Under Cable and Jackson the team reached marks of , but was a far more common occurrence. The only season with any sort of success for the franchise in the last ten years came in when the Raiders went and earned an appearance in the wild card round.
Unfortunately, everyone knows how that one ended as the team lost Derek Carr in Week 16 to a broken leg. Jack Del Rio led the team to some success, but undid it all when he let Bill Musgrave leave. Amazingly with the many memorable games the two teams have had, this one was probably the most exciting. For most of the s the Chiefs had owned the division.
Then in the first signs that the Raiders were ready to knock them off the perch appeared. It classic rebellion fashion, it occurred in a climactic battle. One that took place on the season finale in There were seven total lead changes in the game. Even worse, another strike cost the NFL one game and prompted them to use substitute players. The Raiders fill-ins achieved a record before the regular team returned.
After a weak finish, Tom Flores moved to the front office and was replaced by Denver Broncos offensive assistant coach Mike Shanahan. Shanahan led the team to a season in , and Allen and Jackson continued to trade places as the starting RB. Low game attendance and fan apathy were evident by this point, and In the summer of , rumors of a Raiders return to Oakland intensified when a preseason game against the Houston Oilers was scheduled at Oakland Coliseum.
As early as , Davis began to seek a new, more modern stadium away from the Coliseum. The neighborhood around it was considered dangerous at the time which caused the NFL to schedule the Raiders' Monday Night Football appearances as away games - the NFL would not even consider allowing the Raiders to use Anaheim Stadium for Monday night games.
In addition to sharing the venue with the USC Trojans , the Coliseum was aging and still lacked the luxury suites and other amenities that Davis was promised when he moved the Raiders to Los Angeles. Numerous venues in California were considered, including one near Hollywood Park in Inglewood and another in Carson. Negotiations between Davis and Oakland commenced in January , and on March 11, , Davis announced his intention to bring the Raiders back to Oakland.
On September 11, Davis announced a new deal to stay in Los Angeles, leading many fans in Oakland to burn Raiders paraphernalia in disgust. After starting the season with a 1—3 record, Shanahan was fired by Davis, which began a long-standing feud between the two.
With the hiring, Shell became the first African American head coach in the modern NFL era, but the team still finished a middling They beat the Bengals in the divisional round of the playoffs, but Bo Jackson had his left femur ripped from the socket after a tackle. Jackson was forced to quit football as a result, although surgery allowed him to continue playing baseball until he retired in The team's fortunes faded after the loss.
They made two other playoff appearances during the s, and finished higher than third place only three times. In , they got into the postseason as a wild card after a regular season, but fell to Kansas City. This period was marked by the injury of Jackson in , the failure of troubled quarterback Todd Marinovich , the acrimonious departure of Marcus Allen in , and the retirement of Hall of Fame defensive end Howie Long after the season, where the Raiders went and lost to Buffalo in the divisional round of the playoffs.
Shell was fired after posting a 9—7 record in the season. Shell's five-plus-year tenure as head coach in Los Angeles was marked particularly by a bitter dispute between star running back Marcus Allen and Al Davis.
The exact source of the friction is unknown, but a contract dispute led Davis to refer to Allen as "a cancer on the team. This role was reduced further in , when the Raiders drafted Bo Jackson—even though he originally decided to not play professional football in when drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round.
In late Allen lashed out publicly at Davis, and accused him of trying to ruin his career. On June 23, , Davis signed a letter of intent to move the Raiders back to Oakland. The move was greeted with much fanfare, [28] and under new head coach Mike White the season started off well for the team.
Oakland started 8—2, but injuries to starting quarterback Jeff Hostetler contributed to a six-game losing streak to end the season, and the Raiders failed to qualify for the playoffs for a second consecutive season.
These included a new seating section — commonly known as "Mount Davis" — with 10, seats. It also built the team a training facility and paid all its moving costs. After two more unsuccessful seasons in and in under White and his successor, Joe Bugel , Davis selected a new head coach from outside the Raiders organization for only the second time when he hired Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Jon Gruden , who previously worked for the 49ers and Packers under head coach Mike Holmgren.
Under Gruden, the Raiders posted consecutive seasons in and , and climbed out of last place in the AFC West. Oakland finished in the season, the team's most successful in a decade. Led by veteran quarterback Rich Gannon , Oakland won their first division title since , and advanced to the AFC Championship, where they lost 16—3 to the eventual Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens. The Raiders acquired all-time leading receiver Jerry Rice prior to the season. The recovery would have led to a Raiders victory; however, the play was reviewed and determined to be an incomplete pass it was ruled that Brady had pump faked and then "tucked" the ball into his body, which, by rule, cannot result in a fumble—though this explanation was not given on the field, but after the NFL season had ended.
The Patriots retained possession and drove for a game-tying field goal. The game went into overtime and the Patriots won 16— Shortly after the season, the Raiders made an unusual move that involved releasing Gruden from his contract and allowing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to sign him. In return, the Raiders received cash and future draft picks from the Buccaneers. The sudden move came after months of speculation in the media that Davis and Gruden had fallen out with each other both personally and professionally.
