Derek Anderson fits the mold for a Raider quarterback. 

1. Success in the past, but has fallen on hard times.
2. Big arm to make Al Davis happy.
3. Would come at a moderate cost.

What does everyone think?  I know we also need to upgrade the WR corps; however, this would be a great addition to either push JaDumbcus or lead us to at least an 8-8 record.

Wake up Al... get us someone who at least gives us a chance.

Either resign Gradkowski or bring in D. Anderson.  Let's go Raiders!

In the 1968 draft, the Raiders drafted two quarterbacks: Tennessee A&I quarterback Eldridge Dickey and Alabama’s Ken Stabler.  Dickey, the first black quarterback to be taken in the first round ever, was an exceptional athlete who dreamed of making history as the first black QB in the NFL.

The reasons behind Al Davis’ decision to draft Dickey are unclear.  According to some, he was indulging his maverick’s reputation.  Others say that he must have been impressed with the speed and athleticism of the ambidextrous quarterback.  There were also rumors that Al simply wanted to keep Dickey away from Kansas City Chiefs’ head coach Hank Stram.  Asked how he felt about drafting Dickey, a black player who hoped to become the first “Negro QB” in either pro league, Al Davis responded in a typical Al fashion: "I don't care if he's polka-dot."  

Continue reading this post »

The former penalty prone Raiders Offensive tackle Cornell Green has signed a 3 year $9 million contract with the Buffalo Bills according to Raiders beat writer Patrick Patterson.

Green was a favorite of head coach Tom Cable, but nobody can argue that his knucklehead penalties at the most inopportune times will not be missed.

This is just another step in the Al Davis youth movement. With the recent release of Justin Fargas, Javon Walker, and Greg Ellis, the Raiders roster just got significantly younger.

Let me be the first to say good luck Buffalo. I'll take Langston Walker over Cornell Green any day of the week, especially on Sundays.

“I've been in the league 10 years now and one thing they’ve encouraged me to bring here is the leadership I do have," Green told Buffalobills.com. "I’ve been waiting for a long time to get this opportunity to be a leader and be an example for other guys. I’ve been a lot of places in my career. I’ve won a Super Bowl in Tampa so I bring some intangibles that a lot of guys don’t have right now because of their inexperience. I’m just willing to work with the guys and be a part of the team.”

Wasn't their G.M. the same guy who bashed the Raiders a little while ago?

What kind of drugs is that guy on?

Somebody in Buffalo failed to do their homework.

This move might signify that the Raiders are looking to draft an offensive lineman with their first pick of the draft, or it could mean that the team expects Khalif Barnes to have an increased role on the line this year.

Regardless of what it could mean, it for sure means that the team knows Green was a problematic player.

And I just want to add a big thank you to Justin Fargas for what he brought to our team while he was here. He was the heartbeat of this offense regardless of his production, and he will be missed.

How's it going guys?  For those that don't know, I'm a die hard Giants Fan and have been trying to get as much info on your Middle LB Kirk Morrison as possible....I've posted questions in some of the threads but haven't received much info so I thought I'd throw a Fan Post up.

So here goes....what is the deal w/ this kid Kirk Morrison?  Why did you only offer him a 3rd round tender?  Is he really that good in coverage?  Is he that bad in Run Support?  Is he more of a WILL or SAM?  Are his stats inflated because your D is on the field a lot (no disrespect)?

FYI, the comments AP made about ya'll this year was so asinine, dude shoulda kept him mouth shut...sure enough we collapsed shortly after those stupid remarks.....it's called Karma (Thanks AP).  Kinda like when Osi was bragging on Monday Night Football about how great we were in '08....Cleveland turned around and embarrassed us on National TV.

So please, if anyone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everybody, I´m a mexican Raider fan since 1990 ( but i know in my cells, bones & flesh I´m always has been).. those times when our team were resurging from mid 80´s crisis, an erratic Schoreder in charge & a WR fear group (Brown, Fernandez & Gault) & a terrific Dline (Golic, Smith, Long & Townsend)... after that?  the Hoss aboard & jett, Montgomey, Trapp, Peat, Perry, Mcallum, etc...(& THAT UNFORGETABLE 42-21 TO THE DONKEYS & SCUFFLE BETWEEN THE HOSS & LiLO LANG on wild card 1993) after that George, Rison, Maryland, Swilling, Brown, the Wiz ( last both the unique excellent constant on all this times!!)... after Gruden, Rice, Woodson, Jackson, Harris, Johnston, Ritchie, Jolley etc... But Honestly in this 7 years span the most dramatic missing ingredient on my team are: the heart, the soul, "los huevos" as we say on spanish... my friends jokes about me & my passion for the silver & black, my mother alway tries to excuse against my brother (stelergay fan) & my father ( cowgirl fan), i´m 36 now & i know in a deeply way that I will be in love with the silver & black for may years to come, mainly because the genesis of this team is a proud history of faith, no clichés, a smashmouth for haters & non believers... all my friends are fan of diferent teams & when we discuss (drinking beer sometimes) regarding my passion for the raiders I´m always start saying... no one team on profesional sports has been so culture & history changing  fact for their league as us... the team home movements, the minority coaches, female excecutives, the merger afc -nfl, etc... after all of this stories everybody shut up... (to certain haters 3 rings is not enough lately... usually my brother tries to win with this argue but himself is ashamed with the BS of  Noll, swann and those gays triyng to jail us on the 70´s with stupid criminal charges... WHAT KIND OF LADIES THEY WERE!!! HAHA

