Report: 2011 rules could be same as 2010
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Sunday, March 13th, 2011 at 8:44 pm in Oakland Raiders.
The Washington Post is reporting that if the NFL is forced to open its doors through the court system, the playing field would be the same as they were last season.
No salary cap and restricted free agency for four- and five-year veterans with non-guaranteed contracts and tender levels which vary according to the player’s perceived importance on the team.
The Raiders have already given first- and third-round tenders to tight end Zach Miller and running back Michael Bush, which would pay each man approximately $3.2 million for the 2011 season.
I’ll be away for a week on a company-mandated furlough.
Beat writer Steve Corkran will keep you updated on Raiders news . . .
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March 13th, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Wake me up in August.
March 13th, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Some news about who the Raiders have looked at:
http://85percentsports.com/2011/03/09/nfl-teams-draft-interests/
March 13th, 2011 at 9:09 pm
I’ll be away for a week on a company-mandated furlough.
Beat writer Steve Corkran will keep you updated on Raiders news .
………he is better anyway…
March 13th, 2011 at 9:16 pm
The Raiders should not lose anyone in free agency ,because Coach Davis;s secret police will keep everyone in tow.
March 13th, 2011 at 9:35 pm
144.Al Davis MachoMachoSupremo Says:
So dissapointed my hero Coach Davis did not avert the lockout. He tried tho, showed those greedy owners just how inflated salaries could get, set the wage scale, but they didn’t listen. Coach Davis set the bar to high, and neither party could reach it.
Dear Coach Davis, please make the trip to DC and take tour shoe off and slam it on the table to get everyones attention, and then set them straight, tell them like it is. That would most certainly be appreciated.
Just goes to show you how screwed up things really got without Coach Davis’ presence at the CBA table. As goes Coach Davis, so goes the NFL.
Coach Davis has to be upset, after all he founded the NFL, made it what it is today for fans enjoyment, at the expense of his own team at times, mind you, and look at it now. So anyone wants to rag on Coach better keep in mind if it wasn’t for him, there would probably be no NFL and, for that matter, no Coach Davis for all you haters to hate on.
And one more thing for all you Coach Davis haters. Coach rewards loyalty with loyalty. When the late Mr. Upshaw was in charge, him and Coach knew how to make it work. Now, look what these upstarts have done.
March 13th, 2011 at 9:36 pm
2.noteasilyimpressed Says:
March 13th, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Some news about who the Raiders have looked at:
http://85percentsports.com/2011/03/09/nfl-teams-draft-interests/
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Looks thin.
March 13th, 2011 at 9:38 pm
4.phatcable Says:
March 13th, 2011 at 9:16 pm
The Raiders should not lose anyone in free agency ,because Coach Davis;s secret police will keep everyone in tow.
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Coach Davis is the man!
March 13th, 2011 at 9:39 pm
Coach Davis made the NFL what it is today and look what the upstarts have done. Hate on that haters.
March 13th, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Just goes to show you how screwed up things really got without Coach Davis’ presence at the CBA table. As goes Coach Davis, so goes the NFL.
March 13th, 2011 at 9:46 pm
If, and that is a big if, the present day NFL powers and the present NFLPA powers ever get their act together and come to some type of so-called collective agreement and games resume, Coach Davis and the Raidahs will come through this smelling like the proverbial rose. Bank it!
March 13th, 2011 at 9:50 pm
Coach Davis is probably on the telephone right now screaming at the CBA bozo’s. I’d be angry too, after all that money (still in the bank however) spent on his players, he want to get the games going. Get this show on the road.
March 13th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
i wish i were a chick so i could throw my panties too coach davis!
March 13th, 2011 at 9:54 pm
coach davis is a rockstar!
March 13th, 2011 at 9:55 pm
12.phatcable Says:
March 13th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
i wish i were a chick so i could throw my panties too coach davis!
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would that happen to be a 82 yr old chick? Wouldn’t do you no good though, Coach Davis is a family man.
March 13th, 2011 at 10:01 pm
Coach Davis founded the NFL and look what these clowns have done. A so-called lockout because they can’t get their so-called collective bargain agreement in order. Total lack of respect for Coach Davis. But he’ll have the last laugh when Mr. Goodell hands Coach the Lombardi Trophy.
March 13th, 2011 at 10:14 pm
coach davis created the nfl in six days and on the seventh day he rested!
March 13th, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Furlough?… Ouch! To show the ‘company’ my appreciation I would ignore all things “Raiders” during that time if I were you, Jmac. Enjoy the time away, if you can.
March 13th, 2011 at 11:12 pm
I probably won’t post for a while; around mid-April for the draft; unless news about the CBA changes to the positive for us fans!
Hopefully Al has enough strength to make the flight to DC sometime.
Our prayers are with our allies in Japan; much bigger issue than the NFL situation especially with a probable full melt down at Nuclear Power Plants looming.
March 13th, 2011 at 11:13 pm
Gonzaga will reach the Eight!
Stockton to Malone…err… Dower!
March 13th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
Josh Portis as a QB interest.
Don’t like the sound of his wikipage.
March 13th, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Some highlights of Portis here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKlemRBlI_8
March 13th, 2011 at 11:39 pm
I know Portis is related to the bi polar ex -redskin, and that he has plenty of upside, but has had some off the field character concerns of some sort.
Honestly the only thing I care about from a QB, is the ability to study, and to take 3-7 steps and get the ball out on time. Footwork & technique are also pluses as well as the ability to make the throws, but just getting the ball out is the most impressive.
At the combine I saw Ponder and Stanzi do this…
March 13th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
It is a safe bet to assume that business will operate as usual within a week. The owners all seemed to be pissed that the players opted to decertify their union. The players could care less that owners can’t get along and that they are fighting amongst themselves. THis decert option allows business to push on and the system will push as it has been operating… the important thing to remember is that the owners opted out of the last CBA… the decert option just prolongs the current system that we all know and love. Not sure why people blame the owners other than it was their action that sturck first just so that owners would not have the ability to lock them out. The players all voted to decertify in Oct-november of 2010…
March 14th, 2011 at 12:23 am
Have a good time Jerry. Hurry back!
