The Raiders moved closer to readiness for the upcoming season by adding three coaches to Tom Cable’s staff.
Cable hired Bert Leone as the defensive quality control coach, Rich Scangarello as his offensive quality control coach and Aaron Pelch as an assistant special teams coach.
Cable has hired 10 new coaches since he was made the full-time head coach by managing general partner Al Davis on Feb. 4. He also has reassigned five coaches to new roles this season.
In other news, quarterback JaMarcus Russell showed up for the offseason workout program Thursday. He reportedly missed the first part of the voluntary workouts so that he could be with his mother while she underwent surgery last week.
Cable started the offseason workouts Mar. 16. Players aren’t required to attend, but they are encouraged to spend as many days as possible working out at the team’s year-round facility.

Just wanted to clarify that there will not be a live chat with Jerry McDonald this week. Jerry will be on vacation the rest of the week and our regular online live chats will resume on Tuesday, March 31 at 1 p.m.

In the meantime, if/when Raiders news happens, we’ll keep you informed.

The Raiders will play their first Thanksgiving Day game in 39 years in Dallas against the Cowboys and also will open the season on Monday night with a home game against the San Diego Chargers as the NFL announced its prime time schedule on its Web site.
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Raiders offensive tackle Cornell Green was arrested following a domestic incident in his home town.

Green has been the Raiders starting tackle for past two seasons.

It’s better for the Raiders if the Broncos are true to their public stance that they want to keep quarterback Jay Cutler.
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You can thank David White of the San Francisco Chronicle for smoking out the latest big news out of Alameda.

When team executive John Herrera said there was no media availability scheduled this week as some of the team gathered for preseason workout sessions, I thought the worst.
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A couple of familiar faces unexpectedly showed up at Raiders headquarters in Alameda Monday morning for the first day of offseason workouts.
Although the team has not announced it, the Raiders have re-signed former Pro Bowl kick returner Justin Miller and defensive tackle William Joseph, which was reported by the San Francisco Chronicle.
With Johnnie Lee Higgins returning punts and Miller back deep for kickoffs, the Raiders had one of the more dangerous return tandems in the league in 2008.
Look for more details on the Miller and Joseph signings to come from Jerry McDonald.

In contrast to the ugliness of the previous regime between owner and coach, this is how the relationship is supposed to work.
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Last year the most heated debate among readers of this forum was about Darren McFadden.

To draft, or not to draft?
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Taking the better part of two days off with sore throat and slight fever, which works out perfectly because the Raiders haven’t done much of anything either.

And they’re to be praised for it.
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