Raider Rants Analysis Archive

Raiders’ chances of post-season play depend on offseason

Posted on March 25, 2011 | No Comments
Should Jason Campbell start the 2011 season as the Raiders' starting quarterback, he'll face Sports Betting odds that are long when it comes to having success -- and for good reason.
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Grading the Raiders: Week 6 at San Francisco

Posted on October 20, 2010 | 1 Comment
The Oakland Raiders' 17-9 loss to the San Francisco 49ers did as much to demoralize the fan base as it did to wipe away any sort of momentum the team appeared to be building in recent weeks.
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Jason Campbell makes two Raiders quarterbacks

Posted on October 12, 2010 | 2 Comments
Jason Campbell was practically run out of Washington when the Redskins beat out the Raiders for the services of Donovan McNabb. Being traded to a perennial cellar-dweller usually isn't ideal for a starting quarterback -- especially if that cellar-dweller has trouble protecting their signal caller.
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Gradkowski likes being ‘Bruce Almighty’

Posted on September 22, 2010 | 4 Comments
If the Raiders have any player on their team that has been elevated to the mystical rock star status that is normally reserved for players like Peyton Manning or Tom Brady, this week it would have to be Raiders' quarterback Bruce Gradkowski -- at least he is amongst the Raider Nation, and those who report on the silver and black. As the saying goes, there is nobody more popular than the backup quarterback on a team without a consistent starter at the position.
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Raiders hope for a fresh start against Rams

Posted on September 18, 2010 | No Comments
16 years ago, this game between the Rams and the Raiders was called the battle of Los Angeles. Today, it's a battle of ineptitude. The Raiders, trying to avoid a record eighth straight 10+ loss season, will host the Rams, trying to win their second game in the last 28 contests. Kickoff is 1:05 PM PST, Sunday at at the Coliseum.
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Where does the season go from here?

Posted on September 13, 2010 | 2 Comments
Those were the first words out of Tom Cable's mouth when he addressed the media Sunday afternoon, and although there's no doubt he was being honest, it's a good bet that those words were severely understated. The Raiders, underdogs to most objective prognosticators, looked more like the Art Shell team of 2006 and nothing like the team that some have pegged to win the AFC West this year.
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Raiders on the road in Tennessee

Posted on September 12, 2010 | No Comments
The last time the Oakland Raiders faced the Tennessee Titans, (Oct. 28, 2007),Vince Young was still considered a future perennial Pro Bowl quarterback, Lane Kiffin was still Al Davis' mini-me, and Raider Nation was debating between Josh McCown, Daunte Culpepper, or JaMarcus Russell being the starting quarterback for the silver and black.
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Raiders loss to 49ers may help long-term

Posted on September 1, 2010 | 1 Comment
The Oakland Raiders will have plenty of work to do before the season begins in two weeks. A day after promising fans at the Raider Nation Celebration that the losing seasons would end this year, the silver and black stepped on the field and mixed brilliant play with horrible execution.
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Is Al Davis giving Tom Cable more input in this year’s draft?

Posted on April 23, 2010 | No Comments
Many pundits had the Raiders pegged for their first pick of the draft. It was obvious, much like it has been over the last decade, the Oakland Raiders were going to select the best height/weight/speed guy that was still on the board with the eighth pick of the NFL Draft. That's why Darrius Heyward-Bey became a Raider last year and why JaMarcus Russell and Darren McFadden became Raiders as well.
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Rosenfels or McNabb: The better QB might not be the better fit

Posted on March 31, 2010 | 1 Comment
Right now the Oakland Raiders' quarterback situation is quite possibly the most talked about, most scrutinized, and most rumored story concerning the National Football League. Well, at least it is here in the Bay Area.
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