March 14th, 2011 at 12:33 am
Have to admit… the more i see/ read about Ryan Mallet… if he falls to pick #48… he is a steal, and I would be happy with the pick.
Yeah I know about the alleged drug use nd the charecter concerns… he reminds me of Phillip Rivers(skill set)/ Dan Marino in 83′ charecter concerns that make teams pass.
March 14th, 2011 at 12:52 am
Don’t think Mallet is on Big Al’s bigboard – wouldnt risk using a high pick on a QB with a lot of the same red flags as JaBust, he would be torched by the media, and it would increase the pressure on Mallet further, not a good way to start in the league! Also, he is not as mobile as he would have to be with our overhaul at O-line! Time will show if he does fall that far..
Hope we draft as we did last year, getting good players at positions of need with good potential that can contribute and have a role on the team straight away!
March 14th, 2011 at 12:58 am
OL is the most pressing need.
But we always have to grab a QB project somewhere in the draft too, even if we traditionally don’t develop them well.
Looking back over the last x years, the most gaping hole in our team has been passing and pass protection and run defense. With our defense significantly improved last season, just a few pieces to plug in here and there to improve it, the passing game and especially pass-protection has remained consistently poor.
With all the losses and potential FA losses to our OL, that’s by far the most important thing, and the QB, whomever we have, Campbell, Boller, Mallet/Portis/etc, would do a much better job due to it. Especially with Al’s vertical game, OL is THE most paramount thing to it.
March 14th, 2011 at 4:36 am
Oh yeah cause the WR core has been lights out the last couple of years, if you don’t have a Rodgers or Brady better at some point get a 1# WR and I love Chaz but 3 Games a year ain’t a 1!
GO RAIDERS!!!!!!!!
March 14th, 2011 at 5:13 am
Good Morning Nation!!!
Hmmm…not much to do about anything these days!
March 14th, 2011 at 5:30 am
haha…just realized that the time hasn’t changed on this blog…
March 14th, 2011 at 6:03 am
morning fellas. How was everybodys weekend?
March 14th, 2011 at 6:11 am
Morning Bcz24! Better, knowing that my ohana is safe! But like always…too short!
March 14th, 2011 at 6:14 am
I am still recovering from Saturday. My bday is St Pattys day so the annual St Pattys parade is somewhat of a tradition for me… lol. I should have taken a vacation day.
March 14th, 2011 at 6:29 am
Nice, but yeah…you should have taken at least Friday off…
March 14th, 2011 at 7:04 am
“No salary cap and restricted free agency for four- and five-year veterans with non-guaranteed contracts and tender levels which vary according to the player’s perceived importance on the team.”
No salary cap, eh? That would make all this talk of overpaying players kind of moot, wouldn’t it? Also will make it easier to resign Huff and Asomugha.
Might mean some contract restructuring to get under the cap for 2012, but that’s for next year. Besides, maybe the cap will go up . . .
I think Al’s gamble of doing a lot of business before the lockout is going to pay off.
March 14th, 2011 at 7:25 am
Huff is a 5th year guy isnt he? Wouldnt he be restricted if the the 2010 rules applied to 2011
March 14th, 2011 at 7:46 am
The Pentagon was expected to announce that the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, which is sailing in the Pacific, passed through a radioactive cloud from stricken nuclear reactors in Japan, causing crew members on deck to receive a month’s worth of radiation in about an hour, government officials said Sunday.
The officials added that American helicopters flying missions about 60 miles north of the damaged reactors became coated with particulate radiation that had to be washed off.
There was no indication that any of the military personnel had experienced ill effects from the exposure. (Everyone is exposed to a small amount of natural background radiation.)
But the episodes showed that the prevailing winds were picking up radioactive material from crippled reactors in northeastern Japan. Ever since an earthquake struck Japan on Friday, the authorities worldwide have been laying plans to map where radioactive plumes might blow and determine what, if any, danger they could pose to people.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/14plume.html?_r=1
March 14th, 2011 at 9:04 am
Have to admit, not well up on FA versus restricted FA. I guess that means they’d have a chance to match any offer Huff would receive.
They’d have to tender him before the beginning of FA if they wanted compensatory picks- but the original tender date has passed. Who knows, now, when FA will begin, and if they’d have a second chance to tender him?
March 14th, 2011 at 9:06 am
Morning peoples!
SI’s Peter King says he’d put his money on Tiki Barber being in training camp with either the Bucs, Raiders, Patriots or Jets.
There has also been speculation that the Saints and Broncos could show interest. But if the Bucs part ways with Cadillac Williams, that appears to be the best fit. Still, we’re skeptical that the 35-year-old Barber really has enough left in the tank to be a factor.
Related: Jets, Raiders, Buccaneers, Patriots
Source: SI.com
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Tiki to the Raiders?????????
Not happening.
March 14th, 2011 at 9:15 am
Oakland Raiders:
Pro day attended: Alabama, Auburn, FAU, Miami (FL), Troy, Wisconsin,
Josh Portis QB, California (PA) – source
Julius Thomas TE, Portland State – source
Gabe Carimi OT, Wisconsin – source
Nick Fairley DT, Auburn – source
Jerrell Powe NT, Mississippi – source
Chris Carter OLB, Fresno State – source
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Man…thats a long list compared to other teams!
March 14th, 2011 at 9:18 am
I’ll be away for a week on a company-mandated furlough.
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No !!!!!!!!!!!!
March 14th, 2011 at 9:18 am
Bcz24 Says:
March 14th, 2011 at 6:14 am
I am still recovering from Saturday. My bday is St Pattys day so the annual St Pattys parade is somewhat of a tradition for me… lol. I should have taken a vacation day.
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Happy Birthday 24…..does that mean you’ll change your name to:
Bcz25 ?
j/k
March 14th, 2011 at 9:21 am
Oakland Raiders:
Pro day attended: Alabama, Auburn, FAU, Miami (FL), Troy, Wisconsin,
Josh Portis QB, California (PA) – source
Julius Thomas TE, Portland State – source
Gabe Carimi OT, Wisconsin – source
Nick Fairley DT, Auburn – source
Jerrell Powe NT, Mississippi – source
Chris Carter OLB, Fresno State – source
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That there is a list of guys we almost certainly won’t draft. Most of the players we’ve taken over the past few years have said they had no idea the Raiders were even interested in them, including our #1 pick from last year, Rolando McClain, who said he never even talked to the team before he was chosen.
