Oakland Raider Rumors: Greg Knapp Is Rumored To Be New OC:

Like most OC’s, he looks good with good players and bad with bad (duh).

I just hope he is smart enough to use his available talent the way it needs to be used…

Big risk for Dennis making this his first big hire. Raider fans at the Coliseum know this guy, know his history and it will not be long before the boobirds come out long and loud if this doesn’t work.

Cant say I am excited, however, it could be a lot worse and I am interested to see what he can do for us – without dealing with Jamarcus on the side.

Allen repeatedly said yesterday that this offense will be up-tempo, fast, and aggressive and then turns around and brings in an OC that is the EXACT opposite of that. It makes no sense to me why we would bring in a west coach guy that runs zone blocking and is an unimaginative and predictable play caller when we’ve had success doing the exact opposite of that. I can’t think of a single positive that Knapp brings to the table for this team other than experience. It hasn’t been successful experience lately either and he seems to be on the decline. This goes against everything Allen said at his press conference and that’s a bad sign right of the bat.

Is Allen simply bringing in buddies that will serve as “yes” men for him? McKenzie went outside the box and didn’t hire any of his buddies so I expected the same from Allen unless it was the be st move possible. We really needed a strong presence at OC being that we have a rookie HC with no offensive experience. I cannot imagine this offense going anywhere near the moderate success we had last season and I see a very significant regression.

Defenses are going to eat us alive next year with the predictable vanilla play calling.

Knapp is to an offense as Panda bear is to a defense. Might as well keep Bresnahan while we are at it.

A defensive minded head coach is going to want a more ball-control style of attack like a wco. Limit Carson’s turnovers and play it safer, blah blah blah. I don’t like it, because it is not a fit with our players and does not play to the potential of our best players. We don’t really have timing route running receivers, and Palmer is not a great intermediate passer, unless we were to keep Campbell. I’m just not sure I see the upside in this hire, except the idea being that we will keep the defense off the field more, but we will score much less.

It was actually Al who stripped Knapp’s play calling duties not Cable.

They must think Raiders fans are stupid and do not remember when he was here before. If he starts calling these four yard slants on third and seven I will be one of the Boo Birds!

except bot buy tickets or merhandise from The Raiders until they truly get it!!!!!

I really didn’t think we’d fall flat on our face out of the gate, but as it seems now… I want Hue Jackson back, Saunders OC and get us Bowles as the DC..

Mark Davis said Reggie has his guy…

“if we win that’s good, if we don’t, that’s not so good!” no shit Reggie

Pleas someone tell me we aren’t cutting down the overhead prior to selling out

They don’t understand what it takes to hire a winning staff…you have to bring in the best fit for the team…not hire your buddies and guys you know won’t challenge you. This is looking like it may be an eye opening year for Allen.

Like many of you, this morning’s news that the Raiders were considering bringing back Greg Knapp as its offensive coordinator had me puzzled.

I’ve always been a proponent that coaching should be about putting players in the best position to succeed. Thus, when Coach Allen about his role as head coach, I was duly impressed – I don’t have the exact quote, but it was something to the effect of “My job is to find out what our players do best and create a system that allows them to succeed.”

Recent history shows that past Raiders coaches have succeeded in this idea to one degree or another. Lane Kiffin and Tom Cable installed a zone-blocking scheme after the 2006 9-step drop offense was a disaster, and the team’s rushing totals increased significantly. Then, as both the ZBS and Darren McFadden began to struggle, Hue Jackson took steps to put the offense in a better position to succeed by reintroducing more power blocking and installing running plays better suited to McFadden’s style.

Now with Knapp at the helm of the offense, we’re all looking at the Raiders’ offensive personnel, trying to place it into Knapp’s known offensive philosophies, and wondering “Is this really the system that puts our players in the best position to succeed?” Coach Allen yesterday said he wanted a team that was aggressive in the passing game, and that doesn’t sound like Greg Knapp at all. We’re also wondering if Knapp will stick to his philosophies on offensive line play, where our current roster seems better suited for more power blocking. Furthermore, even as fans we’re cognizant that McFadden thrived under Jackson’s offensive scheme, and seemed to struggle with the one-cut system Knapp may install.

Tim Kawakami was blasting us Al Saunders supporters on Twitter earlier today, wondering why we’d support a guy who was an architect of the 16th ranked scoring offense. Kawakami misses the point – its not the results we were looking at, it was an acknowledgement that Saunders’ system was well-suited to the Raiders’ offensive roster.

