denver Broncos loss versus the Chiefs. If by chance the Bengals, Jets, Titans and Raiders are all 9-7 by the end of next weekend,...
Saturday: Oakland Raiders weekly wrap-up
Follow @cottovic Oakland Raiders’ offensive coordinator Al Saunders and Detroit Lions’ defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham have a long history together. Both teamed up for the first time at California in the 1970s before coaching together at the pro-level with the Chargers in the 1980s and the Kansas City Chiefs in varying stints through the 1990s and...