March 14th, 2011 at 9:24 am
Good morning Nation!
So pretty much this means that we get to keep ZMiller because the same rules apply for 2011 as 2010. So this means Al Davis KNEW there was going to a lockout. That’s why he tendered.
Crazy old Uncle Al.
March 14th, 2011 at 9:25 am
Huff is a 5th year guy isnt he? Wouldnt he be restricted if the the 2010 rules applied to 2011
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Huff was drafted in 2006. thats 5 accrued seasons
2011 would be his 6th. not sure if he can be tendered or not, but after the Raiders gave Hiram Eugene $10+ million and re-signed Jerome Boyd, my guess would be that the Raiders have moved on regardless (unfortunately)
I still think that Mitchell & Branch will start at safety. Routt is locking down 1 corner spot and I wouldn’t be surprised to see a 3 man battle of CJ37-McFadden-Ware for the other opposite him * with CJ37 winning
Nobody is going to notice Nnamdi & Mike gone when we finally stuff the run this year in addition to making the QB eat dirt … Print That
March 14th, 2011 at 9:26 am
Happy Birthday BCZ!
March 14th, 2011 at 9:28 am
the Raiders have the same odds at trading for Tiki Barber as they do trading for Michael Vick …
NONE!
March 14th, 2011 at 9:29 am
BBL gents …
March 14th, 2011 at 9:38 am
45.RaiderRockstar Says:
March 14th, 2011 at 9:25 am
Huff is a 5th year guy isnt he? Wouldnt he be restricted if the the 2010 rules applied to 2011
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Huff was drafted in 2006. thats 5 accrued seasons
2011 would be his 6th. not sure if he can be tendered or not, but after the Raiders gave Hiram Eugene $10+ million and re-signed Jerome Boyd, my guess would be that the Raiders have moved on regardless (unfortunately)
I still think that Mitchell & Branch will start at safety. Routt is locking down 1 corner spot and I wouldn’t be surprised to see a 3 man battle of CJ37-McFadden-Ware for the other opposite him * with CJ37 winning
Nobody is going to notice Nnamdi & Mike gone when we finally stuff the run this year in addition to making the QB eat dirt … Print That
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Branch and Mitchell playing the safety spots? Who is going to be the rover FS?
None of those two can cover.
March 14th, 2011 at 9:39 am
43.edward teach Says:
March 14th, 2011 at 9:21 am
Oakland Raiders:
Pro day attended: Alabama, Auburn, FAU, Miami (FL), Troy, Wisconsin,
Josh Portis QB, California (PA) – source
Julius Thomas TE, Portland State – source
Gabe Carimi OT, Wisconsin – source
Nick Fairley DT, Auburn – source
Jerrell Powe NT, Mississippi – source
Chris Carter OLB, Fresno State – source
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That there is a list of guys we almost certainly won’t draft. Most of the players we’ve taken over the past few years have said they had no idea the Raiders were even interested in them, including our #1 pick from last year, Rolando McClain, who said he never even talked to the team before he was chosen.
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Agreed. The Raiders like to play smokescreen games when it comes to prepping for the draft.
March 14th, 2011 at 9:43 am
Offensive line, offensive line, offensive line,….
Oh, and we need a quarterback too.
March 14th, 2011 at 9:51 am
noteasilyimpressed Says:
March 13th, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Some news about who the Raiders have looked at:
http://85percentsports.com/2011/03/09/nfl-teams-draft-interests
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It has to be a smoke screen, considering there is not one CB on the list.
March 14th, 2011 at 10:01 am
I’s Peter King says he’d put his money on Tiki Barber being in training camp with either the Bucs, Raiders, Patriots or Jets
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I heard he is a locker room cancer, no thanx to an old man who hasn’t played football in years. He will be with his bro next year if anyone signs him.
March 14th, 2011 at 10:04 am
Travis Goethel is the mix for the Raiders’ weak-side linebacker job, according to beat writer Jerry McDonald.
Goethel actually won the job out of camp last year according to McDonald, but early-season back surgery sidelined him. The 2010 sixth-rounder will have a hard time beating out Quentin Groves without a full offseason to impress coaches.
March 14th, 2011 at 10:05 am
I hope Carolina takes Dareus.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=At1iKrx2_NFt3ANjL_0ux95DubYF?slug=pfw-20110314_2011_mock_draft_20
and I hope Denver takes Bowers
March 14th, 2011 at 10:06 am
53. Word. No thanks.
March 14th, 2011 at 10:15 am
49. Cj’s always had health issues. can’t count on him to be the season long guy.
Walter’s going to have to step up. Can’t see Aso and Huff going.
Davis does what he wants but Aso’s a prize conversion find for him and he loves that plus he’s a rock on and off the field.
Huff’s never really panned and beware any guy that posts career numbers his contract year. BUT he is finally starting to play the single high well and thats not an easy job.
Branch is a liability against the pass and Mitchell’s still too green. He played FS at Ohio about a third of time but not sure he’s ready to go full time at this level.
March 14th, 2011 at 10:17 am
With Dmac/Bush, why would anybody think the Raiders would be interested in Tiki Barber?
This must be a shot at Al Davis, by King.
March 14th, 2011 at 10:51 am
I remember Tiki leaving NY and trashing the team and the players the next year as an analyst… it is worth noting that the Ginats stumbled out the gate and struggled because Spagnolo’s defense was new… then the giants won the superbowl and i havent heard from tiki since.
March 14th, 2011 at 10:55 am
Furloughs suck. Ive had two years of furloughs. Hopefully they will “smooth” that week like my job so that it doesnt all hit at one time.
Jerry you are the best Raider reporter hands down. I say lets furlough this site for a week to show Oakland Tribune how much we need Jerry.
March 14th, 2011 at 11:18 am
Raiders Players Could Hold Informal Workouts During Lockout
By Chuck Carroll»Football News Now Staff Writer» March 13, 2011 – 11:46 pm
A group of Oakland Raiders players aren’t going to let the NFL lockout prevent them from preparing for the 2011 season. At least that’s how Jon Condo sees it.