Nevertheless, I’m willing to give Greg Knapp the benefit of the doubt to see what his plans are for the 2012 Oakland Raiders. One nice thing is that he’s certain to be more conservative, which at times will be a nice change from the Riverboat Gambler that Jackson was. We can only hope that Knapp can stick to the philosophy that a coach builds a system around the players, and doesn’t try to put a square peg in a round hole.

Let’s look at our history of bringing back coaches:

Art Shell
Chuck Bresnahan

I rest my case.

This is ridiculous.

Let one of if not the most prolific OCs in the game for a guy that got his play calling duties stripped last time he was in town.

Although I will say this. I’m glad I’ll be saving 360 bucks this season. I may go to a game or two but I don’t think I want to shell out my hard earned money to watch Lechler break all the punting records. Time will tell if that decision is final but Allen is already screwing up.

I hate SAFE. Grow some balls and put some points on the board.

Greg Knap is an OC who likes to run the ball most of the time. That is what he did when he was the Falcons OC and he tried to pull that crap when he was our OC when Cable was the Head Coach and his playcalling was taken away.

I just spilled my Mug today and have such a quiver in my hand that I doubt I can hold it long enough for a refill…

Wheres my eyes???…I can’t even see the damn thing now here on my knees searching around on this floor…

But not to worry…I will eventually get my composure back as soon as can find the toilet so I can PUKE!!!

That’s right. When Cable was dubbed interim coach in place of Kiffin, Cable relieved Knapp of is play calling duties. Believe it or not, Cable turned the Raiders offense around and had more wins than losses when he gave Knapp the Axe. This hire reeks of the same stench as the 2006 bed & breakfast hire of Tom Walsh.

Knapp’s hiring means that there is now probably an even better chance of the Raiders retaining Bush. He is a fan of rotating backs and keeping them fresh.

To me the most interesting question is what happens with the o-line. The Raiders under Hue ran a power blocking scheme. Knapp is a zone blocking guy. Does that mean Wylie and Wiz will be let go? Also Knapp likes to rely on centers rather than the QB to make changes at the line so it’ll be interesting what shakes out long term with Satele and Stefan Wisniewski. Hopefull also this will lead to an ugrade over the right side of the line which was the weak spot of the offense last season.

but the next two hires have the smell of shit all over them. Why not bring back the bed and breakfast offense while you are at it? Allen sucks already if this is his metric of attention to detail. 31st in the league passing ring a bell?

Bringing in Knapp signals that we will be a run heavy team that eats up the clock and will look to win the close games. We will obviously not run the option offense but it looks like we will going with the run, run, deep throw mentality next year.

I think we all agree that the “D” should be vastly improved so what if the “O” takes a dive….

Maybe a deal for Tebow is in the works so we can be blessed!!!

LoL!!!

I just can’t get over letting Saunders go who’s strung together no. 1 offenses almost everywhere he’s ever gone.

Knapp holds the same mentality I do which is run the football a lot. I just hate it since we already had that guy and he stunk it up for us. Yes he had Jamarcus to deal with, but there’s more then that on my general dislike of this pick.

This is an offensively driven league. I don’t care how good your defense is you have to be able to put up 25+ per game to make it now because if an offense can’t beat you the refs will.

As long as Zone Blocking isn’t put back in I guess it’ll do. Just a real shame that we couldn’t watch this offense under the control of one of the truly great offensive minds.

The biggest benefit I can pull from this is the off chance that we let Bush go and make a real attempt at getting Lynch. I don’t see McFadden excelling now because Knapp is gonna have him hurt by week 3.

I just can’t get over letting Saunders go who’s strung together no. 1 offenses almost everywhere he’s ever gone.

Knapp holds the same mentality I do which is run the football a lot. I just hate it since we already had that guy and he stunk it up for us. Yes he had Jamarcus to deal with, but there’s more then that on my general dislike of this pick.

This is an offensively driven league. I don’t care how good your defense is you have to be able to put up 25+ per game to make it now because if an offense can’t beat you the refs will.

As long as Zone Blocking isn’t put back in I guess it’ll do. Just a real shame that we couldn’t watch this offense under the control of one of the truly great offensive minds.

