If there is a criticism about the new-look Oakland Raiders, it’s that they are inexperienced at key leadership spots. The Raiders continued that trend Monday by naming Stanford co-defensive coordinator Jason Tarver as their defensive coordinator. Tarver is 37. He was the sixth defensive coordinator candidate the Raiders interviewed or tried to interview. He was [...]
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Raiders’ staff is green in key areas
February 6th, 2012 
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No Comments »Raiders can’t keep McFadden and Bush
February 3rd, 2012 afcbeast The Oakland Raiders will be forced to deal with a big dilemma this offseason at the running back position. It will be very difficult for them to keep Darren McFadden and re-sign Michael Bush. For salary cap reasons they will either need to let Bush walk in free agency or sign him and trade McFadden. [...]
Posted in Yard Barker Tags: Bush, Bush Walk, Can’t, Carson Palmer, Darren Mcfadden, Dilemma, Dime A Dozen, Hasn, Keep, Mcfadden, Michael Bush, NFL, Oakland Raiders, Offseason, Raiders, running back, Running Backs, Salary Cap, Sign Michael, Yardbarker No Comments »Sources: Knapp offered Raiders’ OC job
January 31st, 2012 afcbeast Looking to make his first major staff hire, new Oakland Raiders head coach Dennis Allen has found his man. Two sources told FOXSports.com that Houston Texans quarterbacks coach Greg Knapp was offered Oakland’s offensive coordinator position. Knapp held the same position with the Raiders in 2007 and 2008. He also has previous NFL coordinator experience [...]
Posted in Yard Barker Tags: Coach Dennis, Coach Greg, Coordinator Position, defensive coordinator, Dennis Allen, Falcons, Greg Knapp, head coach, High Praise, houston texans, Hue Jackson, Knapp, Matt Leinart, Matt Schaub, Oakland Raiders, Offensive Coordinator, offered, Postseason Appearance, Quarterbacks Coach, Raiders, Rookie Quarterback, Sources, Yardbarker, Yates No Comments »Raiders announce hiring of coach Dennis Allen (The Canadian Press)
January 27th, 2012 afcbeast ALAMEDA, Calif. – Hiring a new coach has become almost commonplace for the Raiders, who will have their seventh coach in the past 10 seasons in 2012. As the first coach hired in the post-Al Davis era in Oakland, Dennis Allen will have a much different task than his predecessors. View full post on Yahoo! [...]
Posted in Yahoo! Sports Tags: Allen, Announce, Canadian, coach, Coach Dennis, Dennis, Dennis Allen, era, Hiring, New York Jets, NFL, Predecessors, Press, Raiders, Yahoo, Yahoo Sports, York Jets News No Comments »Coaching hire another sign of Raiders’ shift in philosophy
January 25th, 2012 afcbeast View full post on Sporting News NFL Feed RSS
Posted in Around The League Tags: Another, Coaching, Feed Rss, Hire, NFL, Philosophy, Raiders, shift, sign, Sporting News No Comments »Schottenheimer hired as Rams offensive coordinator
January 22nd, 2012 afcbeast The Rams have hired former Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to the same position, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The report cited NFL sources as saying Schottenheimer beat out former Raiders head coach Hue Jackson for the position. There was no official announcement made by the team. Schottenheimer, 38… View full post on NY [...]
Report: Mike McCoy pulls name from Raiders’ search; thinks he’s front-runner for Dolphins’ job
January 19th, 2012 afcbeast View full post on Sporting News NFL Feed RSS
Posted in Around The League Tags: Dolphins, Feed Rss, from, Frontrunner, he's, job, Mccoy, Mike, Mike Mccoy, name, NFL, Pulls, Raiders, report, search, Sporting News, thinks No Comments »Oakland candidate scorecard
January 18th, 2012 afcbeast Reggie McKenzie is turning many stones. It seems, at least once a day, a new name emerges in the new Raiders general manager’s search to find a head coach in Oakland. Tuesday night, the Chicago Tribune reported that the Raiders have sought permission to interview Mike Tice — only recently promoted to the Bears’ offensive [...]
Oakland candidate scorecard
January 18th, 2012 afcbeast Reggie McKenzie is turning many stones. It seems, at least once a day, a new name emerges in the new Raiders general manager’s search to find a head coach in Oakland. Tuesday night, the Chicago Tribune reported that the Raiders have sought permission to interview Mike Tice — only recently promoted to the Bears’ offensive [...]
PFT Live: Jets and Raiders changes
January 17th, 2012 afcbeast Florio is back in the captain seat for Wednesday’s PFT Live. He’ll talk about Hue Jackson’s dismissal in Oakland with Paul Gutierrez of CSNBayArea.com. Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News also joins the show to talk about his explosive article regarding Mark Sanchez and the future of the Jets offense. Watch the show… [...]
Posted in Around The Web Tags: changes, Florio, Hue Jackson, Jets, Live, manish mehta, Mark Sanchez, New York Daily News, New York Jets, Paul Gutierrez, Profootballtalk, Raiders, York Daily News No Comments »
