Super Bowl odds, long-shots and value picks (The National Football Post) - New York City isn’t the only town on the planet that never sleeps. Less than 24 hours after the Giants put...
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:30:00 PSTRaiders Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) -
If all goes according to plan, Jason Tarver will be responsible for defensive play-calling for the first time in his coaching career when the Raiders open the 2012 season.
The surprising choice of coach Dennis Allen to be Oakland's defensive coordinator, Tarver held that role for the first time in the 2011 season at Stanford University in a shared role with Derek Mason.
Mason, however, was the co-coordinator who called the plays on game day.
Although Allen's background is in defense—he was a first-time defensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos last season and worked both the defensive line and secondary for New Orleans and Atlanta—he said at the press conference announcing his hiring he didn't intend to be the defensive play-caller.
Allen's...
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:30:15 PST
Oakland Raiders' Reggie McKenzie Not Wasting Time, Cut Stanford Routt: Fan Perspective (Yahoo! Contributor Network) - Oakland Raiders' new general manager Reggie McKenzie is not wasting time. He meant what he said when he was introduced at the press conference early last month. No job is safe. If any man on the team isn't giving it 100 percent, he won't be wearing the Silver and Black,...
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:42:00 PST
Could Stanford Routt Be the Answer in Atlanta? Fan?s Thought (Yahoo! Contributor Network) - For the second straight offseason, the Oakland Raiders have let go of a high-end cornerback. A year ago, a loophole in the contract of Nnamdi Asomugha allowed Oakland to let him go and on Feb. 9, Stanford Routt saw his exit from the team .
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:46:00 PST
Raiders release cornerback Routt (Yahoo! Sports) - Cornerback Stanford Routt, who was labeled the cornerstone of the Oakland Raiders defense when he signed a five-year contract one year ago, became the first victim of the Raiders' new regime, which released Routt on Thursday.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:35:17 PST
Raiders release cornerback Stanford Routt (The Canadian Press) - ALAMEDA, Calif. - Less than one year ago, Al Davis made Stanford Routt one of the cornerstones of the Oakland Raiders defence with a lavish contract that kept him from free agency.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:26:55 PST
Raiders release CB Stanford Routt (AP) - Less than one year ago, Al Davis made Stanford Routt one of the cornerstones of the Oakland Raiders defense with a lavish contract that kept him from free agency. Routt became the first player casualty under the new regime with the Raiders. Routt was released on Thursday just one year into a $54.5 million, five-year contract, ending his seven-year tenure in Oakland as the team heads in a new...
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:08:21 PST
NFL roundup: Burress wants to play for Eagles (Yahoo! Sports) - The New York Jets have one of their star wide receivers back in the fold for the 2012 season, but another may be interested in flying south this winter, if only to Philadelphia. Plaxico Burress, who signed a one-year, $3.017 million contract with the Jets last July following his...
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:05:15 PST
Raiders release Stanford Routt (The National Football Post) - The Oakland Raiders announced Thursday afternoon that they had released cornerback Stanford Routt.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:45:00 PST
Past and Present Oakland Raider Player's Tweet Thoughts on the Team and Coaching Staff (Yahoo! Contributor Network) - With the many changes involving the Oakland Raiders coaching staff, not to mention a new owner, Mark Davis, and general manager, Reggie McKenzie, many past and present players have tweeted their thoughts about the situation. Fans throughout the Raider Nation have loudly voiced...
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:55:00 PST
