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20 years ago today,
@SanJoseStateFB
's
@CoachNeilParry
suffered a compound fracture of his lower right leg that led to amputation 9 days later.
But 25 surgeries and an insurance fiasco were no match for Neil's "never give up" mantra.
…ld-never-give-up/
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Bryan Edwards leads the NFL with 163 receiving yards (on seven catches) in the fourth quarter and OT of games this season.
Second in the NFL?
Henry Ruggs III with 130 yards (on five catches).
#Raiders
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Jon Gruden called the play that cost the Raiders the Week 16 game against the Dolphins the "most horrific play" he'd ever seen.
Nelson Agholor shared his own set of words in the locker room after.
From
@VicTafur
:
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Raiders record all-time when Josh Jacobs gets 25 or more carries: 8-1.
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Announcement on flight to Kansas City congratulates the entire aircraft for wiping them completely out of booze. Yep, it's a Raiders flight.
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LOL ... Derek Carr motioning at Trevon Diggs to come up and press him was hilarious
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Derek Carr: "My favorite thing about our team is our 'Madden' ratings are really low but we're pretty good at football."
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Marshawn Lynch, at this moment, has borrowed a photographer's camera and looks to be taking pictures. Hilarious.
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Security guard to Adam Silver on his way out of the building: "See you next Thursday." Stopped, smiled and shook his hand.
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The shirt Marshawn Lynch wore into the stadium today sells online here for $45:
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Gruden: "We threw the ball down the field. Some of the Pro Football Focus statisticians will have to scratch their head."
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Derek Carr to
@JoshDubowAP
: “Add that to my career winnings. … I love you. I hope you know that. You’re just so negative.”
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Derek Carr was named the AFC offensive player of the Month on Thursday, the first such award of his career. He leads the league with 1,203 passing yards. He's the Raiders' first QB to win offensive player of the month since Rich Gannon in November 2001.
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Suspect has been released because the cop was penalized for lowering his head to initiate the tackle.
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McDaniels: "We've gotta learn to play a full four-quarter game."
This is a veteran team. They should not have to learn that.
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Congrats to Cliff Branch. But let's stop waiting until Raiders die to elect them to the Hall of Fame.
Cliff Branch was the personification of a Raider. He spent all 14 of his NFL seasons with the franchise and remained deeply connected with the
#Raiders
until his death in 2019.
While he's no longer here, he's finally been immortalized:
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Big difference is what they did under Bisaccia could easily be seen as an extension of who they were under Gruden.
Pierce has executed a 180° turnaround from how uninspired this team looked under McDaniels.
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Derek Carr is about to improve to 2-0 against Drew Brees. And played tremendous both times.
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Gruden, sometime next season: "We've got a young offensive line we're trying to get up to speed ..."
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Jack Del Rio on Marshawn Lynch not standing for the national anthem.
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Brock Purdy's brother is joining him in the Bay Area, announcing his commitment to transfer to San Jose State.
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Greg Papa on listening to Brent Musburger's first Raiders broadcast:
“I popped him on for two or three minutes. It was just hard to listen to,’’ Papa said.
Why? Because it was an emotional moment?
“No,’’ he replied. “It was just a very below-average broadcast.”
Greg Papa opens up: On his ending with the Raiders, his favorite Al Davis stories and his next chapter:
@BrownieAthletic
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Carr: "The people that were brought in by Mr. Mayock and Coach Gruden love football, they love each other and they work extremely hard. And I will take that over the most talented guys any day of the week."
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When a picture in the background is placed in juuuust the right spot.
@52Mack_
coming to get
@derekcarrqb
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Staff of Antonio Pierce, Marvin Lewis, Patrick Graham and Kliff Kingsbury?
Not too shabby.
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Yannick Ngakoue is the Raiders’ best free agency signing since … Kelechi Osemele?
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I can't envision a world in which Mark Davis has watched the past two games against hated division rivals and doesn't make Antonio Pierce the full-time coach.
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Meanwhile, here’s Derek Carr throwing to Tyrell Williams.
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Derek Carr: "The first day I moved here, Tom Brady was on the front cover of the newspaper." Talked about how people doubted that he'd be the QB of this team but that was his dream and he loves this place and loves being here. Closes with, "We're on to New England."
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Crosby on Agholor's speech: “He was definitely calling some people out a little bit. I was happy he said something. Because that game, too, he had put his all on the line and put us in a position to win that game. I felt it. ... Every single person in Raider Nation was sick."
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This is all because McPherson watched the halftime show. Brought the vibes to the Bengals.
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Derek Carr had to wear a Boise State hat during meetings after Doug Martin’s Broncos beat his Fresno State on Friday. “I wanted to burn it,” Carr said.
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“I hated going to work for the Cowboys,” Irving said. “A Cowboy is all hardy har har and all this America’s Team stuff. I belong in Las Vegas with the Raiders.”
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Derek Carr on what he wants the final six weeks: “I want wins. I want to mess up the draft. I don’t want the first pick. ... I want everybody to be mad at me for that.”
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Richard on Carr: "I saw it in his eyes today. And it’s in his eyes on the time, but in times where you really, really need it, you just look at him and you just see that greatness coming and you’re like, ‘OK, he’s going to give us an opportunity so we gotta make the plays.’"
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Crabtree, asked for reaction to Kaepernick: "Man, I ain't talking about those dudes. I play for the Raiders."
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It had become abundantly clear McDaniels and Ziegler had no sense of direction for this organization. Have to at least give Mark Davis credit for recognizing that.
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Broncos haven't registered a single QB hit tonight on Derek Carr.
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Khalil Mack on Derek Carr: “Derek … my dawg. Every time I play him, it’s a lot of fun. It’s going to be a lot of fun to see him twice a year.”
