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If the Raidersáare toáavoid losing 11 games for the seventh straight year, quarterback Bruce Gradkowski needs to get healthy before their season finale against Baltimore. Gradkowski injured both of his knees in Week 14 against Washington, partially tearing his MCL in the right knee.á When JaMarcus Russell took over in the second half of that game, the team totally fell apart, the spark that Gradkowski provided in his four starts was lost, ...

The Raiders 2009 season could best be described as inconsistent.á One week the team looks to have a lot of potential, the next they look totally awful.á There has been one thing that has been consistent and that's special teams.á Consistently bad that is. The only exception is the kickers. Shane Lechler and Sebastian Janikowski are both having their best season since they were drafted in 2000. The problem lies in the returns category. Last ...

Recently I saw a clip from the NFL Network profiling the Raiders top 10 allùtime players.á No. 1 for them was Fred Biletnikoff, while Tim Brown was No. 10.á I was quite surprised by this. Not to take anything away from Biletnikoffùhe is definitely an allùtime Raider greatùbut Tim Brown is Mr. Raider. I know Biletnikoff played in a different era with different offenses but Browns' numbers are hard to deny. When ...

It's been a bumpy road for Tom Cable during his time as head coach of the Oakland Raiders. Cable joined the Raiders in 2007 as an offensive line coach under Lane Kiffin.á After four games into the 2008 season, he inherited a 1-3 team after Lane Kiffin was fired for cause. á The Raiders went 4-8 under Cable, going 3-3 in the last six games of the season. Al Davis gave Cable the ...