http://www.club-raiders.com Oakland Raiders Blogs and Forums Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:20:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ALAMEDA -- The Raiders won only four games this season. However, they gained some consolation by edging out the Kansas City Chiefs in a tiebreaker for which team selects higher in the NFL draft in April. The Miami Dolphins (1-15) earned the No. 1 pick, followed by the St. Louis Rams ... http://www.club-raiders.com/raiders-will-flip-for-no-3-draft-pick/ Q: If JaMarcus improved that much in one week, what can you expect with a whole off-season and training camp? Kiffin: The thing about it is one game will never define you as a player or as a team. To think he’s going to play great all the time, we know ... http://www.club-raiders.com/qa-with-lane-kiffin/ Come strong, come often. Register in our CR.com forums. http://www.club-raiders.com/register-in-our-forums/ OAKLAND – Practicing twice a day in the summer and playing in the exhibition season. That's just part of what JaMarcus Russell missed as the business side of football kept him out of training camp and the first week of his rookie season. There's another part of the business Russell missed while ... http://www.club-raiders.com/russell-set-to-make-his-first-start-today/ Two years ago, Oakland Raiders defensive coordinator Rob Ryan was given a three-year contract extension. Last year, he was interviewed for the team's head coaching job. Now, Ryan will be lucky if he gets through next week without being fired, several team insiders told the San Francisco Chronicle. It could happen Wednesday, ... http://www.club-raiders.com/rob-ryan-will-learn-fate-soon/ San Diego Chargers coach Norv Turner is well regarded as an astute judge of talent in offensive players, especially quarterbacks. He is credited with playing a huge role in the development of Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman, the Miami Dolphins' Trent Green and current 49ers quarterback Alex ... http://www.club-raiders.com/turners-sold-on-raiders-russell/ The Oakland Raiders fell to the Jacksonville Jaguars 49-11 in 2007 NFL Regular Season Week 16 action. RB Dominic Rhodes carried the ball 27 times for 115 yards, and rookie QB JaMarcus Russell tossed his first career touchdown pass. The Raiders won the opening coin toss and elected to receive. CB ... http://www.club-raiders.com/raiders-fall-to-jaguars-in-jacksonville/ The Oakland Raiders confirmed running back Justin Fargas is out for the season with a sprained knee ligament meaning LaMont Jordan and Dominic Rhodes are fighting over his starting job. That puts the Raiders right back where training camp started, when Jordan and Rhodes were frontrunners for the starting job, only ... http://www.club-raiders.com/fargas-done-for-season-jordan-rhodes-could-see-time/ OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts took until midway through the fourth quarter before putting together their first touchdown drive of the game. Because they got that score, they won't have another meaningful drive for four more weeks. Manning threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Gonzalez ... http://www.club-raiders.com/indianapolis-21-oakland-14/ GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- The Green Bay Packers are going back to the playoffs. And maybe they're bringing a running game with them. Green Bay didn't need Brett Favre to throw the ball all over the field to clinch the NFC North on Sunday, relying on the rushing of Ryan Grant ... http://www.club-raiders.com/packers-beat-raiders/