I love Big Al as I love our colors, our triumphs & defeats, I love our hall of famers & also our busts, I´m always cry when we lost warriors to free agency ( I´m still hating Woodson on yellow, The Hoss as a Redskin, Marcus Allen a chief) & Im´always salute with vehemency to the new free agents... but man!! is very very hard smile on this times, but you know?... the Silver & Black is too much part of me because I pass form a 17 inexperienced young man to a family head with a wife & two girls always wearing a silver & black shirt...

NO matter how hard the times are, no matter how you-know-who is scraping his legacy... I´m always be a loyal, deeply in love Raider Fan.

Nice to join to people with the same passion no matter how much distance, ethnic, color, age, nacionality, social status, job, religion we have...

( If in some parts my english are not enough good, excuse me...I will try to improve it).

Carlos

Now i am sure alot of you already think this is the case so in no way am i claiming this is ground breaking or ew but i though it might be a good cob=nverstaion starter ona sunday without football.

Al Davis in his head and heart believes that to succeed in the NFL it takes superior athletes not supperior footabll players. Why do u ask because you can not teach SPEED but u can teach soemoen to tackle or to watch film or to play his gap or run this or that route. But athleticsm is innate and must be accumulated on a team wide basis in order to win.

NOw to the question of why did terdell sand get a fat contract, why did routt get a high tender and other such contacts have been handed out over the years (ill ask for help if anyone would like add other examples) because if a man with an outstanding amount of athletic ability is not succeeding then it must be because he isnt motivated. And a big PAYDAY will get that man to produce for Mr. Davis on the field because he feels in some indebted to him for paying him big dollars when noe one else would.

Would Darius Heyward Bey have made as much money last year if the raiders had not picked him so high? NO

would Nnamdi Asomugha have made as much money in his rookie contract had Al not taken a chance? NO

Would Tommy Kelley have been at the time the highest paid DT in the BFL it not for AL? NO

the beuty of this type of thought is that it works just enough to convince him he is right and everyone else is wrong but it nevers works enough to be succesfull in terms of playoffs and superbowls.

We all sit here on this site and say "we should do this, do that" blah blah blah.

The truth is you never know until your actually sitting in the position. For example some people want JaCantWinBaby Gameless to get cut and just swallow the $10 million in guaranteed money left on his contract. Really? You would just give $10 million away like that to a guy who may (I swallow hard here) show us something IF he comes prepared to OTAs and training camp.

So we all sit here and speculate, although I think thats part of the whole site of S&BP and what makes it great.

But put yourself in the seat for real. Lets just say you had a couple billion or so sitting around and wanted to spend a good chunk of that to buy our-your beloved Raiders.

Share your moves, just 3 major ones don't give us full list. Before your type LAP I would set JaNoGameNoAim go, fire Cable and trade Fargas (rather than release him) to Minnesota for Adrian Peterson be Realistic...... please.

I really would like to hear the moves people would make. Think about the $$$ it would cost you to make said moves, the ramifications and reality of your proposed moves happening.

My major moves. Cut Kelly and Walker saving huge $$$ on the cap and sign more players in FA or draft that will take their places and pay less. THe WR corps in Oakland are full right now anyhow no need for Javon and that ridiculous contract. Try and trade up and Suh at #2 IF it's a reasonable trade like our #8 and a 4th rounder and 5th rounder. Sign Grad for 3 years $6 mill with $2 mill guaranteed, re-sign Frye for 1 year $500K or something.

I could sit here all day and go through the entire roster, FAs, draft possibilities and personnel moves but I just gave a quick thought of some major easy come to mind moves.

Oh yeah one other major move as owner make Herrera serve hotdogs in the blackhole on game day with a sign that says "I am the weiner king".

