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[NBC Sports: Pro Football Talk] - Healthy Raiders prepare for first Thanksgiving game in 39 years

Mike Florio — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:31:26 GMT

... (at Lions). For their first-ever Thanksgiving game against the Cowboys, the Raiders are relatively healthy. Out are linebacker Jon Alston, whose "illness" is mo ...

[Talking Points Tim Kawakami] - NFL Picks Contest, Week 12: Gradkowski on Thanksgiving–NFL nirvana!

Tim Kawakami — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:17:28 GMT

... .5, over Raiders. My comment : Can’t take Raiders traveling 2 time zones on a short week. Can’t do it. Even vs. Wade Phillps a ...

[Inside The Oakland Raiders] - Cable mum on returners, RB

Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:23:20 GMT

... arding the “residual” concussion symptoms suffered by Alston. Cable said the Raiders are going through proper protocol. [You can leave a response , or trackback ...

[Fanhouse - AOL Sports Blog] - Pocket Presence: Bruce is Loose

Bruce Ciskie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:27:16 GMT

... s team with countless inaccurate throws or misreads. Instead, he allowed the Raiders to hang in there against a better team (Cincinnati), and he led a game-tying ...

[NFL - Oakland Raiders] - Raiders Set for Thanksgiving Game with All the Fixins

Raymond J. Tioseco — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:30:16 GMT

... y in control,” Cable explained. After a rough start against the Bengals, the Raiders defense stepped up their performance allowing only three points in the secon ...

[Just Blog Baby] - Raiders have the blueprint to beat Cowboys

Chris Shellcroft — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:20:03 GMT

... points in two weeks, the current Cowboys are looking like the pre-Gradkowski Raiders. Despite Oakland’s clutch victory over the Begnals, odds makers still like D ...

[The Sacramento Bee] - Leading Off: Russell is a washout, but the biggest ever?

Bill Bradley — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:06:16 GMT

... ly an NFL draft bust. The success of the quarterback Bruce Gradkowski in the Raiders' 20-17 victory over the Bengals solidified the fact that Russell should not ...

[Sporting News] - Danger zone: Beware the underdogs on Thanksgiving Day

cbrown.tsn — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:56:34 GMT

... . Despite their 3-8 record, the Raiders have not packed it in for the season. "We still have something to play for, ...

[The Detroit News] - Mike O'Hara: Brandon Pettigrew making Lions look smart for Dallas deal

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:53:39 GMT

... e historic -- but unlikely. Line: Packers by 10.5 Pick: Packers 33, Lions 20 Raiders (3-7) at Cowboys (7-3): QB Bruce Gradkowski, the Raiders' new starter, has r ...

[RealFootball365] - Raiders and Cowboys Suffer Same Malady

MikeBullock — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:32:38 GMT

... anchise. The once mighty monsters of the gridiron, with the exception of the Raiders brief playoff run and Superbowl loss from 2000-2002, have hardly upheld thei ...

[Silver And Black Pride] - Talkin' With Tyvon - #12

TheRaiderWay — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:45:31 GMT

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[NYT: The Fifth Down] - Thursday's N.F.L. Matchups

MIKE TANIER — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:38:45 GMT

... Bruce Gradkowski era,” but the momentary spark Gradkowski provides makes the Raiders slightly dangerous to the Cowboys, a first-place team that habitually plays ...

[San Francisco Chronicle] - RAIDERS / Video board puts punter in tough spot

David White — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:42:04 GMT

... deo board puts punter in tough spot 11.25.09 Short week means long hours for Raiders 11.24.09 Raiders schedule 11.23.09 Hit the overhanging scoreboard at sparkli ...

[The Philadephia Inquirer & Daily News] - Staff picks for Thursday's NFL games

the Daily News by the Daily News — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:31:41 GMT

... ly giving you three winners - the Lions plus 11 points over the Packers, the Raiders plus 14 points against the Cowboys and Giants minus 6 points over the Bronco ...

[Thoughts from the Dark Side] - Cable will live and die by Gradkowski: Guest Writer

Levi "Dizzle" Damien — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:33:53 GMT

... ouple years. But to say he played "great" is an overstatement. Everygame the Raiders lose a game, that is one step closer to another overhaul of the coaching sta ...