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Oakland Raiders Roster

offense # Pos.
Khalif Barnes 69 OT
Michael Bennett 32 RB
Shaun Bodiford 10 WR
Kyle Boller 7 QB
Colt Brennan 4 QB
Michael Bush 29 RB
Eric Butler 87 TE
Bruce Campbell 74 G
Jason Campbell 8 QB
Cooper Carlisle 66 G
Rock Cartwright 25 RB
Yamon Figurs 13 WR
Jacoby Ford 12 WR
Robert Gallery 76 G
Bruce Gradkowski 5 QB
Mario Henderson 75 OT
Darrius Heyward-Bey 85 WR
Johnnie Lee Higgins 15 WR
Daniel Loper 60 G
Darren McFadden 20 RB
Nick Miller 89 WR
Zach Miller 80 TE
Chris Morris 51 C
Louis Murphy 18 WR
Brandon Myers 83 TE
John Owens 82 TE
Alex Parsons 65 OL
Erik Pears 72 OT
Marcel Reece 45 RB
Brandon Rodd 63 G
Samson Satele 64 C
Chaz Schilens 81 WR
Manase Tonga 41 FB
Jared Veldheer 68 OT
Langston Walker 70 OT
Todd Watkins 19 WR
defense # Pos.
Nnamdi Asomugha 21 CB
Jerome Boyd 30 S
Tyvon Branch 33 SS
Ricky Brown 57 LB
Stevie Brown 27 S
Desmond Bryant 90 DT
Chris Cooper 78 DT
Alex Daniels 71 DE
Hiram Eugene 31 FS
Travis Goethel 48 LB
Quentin Groves 52 LB
Greyson Gunheim 97 DE
Kellen Heard 67 DT
John Henderson 79 DT
LaMarr Houston 99 DE
Thomas Howard 53 LB
Michael Huff 24 FS
Chris Johnson 37 CB
William Joseph 94 DT
Tommy Kelly 93 DT
Rolando McClain 55 LB
Walter McFadden 22 CB
Mike Mitchell 34 SS
David Nixon 56 LB
Slade Norris 58 LB
Joe Porter 28 DB
Jay Richardson 98 DE
Stanford Routt 26 CB
Trevor Scott 91 DE
Richard Seymour 92 DE
Matt Shaughnessy 77 DE
Joey Thomas 36 CB
Jeremy Ware 23 CB
Sam Williams 54 LB
Kamerion Wimbley 96 LB
specialists # Pos.
Jon Condo 59 LS
Sebastian Janikowski 11 K
Shane Lechler 9 P
Swayze Waters 1 K

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2010 Pre-Season Game 4: That HUGE Sucking Sound You Hear Is The 4th Pre-Season Game

Truth be told, I wish that the Northgate Broncos from Walnut Creek were taking the field in the stead of any able bodied Oakland Raiders tonight. In all fairness to the players who are trying to make the team, those on the bubble are really only trying to put some good tape together so that they can get picked up by some other team as a practice squad player or the 53rd player on their roster.

As little as the first three games meant, this one means absolutely NOTHING.

It may be entertaining to a few of us, but, the roster is set. I know, there may be a question about Watkins or Higgins, or Groves or Goethel, but, that is about it.

And duty calls!!! So I will be here, for most of the game...Do you guys want to play a 4th regular season blogging game, like, be the first one to name the player who made the tackle?

If you can't tell, I am extremely bummed over the loss of Campbell and Bush. They truly were/are our brightest offensive hopes this year.

Let me know, Cheers,

Saint

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Not Worth The Full Ticket Price, But Still Awesome

Let's see, one RB with a Bennett fracture and one named Bennett. How can I make cuts while keeping track of that.

More photos » Paul Sakuma - AP

Let's see, one RB with a Bennett fracture and one named Bennett. How can I make cuts while keeping track of that.

Oh man, the life of a football fan. It's really similar to that of a crack addict--in that, one minute you're up, the next you're down and you're always ready for more.

With that in mind, today finds the Nation left empty stashed, broke and on the streets as the news of Michael Bush's surgery/recovery combined with the rumors of Campbell's wrist injury possibly keeping him out of the season opener take hold. Okay, this may be a bit of an overreaction, but such is the life of a football whore.

I'm not too worried about the Campbell rumors since: A) the press saw him painlessly throwing 30-yard passes on Tuesday and B) I like the back-up. 

All of this is vastly overshadowing Thursday's pre-season finale; as well it should, game four of the pre-season holds no resemblance to the product we will see during the real season.

Still, there are reasons to watch. Including the fact that this is the biggest game in the lives of the handful of players who are riding the bubble.

The excellent and deep draft class of the Raiders means that some NFL caliber players will get cut this year. Decent players are going to be flying around, balls to the wall, looking to knock someone's helmet off with the head still in it. Sounds like a good night of entertainment to me. 

