The Oakland Raiders are starting to make waves during the off-season. With the signing of Aaron Brooks, the QB situation is starting to take shape. Insidebayarea.com and our ANG Raiders writers will be following all the moves from here until draft day. So don’t go away, the blogging will continue as draft day gets closer.
Posted on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
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Posted by NFL Editor and ANG football writer Jerry McDonald
Just a hunch, but the core group of the Raiders special teams in support of kickers Sebastian Janikowski and Shane Lechler may be the best they’ve had in years - Randal Williams, Ryan Riddle, John Paul Foschi, Kirk Morrison, Jarrod Cooper, Adam Treu and Zack Crockett head up that list.
Nothing personal against CB Denard Walker, but why?
If Norv Turner hadn’t made his feelings toward Teyo Johnson so obvious, they might have gotten a draft pick instead of resorting to the waiver wire. Why trade for him when it seemed a good possibility he’d be cut? Look, the Raiders dumped Doug Jolley for a draft pick for the same reason they did Johnson - Turner doesn’t want or need a tight end that’s primarily a receiver.
For a guy who wound up on injured reserve, it sure seemed like Kenny Smith played
against New Orleans. During the conference call announcing the cuts, in fact, Turner first said he wasn’t on injured reserve. Then he said he was.
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Posted on Monday, September 5th, 2005
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