The biggest benefit I can pull from this is the off chance that we let Bush go and make a real attempt at getting Lynch. I don’t see McFadden excelling now because Knapp is gonna have him hurt by week 3.

Knapp isn’t the worst hire. Obviously, going from what Allen said in his press conference, the Raiders want to be physical and run the ball (as they always have). Knapp has done a fabulous job of that wherever he has gone, so that aspect should be ok. By having a power running game it allows Carson to play action and set up Darius, Ford, and Moore down field. Look at what Knapp did in Texas after losing Schaub; he centered on the running game and still took chances down field with a third string QB, without Andre Johnson for most of the season btw. I think things are a lot better off since the last time Knapp was in Oakland, and I think things are looking up. Still need to seal up the defense, and I hope Allen makes a splash with that hire to regain some support of the Raider Nation that he may have lost with the hiring of Knapp.

this is not the type of offense that they run in GB!!!!!!!

Greg Knapp will return to Oakland as offensive coordinator, the NFL Network is reporting.

Allen declined to confirm Knapp’s addition to the staff in an interview with KNBR Tuesday morning, saying he and general manager Reggie McKenzie would meet and determine when to release information regarding staff hires.

It already seams that the new GM has ego problems. Knapp may be ok after all he did have a great offense with houston. I have been Raider fan for 45 years and every time we develope someting good, we shoot ourselves in the foot. This move may be the same.

Why take away an OC form an offense that I think was #9 in the league last season???

I mean he did have Jruss as the QB. He was the one that overthrew wrs and had no pocket presence! I guess right now its just wait and see. We can’t get depressed already. Maybe this time around things will work with knapp. Carson is an nfl QB and knapp helped with TJ yates. The key to the offense will remain DMC’s health as long as he’s here. He seriously needs to kick Chuck outta here though. I hope knapp sits down with DMC like hue did though.

Oh god…say it ain’t so…

Not big on the hire of Allen, now this. If we get some schmuck at DC, ughhhh. I’m no gloom and doomer though. I’m more than willing to give these guys a chance (in some cases a 2nd chance). As far as players, offensively, we are a far superior team to that train wreck led by JaWalrus. If Knapp fails, there will be no excuse and should be booted after one year. Allen sounds like he knows what he wants, so for now I’m going to stay positive. Change has come and it is certainly different. Embrace it Raider Nation, it is what you wanted (just with different people in mind).

I was amped by the press conference yesterday and now im not feeling so pumped. I will reserve judgment till the season starts but im not very happy with his selections at the moment

Allen worked with him, got along with him, and gives him the comfort level he needs as a hc. I can only imagine there are those coaches who are sought after, the same we fans would like to see hired. But like in the real world, only few of them would be willing to work under a rookie hc, whether it being a respect or pride issue. And on the flip side, a youmg HC will not pursue someone he doesn’t know in fear of clashing personalities, among other things. So he chooses someone he is comfortable with.
Reggie committed Allen for the long haul, on paper anyways. Hopefully he becomes our Don Shula.

Hue washed out of two OC positions, and was the first Raider OC to have a legitimate starting QB since Callaghan had Gannon..

Saunders has looked like a genius and a complete moron at various times in his career. I don’t think Knapp is a terrible coach, I think he’s been in some shitty situations. The Raiders teams he tried to coach were the worst Raiders teams of the Al Davis era. We had speed, but the line was complete garbage.

I don’t see why he would have stuck around to just design plays for Hue to call. So like others here, I hope he stays on payroll in basically his same role as last year. I have to assume that Knapp will tailor his approach to the players we have and the general philosophy Allen expressed. I’m not excited by this, but neither am I crying until we know more.

But he is inheriting a top 10 offense and as long as it stays that way I will reserve my judgment. He needs to keep to the Raider way and Pound the ball with the run and then Take shots deep (Palmer has shown the ability to make that a viable option). Also he needs to teach Palmer how to THROW THE BALL AWAY! If he does that he should be fine.

His last stint with us was with JBust and a Terrible O-line. This year, He may have single handedly saved the season for the Texans. Greg Knap will be a really good OC, and he will work well with Reggie and Dennis.

