Cable Still the Coach of the Raiders – For Now

It’s been a wild week full of headlines for the Oakland Raiders, and as usual, no one is still sure of the status of the team and its coaching staff. Tom Cable (as of this writing) remains the coach of the team, this despite a bunch of possible replacements coming in to take his spot. Cable has had a couple [read more...]

Raiders Coach Tom Cable and Owner Al Davis Chat About His Future

The meeting to see if coach Tom Cable would be staying with the Raiders was set for Thursday, as word was he was supposed to meet with owner Al Davis to discuss his future. Raiders senior executive John Herrera said the two men could meet again Friday. Cable has been spending the 10 days since the season ended evaluating [read more...]

Davis Thinking Seriously About Blowing Out Cable in Oakland

There’s been plenty of talk since the season ended 6 days ago about the future of Raiders head coach Tom Cable. The Raiders were a five-win team, and they beat a couple playoff teams at home in the Bengals and Eagles. Even with that, there’s no doubt there’s talk about Cable being let go by Al Davis, and [read more...]

It’s an Easy Decision for the Raiders – Russell or Cable

The Raider Nation has been weighing in since Sunday, should Tom Cable be the coach next year or JaMarcus Russell the starting QB. The decision is slated to be either or, but what is 100% confirmed is both cannot come back together. So who is coming back and who is not? Most likely Russell is going to come back [read more...]

2009 Ravens Breakdown – What A Difference One Year Makes

This week is an anniversary of sorts for me as I celebrate my second year here at Ravens Gab, which is a proud part of the NFL Gridiron Gab Network. I have to thank Matt Leode for the opportunity to continue to rant and rave about the purple and black for another season. As you can imagine it’s a lot [read more...]

2009 Gridiron Gab Team Previews: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

You know who’s really running this Tampa Bay Buccaneers franchise? Al Davis. Think about it: In 2002, the owner of the NFL’s west coast band of nautical villains basically shipped rising young head coach Jon Gruden to Malcolm Glazer (owner of the NFL’s east coast band of nautical villains), in exchange for a bounty of draft picks and cash. With [read more...]

Pre-Training Camp Gridiron Gab Division Previews: AFC West

The AFC West clearly had a down year last year with San Diego escaping with the division crown at 8-8. The Chargers edged out the Broncos on the last game of the season after starting 5-8, since that point those two teams have went in opposite directions the Chargers advanced to the AFC divisional round only to lose out [read more...]

Can the Raiders Russell Prove He’s an Elite QB in 2009?

“With the first pick in the NFL Draft, the Oakland Raiders select…JaMarcus Russell, quarterback from LSU.” Many people believed in the 2007-2008 season that Russell would lead the Raiders and have a pretty good year. But Russell was in competition in the starting quarterback spot against three other quarterbacks. There was Josh McCown, who did have some playing time in his career [read more...]

Time for Raiders Russell to Prove His Worth

Leadership can come from many places in the game of football. Ownership takes the lead for the entire organization. The head coach gives the team direction Monday thru Saturday. He puts in the game plan and coaches his assistants. He deals with the media. But on Sunday afternoon the players can only look to themselves for direction, focus, and leadership. [read more...]

Ready Again for Super Tecmo Bowl - Stay Away from the Redskins

Who remembers how dominant Bo Jackson was in Tecmo Bowl for the original Nintendo? Who remembers the 109 yard launches from Montana to Rice that ten times out of ten ended with 6 points? Or the way Lawrence Taylor was unblockable? But can you name the starting running back on the Washington Redskins in that game? After all, they did [read more...]

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