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Black Lining in the Silver Cloud
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The only bright spot to this time of year for Raider fans of late has been the appearance of a player or two at the Pro Bowl. This year, all-pro cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha and all world punter Shane Lechler made the trip for a game that was played at half speed and described as a “seven on seven” by rookie defensive end/linebacker Brian Orakpo of the Washington Redskins. After watching Pro Bowls …
Pro Bowl: Tom Jackson Raider Hating tirade, Nnamdi hurt, Seabass Karma curse
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It’s Pro Bowl weekend so I sat down to watch the game knowing it was the last game of the season with any Raider players taking the field. Sure it is a virtually meaningless game. It’s sole purpose being to give credit to those players that performed well individually during the season. But with just one more game on the slate (the Super Bowl) before we settle in for the long NFL offseason, I even watched the 2 ½ hour ESPN pregame leadup.
Rope a Dope
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In a rather un-Raider-like manner, Oakland has officially announced the hiring of Hue Jackson as the new offensive coordinator and Mike Waufle as the defensive line coach. For a team as usually tight lipped as the Raiders, this is a landmark week.
Jackson, the quarterbacks’ coach of the Baltimore Ravens for the last two years, has been credited with the amazing development of Raven signal …
Raiders unofficially endorse Cable with Jackson Hire
Thoughts from the Dark Side
The Raiders have officially added Hue Jackson as their offensive coordinator according to a press release issued by the team late this morning. This confirms a move that has been long speculated that will lift the play-calling duties from Tom Cable.
Round and Round We Go
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A few days prior to Art Shell’s second dismissal from the Oakland Raiders coaching staff, then NFL Network reporter Adam Schefter broke the news that Shell was being replaced. Within hours, Raider executive John Herrera flatly denied the rumors, casting aspersions at Schefter and the NFL Network for rumor mongering. Once Shell was shown the door, oddly enough, Herrera didn’t retract his …
ESPN’s Paige: Cable promised position with the Raiders
Thoughts from the Dark Side
On today’s episode of ESPN’s Around the Horn show, Woody Paige of the Denver Post revealed that he had spoken with someone “very much involved in the process” of hiring the next Raider head coach, and that Tom Cable had been promised he”would be part of the organization no matter what happens.”
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