Condo spoke with CSN Bay Area at this weekend’s Commitment To Excellence Dinner where teammate Rock Cartwright was being honored.
The long snapper “envisions” a number of Raiders players getting together later this month to hold informal workouts.
Players from a host of teams around the league are planning the same approach. Included in that bunch are the Raiders AFC West bretheren Kansas City Chiefs.
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I can see it now….Condo, Lechler and Jano getting together at a local high school field and practicing kicks and snaps…..with Jano playing a drinking game all by himself (gets a shot of jagermeister every time he makes a FG)….and, at the end of the day, Lechler pulls a hammy trying to carry Jano off the field.
March 14th, 2011 at 11:34 am
Branch and Mitchell playing the safety spots? Who is going to be the rover FS?
None of those two can cover.
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DK007,
Chuck B & Rod Woodson will figure that out!
Al Davis traded up to take Tyvon Branch in the 2008 draft and made him a full-time starter at SS to replace big money FA Gibril Wilson in 2009 when as a rookie he had only played 8 games (starting none) and finished the season on I.R. for shoulder surgery
Mitchell has drawn comparisons to Ronnie Lott & Jack Tatum since the Raiders drafted him. When the staff wanted to cut him in favor of Stevie Brown last year, it was Brown who got the axe (more than once) and Mitchell saw his time increase in the Big Nickel playing OLB or other 3 safety packages – 5 safety no CB defense? we won’t go there!
Both are Al Davis favorites. Everybody thought Huff sucked at SS too, but last year he played like an All-Pro at FS and now everybody wants him back. Branch was a CB in college. I’m sure he has SOME coverage ability and when MM34 was asked which he could play better between FS & SS he replied “about the same”. Mitch wouldn’t be the only FS in the NFL who can hit like a mack truck!
March 14th, 2011 at 11:53 am
Cj’s always had health issues. can’t count on him to be the season long guy.
Walter’s going to have to step up.
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Nnamdi21,
Walter Mac played in all of 4 games last year and made a whopping 5 tackles. He missed 12 games as a rookie last season!
CJ37 has missed 9 games in 4 seasons with Oakland!
Nnamdi Asomugha, by comparison, has only missed 4 games over the past 4 seasons …
I still don’t think it’s fair to label CJ37 “injury prone”
not many DB’s are going to win the IRON MAN award for durability, ya know?
March 14th, 2011 at 11:54 am
I heard Lincoln Kennedy say on the radio a few weeks ago, that he thought Seabass kicked better when “inebriated” back in the day…
March 14th, 2011 at 11:56 am
Huff’s never really panned and beware any guy that posts career numbers his contract year
Branch is a liability against the pass and Mitchell’s still too green.
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nice work, debbie downer. so whats the solution?
Hiram Eugene & Stevie Brown will compete at FS.
Jerome Boyd & Thomas Howard will compete at SS.
Yippee!!!
March 14th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
Roethlisberger is Cam’s “NFL model”
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LOL!
Cam Netwon = BBB
Black Big Ben. hide your daughters
March 14th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
66.RaiderRockstar Says:
March 14th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
Roethlisberger is Cam’s “NFL model”
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LOL!
Cam Netwon = BBB
Black Big Ben. hide your daughters
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I don’t think you need to worry, unless dude has no standards.
March 14th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Uh oh. You called Cam black. You are a racist now.
March 14th, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Who is Cam? I thought it was Kim Newton?
March 14th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
An offseason turned upside down will continue to get odder.
The NFL Players Association is putting into place a plan that would prevent each top college prospect from attending next month’s draft in New York, according to multiple league sources. The NFLPA already has contacted 17 top prospects that ordinarily would have received an invitation to attend the draft and informed them not to go.
Thus, when NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announces the name of the first player selected, the player will not walk on to the stage at Radio City Music Hall as has been the custom. And the player will not be there to do interviews with ESPN or NFL Network. The draft will go on, but not in the manner in which it has been conducted before.
“As of right now, this is 100 percent happening,” said one source familiar with the Players Association’s thinking. “This is going down.”
The Players Association even has gone so far as to consider placing the players on another competing network to do post-pick interviews, though no final decisions have been made. Another source said that, in this day and age, it’s possible that the top prospects also could appear on a social media network platform, only.
“We plan to invite the 15-20 top prospects and their families to New York as we normally do for this once-in-a-lifetime experience. And, as always, it is the decision of the players and their families as to whether they attend,” league spokesman Greg Aiello said in response to the report.
While the NFL has always paid the expenses for the invited players and their immediate family to attend the draft, the league said it would not pay players a fee in an attempt to have them present this year.
Last Friday, the union decertified, meaning it declared itself out of the business of representing players. In exchange for giving up their rights under labor law, the players are able to take their chances in court under antitrust law.
Although it no longer represents players, the NFLPA still exists “as a professional trade association with the mission of supporting the interests and rights of current and former professional football players,” it said after decertifying.
Adam Schefter is ESPN’s NFL Insider. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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Wow, rob these young men of the draft experience they had been dreaming of since they first picked up a football. Very classy. If this is the pettiness we can expect from either side, this thing might last into the 2011 season.
March 14th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
58.KoolKell Says:
March 14th, 2011 at 10:17 am
With Dmac/Bush, why would anybody think the Raiders would be interested in Tiki Barber?
This must be a shot at Al Davis, by King.
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I agree. But there is the chance that Michael Bush will play elsewhere in 2011, despite the tender.
Consider the Patriots- a lot of people prejecting them to draft Mark Inghram at 17th overall. If I were Robert Kraft, I might consider drafting for another position at 17 and giving up the picks for Bush, who IMHO is a better back.
The Pats have multiple picks in the first, second, and third- they can afford it, and they need a real running back there.
March 14th, 2011 at 1:07 pm
Davy, I think that the pats will lean a little more on Ben Jarvis Green Ellis next season, considering that he rushed 238 times for 1051 and 13 t.d.’s last season, I don’t know why they would give up multiple picks for Bush. BJGE is good, they can take a flyer on a young guy that will play behind him.
March 14th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
Rock Chalk!