A few players I'll be watching closely:

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Thomas Howard on the roster?

  430 votes | Results

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Bring Back Fargas!

With Michael Bush out of action for a few weeks after having surgery Monday for a very messed up thumb – the worst type of thumb break, Bennett fracture, and with the Donkys releasing Justin Fargas coincidentally on Monday, it seems fated and proper that Huggy Bear should be brought back and re-enshrined in Silver & Black.

Last year Justin carried the ball 129 times for 491 yds averaging 3.8/carry and caught 17 averaging 6.6 yds. In all those carries Fargus fumbled once. His carrier rushing average is 4.1 and as most people know, he is as game as anyone.

With Bennett, McFadden and Fargas in our backfield, we won't suffer much let-down from Michael's absence because trusty no. 25 has made yards behind worse lines than our present one and would be the best blocking back on the roster.

Let's do this today!

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Should Oakland re-sign Justin Fargas?

  1345 votes | Results

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Raiders Running Game Fractured

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Raiders running back  Michael Bush has reported that he had "successful" surgery on his injured left thumb Monday. Bush reported from his Twitter account that he has what is called a "Bennett Fracture" for which he he needed screws inserted in his left thumb to repair the fracture.

This news is further unsettling by Bush's disjointed report that he could offer no time table for his return to action.

 

Bush may well suit up for the opener and wear a huge thumb cast, but my quick study of what is involved with a Bennett Fracture and its recovery does not inspire hope.

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Mario's Kryptonite?

Don't you just love it when the LT is facing his QB while the pass is being thrown?

More photos » Mike Stone - AP

Don't you just love it when the LT is facing his QB while the pass is being thrown?

I can't shake it. I close my eyes and there it is--Travis LaBoy blowing past Mario Henderson and nearly decapitating Jason Campbell. And even in my slow motion nightmare replays, Mario Henderson's dearth of quickness makes LaBoy look fast. Ugh....

For whatever it is worth, Mario always says the right things. When asked about almost getting his QB killed, Mario thusly replied:

I take responsibility. That’s my fault. The only thing I can do is get better. Thank God the injury is minor. All I can do, like they told me, is get better and move on. Just try not to let it happen again.... I even texted him. It was like, ‘I apologize. I hope you’re (Campbell) OK.’ He told me he was good. Like I said, now it’s behind me. We can just move on. It shows a lot of credit."

Campbell may be okay, but I'm not. Where's my text Mario?

I think we all know Mario needs to do better. Hell, even Sandra Bullock took time out from being cheated on to educate the non-football fan based public of the importance of the Left Tackle position.

This is not a new issue. The need vs. the lack of a need for an upgrade at LT was one of the more highly debated topics here during the off-season. This is not meant to be a platform to re-hash that debate.

At this point, it is an almost certainty that Mario will be the starting LT come Week One. This post is about the fear of my nightmare and one of the more commonly stated weaknesses of Mario's game: His struggles against the speedier pass rushers.

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I think Mario Henderson

  812 votes | Results

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Rome Wasn't Built In A Day

They look friendly now, but wait 'til they get into the steel cage!

More photos » Paul Sakuma - AP

They look friendly now, but wait 'til they get into the steel cage!

Saturday: I had been excited for it, waiting for it, anticipating it for months. A pre-season game that is supposed to resemble real football. And my sweet lord, how I have been feinding for real football.

Saturday also happened to be one of my closest friends birthday and we are close friends despite his incredibly ugly life choice of being every bit the Seahawk fan that I am a Raider fan.

Still, as fall begins to leave its scent in the air, we had a good football centered day planned. We played football in the early afternoon and then BBQ'd at his house with another Seachicken friend while watching a second rate game pitting the Seachickens against that team that Favre plays on.

This is where my internal debate started. Do I just watch this silly action--or, at 6, do I go to his computer and watch the Raiders? I don't get to see my friend as much as I used to and it being his birthday and all I started thinking I'd just catch the replay Sunday night and watch the inferior game with my two amigos. It is only the pre-season after all.

6 O'clock started ticking closer and I began to get the shakes. Everything was turning silver and black. My friends were talking and all I heard was Raiders, Raiders, Raiders.

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Starting Center?
Veldheer.
330 votes
Satele.
191 votes
Satele, because I want Veldheer instead of Mario.
481 votes

1002 votes

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Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable spoke to the media on Sunday and particularly fielded questions about injuries including Jason Campbell, Michael Bush and Chaz Schilens.

4 days ago Edge_tiny Rated-R Superstar 3 comments

NFL Network Re-Airing The Raider-Niner Game at 8PM PST:

I must admit that after a morning of cooking for the Food Network, followed by an afternoon of heavy libation I didn't quite follow the action as closely as I would have liked to, So I will be watching this game closely.

Join me in the Love Blog that starts in a few minutes.

Cheers,

Saint

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