November 30, 2011
Staff Writer, SBReport, Raiderfans.net

The Oakland Raiders have issued an official statement regarding the untimely passing of Raider great Chester McGlockton:

The Raider family is deeply saddened by the passing of Chester McGlockton.
“The thoughts and prayers of the Raider Nation are with the McGlockton family during this
difficult time,” said Raiders Chief Executive Amy Trask.
McGlockton was the 16th overall pick by the Raiders in the 1992 NFL Draft and played with
the Silver and Black from 1992-97, earning four straight Pro Bowl selections as a Raider. He
also played for the Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos and New York Jets during a 12-year
professional career and served on the football staff at Stanford for the past two seasons.
A native of Whiteville, N.C., McGlockton was a three-year standout at Clemson and earned
his undergraduate degree from Tennessee-Martin in 2010.

It has been reported that McGlockton died at the young age of 41 from a “massive heart attack.” His death comes at the heels of one-of-a-kind Legendary Raiders Owner Al Davis’ death almost two months ago. Raiderfans.net extends our condolences to the McGlockton family, the Raiders organization, and the entire Raider Nation. Once a Raider, ALWAYS a Raider!

San Francisco, CA - Raider head coach Hue Jackson said earlier in training camp that he wants to, “Build a Bully.” Instead, it was his defense that got bullied by a 49er offense that just last week, seemed like it didn’t know what a first down looked like or whether a drive without a sack or interception was even possible.

In that 49er vs Saints game, New Orleans blitz heavily and often which gave San Francisco’s offensive line protection fits. Tonight, the Raiders backed off the heavy blitz concept and attempted to learn what it’s defense could do in more simple coverages. What it found out was not pretty.

Oakland’s defense gave up 105 yards to one carrier, (Kendall Hunter) on 9 carries; one of which was a back breaking 53-yard gash for the 49ers first touchdown, 62 yards to Xavier Omon, and a 53 yards to runningback Anthony Dixon. On Hunter’s touchdown run, Raider defensive tackle Jamie Cumbie got blocked of the point and linebacker Travis Goethel made the wrong read by running to the outside of the line where he both got blocked by the tackle and sealed off by the guard. This left the single high safety Jerome Boyd isolated in deep coverage to make a solo tackle in the open field, but Boyd couldn’t make a play on the runner as he got caught flat-footed stuck half way in no-man’s-land.

Oakland’s offense made little strides coming off last week’s loss to the Arizona Cardinals; failing to score a touchdown in the redzone, despite timely big catches by Raider receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey for 18 and 22 yards on 2-of-3 pass attempts thrown his way. The only other bright spot for the Silver and Black came from rookie wide receiver Denarius Moore; whose smooth, veteran-like receptions accumulated receptions of 18 and 22 yards. He also smacked the new NFL kickoff rule (and it’s naysayers) in the face by fielding a kickoff 3-yards deep into his own endzone and returned it for 48 yards.

On the 3rd offensive series for Oakland, quarterback Jason Campbell got injured after he recovered his own fumble and got struck in the head from a knee of a 49er player. Campbell looked to be out of it initially. After taking his time, he walked off the filed under his own power. Trainers further evaluated Campbell on the sidelines. He would not return to the game.

With Oakland already seeing injuries from it’s starting players, Chris Johnson, Chaz Schilens, Louis Murphy, and Darren McFadden, the Raiders can ill-afford to lose it’s starting quarterback in this crucial, shortened, and important evaluation of not only it’s players, but it’s new offense. The Raiders play host to the New Orleans Saints next week.

Al Davis grants a less informal interview/discussion session with the local media that were in attendance for the Hue Jackson press conference. “Coach” Davis, as Hue Jackson calls him, touched on a plethora or topics ranging from the Randy Hanson incident, the New England Patriots, and Jon Gruden, to the current issues between NFL owners and the Players Union. This unscripted and uncut sit down with Mr. Davis gives you not only an insight into the mind of Al Davis, but leaves you the impression that he is not as “crazy” as many have painted him as being.

Davis, at the end portion of the Hue Jackson Q&A session stole the spotlight when he delve into the issue of Tom Cable’s departure of the team. He laid out the reasons why he was fined by the team and also shed light on possible lurid details surrounding Cable and his bringing his wife along on away games and the claims of domestic abuse made by other women earlier in 2010.

Once again, this is the FULL hour and a half audio from today’s press conference that mostly everyone didn’t get to hear or see because of time constraints of various networks.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Quentin Groves

Tommy Kelly

Raiders Head Coach addresses the media following today’s practice and spoke about not even worrying about what the Chiefs do. He is focusing solely on the visiting Colts’ Peyton Manning and their pass rush.

Raiders punter Shane Lechler made a rare interview with the media today and addressed his injury and what he will be doing leading up to game time this Sunday.

The Oakland Raiders signed former UFL Las Vegas Locomotives punter Danny Baugher to the practice squad likely as a backup plan if Pro Bowler Shane Lechler isn’t ready to play this Sunday versus the visiting Indianapolis Colts following his hamstring pull against the Broncos. Baugher takes time out to address the media.

The always candid Nnamdi Asomugha speaks to the media about his ankle injury, coach Cable’s fiery halftime speech to the players, and what it was like defending a Tim Tebow led offense.

Safety Mike Mitchell talks to the media about how this team is looking forward to finishing out the season with wins against the Colts and Chiefs.