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Oakland Raiders News and Rumors

Richard Seymour, Wesley Woodyard out for Thursday night

Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com

The Denver Broncos and Oakland Raiders will both be missing one of their key defensive pieces for the match up of AFC West division rivals on Thursday night. The Raiders already know they’ll be without defensive end Richard Seymour. Seymour will miss hi…

Doug Farrar, yahoo.com

When the 1-2 Denver Broncos beat the Oakland Raiders, 37-6, on September 30, it was the first time all season that Peyton Manning and the Denver offense really got into sync. Since then, Manning's team lost a game to the New England Patriots, and respon…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

In many respects, the post-Al Davis Raiders are very different from the team that was run for years by one of the fieriest personalities in sports. In at least one respect, the Raiders have retained said fire. Director of Media Relations Zak Gilbert has…

Jerry McDonald , insidebayarea.com

An e-mail from Raiders director media relations Zak Gilbert on the “rumor” that Jon Gruden could be rejoining the Raiders . . . Members of the media: There are two people on this planet that have the ability to make talks happen between Jon Gruden and…

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

Our initial spin around the Week 14 NFL injury and practice participation reports begins with the final reports for Thursday night's game between the Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos. The Raiders have ruled out defensive tackle Richard Seymour, who wi…

ESPN.com

Wednesday evening, the Oakland Raiders strongly denied a Tuesday report by Pro Football Weekly saying that the Raiders and former coach Jon Gruden are in talks to bring Gruden back to the team in a prominent role. It happened on the day first-year coach…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Oakland Raiders coach Dennis Allen has returned to the team after the death of his father.

Jerry McDonald , insidebayarea.com

Coach Dennis Allen returned from Texas and was on the practice field as the Raiders underwent final preparations Wednesday for their game against the Denver Broncos. Allen addressed the team before practice and will be on the sidelines Thursday night. A…

CNNSI.com

Report: Raiders, Gruden talking return to sideline

Benjamin Hoffman, nytimes.com

Even the Raiders players know the truth: right now, their defense isn't very good.

ESPN.com

Here is a look at the division leaders in some key statistical categories after Week 13: PASSING YARDS Player: Carson Palmer, Oakland Yards: 3,532 Comment: Raiders wish the big passing yardage resulted in more points. RUSHING YARDS Player: Jamaal Charle…

Andy Barall, nytimes.com

The claim that Ray Guy was far superior to his contemporaries, at any point in his career, is not supported by the evidence.

sfgate.com

Leadership void among Raiders' faults Fiery guys who hold other players accountable for mistakes - in Oakland's case, for repeated dropped passes, blown assignments and missed tackles. Quarterback Carson Palmer and defensive tackle Richard Seymour have …