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Note: All Quotes In This Article Are Fictional The Oakland Raiders are a once proud franchise, which is to say that they have not yet been proud twice. But, notice that I said yet...because that is an important word. Keep it in mind for next season...maybe...which is another important word when you're discussing this team. Why do I say that they are ready to stand up? Simple, because you can't sit ...

Shane Lechler is on pace to set an NFL record this year for the Oakland Raiders. That's right folks, in another season of turmoil and disappointment, one Oakland Raider is having a great year. While no one can deny that we love our punter, we are proud to have him, and he is the best in the league, some would argue that the fact he punts 5.75 times per game is ...

It's finally here...maybe. The long-anticipated arrival of one of the best wide receivers the Oakland Raiders have seen since the Jerry Rice-Tim Brown combination. Or is he? Many folks will question the faith put into Chaz Schilens by Raider Nation. However, while Al Davis, the coaching staff, the players, and the fans don't agree on much, there is a general consensus this man is a gifted athlete and will be something special, ...

Lay off the bacon, BSPN. Enough with trying to drag this guy through the mud. What's that you say? You failed to meet your Raiders dissing quota for the month? So you were forced to stick that last Raider rub down in there at the end of October. It's just really old.áRaider Nationáknows the team hasn't been what it once was. We know that your partner in crime, the NFL, does not ...

Justin Fargas has been stirring the pot lately, making a case that he is the best running back in Oakland. Despite Michael Bush's fan favoritism, and the fact that Darren McFadden did enough in college to make himself a top five draft choice in 2008, Justin Fargas recently took the lead in rushing yards for Oakland despite missing the first four games of the year, matching Michael Bush's 204 yards on ...

Shift of Focus: Jets out, San Diego in. It is time to re-circle the wagons, re-evaluate previous efforts, and re-establish demeanor. What say you, naysayers, will it be another shut-out, or will Oakland bounce back and finally break the streak of losses to the Chargers at 12? Oakland thinks it can bounce back, yet again. They say they had a good week of practice last week, but it did not translate to the ...

First off, IÆm going to say that that was just an amazing play by Derrelle Revis. No question about it, four out of five NFL corner backs are not coming down with this interception, thus props to Revis. I secondly want to say that I do agree with the decision to bench JaMarcus Russell, not because of his performance, but just to shut the haters up. The ôfansö who say, ôPut ...

Hype, hype, hype. If you ain't in the mood, go away now! Chaz Schilens is expected to come out and play for the first time since August 13, 2009 this weekend. It couldn't be better timing. The Raiders are coming off a huge win and they have the Jets coming into town coming off of three straight losses, flying across the country. The offense looked a lot less problematic last week when they actually ...

Coming into the season, everyone thought the man leading the halfback trio was going to be second year fullback Oren O'neal. When the Raiders signed Lorenzo Neal, the focus shifted to the idea that maybe Oren hadn't fully recovered from his season ending knee injury last year. Ultimately, Lorenzo Neal suffered an injury that forced him to retire. It was reported that if he felt he could play again, he wanted to ...

The Raiders really went all out Sunday, throwing out the outdated 1970's style playbook and implementingáa new defense the likes of which Oakland fans have never seen before. Oakland Raiders radio announcer, Greg Papa,ásaid he would have to check the play by play, but he thought the Raiders may have "Outblitzed the blitzers." Well if that's the case, then I hope Oakland continues to blitz as much, because it led to ...