Remember you are the owner and list as many things as you want to do to make our Raiders better. Just don't go into some massive ranting, ridiculous and impossible changes.

Raiders release RB Justin Fargas

It looks as though the Raiders got rid of Justin Fargas a few hours ago.  I assumed that this was going to happen as he was owed a big chunk of change .. I actually heard this news from my dad, before there was an official AP release.  While I believe Michael Bush is a good direction to go, it will be sad to see someone like Fargas go.  I know his statistics were not the best, but he had a heart, and was an inspirational leader.  There’s no doubt in my mind that if he had better physical abilities (say the speed of McFadden, strength of Bush), he would have been an unstoppable power house.  I believe I read on the website Zach Miller and Justin Fargas were both nominated for the Commitment to Excellence award .. It’s good to see that the Raiders at least acknowledged him.  The ceremony was on March 13?  If so I hope he still goes through with it.  Football is a business, and he deserves to be praised for his efforts.

On another note, I’ve followed Silver & Black Pride for awhile now.  I enjoy reading everyone’s input and how they feel the direction of the team should go.  It’s refreshing not hearing bashing of the Raiders constantly.  Being a diehard Raider fan from San Diego, I hear it on a constant basis.  It matters not however, as they have been my team and I will stick by them no matter what Mr. Davis decides to do.  I will try and respond more to these posts ..

Just a little about me .. I’m 22 and have a beautiful wife and three children and one on the way .. All little Raider fans .. I work two jobs and spend most (if not all) of my free time with them.  I catch the Raider games by taking the family out to any (family) establishment I can when it’s not on TV (which is a lot down here).  Anyway, don’t want to bore anyone, was just looking for a way to introduce myself.  Hope to talk to you all about one of my greatest passions, The Oakland Raiders ..

The Oakland Raiders are in no rush to sign anyone of the remaining unrestricted free agents in the league. They did, however, make a move to sign one of their own guys, offensive tackle Khalif Barnes.

So what does the signing of Barnes mean for the Raiders going forward?
Well, let’s start from the start. Originally, Khalif was brought in to compete with Mario Henderson for the starting left tackle position. Unfortunately, at the beginning of training camp in 2009, he suffered a broken ankle.

Barnes would not return to the practice field until about week six of the regular season. By that time, the Raiders had also lost starting guard Robert Gallery to a broken Tibia. Things were not shaking out well.

The Raiders had made a trade early in the offseason of 2009 for former Dolphins starting center Samson Satele. While Satele did not get injured, he was having a problem adjusting to the zone blocking scheme of Tom Cable.
Cable had actively pursued Satele in the trade, because when Cable saw the 2007 draft class from which Satele came, Cable thought Satele was the best offensive lineman in the class.

The line was becoming a big time question mark by the time Khalif came back from his injury. During or around the same time, the Raiders lost starting right tackle Cornell Green to injury as well. He would end up missing a good portion of the middle of last season.

The Raiders asked Khalif to train with them as a right tackle, and also tried to get him involved as a left guard, to perhaps replace the loss of Gallery.
I know, it’s all very confusing and complicated, but it is what it was…so to speak.

So soon after the Raiders tried to get Barnes to swap sides, reports surfaced that Barnes was complaining about the move. The speculation was that he did not want to play right tackle because they make significantly less money than left tackles that protect the quarterbacks blindside.

To the best of my knowledge, the rumors were never confirmed. It should also be noted that Barnes said after he was injured that he was told he’d be the starting left tackle regardless of the injury upon his return.

Amidst all the turmoil along the offensive front, the Raiders ultimately ended up calling upon the services of an old friend, former Raiders and Bills OT, Langston Walker.

Walker ended up bypassing all current Raiders lineman, and started a significant number of games at left guard in replacement of the oft injured Robert Gallery.

Whatever issues Barnes had with what went down last season, it seems that he, along with the coaching staff, have decided it would be in everyone’s best interest to push the reset button on Barnes’ stint with the Raiders.

Continue reading this post »

OK so I have been knocking around this post idea for a while and just decided to do it. Saint may take it down because it really isn't football BUT it is about our team and what we all (most except one) think about our biggest bust of all NFL time Ja........

That's it. Fill in the blank and give us your best rendition of our $33 million (at least) flop and what you can do with his easily twist-able name.

I have a few, everytime I discuss him in a post I tend to try and come up with a new one and most of you guys have some real good ones that cracked me up.

It's just good fun and maybe we can come up with our own anti-JaDropsALot clothing line or team attire with said made up names on it. Maybe some of you guys that are lucky enough to go to the games can even incorporate some of the better ones on placards or signs in the crowd.

Anyhow give me your best take on JaNoMuscle NoHustle