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Stewart effective in Raiders' run game

sfgate.com

Stewart effective in Raiders' run game The Raiders would have liked to run the ball more, but they went to a no-huddle attack when they were down 13-3 in the third quarter, and Carson Palmer turned his attention downfield. The Stanford alum rolled off b…

Steve Corkran, insidebayarea.com

The Raiders on Sunday lost their fifth straight game. In the process, they were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention and assured a losing record for the eighth time in 10 seasons. The Raiders can’t catch the Colts, who won their eighth game…

Steve Corkran, insidebayarea.com

Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer is quick to take blame for most anything, even when it’s obvious that he’s not at fault. On Sunday, there was no mistaking that Palmer deserved the lion’s share of the blame for the Raiders losing to the Cleveland B…

sfgate.com

Raiders lose to Browns, skid reaches 5 Gaither was surprised, unlike the other hardened 51 players, that the defense gave up eight plays of 20 yards or more to a Browns team with rookies at quarterback, running back and receiver. The Raiders (3-9), in l…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Raiders took it on the chin again on Sunday in a 20-17 loss to the Browns and they now have to turn around to play the streaking Broncos on Thursday night. And they’ll have to do it without their head coach being around for the first two days of pre…

Jerry McDonald , insidebayarea.com

The Raiders problems have more to do with their play than the calendar. Following a winless November, the Raiders fell 20-10 Sunday to the Cleveland Browns at O.co Coliseum in a battle between teams with identical 3-8 records and both desperate for a wi…

Jerry McDonald , insidebayarea.com

A 64-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to Rod Streater woke up the crowd and put the Raiders within a field goal entering the fourth quarter. It came after Desmond Bryant got a hand on a 28-yard field goal attempt by Phil Dawson, re-directing it wide righ…

Jerry McDonald , insidebayarea.com

Sebastian Janikowski’s 61-yard field goal attempt fell short at the gun as the Raiders went into halftime with a four-point deficit. Cleveland had the lone touchdown of the game in the second quarter on a 44-yard pass from Brandon Weeden to Josh Gordon …

Jerry McDonald , insidebayarea.com

A 20-yard pass from Brandon Weeden to Benjamin Watson (shedding the tackle attempt of Miles Burris) has the Browns at the Oakland 28 to open the second quarter. The Browns also moved the ball well on an earlier possession until Weeden threw an intercept…

Jerry McDonald , insidebayarea.com

Phil Dawson has kicked off to the Raiders, with Coye Francies getting drilled inside the 15-yard line . . .

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

Oakland Raiders running back Darren McFadden will miss a fourth consecutive game with an ankle injury. McFadden was injured in a Nov. 4 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but still leads the Raiders with 455 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. In add…

CNNSI.com

BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- The Cleveland Browns say a member of the team's grounds crew killed himself at their practice facility.

Jon Becker, insidebayarea.com

The Raiders haven’t won a game in more than a month, but the Browns haven’t won a road game in more than a year. So what gives this afternoon? It should be noted the Raiders are the ones who sent Cleveland into a road tailspin, beating the Browns last…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Raiders owner Mark Davis went public with his frustrations about the state of the team last month, but he made sure that coach Dennis Allen got a full airing of his concerns on the flight home from last week’s loss to Cincinnati. Monte Poole of the Bay …

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

When the Raiders host the Browns in Oakland on Sunday, weather will be an issue in a blacked-out battle of 3-8 teams. But there’s some good news, according to our friends at Weather.com.  A wind advisory, with gusts of up to 50 miles per hour, expires …