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AccuScore: Patriots eyeing AFC's No. 1 seed (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 2009-08-31 18:24
New England is projected to finish ahead of the Chargers and Super Bowl champion Steelers for the conference's best record.

AccuScore: Chargers should coast in AFC West (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 2009-08-31 18:04
San Diego is by far the best team in possibly the league's worst division.

NFL Team Reports: AFC West (SportingNews.com)

Mon, 2009-08-31 13:16
Every Monday through Friday, The Trenches will present team reports from Sporting News' 32 NFL...

Raiders revert to bad habits in exhibition blowout (AP)

Mon, 2009-08-31 02:23
In a dress rehearsal for the start of the first full season under coach Tom Cable, the Oakland Raiders looked an awful lot like the team that has lost the most games in the NFL the past six seasons. Missed tackles, silly penalties, lack of communication, turnovers, an offense that can't consistently move the ball and boos from the home crowd.

Brees, Saints pick apart Raiders 45-7 (AP)

Sun, 2009-08-30 00:54

Coming into the third exhibition game, the New Orleans Saints and Oakland Raiders talked about how this game would be a dress rehearsal for the season. Consider Drew Brees and the Saints' first-team offense ready, while the Raiders may not have enough time to fix what's wrong in Oakland. Brees completed 14 of 17 passes for 179 yards and drove the Saints to touchdowns on all three drives he...


Raiders sign O'Neill, cut Harris (AP)

Sat, 2009-08-29 21:04
The Oakland Raiders have brought back linebacker Chris O'Neill and released linebacker Napoleon Harris. The team announced the moves before Saturday's exhibition game against New Orleans. O'Neill signed with the team as an undrafted tight end out of Boise State in the offseason. The Raiders moved him to linebacker before releasing him early in training camp.

'Kiss da baby' to this NFL preseason (AP)

Sat, 2009-08-29 20:42
Do his teammates like him? Do they really, really like him? Brett Favre insists it doesn't matter, and that everything will be all right. Besides, with his 12th retirement only two years away now, he's a little too old to play the popularity game anyway. At least the rest of the Minnesota Vikings know where things stand.

Timeline of major events in AFL history (AP)

Sat, 2009-08-29 04:04
The key dates in the history of the American Football League: Aug. 22, 1959 -- Lamar Hunt, Bud Adams, Barron Hilton and other members of "The Foolish Club" announce creation of American Football League. Nov. 30, 1959 -- Joe Foss hired as commissioner of AFL. Jan. 26, 1960 -- Hunt elected AFL president.

Broncos need new Marshall plan (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 2009-08-28 20:09
The Broncos suspended receiver Brandon Marshall on Friday. The question remains: What do they do next?

Raiders break camp after 31 days in wine country (AP)

Thu, 2009-08-27 19:49
Soon after Todd Watkins pulled in a touchdown pass from Jeff Garcia and the three horns rang out to signal the end of practice, the trucks pulled up and the Oakland Raiders started packing for home. Their 31-day stay in wine country was officially over and the Raiders will now make their final push to the start of the season at their year-round headquarters in Alameda.

Alex Smith really, really wanted that starting gig for the 49ers (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 2009-08-27 13:49
This is from last Saturday's Raiders vs. 49ers game, but it had escaped my attention thus far.

49ers' offer to Crabtree worth $20 million (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 2009-08-27 12:49
The deal that San Francisco 49ers ' first-round pick Michael Crabtree keeps refusing is apparently worth $20...

Raiders like rookie tight end's progress (AP)

Thu, 2009-08-27 03:50
The Oakland Raiders drafted Brandon Myers to help ease the blocking workload of fellow tight end Zach Miller, but halfway through the preseason it's been the rookie's pass-catching skills that have stood out most. Myers, a sixth-round selection and the last player the Raiders grabbed in this year's NFL draft, has been one of the team's biggest surprises of training camp.

Report: Napa police plan to interview Cable (AP)

Thu, 2009-08-27 02:53

Investigators are planning to interview Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable about an alleged altercation that ended with assistant Randy Hanson in the hospital. A spokesperson for the Napa police department told ESPN.com on Wednesday that Cable would be interviewed as part of the investigation, but did not provide a date.


49ers holdout Crabtree's agent blaming player for cash demands (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 2009-08-26 12:41
It's getting awfully close to the start of the season and there is apparently still not a whole lot going on...

Raiders WR Javon Walker back at practice (AP)

Tue, 2009-08-25 03:06
Javon Walker broke off the line, ran a comeback route and pulled in a pass from Jeff Garcia. What looked like a routine catch in a training camp practice for a former Pro Bowl player, was a lot more considering that Walker has undergone surgery on his left ankle and right knee since last playing in an NFL game more than nine months ago.

JaMarcus Russell: Named Starting QB (RotoWire)

Mon, 2009-08-24 17:45

Leaky run defense once again problem for Raiders (AP)

Mon, 2009-08-24 01:24
Glen Coffee burst up the middle for 18 yards to end the first quarter. He sprinted around right end for 18 more to start the second quarter. He went 35 yards to the left side on his next carry in a stretch that he said reminded him of high school. Instead, it came against the Oakland Raiders, which still had most of its starters in the game at the time.

Niners beat Raiders 21-20 in exhibition game (AP)

Sun, 2009-08-23 04:27

Alex Smith showed he can deliver a crushing block and bring down a ball carrier with a tackle. Unfortunately for Smith, those tasks are secondary when it comes to being an NFL quarterback. It was when he was called upon to pass that Smith struggled. Smith completed 3 of 9 passes and threw an interception in what might have been his last chance to beat out Shaun Hill for San Francisco's starting...


Raiders calm spoiled as quickly as knockout (AP)

Sat, 2009-08-22 04:05
Just when it seemed as if the Oakland Raiders were in for a training camp devoid of controversy and distraction, the news came out as jarring as a punch to the face. Head coach Tom Cable allegedly got into an altercation with an assistant that sent Randy Hanson to the hospital. And just like that, it was back to the usual ways for the Raiders whose consistency of losing on the field over the last...