Take a look at his interview with the Texans last year. http://www.houstontexans.com/tv-media/videos/QB-coach-Knapp-on-draft-evaluations/7d986ef0-d7ce-40ca-a4fb-7a2999e24f5b

Dennis Allen
Head Coach

That’s It???

http://www.raiders.com/team/coaches.html

Dennis Allen
Head Coach

That’s It???

http://www.raiders.com/team/coaches.html

Raiders | Kelly Skipper to be retained

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:19:21 -0800

Oakland Raiders running backs coach Kelly Skipper will be retained by the new coaching staff, according to a source.


Raiders | Greg Manusky interviews for DC job

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:18:20 -0800

The Oakland Raiders interviewed former San Diego Chargers defensive coordinator Greg Manusky for their vacant defensive coordinator position Tuesday, Jan. 31, according to a source.

Interim head coach Tom Cable has taken over the play-calling duties for the Oakland Raiders from offensive coordinator Greg Knapp in another move to spark the NFL’s lowest-scoring offense.

Cable said that he relieved Knapp of his duties before last week’s 17-6 loss to the Carolina Panthers and would remain in that role for the rest of the season.

“I feel responsible for where we’re at offensively,” Cable said. “With that being the case and my nature and my personality I’ve got to find a way to do more and help where I can. I really haven’t been active in that role, obviously as the line coach, but I feel that responsibility now and want to shoulder that responsibility so I’m more involved.”

Knapp was replaced after the worst offensive output for the Raiders in 47 years, when they gained just 77 yards and had a franchise-low three first downs in a 24-0 loss to the Falcons. Things picked up a bit in Cable’s first game calling plays, with Oakland gaining 259 yards and making 17 first downs against the Panthers.

Al Saunders (born February 1, 1947) an American football coach, currently employed by the Oakland Raiders.

Is there still hope???

I can’t find a thing that says for sure one way or the other if Al Saunders is staying on or going…Maybe he get’s promoted to “Assistant HC-O” while Napp takes a nap as our new “OC”???

Stranger things have happened and nothing appears as it should be at the moment…

We have some notions of winning a Super Bowl eventually, yes? For that we’re going to need good coaches, yes? Can we honestly say we’ve went out and hired the best coaches we could?

kiffin held that duty until his firing and after pumkin head took over and the saints beat our asses after the bye, cable thought he was better suited since he was the big play caller for the bruins back during the fuckin reagan admin. this guy had success in s.f., atl., and im pretty sure the hand he has had in houstons passing game is pretty fuckin explosive last time i checked, when shaub was healthy. yeah he also coached up a 5th round rook to play well enough to win a few and a playoff game not to mention a chancce in balt. if hes a west coast O guy, whatever, thsts the last time we were any good anyway is when gruden ran that style. i just want a defense for once!!!!!!! the offense has enough talent to put up enough points to be more than competetive!

if i were to say the way he ran the offense and dialing up plays to showcase shaub and his receivers may lead one to believe otherwise. but what he did as the qb coach to get his guys ready for the oc’s game plan was pretty shittin good. im not panicking either, actually glad to have some talent on both sides of the ball and a g.m., a rookie h.c., and an o.c. that do have winning in their pedigrees and resumes. now its a waiting game i guess…..tick tock

Raiders | Denied permission to interview Joe DeCamillis

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:10:41 -0800

The Oakland Raiders have been denied permission to interview Dallas Cowboys special teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis for their assistant head coaching position.

Read more: http://www.kffl.com/team/28/nfl/oakland-raiders#ixzz1l9w2xU5x

"I think it’s a great opportunity for him," Texans coach Gary Kubiak said on Wednesday. "Obviously, you don’t like losing coaches. But Greg’s been a coordinator in this league before and been successful, and he’s trying to make his way back to that opportunity and a chance to be a head coach, so we’re very happy for him. It’s a great opportunity for him. At the same time, we hate to lose him. He did a tremendous job for us, and we wish him the best."

Knapp received high praise from Kubiak this season for his work with rookie quarterback T.J. Yates after season-ending injuries to Matt Schaub and Matt Leinart. Yates started the final five games of the regular season and led the Texans to the Divisional Round of the playoffs.

Knapp and offensive coordinator Rick Dennison spent countless hours meeting with Yates and veteran backups Jake Delhomme and Jeff Garcia late in the season. The Texans used four different quarterbacks and had six on the roster in 2011.

"I’ve been in this league a long time," Kubiak said. "I’ve never seen that happen. I’ve been down to my backup a couple times and that’s tough enough in this league, and to get down to our third who was a fifth-round pick, young rookie, it’s extremely difficult.