March 14th, 2011 at 1:27 pm
59.dickv Says:
March 14th, 2011 at 10:51 am
I remember Tiki leaving NY and trashing the team and the players the next year as an analyst… it is worth noting that the Ginats stumbled out the gate and struggled because Spagnolo’s defense was new… then the giants won the superbowl and i havent heard from tiki since.
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I remember that too. That was just flat out awesome when the Giants won it. Tiki had to know they did it cause he wasn’t there, but I’m sure he’d never admit that to his self.
March 14th, 2011 at 1:34 pm
Tiki is embarrasing himself. It is hard to watch a man grovel around like he is. Dude needs to crawl back to his wife and for forgiveness. Go try to be a coach or something. I bet Ronde is shaking his head trying to understand what the hell he is doing.
March 14th, 2011 at 1:35 pm
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81eb9eba/article/emotions-run-high-all-over-as-nfl-labor-woes-deepen
NFL needs Coach Davis now more than ever.
March 14th, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Any Doctors in the house to diagnose this?
http://www.tiricosuave.com/2011/01/18/so-this-is-what-al-davis-looks-like-nowadays/
March 14th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
No doubt in my mind Coach Davis ever considered Tiki. The guy would be not good for the Raiders, and Coach knows this.
But on the lighter side, some folks with a lot of money do and say stupid things, its all over the entertainment industry. Just got to blow it off.
March 14th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
raiderjhawk Says:
March 14th, 2011 at 1:07 pm
Davy, I think that the pats will lean a little more on Ben Jarvis Green Ellis next season, considering that he rushed 238 times for 1051 and 13 t.d.’s last season, I don’t know why they would give up multiple picks for Bush. BJGE is good, they can take a flyer on a young guy that will play behind him.
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Agreed. The Pats will get all the mileage from Ben Jarvis Green-ellis as they can. I don’t even think that Ole Miss got that much production out of that guy…
I seriously doubth they will trade anything for micheal bush when he will be a Free agent soon enough. I am thinking a team like Detroit will take a flyer on a trade for Bush… they busted on Kevin smith and J Best is too small to carry the whole the load by himself. If I am detroit I would give my 2nd round pick for Bush if he would agree to a long term deal.
That being said De angelo williams, and Mcgahee and Ahmad Bradshaw are all available which makes Bush a less valuable commodity…maybe making Bush a 3rd rd pick at best which may make Al Ride it out because he probably can get a 3rd rd compensatory pick 2012 or 2013 for bush as is.
March 14th, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Raiders Need New Face For Organization.
http://www.tiricosuave.com/2011/01/18/so-this-is-what-al-davis-looks-like-nowadays/
March 14th, 2011 at 1:48 pm
KK, Thats just plain nasty rude and disgusting. Do you have that image burned in your brain? There is a time in a mans life when he truly belives he’ll never turn 80, then there comes a time when a man hopes he lives to be 80. Coach Davis has done that.
March 14th, 2011 at 1:52 pm
KK, I’m mad at you cause I can’t get that image out of my head. Thats just plain nasty of you to do that.
Attn every one: do not open up KK’s nasty link. Its a photo shopped image to try and discredit Coach Davis.
March 14th, 2011 at 1:58 pm
Any Doctors in the house to diagnose this?
http://www.tiricosuave.com/2011/01/18/so-this-is-what-al-davis-looks-like-nowadays/
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Yep: that’s Shingles. Herpes zoster. Wow. Painful, especially if it’s on the face.
March 14th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Davy, I think that the pats will lean a little more on Ben Jarvis Green Ellis next season, considering that he rushed 238 times for 1051 and 13 t.d.’s last season, I don’t know why they would give up multiple picks for Bush. BJGE is good, they can take a flyer on a young guy that will play behind him.
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Decent production, but I think there is concern that BJGE isn’t the answer- the Ingram to the Pats at 17 speculation isn’t coming out of nowhere.
You can have Ingram at 17, or Bush at 28 with a third thrown in. If you have a third to spare, isn’t that smarter?
March 14th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
84.Davy Jones Says:
March 14th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Davy, I think that the pats will lean a little more on Ben Jarvis Green Ellis next season, considering that he rushed 238 times for 1051 and 13 t.d.’s last season, I don’t know why they would give up multiple picks for Bush. BJGE is good, they can take a flyer on a young guy that will play behind him.
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Decent production, but I think there is concern that BJGE isn’t the answer- the Ingram to the Pats at 17 speculation isn’t coming out of nowhere.
You can have Ingram at 17, or Bush at 28 with a third thrown in. If you have a third to spare, isn’t that smarter?
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You can’t trade picks for players in this year’s draft.
March 14th, 2011 at 2:12 pm
After reaching the Super Bowl in 2002, the Raider organization sharply took a nosedive. Since their last Super Bowl run, the Raiders have not had one winning season and may have drafted the number one bust in NFL history with JaMarcus Russell. According to Forbes, who releases a ranking of every NFL team’s worth on an annual basis, ranks the Raiders dead last out of 32 teams in terms of franchise worth and operating income (negative 5.7 million) in 2009. Needless to say, the Raiders have seen better days. Most experts attribute these recent failures to Al Davis. Davis is one of three current NFL owners that serve as his team’s General Manager (Jerry Jones and Mike Brown bring the other two) and at 81 years old, his eye for talent seems to have passed him by.
March 14th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
In my final thoughts the Raiders organization has been known lately as the black hole where players and get lost in the shuffle and then re appear after they sign with another team. It seems if this team wants to compete and play again Al Davis needs to step down and let somebody else control the organization. I don’t think he will do this for the fact of he is a proud guy and still stuck in the 1970′s where he was a winner. The style of play back then is different and he will not adapt to what is happening in the NFL today. This is one of the main reasons why his teams have been losing. I wish the Raiders could win, but they will not until this happens.
