Raiders fans have a lot of questions after the team fired coach Antonio Pierce and general manager Tom Telesco this week.
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After winning two of their final three games, the Raiders dropped to the No. 6 spot in the NFL draft and probably will have to trade up to get a quarterback.
Raiders rookie tight end Brock Bowers finished with the third-most receptions in the NFL, was eighth in receiving yards and fourth in yards after the catch.
The Raiders are scheduled to interview a Super Bowl-winning coach as they search for Antonio Pierce’s replacement.
No matter how much power Tom Brady will have with the Raiders, nothing can hide the level of impermanence that has defined the organization for years.
Edgar Bennett, the Packers’ offensive coordinator the past three seasons, was named wide receivers coach for the Raiders. Mike Trgovac will also leave Green Bay to take over as defensive line coach in Oakland.
New Raiders offensive coordinator Greg Olson is aware of the coaching instability surrounding Derek Carr since 2014 mostly because he was a part of it.
Paul Guenther was due to join a Gruden-led coaching staff. It was just a matter of which sibling.
Now that he’s back as coach of the Raiders, you probably will be seeing less of Jon Gruden on TV.
Lynn Littlejohn, a 21-year Mortenson Construction employee, is focused on inclusion programs that are a part of the construction of the planned $1.9 billion Raiders stadium.
Tom Cable, the Raiders’ head coach from 2008 to 2010, reportedly has returned to the franchise as its offensive line coach. NFL Network reported his hiring Saturday morning.
When the Oakland Raiders selected a general contractor to build the planned 65,000-seat Las Vegas stadium, team executives said they wanted the best. And when Minneapolis-based M.A. Mortenson Construction began building sports facilities, company executives said they, too, wanted to be the best.
Tourism and gaming leaders are starting to think big about what Las Vegas is going to look like as an NFL city.
Cyrus Mehri is one of two lawyers who successfully petitioned the NFL on Wednesday to explore whether the Raiders violated the Rooney Rule when hiring Jon Gruden as coach.
New coach Jon Gruden had trouble saying “Las Vegas” when asked about the Raiders moving here during his news conference.