"For us to still go as far as we did and win a playoff game have an excellent chance to win a second one, it just says a lot about the job Rico (Dennison) did, Knapp did, with the young man throughout the course of the year, and the job that our team did of lifting him up and playing well around him."

In addition to his quarterback coach duties, Knapp played a significant role in the Texans’ game-planning process with Kubiak and Dennison.

"We kind of all work together as we game plan," Kubiak said. "Knapp’s ear is through the quarterback. When you’re sitting there with Matt (Schaub) every day, you know the things that Matt likes, and he’s a guy that has to get those quarterbacks ready to play. He’s a guy relaying plays to them in their helmets on gameday for me, so it’s a big, big task; it’s going to be a tough guy to replace."

Kubiak said he’s "talking to a few guys" who could take over for Knapp but that the Texans probably won’t do anything until next week.

"I’m looking for the same type of guy," Kubiak said. "I’m looking for somebody that could help me from a game-plan standpoint, somebody that has some background from a play-caller, coordinator, those type of things, and then yet, just somebody that I know will fit with Matt Schaub. The number one thing I want to do is make sure I bring in a guy that will fit with Matt very quickly in the meeting room and we can get started on next season."

After graduating he stayed on at Sac State as a Graduate Assistant then position Coach for Mike Clemons.. Greg Knapp has always been a smart guy, however, he may be wrong for this position. I do believe he is a more than capable coordinator, however, he will need to change his game to be successful with the Raiders. The plus here is he is coming off a successful season in Houston. Greg knows he is going to need to bring it to keep his job here. Look Greg Knapp started with the Raiders, he was a training camp QB for them for 2 or 3 seasons. He is our guy now and we need to hope he can put this offense together. With that said…Go Raiders!!!

Greg is a West Coast Offense guy, he will need to disguise plays to open things up downfield, we have the speed and the arm to be successful going downfield verses sticking with the shorter plays to spring for RACS….

but at the same time those qbs did suck

You guys think he would be a good fit for us? He’s only 28

hes big and athletic. Could he be a good fit?

Raiders | Frank Pollack hired

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:44:17 -0800

The Oakland Raiders hired Frank Pollack as their new offensive line coach Wednesday, Feb. 1, according to a source. Pollack was previously with the Houston Texans, and he’ll replace former coach Bob Wylie.

Read more: http://www.kffl.com/team/28/nfl/oakland-raiders#ixzz1lC3UWbKZ

This Delocated ad needs to go already. wtf

http://espn.go.com/blog/afcwest/post/_/id/39481/report-al-saunders-talks-to-chiefs back to zone blocking.

It’s now on the background!! Is there any way I can move it out the way??

But just broke up with my GF of 3 years, i feel like crap, puts all these coaching hires in perspective….man this fucking sucks lol i guess i really loved her, sorry to write this here just needed to tell someone

al saunders has permission to talk to the chiefs by the raiders ~ because allen doesnt want him here.
adam schfner reported that manusky is interviewing with the colts as a dc.. doeas anyone know what happened to winston moss and maybe hire him as a dc?

Now that would be an interesting promotion, he’s a big fan of Dick LeBeau, he knows a thing or two about his schemes and he certainly knows defenses, rookie DC but who knows? He may be good at it

Currently the secondary coach with the whiners, he served 3 years as DC in ATL under Jim Mora Jr and before that he was the DC for the Fudge Packers

maybe a lil packer coaches might develop. curious about winston moss not being the dc.

Green Bay (2000-2003)

2000: 15th ranked defense, 19th pass, 8th run
2001: 12th ranked defense, 15th pass, 16th run
2002: 12th ranked defense, 3rd pass, 21st run
2003: 17th ranked defense, 23rd pass, 10th run

Atlanta (2004-2006)

2004: 14th ranked defense, 22nd pass, 8th run
2005: 22nd ranked defense, 14th pass, 26st run
2006: 22nd ranked defense, 29th pass, 9th run

Meh not impressive at all but might work out with the talent we have here.

so we can have some of Hue Jackson’s friends on board.