Bill Callahan , who served as the team's offensive coordinator and offensive line coach during Gruden's tenure, was named head coach. Under Callahan, the Raiders finished the season , won their third straight division title, and clinched the top seed in the playoffs.
Their opponent was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , coached by Gruden. The Raiders, who had not made significant changes to Gruden's offensive schemes, were intercepted five times by the Buccaneers en route to a 48—21 blowout. Some Tampa Bay players claimed that Gruden had given them so much information on Oakland's offense, they knew exactly what plays were being called. Callahan's second season as head coach was considerably less successful. Oakland finished 4—12, their worst showing since After a late-season loss to the Denver Broncos, a visibly frustrated Callahan exclaimed, "We've got to be the dumbest team in America in terms of playing the game.
The team's fortunes did not improve in Turner's first year. Oakland finished the season 5—11, with only one divisional win a one-point victory over the Broncos in Denver. During a Week 3 victory against the Buccaneers, Rich Gannon suffered a neck injury that ended his season and eventually his career. He never returned to the team and retired before the season. After a 4—12 season and a second consecutive last place finish, Turner was fired as head coach.
On February 11, the team announced the return of Art Shell as head coach. In announcing the move, Al Davis said that firing Shell in had been a mistake. Under Shell, the Raiders lost their first five games in en route to a 2—14 finish, the team's worst record since Oakland's offense struggled greatly, scoring just points fewest in franchise history and allowing a league-high 72 sacks.
Wide receiver Jerry Porter was benched by Shell for most of the season in what many viewed as a personal, rather than football-related, decision. One season into his second run as head coach, Shell was fired on January 4, Kiffin coached the Raiders to a record in the season. After a start to and months of speculation and rumors, Al Davis fired Kiffin on September 30, Their finish to the season would turn out to match their best since they lost the Super Bowl in the season. However, they still finished 5—11 and ended up 3rd in the AFC West , the first time they did not finish last since They would produce an identical record in ; however, the season was somewhat ameliorated by the fact that four of the Raiders' five wins were against opponents with above.
At the end of their campaign, the Raiders became the first team in NFL history to lose at least 11 games in seven straight seasons. On January 4, , The Oakland Raiders' owner Al Davis informed head coach Tom Cable that his contract would not be renewed, ending his tenure with the organization. Many Raider players, such as punter Shane Lechler, were upset with the decision.
On January 17, , it was announced that offensive coordinator Hue Jackson was going to be the next Raiders head coach. A formal press conference was held on January 18, to formally introduce Hue Jackson as the next Raiders head coach, the fifth in just 7 years. The now-familiar team emblem of a pirate or "raider" wearing a football helmet was created, reportedly a rendition of actor Randolph Scott.
The original Raiders uniforms were black and gold, while the helmets were black with a white stripe and no logo. The team wore this design from — Over the years, it has undergone minor color modifications such as changing the background from silver to black in , but it has essentially remained the same.
The Raiders' current silver and black uniform design has essentially remained the same since it debuted in It consists of silver helmets, silver pants, and either black or white jerseys.
The black jerseys have silver numbers, while the white jerseys have black numbers. Originally, the white jerseys had silver numbers with a thick black outline, but they were changed to black with a silver outline for the season.
In , the team used silver numerals for the season. However, in the team again displayed black numerals and have stayed that way ever since with the exception of the —95 season where they donned the helmets with the silver away numbers. The Raiders wore their white jerseys at home for the first time in their history on September 28, against the San Diego Chargers.
The decision was made by Lane Kiffin, who was coaching his final game for the Raiders, and was purportedly due to intense heat.
After splitting the first home season between Kezar and Candlestick, the Raiders moved exclusively to Candlestick Park in , where total attendance for the season was about 50,, and finished 2— Valley threatened to move the Raiders out of the area unless a stadium was built in Oakland, but in the Raiders moved into 18,seat Frank Youell Field later expanded to 22, seats , their first home in Oakland.
On September 23, they played the Miami Dolphins in Berkeley due to a scheduling conflict with the baseball Oakland Athletics. But Branch gave up Mitchell was at least 10 times better than that in pass coverage in so the competion should be open. In 16 starts, Branch had combined tackles, three passes defensed, four sacks, a forced fumble and an interception. In only three starts, Mitchell had 51 combined tackles, five passes defensed, an interception and a forced fumble.
Looking at this stat line favors Mitchell enough but physicality isn't a stat and that's his biggest advantage. I know Hue Jackson loves Branch, but he knows love doesn't win football games. Rolando McClain is prime to break out in after showing signs of getting it down the stretch of It took him a while to consistently find the football in as he had to adjust to playing middle instead of inside linebacker.
But one thing he always brought to the Raiders' defense is the physical aspect of it. McClain ended up with 85 combined tackles, half a sack, an interception and six passes defensed in In , I expect McClain to take his place in the top-tier of middle linebackers, thus improving the Raiders' run defense. He is surprisingly already in the top-tier of middle linebackers when it comes to pass coverage. McClain is a true student of the game so look for him to be all over the field rocking heads.
Ford is a playmaker that can beat you in many ways with that 4. He had two rushing, two receiving and three kickoff returns for touchdowns in He is the only man in the NFL to score a touchdown in as many ways in
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