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Oakland Raiders News and Rumors

Leinart has competition for Oakland gig

ESPN.com

Apparently, Matt Leinart is not a slam-dunk to sign with the Oakland Raiders as their backup quarterback. The Associated Press is reporting Jim Sorgi will have a workout with the Raiders on Tuesday. Leinart is considered a favorite to land the job becau…

ESPN.com

New Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie began the expected overhaul of the team’s scouting department Monday when he fired longtime scout Jon Kingdom, according to the NFL Network. Kingdon was Oakland’s college scouting director and had be…

ESPN.com

I know a lot of Raiders fans wanted to see new general manager Reggie McKenzie make a big splash and compensate for having less than a full slate of draft picks by trading up in the draft. McKenzie, in his first year as a GM, made one deal as he moved d…

Staff and News Services, sfgate.com

Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie had said he would wait until after the draft before restructuring the team's scouting department. On Monday, two days after the draft, he fired longtime scout Jon Kingdon. Kingdon...

sfgate.com

No, Reggie McKenzie said after the 2012 NFL draft was finally over, he didn't have boxes to check on his scouting report for how good the players' jump shots were. Or how much they believed in God. It only seemed that...