Clearly, over the past 10 years, Davis has gone from NFL great (he still is) to crazy old kook in the public’s eye due to his unwillingness to give up control of the team he built and evolve with the rest of the NFL. This is going cause his legacy to be remembered in two parts, pre-00’s success and post-00’s terrible decisions, instead of just being remembered as a man that helped turned the NFL into the biggest sport in America.
http://www.cagesideseats.com/2010/8/3/1602971/vince-mcmahon-al-davis-or-george
March 14th, 2011 at 2:58 pm
This was Big Al’s first press conference in 16 months, and the 81-year-old New Englander did not disappoint, fumbling and mumbling his way through the proceedings like an anesthetized goat. His near nine-minute spiel on the firing of head coach Tom Cable was so protracted and confused, so painstakingly puzzled, it was as if an old man let loose from the dementia ward of a 19th century sanatorium had wandered up to the podium..
March 14th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
But the real story, by leaps and bounds, was his physical appearance. Al Davis sat at the press table with a face that appeared to have been trapped in a bag of diseased cats since 1954. Brandishing a forehead ripe with knotty cysts, open sores and a bleeding gash hastily held to by a dime store Band-Aid, Davis was literally something out of a horror show.
March 14th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
Holmgren: We’ll offer ticket refunds, with interest
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on March 14, 2011, 2:46 PM EDT
APBrowns President Mike Holmgren held a media session on Monday and tried to answer relatively normal questions despite the work stoppage.
He talked about Colt McCoy’s development, his plans for pre-draft visits, and the other things executives usually talk about in March. Oh yeah, and the work stoppage:
“It’s an interesting time to say the least. It’s our feeling and hope that we will play football games,” Holmgren said via Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
The Browns are planning on alternatives. They said they will fully refund tickets, with interest, for any missed games. The Lions have taken a similar step in adding the “with interest” to their ticket refund offers.
The Jets, on the other hand, will not offer interest with ticket refunds. (The Jets will let their ticket buyers pay in installments, however. Or they can pay 50% now and 50% after the NFL schedule is released.)
The impending lockout hasn’t hurt the Browns’ bottom line yet. Holmgren says the team’s season ticket sales are better now than at this time last year despite the lockout.
Perhaps Colt McCoy has turned a few Browns fans into believers
…………..al davis will give everyone double their money back…
March 14th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
some of the marks on ALS face are beauty marks!
March 14th, 2011 at 3:09 pm
“At 81 years old, his eye for talent seems to have passed him by.”
Not what Mel Kiper says, and he’s not given to complimenting Al Davis. In order to agree with that statement, you’d have to ignore the 2010 draft and post 1st round draft picks for several years.
Still, at least he gives Davis credit for pre-00’s success (Does a SB appearance in the 00’s count as success? LOL.) and especially for being “the man that helped turned the NFL into the biggest sport in America”.
Some around here wouldn’t even do that.
March 14th, 2011 at 3:09 pm
zzzzzzzzzz
March 14th, 2011 at 3:11 pm
85.Dakota Says:
March 14th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
You can’t trade picks for players in this year’s draft.
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Referring to the compenstation for the tender that the Raiders put on him. I assume they’ll let the tenders stand, since it isn’t only the Raiders who’d be hurt by rescinding that.
March 14th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
71.Davy Jones Says:
March 14th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
I agree. But there is the chance that Michael Bush will play elsewhere in 2011, despite the tender.
Consider the Patriots- a lot of people prejecting them to draft Mark Inghram at 17th overall. If I were Robert Kraft, I might consider drafting for another position at 17 and giving up the picks for Bush, who IMHO is a better back.
The Pats have multiple picks in the first, second, and third- they can afford it, and they need a real running back there.
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Sounded like you were talking about this year’s draft….
March 14th, 2011 at 3:19 pm
SAY WHAT????
msnbc.com staff and news service reports
updated 3/14/2011 2:05:47 PM ET 2011-03-14T18:05:47
Share Print Font: +-NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — A U.S.-led research team may have finally located the lost city of Atlantis, the legendary metropolis believed swamped by a tsunami thousands of years ago, in mud flats in southern Spain.
“This is the power of tsunamis,” head researcher Richard Freund told Reuters.
“It is just so hard to understand that it can wipe out 60 miles inland, and that’s pretty much what we’re talking about,” said Freund, a professor at the University of Hartford who led an international team searching for the true site of Atlantis.
To solve the age-old mystery, the team analyzed satellite imagery of a suspected submerged city just north of Cadiz, Spain. There, buried in the vast marshlands of the Dona Ana Park, they believe that they pinpointed the ancient, multiringed dominion known as Atlantis.
The team of archaeologists and geologists in 2009 and 2010 used a combination of deep-ground radar, digital mapping and underwater technology to survey the site.
Freund’s discovery in central Spain of a strange series of “memorial cities,” built in Atlantis’ image by its refugees after the city’s likely destruction by a tsunami, gave researchers added proof and confidence, he said.
Atlantean residents who did not die in the tsunami fled inland and built new cities there, he added.
The team’s conclusions are detailed in “Finding Atlantis,” a National Geographic Channel special.
While it is hard to know with certainty that the site in Spain is Atlantis, Freund said the “twist” of finding the memorial cities makes him confident Atlantis was buried in the mud flats.
“We found something that no one else has ever seen before, which gives it a layer of credibility, especially for archaeology, that makes a lot more sense,” Freund said.
Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Atlantis 2,600 years ago, describing it as “an island situated in front of the straits which are by you called the Pillars of Hercules,” as the Straits of Gibraltar were known in antiquity.
Using Plato’s detailed account of Atlantis as a map, searches have focused on the Mediterranean and Atlantic as the best possible sites for the city. Researchers have previously proposed that Atlantis was located on the Greek island of Santorini , the Italian island of Sardinia or on Cyprus .
Tsunamis in the region have been documented for centuries, Freund says. One of the largest was a reported 10-story tidal wave that slammed Lisbon in November 1755.
Debate about whether Atlantis truly existed has lasted for thousands of years. Plato’s “dialogues” from around 360 B.C. are the only known historical sources of information about the iconic city. Plato said the island he called Atlantis “in a single day and night … disappeared into the depths of the sea.”
Experts plan further excavations at the site where they believe Atlantis is located and at the mysterious “cities” in central Spain 150 miles away to more closely study geological formations and to date artifacts.
This report includes information from Reuters and msnbc.com. “Finding Atlantis,” a documentary about the search for the city’s ruins, will air on Tuesday on the National Geographic Channel.
