http://www.realfootball365.com Oakland Raiders Football News, scores, analysis and discussion. NFL Football News. en-us info@realfootball365.com Copyright (C) 2005-2008 www.realfootball365.com http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14593 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14593 Insult will be added to injury this Sunday as former Chief Larry Johnson comes to Oakland with his new pals, the Cincinnati Bengals and their high powered offense. Chances are you won’t see Chad Johnson doing any Lambeau Leaps into the Black Hole, but you will see Larry Johnson driving his shoulders through gaping holes in the Raider defense. While Cedric Benson is still the starter in ... mike@runemasterstudios.com (MikeBullock) Oakland Raiders 2009-11-18T11:04:51-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14588 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14588 Some of you may be familiar with a Canadian Reality TV Show called Mantracker, where an expert tracker named Terry Grant pursues two individuals across the wilderness in western Canada. The object for the “prey” is to elude Mantracker and reach the finish line in under thirty-six hours. Mantracker’s goal is obvious, run the prey to ground. In an episode that aired on the Science Channel last ... mike@runemasterstudios.com (MikeBullock) Oakland Raiders 2009-11-17T13:05:54-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14582 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14582 How many games were lost to the Chiefs on late game interceptions in the 90s? While that pick by Chiefs safety, Mike Brown, certainly wasn’t the play to lose the game, it was definitely a recognizable moment for long time Raider fans. More key to the loss might have been rookie wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey dropping a sure touchdown at the two yard line, with momentum that carried him into ... mike@runemasterstudios.com (MikeBullock) Oakland Raiders 2009-11-16T10:43:12-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14578 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14578 When the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs meet this Sunday, it will be the 102nd time the two teams have collided, with the Chiefs holding a seven game edge at 53-46-2. While Oakland was won three of the last four matchups, Kansas City hasn’t lost in Oakland their last six visits to the bay area. Both teams are classically underachieving which means this one could easily go either way. mike@runemasterstudios.com (MikeBullock) Oakland Raiders 2009-11-13T08:05:27-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14576 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14576 While Tom Cable is saying things like “I can see the mountaintop,” anyone who’s paid attention to the Raiders over the last decade knows what Cable is really seeing is the writing on the wall. The light at the end of Cable’s tunnel is the pain train, bearing down on him. With various allegations of domestic abuse coming at him from the media, the NFL investigating and evaluating him for ... mike@runemasterstudios.com (MikeBullock) Oakland Raiders 2009-11-12T10:59:40-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14569 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14569 Since pointing out what’s gone wrong with the Raiders over the last six and half seasons is like shooting fish in a barrel with a 50mm cannon, with laser guided shells, while the fish are in a coma, it seems high time we took a look at what’s gone right. When looking over the records, roster, draft and overall team performance, not much really jumps out. In fact, if you remove Nnamdi Asomugha, ... mike@runemasterstudios.com (MikeBullock) Oakland Raiders 2009-11-11T08:13:06-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14555 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14555 The hits just keep coming for (or from depending on your perspective) Tom Cable, who may or may not be guilty of multiple counts of domestic violence. Any man will tell you striking another man, as Cable was accused of doing to ex-Raider asst coach Randy Hanson, is one thing. Striking a woman is another thing entirely. NOW, the National Organization for Women, emailed a proclamation to USA ... mike@runemasterstudios.com (MikeBullock) Oakland Raiders 2009-11-06T10:54:40-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14549 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14549 “He has the best arm I’ve seen since John Elway,” announced Al Davis, not long after the giant JaMarcus Russell was drafted by the Oakland Raiders. Unfortunately, Elway had the motivation, willpower and mental capacity to become a winner on football’s biggest stage, all things Russell has proven to be lacking. Looking back, we can see a history of taking QBs who had been labeled a bust and ... mike@runemasterstudios.com (MikeBullock) Oakland Raiders 2009-11-05T09:59:31-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14543 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14543 Most of you should be familiar with Jerry MacDonald, a great guy who runs a blog for the Contra Costa Times covering the Raiders. A better source for up to date Raider information doesn’t exist. Needless to say, frequent visits to Jerry Mac’s blog are essential to anyone writing about the Raiders who doesn’t live in the Oakland metro area. While checking it out yesterday, this jumped out: “I ... mike@runemasterstudios.com (MikeBullock) Oakland Raiders 2009-11-03T12:00:27-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14538 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14538 As expected, LaDainian Tomlinson was able to pad his Hall of Fame resume once again when facing the hapless Oakland Raiders. Tomlinson visited the end zone twice, which brings his season total to three touchdowns, all of which came while running through Silver and Black arm tackles. It’s debatable whether or not LT’s best days are behind him, but if the lighting charged tailback could face the ... mike@runemasterstudios.com (MikeBullock) Oakland Raiders 2009-11-02T10:02:04-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14528 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14528 “The season is over.” How many times has that phrase been uttered by Raider fans since the fall of 2003? Far more times than the Chargers have beaten Oakland. Why is it simply okay to allow the air of hopelessness to hang around like a San Francisco fog? The Raiders are currently on the wrong end of a thirteen game skid against a division opponent they should be beating every time. However, the ... mike@runemasterstudios.com (MikeBullock) Oakland Raiders 2009-10-30T08:05:45-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14521 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14521 Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter. That’s what the signs over the entrances to McAfee Coliseum should say. In fact, if things remain status quo, that should be the new team motto. Forget Commitment to Excellence, that’s obviously a figment of Davis’s imagination. In fact, the only example of excellence to be seen last weekend was the few seconds the TV camera’s spent focusing on John Madden. At ... mike@runemasterstudios.com (MikeBullock) Oakland Raiders 2009-10-29T08:54:12-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14514 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14514 So much for owning the Jets. So much for playing professional football. It would appear the JaMarcus Russell experiment is over in Oakland. However, second-stringer Bruce Gradkowski still seemed to suffer from the same issues, minus the “throw the ball to anyone with a pulse – regardless of shirt color” mindset that seems to fall over JR when he’s under pressure. Changing out Russell isn’t ... mike@runemasterstudios.com (MikeBullock) Oakland Raiders 2009-10-26T07:09:01-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14512 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14512 No one, including myself, expected Richard Seymour and the Raiders defense to lead the team to a victory over the far superior Philadelphia Eagles last week. No one saw Zach Miller’s 86-yard touchdown coming. No one saw Donavan McNabb getting sacked six times, four of those from two players. Sure, a lot of the Nation’s faithful hoped for it, but no one could have predicted it as a certainty. mike@runemasterstudios.com (MikeBullock) Oakland Raiders 2009-10-24T20:13:07-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14491 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/raiders/14491 Anyone who knows anything about the Oakland Raiders is well aware that Al Davis has a short fuse when it comes to losing. Add to that injury the insult of having three big name rookies drafted on the o-side of the ball the last three years, yet the team can’t rack up more than two hundred yards of offense in any given game and you know Al is looking for someone to blame. While most football ... mike@runemasterstudios.com (MikeBullock) Oakland Raiders 2009-10-13T10:10:06-05:00