This was one of those look-back games, as in when playoff berths are secured, the Raiders could well rue every bit of Sunday’s 27-24 loss to the Texans.
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The Raiders, who play at Houston on Sunday, have split the last four games, allowing what is becoming a slow but trendy notion about there being life after the regular season.
Gareon Conley was sent to Houston on Monday for a third-round pick in the 2020 draft, just one more,reminder of how the Raiders are preparing for the move to Las Vegas.
Aaron Rodgers on Sunday embarrassed the Raiders with the sort of performance that helped create the quarterback’s first-ballot Hall of Fame status.
As the NFL deals with another domestic violence allegation, Coronado High School football coach Fred Biletnikoff Jr. reflects on his sister’s murder by an ex-boyfriend in 1999.
The rookie rushed for 123 yards in a 24-21 win against Chicago, his final score coming on the sort of jump Marcus Allen executed so often during his Hall of Fame career.
They were out again Friday night, this time at a sports bar along Old Street in Central London, with the Raiders and Bears set to clash on Sunday.
Oakland and Bears linebacker Khalil Mack will encounter one another for the first time Sunday since the elite pass rusher was traded in September of 2018.