© 2011 msnbc.com
March 14th, 2011 at 3:24 pm
The Buffalo Bills made a strong statement in the 2010 NFL Draft by selecting C.J. Spiller and while the dramatic pick came to a shock for many, Buffalo “Billieved” that Spiller was the difference maker they needed. Spiller was the best available player on the draft board, regardless of how many running backs they already had.The Oakland Raiders foolishly passed over Spiller but the bills were not about to make the same mistake! Why should 2011 be any different for GM Buddy Nix and the Buffalo Bills? The Bills could go a number of directions with the third pick in the 2011 NFL Draft and many are expecting a quarterback selection which would lead to an automatic designation as the quarterback of the future. Despite long term owner Ralph Wilson stating the Bills will be drafting a quarterback; it doesn’t necessarily mean that the Bills will use the third overall pick to draft one.
March 14th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
95.Dakota Says:
March 14th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Sounded like you were talking about this year’s draft….
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I am talking about this year’s draft. I looked up restricted FA on Wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restricted_free_agent
. . . and the example they give of Ricky Manning makes it seem like the picks would come from this year’s draft.
Now, if they can’t settle the labor dispute by the draft, well, who knows how ANY of it works at that point.
March 14th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
Breaking News
Gilbert Gottfried Fired As Aflac Duck After Japanese Tsunami Tweets
First Posted: 03/14/11 06:01 PM Updated: 03/14/11 06:29 PM
stumble With some wildly inappropriate tweets, the quack has been silenced.
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried sent out a slate of offensive twitter missives about the tragic Japanese earthquake and tsunami, and instead of drawing laughs, it cost him his job. The longtime voice of the iconic Aflac Duck, Gottfried was fired by the insurance company on Monday, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“Gilbert’s recent comments about the crisis in Japan were lacking in humor and certainly do not represent the thoughts and feelings of anyone at Aflac,” the company, which does 75% of its business in Japan, said in a statement. “There is no place for anything but compassion and concern during these difficult times.”
Gottfried’s tweets certainly didn’t show compassion. Buzzfeed compiled screen captures of the tweets, which were later deleted from the comedian’s feed. Amongst the worst:
“I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, “They’ll be another one floating by any minute now.”
“I was talking to my Japanese real estate agent. I said ‘is there a school in this area.’ She said ‘not now, but just wait.’”
March 14th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
HEY PHATCABLE, U SUQ.
# phatcable Says:
March 13th, 2011 at 9:09 pm
I’ll be away for a week on a company-mandated furlough.
Beat writer Steve Corkran will keep you updated on Raiders news .
………he is better anyway…
March 14th, 2011 at 4:13 pm
The Tennessee Titans knew they were taking a chance last season when they claimed wide receiver Randy Moss off waivers from the Minnesota Vikings. Apparently, the Titans realized the acquisition of Moss was a mistake and will move on next season.
According to Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean, the Titans have decided that Moss will not be back with the team next season–which means he’ll hit the open market as a free agent. After beginning the 2010 season with the New England Patriots, Moss was hoping to receive a long-term deal–but that obviously never happened. Instead, the decision to speak openly about his desire for a contract with the public hurt Moss as he was eventually traded from the Pats to the Minnesota Vikings.
Tennessee claimed Moss off waivers at the beginning of November when they were actually considered strong contenders in the AFC. At the time, the Titans were 5-3 and in need of adding a playmaker in the passing game–especially since the return of Kenny Britt was unknown.
Instead, Moss struggled to fit in with the offense and only caught six passes for 80 yards with zero touchdowns in the eight games he played with the Titans. On the season, Moss caught just 28 passes for 393 yards with five touchdowns–which may make it difficult for him to receive that long-term deal he was fighting hard for last season.
While he may not earn that hefty payday he was hoping for once a new Collective Bargaining Agreement is in place, at least Moss robbed the Titans of $3.88 million he was due after being claimed off waivers.
March 14th, 2011 at 5:11 pm
89.KoolKell Says:
March 14th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
But the real story, by leaps and bounds, was his physical appearance. Al Davis sat at the press table with a face that appeared to have been trapped in a bag of diseased cats since 1954. Brandishing a forehead ripe with knotty cysts, open sores and a bleeding gash hastily held to by a dime store Band-Aid, Davis was literally something out of a horror show.
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It wasn’t Coach Davis’ fault KK that he appeared like that. I blame hererra for that because, what is he, a vallet or lap dog or something, anyhow, he should have gotten the poor man a baseball cap. A black hat with the Raider logo. hererra did that on purpose. Not Coaches fault. It would of even made Coach Davis look younger by a couple of years, and wouldn’t have allowed you to put up that nasty link.
March 14th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Oh, one more thing there KK, thanks for the nightmare I’m gonna have tonight. Even though that was photo shopped of Coach Davis, still nasty of you to do that.
March 14th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81eb9686/article/nflpa-nfl-release-statements-about-labor-situation?module=HP_headlines
BFD
March 14th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Who cares about the nasty link? That was a blog comparing Al Davis to VINCE MCMAHON. Got to go digging pretty deep to find someone who’ll diss Al the way the haters want it told, huh? No to offend, but I reserve the right to treat any article involving pro wrestling as complete bullsh*t.
March 14th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
When asked how Raider potentate, Al Davis, selects Raiders most people tell you that it’s simply a matter of who runs the fastest 40 in their position. Certainly this is a viable answer and one supported over many years of Al’s draft and FA selection record. Al drafted Darrius Heyward-Bey, who ran a 4.30 40 even reaching down and taking him in the 1st round while experts scratched their heads having Bey projected no earlier than the 3rd. Al signed Javon Walker, who ran a 4.38 – 40, after he was cut by Denver following a steep decline in his performance. Other truly fast Raiders are Stanford Routt 4.29 – 40 (who just signed a $3.268 million/yr deal even though contributing less than nothing during the 2009 season), Yamon Figurs – 4.30 in from Cleveland, and Tyvon Branch – 4.31.
But if speed were everything, Al would have taken Chris Johnson, the faster and better player and joint holder of the combine’s 40 record – 4.24. CJ was taken 24th in the 2008 draft and available for Al, who had the 4th pick – but Al chose another RB, Darren McFadden, who ran a 4.33 – 40.