Starters Out: Games Started…

“MLB” Rolando McClain 14 starts
“CB” Stanford Routt 15 starts
“DE” Lamarr Houston 12 starts
“FS” Michael Huff 11 starts
“DT” Richard Seymour* 15 starts
“CB” Chris Johnson 3 starts
“DE” Matt Shaughnessy 3 starts

Back Ups Out: Games Played…

“DT” John Henderson 13 games
“SS” Michael Mitchell 12 games
“DE” Jarvis Moss 13 games
“CB” Demarcus Van Dyke 12 games
“CB” Chimdi Chekwa 4 games
“DE” Trevor Scott 14 games
“FS” Eugene, Hiram 0 games
“LB” Goethel, Travis 0 games
“LB” Ricky Brown “IR”

Players added as Starters:

“S” Matt Giordano 8 starts
“CB” Lito Sheppard 7 starts
“LB” Aaron Curry 11 starts
“S” Jerome Boyd 1 start
Joe Porter 1 start

Added as Back-ups

“DB” Bryan McCann 7 games
“S” Nedu Ndukwe 1 game
“CB” Sierling Moore
“DB” Ron Parker

And I don’t care how many times someone wants to pimp these injured plays as not being very good…They were our starters and thus the best we had…It hurt us to lose them for “Significant” games while having to start rookies or inferior back-ups in their place…

That’s 39 games lost by our starters…

That’s 60+ games lost by our Back-Ups…

Now that’s “Significant” time lost!!!

“Sterling Moore on diff. between oakland and NE: shakes head, “much more … businesslike here”

Peyton Manning’s doctor gives QB clearance to play

INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—Peyton Manning has received the OK from his surgeon to start taking hits again.

A spokesman for Dr. Robert Watkins said in a one-paragraph email sent late Thursday night that the Colts’ star was cleared to play.

ESPN, citing unidentified sources, first reported Manning had been cleared.

The Colts contend that is nothing new because Manning was cleared to practice in December, a move that would have also allowed the quarterback to start playing again. But it backs up Manning’s contention from earlier this week that his recovery from September neck surgery is on schedule.

So what would you take with the 1st pick and Payton???

A)…You win the Luck sweepstakes as you take your lumps while he adapts to the NFL level…

Possible huge dividends in the long term??

B)…You stay with Payton and hope he can make it threw another season or 2…

Short term may or may not pay huge dividends but long term probability is very short!!!

Prolley can’t pay both but your on the hook for that huge $$$$ Cap hit…

Steve Hoffman ST coach from the chiefs

http://www.raiders.com/news/article-1/Raiders-Name-Hoffman-Special-Teams-Coordinator/6d4d0a41-5a93-4046-b9da-1ea4fbd1b80e

Does Tom Cable’s decision to take away the play-calling from Knapp make him a moron, or is Knapp an even bigger moron, and thus needed to be pushed into the background?

Al Saunders Fails to get that job…Will he now stay on with the Raiders???

http://espn.go.com/blog/afcwest/post/_/id/39400/mailbag-allen-could-be-great-in-oakland i hope hes great cuz the hire didnt excite me at first (can’t BUY into the hype just yet though).

With Al Davis out of the picture it appears that Goodell thinks he’s a bully!!!

Los Angeles suddenly long-shot option for Raiders

By Steve Corkran

Raiders owner Mark Davis said Jan. 10 that he already has received offers from investors who want to build stadiums in the Los Angeles area about the prospect of the Raiders relocating to the part of the state they left after the 1994 season.
Davis declined to go into specifics. However, he made it abundantly clear that Los Angeles remains a viable option as long as the Raiders don’t have a better option than the Oakland Coliseum in its current state.
"Los Angeles is a possibility," Davis said. "Wherever’s a possibility. We need a stadium."
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell splahsed a tub of cold water on the Raiders, or any other NFL team, moving to Los Angeles by saying, "We want to keep our teams where they are."
Further, Goodell said if the NFL returns to Los Angeles at some point, it likely would be with one or two expansion teams.
The Raiders lease extension with the Coliseum expires after the 2013 season. At this point, their options are: sign an extension or find a way to get a new stadium built.
The 49ers moved closer to getting their new stadium by receiving a $200 million loan from the NFL, with no language providing the 49ers be joint tenants with the Raiders.
Not that that matters anyway. The 49ers and Raiders want their own stadiums. Until now, Los Angeles seemed like the Raiders’ best option.
"There’s offers on the table, but I wouldn’t talk about them," Davis said of Los Angeles. "If there was an offer that we liked, we would’ve taken it. Let me put it that way. And there’s not."
The clock is ticking.