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This has to get old for fans of the Oakland Raiders. There are still six games to play in 2008, and all the focus in Oakland is on 2009. The Raiders sit 2-8, second last in the AFC West and losers of four straight. They have the worst scoring offense in the NFL, a 25th ...

As the homestretch of another NFL season hits the homestretch, the Oakland Raiders again find themselves in a familiar, unenviable role: that of spoiler. Though the jury is still out on whether this particular non-coached and quarterback-wrecking crew could upset any pl ...

Cleveland Browns second-year passer Brady Quinn fell 21 spots deeper than Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell in the 2007 NFL draft. On Monday night, Quinn took his team down the field in 46 seconds to set up a game-winning, 56-yard field goal to top the Buffa ...

The source at Oakland Raiders Football Inc. has spoken again, this time informing privileged members of mainstream media of the inside dope that Jim Fassel had appealed to Al Davis, via handwritten letter, for the team's head coaching position in 2009. Now if it weren’ ...

Tom Cable disconsolately sat in his guest team’s office Sunday after another Oakland Raiders loss, this time going down to the Miami Dolphins in the final minute after 59:30 of playing a winnable game. Everyone else had cleared off, coaches and players long on the way b ...

Whoa, has Coach Carroll recovered from his apoplexy yet? Somebody bring the man some virtual oxygen! For those of you who may have missed it, senior writer Anthony Carroll’s sustained rant published Wednesday on RealFootball365.com simply tore into the Oakland Raiders a ...

OK, so there’s that famous mantra out there in the inner circle of die-hard Oakland Raiders fans. You know, that one that goes: “Win, lose or tie … Raiders ‘til I die.” Frankly, it makes me sick. Of course, there’s something out there called support. Every NFL fan, at ...

As far as the non-Californian mass media are concerned, it’s the best-kept secret about the Oakland Raiders, and Tom Cable wants it to stay that way: Another directive handed down to the coaching staff from the front office now has Cable calling plays in lieu of offensi ...

For a while on Sunday, it looked as though the Oakland Raiders blessedly, magically, had been transformed by benevolent aliens, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"-style. Well, OK, except the benevolent part. You remember that one: Ordinary human being falls asleep, bizarr ...

Just when it seems the Oakland Raiders franchise can’t become any more of a laughingstock, owner Al Davis goes and tops himself. The reckless 79-year-old owner/general manager/puppet-master-to-the-head-coach made a $70 million “whoops!” Davis sent 24-year-old cornerba ...

Say what you want about Al Davis, but the man certainly knows something about cutting losses in a doomed scenario. Nor does Uncle Al suffer insubordination well. DeAngelo Hall is gone and Oakland Raiders fans should be celebrating. Flashback to a few days ago, when Hal ...

There’s no better vote of confidence than hearing three of your own players say they’d gladly accept a former jailed NFL quarterback to come in and press you for your job. But that’s what Oakland Raiders second-year passer JaMarcus Russell had to wake up to this weeken ...

In the wake of utter demolition at the hands of the Atlanta Falcons, those Oakland Raiders fans not too stunned to speak are asking themselves lots of questions today. Questions echoed in the blogosphere and media. Questions like, “What can be done about this?” and “How ...

The less said about the Atlanta Falcons-Oakland Raiders debacle the better, but news is news and RealFootball365.com has a job to do. So let’s get right into a few cheers and jeers earned in the Raiders’ 24-0 Sunday loss. First (and this one comes with personal sentime ...

Oakland Raiders fans are in no unfamiliar place. The season’s about half over. The losses more than double the wins. And, once again, the future looks bleak. Not to ruin the next nine games, but Oakland will again struggle to finish between 4-12 and 5-11 this season. E ...

Just when you thought the election hype was nearly over, another round of voting is merely beginning. Earlier this week came the release of some 133 early nominations for the Pro Football Hall of Fame; this list will be reduced to 25 in a second round of balloting, whil ...

Remember way back in the middle of the Lane Kiffin Era – August of this year, to be precise – when for two days that bizarre, seemingly quasi-fabricated story was told and retold about the then-head coach looking to morph a disgruntled Michael Bush into a fullback? Tod ...

What a bummer, eh? Just when it appeared fans would be treated to the welcome sight of, if not a complete Oakland Raiders turnaround, a least a little competitiveness from the silver and black for 2008’s remainder. This team hasn’t gone as low as it can yet, but it will ...

Here’s something you may not know -- something that, frankly, is shocking: The Oakland Raiders defense is the least penalized unit in the NFL. Yes, least penalized. The Raiders are the most disciplined unit in the NFL on at least one side of the football. Again, shock ...

Numbers, numbers, numbers: The statistics junkie is always looking for the numbers to explain and define the empirical data, loving every factoid and figure that merrily pops up on NFL Network telecasts, forever analyzing and endlessly craving new data. In short, hell ...