I have long wondered if there was something else that went into Al’s calculation, something not as apparent as sheer speed. Have you ever wished you could place an electronic bug in Al’s office and listen to his candid remarks and monitor his conversations? It’s something I wish were possible for my own consumption. We can’t do that, of course, so if we want to anticipate Al’s moves we need to understand how he thinks; so let’s probe and explore possibilities underlying Al’s decisions by examining his record. I don’t believe it comes down to only speed.
We can rule out Wonderlic scores as a significant criteria for Al – we have many boneheads on the Raiders – at least as measured by the type of intelligence captured on that test. We can rule out Al’s partiality to certain colleges -Al pulls them in from everywhere. There has been, however, a trend over the past decade with Al taking a disproportionate number of players from the south, especially the Deep South; but this may only be a coincidence.
Maybe the other criteria, the Rosetta Stone, to understand Al’s decisions is something quirky, something subjective and peculiar to the psyche of Al Davis himself. Spirals Galore suggested once that Al seems enamored with handsome, well-built men – such as JaMarcuss Russell, Javon Walker, Carlisle Cooper, Jonathan Holland, Paul Hubbard, Chris Johnson, (playboy) Darren McFadden, David Nixon, Slade Norris, Oren O’Neal, Erik Pears, Marcel Reece, Stanford Routt, Richard Seymour, Tony Stewart, Todd Watkins and Sam Williams. These well-built and, many would say, ‘handsome’ men are also poor or disappointing players. Most of these men are inexplicably kept on the roster and, in every case, paid unjustifiably high salaries.
Sportswriter Paul Zimmerman wrote this about Al, “Davis has always been enamored of the oversized player … The 6′8″ Matuszak; 6′9″ Charles Philyaw; 6′7″ Ted Hendricks, the tallest linebacker in history; 7-foot defensive tackle Richard Sligh, the tallest anything-they all have worn the silver and black.” This has been a characteristic of Al’s player choices for decades. NB. Our Offensive line is currently the 2nd tallest in the league.
So, is Al enticed by masculine physiques almost as much as he is by speed? Does that factor weigh into his criteria when choosing who he’ll dress in Silver & Black?
March 14th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
105.Davy Jones Says:
March 14th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Who cares about the nasty link? That was a blog comparing Al Davis to VINCE MCMAHON. Got to go digging pretty deep to find someone who’ll diss Al the way the haters want it told, huh? No to offend, but I reserve the right to treat any article involving pro wrestling as complete bullsh*t.
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Problem is, if you open that link and look at it, it just creeps you off guard. Not a shock and awe kinda guy. Just hope noone else finds it as offensive as I do. Not polite to ridicule an old man like that, especially after all Coach Davis has done for football.
March 14th, 2011 at 6:07 pm
106. Yaaaawn. Is Al Davis gay? Is that f’ing point of this lame azz nothing of a story?
“He picks guys that are hot!”
Puhleeze
H/W/S.
Whatever idiot wrote this has zero clue about the Raider history or Al.
Davis grew up watching the speed, size and power of the Yankees and Dodgers and thought he would build a champion combining those traits. Simple, end of story F.O.
March 14th, 2011 at 6:08 pm
100. Agreed. Jerry is a man among men
March 14th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
99. Gilbert Godfried tweets “Too soon?”
March 14th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
96. So Hitler was right. Atlantis was real?
Does that mean his belief Nazi supermen are decendants of the lost Aryan tribe?
Yikes…
March 14th, 2011 at 6:16 pm
Hey KK.
Up yours old lady
March 14th, 2011 at 6:18 pm
March 14th, 2011 at 3:24 pm
The Buffalo Bills made a strong statement in the 2010 NFL Draft by selecting C.J. Spiller and while the dramatic pick came to a shock for many, Buffalo “Billieved” that Spiller was the difference maker they needed. Spiller was the best available player on the draft board, regardless of how many running backs they already had.The Oakland Raiders foolishly passed over Spiller but the bills were not about to make the same mistake!
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Who wrote this drivel? CJ Spiller was the 9th overall pick in the draft. He rushed for a grand total of 283 yards and averaged 3.8 yards per carry, scoring zero touchdowns.
Jacoby Ford (Spiller’s teammate at Clemson) caught 25 balls for 470 yards and two touchdowns, and proved to be as dangerous a kickoff returner as there is in the NFL. He was taken in the FOURTH ROUND.
The Raiders pick Spiller and the Bills take Ford and we’d be hearing ad nauseum about how stupid Al Davis was for making the pick, and how smart the Bills were for waiting until the fourth round to get his teammate.
Some writers just can’t get out of their own way when it comes to criticizing the Raiders. I’m all about the justified stuff, but that article is just dumb.
March 14th, 2011 at 6:21 pm
Nnamdi21 are you republic@n if so how much time have you done?
March 14th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Nnamdi21 Says:
March 14th, 2011 at 6:08 pm
100. Agreed. Jerry is a man among men
……………….jerry is on vacation and does not need his a$$ kissed long distance.
March 14th, 2011 at 6:28 pm
Nnamdi21 Your such a kiss-ass jerry bought you a box of chapstick for your birthday.! !! ! ! !! !!!!! ! !!!
March 14th, 2011 at 7:15 pm
“Coach” will be ready when the season starts. There are still some moves that will surprise some folks that will come about as soon as this CBA stuff is all set.
Caoch needs to back slap (albeit with an atrophied hand) these players and owners who are endangering the league that Coach built.
Ron Wolf? Pleeeeeeze. Where do you think Wolf learned everything he knows about football. One word…”COACH’.
March 14th, 2011 at 7:26 pm
It’s hard to put together consecutive winning seasons, no less a Super Bowl when there is an obvious and easily documented 40 year league wide conspiracy working against you which includes game referees as co-conspirators.
The Raiders winning ANY SB is likened to a tree growing out of a rock on the side of the mountain. It was only through sheer determination and an unquenchable persistence despite all obstacles that they managed to win three 3 of them and play in 5.
Sometimes it takes a little bit to recover from the constant barrage of a united attack against you from forces seen and unseen.
Coach has endured despite it all, and once again has his forces poised for another offensive in 2011-2012.
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