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Tony Romo predicting Maxx Crosby to be a multi-time Pro Bowler. 👀
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Gareon Conley is at least getting out there for warmups. A sign of progress.
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Chargers GM Tom Telesco, while speaking about his team's offensive line, had a brief tangent where he praised Raiders DE Maxx Crosby and spoke about how hard he is to block. Compared him to former All-Pro DE Jared Allen.
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Darren Waller" I don’t think it drained on anyone really. I think everyone just came together and realized, if he’s going to be here, we’d love to have him here. If he’s not, then we just have to move on and play football. We don’t take anything personally."
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As bad as this has turned, you won’t hear me criticize the Raiders’ trade for Antonio Brown. Ever. He’s that good that he was worth taking this chance on. I don’t think he’ll ever play a snap for them now, but he was worth taking a chance on.
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Josh McDaniels says
#Raiders
have to learn to play full 4 quarters. I think he needs to learn to coach full 4 quarters.
@VicTafur
@tashanreed
@FB_FilmAnalysis
Apple:
Spotify:
TA:
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32? So Raiders tried to trade to themselves and even they said no?
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Does landing Christian Wilkins give new life to his old Clemson buddy Hunter Renfrow sticking around? 😂😚
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Now No. 1 receiver Tyrell Williams on the last 24 hours: "I mean, it’s been crazy. We feel how everybody else feels. It’s been wild. It’s been unexpected, but we’re going to go out there and play regardless."
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The Raiders had only used play action on 11.5 percent of their dropbacks in the first five games. They doubled that up to 24.1 percent Sunday.
@VicTafur
on how Greg Olson and Derek Carr got the Raiders offense back on track.
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Re-sign Stidham to something reasonable and draft a QB in the top 10? Could be worse plans IMO.
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So ... we all agree after one half of a preseason game that Aidan O'Connell should be the backup, right?
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Isaiah Johnson looks like he should've been playing more.
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11 years ago this morning. Happy anniversary to my beautiful bride. ❤️
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Donald Penn on Jon Gruden: "He should be pissed. Shit. We should've won that game. I'm pissed. He should be pissed. He's our head coach. He should hold us accountable. He should hold us to a high standard, as he does."
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The Raiders are now one of five AFC teams at 4-2, trailing only the 5-1 Ravens (who they beat, of course). Conference is wide open.
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The Raiders' Week 16 game against Miami will be the Saturday night game (Dec. 26) on NFL Network at 5:15 p.m. PT.
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I asked Derek Carr what he wants to see from this team over the final 8 games. Said he wants to see who wants to fight, who wants to be a part of this, who wants to be a Raider.
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Gruden: “The scramble touchdown to Renfrow is as good as Derek Carr has played since I’ve been here.”
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Marcell Ateman said despite the bad times this year, he believes in the Raiders future: "I really do see a bright future. I really do. We've got a great class, we've got great players. I'm just thankful to be a part of the first class. We're going to get a Super Bowl. I promise."
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Is this already the most entertaining game ever played at Levi’s Stadium?
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So much more meaning to this video now ...
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That non-call will be talked about in New Orleans and much as the Raiders talk about the Tuck Rule. Justifiably so.
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Gannon: “I don’t care how hard Derek’s worked before. He’s going to have to change his work ethic a little bit to fit in.”
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Raiders fall to 2-4 in games in which they've led by 13 points or more. The rest of the league is 93-14-1. Unbelievable.
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That’s a big man entering the room as Trent Brown meets the media as a Raider.
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The Raiders' 3-5 record — as bad as it was — wasn't even properly reflective of how bad this team has played this season. Much closer to a 1-7 type team. They played like a poorly coached team and Ziegler never seemed to have a real plan for building a roster.
It was a half-in,…
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Raiders basically have a week now to work out a deal with Mack and both sides know exactly what the market is. (I imagine
@52Mack_
is smiling as wide as Aaron Donald right now). My prediction: He plays for the Silver and Black in Week 1.
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Yes,
@MoneyLynch
is now getting his own pack of Skittles. I’m told the Skittles will be silver and black and not available in stores.
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I think we can finally put to bed any thoughts of the Raiders being better than their record would indicate.
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DE Maxx Crosby, LB Denzel Perryman and P AJ Cole were all selected to the AFC Pro Bowl team.
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A Karl Joseph touchdown. How we all thought this game would start.
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Now this is the way to be greeted when you come home from the Raiders game.
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Rich Bisaccia said he anticipates Darren Waller participating in the
#Raiders
' walkthrough practice.
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The Raiders we thought we’d see this season are finally starting to show up.
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Gruden says there’s a chance that Josh Jacobs, Trayvon Mullen and Lamarcus Joyner could all play this weekend.
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That's what you want to see out of Derek Carr. He scrambled away from pressure and kept the eyes downfield to make a play. If he can start doing this more, the Raiders can be dangerous.
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Richie Incognito on these Raiders being in the playoff mix: "Yeah, I am definitely surprised. When I first got here, I was looking around and I knew the team was going up, I just didn’t realize it was going this fast."
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Derek Carr on facing the Chiefs next week: "We better show up or they're going to beat us by 50."
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Raiders are going to beat the Chiefs in Arrowhead despite not completing a pass over the final three quarters. What a wild day.
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This one doesn’t make a lot of sense. New regime, but still …
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Quick clip of Aldon Smith on IG Live: "I'm back, and there's nobody who can stop me."
#Raiders
(small NSFW language warning)
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Speights: "We’re going to show them what Strength in Numbers really means through the whole playoffs until the killer comes back."
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Jon Gruden says the Raiders want to get younger at cornerback after trading 24-year-old Gareon Conley. Trayvon Mullen steps in as the starter for Conley.
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