First rd picks after Derek Carr became starter:
Amari Cooper (traded)
Karl Joseph (cut)
Gareon Conley (traded)
Kelton Miller (starter)
Celin Ferrell (backup)
Josh Jacobs (starter)
Jon Abram (cut)
Henry Ruggs (cut)
Damon Arnette (cut)
Alex Leatherwood (cut)
No 1st rd pick in 2022
I admit this might be my favorite picture ever of Carr. An amazing moment and Charger fans were just seconds from heartbreak.
If Madden's spirit was heard yesterday, I think the Snake's spirit is in Derek's expression. I could see Stabler with this same grin.
@StablerKendra
This is
@Raiders
interim coach Rich Bisaccia in his Cincy hotel personally hand-writing letters to his players thanking them for their hard work. Incredible.
Everyone says he's an unbelievable person. Some kind of coach grind to get here.
#SuperWildCard
@wyche89
@BucSidelineGuy
3 years ago today, 10-11-2020, the Raiders beat Patrick Mahomes for the first and so far the only time 40-32.
#RaiderNation
#Raiders
Derek Carr threw for 347 yards 3 TDs in one of his finest games.
Las Vegas
#Raiders
owner Mark Davis paid his respects to Tina Tintor today, attending her funeral. Tintor and her dog, Max, were killed in a crash involving former player Henry
#Ruggs
.
@RossDiMattei
reports:
13 years ago today, the
#Raiders
destroyed Josh McDaniels, who was the HC of the Denver Broncos 59-14.
Darren McFadden had his best game, 3 rushing TDs 1 rec TD, 165 yards rushing on 16 carries. Marcel Reese, Michael Bush & Zach Miller scored the other TDs. Raiders D 3 TO.
I was for the Raiders moving on from Carr. I stand by it. But Jimmy G has proven he is a downgrade despite what Josh McDaniels says or thinks. Earlier, I said Jimmy might be the worst Raiders QB ever. He is definitely part of the argument....no doubt. He is historically bad.
Handed the
#Raiders
a gift? This is why I hate Travis Kelce. The Raiders earned that win. Yes, the Chiefs played badly and are out of sync but no win is a gift in the NFL.
You, Travis Kelce are just a whiny crybaby like your QB because you don't know what losing is like. 😭
𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚:
#Chiefs
star TE Travis Kelce says “it’s a frustrating f—king experience right now” when talking about the team’s recent struggles, via
@newheightshow
“We handed that team (the
#Raiders
) a win on Christmas. We literally played Santa and gave them a present.”…
Tom
#Flores
won a Super Bowl as:
A backup QB to Len Dawson in Super Bowl V
As an assistant coach under Madden in Super Bowl XI
As head coach of the
#Raiders
in Super Bowls XV & XVIII
Stop fighting it
@ProFootballHOF
and all you media people.
SEND
#FloresToCanton
Stabler, Madden, Lamonica and Blanda are together in the next world now. Here is a live shot of a sideline strategy session against Vince Lambardi's Packers. 😉
Jack Jones has been a STUD since joining
#raiders
- 25 tackles, 2 TFL
- 2 INT
- 6 PBU
- 12 receptions allowed (25 targets)
- 128 yards allowed
- 0 TD allowed
-2
#picksixes
- League Low 33.9 QBR since week 11
Also, he created my favorite
#RaiderNation
GIF of all time!
For those mad at David Carr calling the
#Raiders
dysfunctional/unstable. Folks, the team has been that way for 2 decades.
The Raiders didn't change David, they've been this way for 20 yrs. 204 losses since 2003 is testament to that.
If fans fail to see that they are oblivious.
Brooks brings up an important point here. Patrick Graham was restricted on style of play by Josh McDaniels. If true, I can see why the defense didn't work for 25 games and why they blew leads in 2022.
Josh Jacobs also had the longest run of the 2022 with 86 yards. The next closet was Dalvin Cook with an 81 yarder. Lamar Jackson is 3rd with 79.
Here is
@iAM_JoshJacobs
and the longest
@NFL
rush in 2022 reg season.
#RaiderNation
#Raiders
What we all know is Josh Jacobs did lead the NFL in rushing & is the first
#Raiders
RB to do it since Marcus Allen is 1985.
@iAM_JoshJacobs
also led the NFL in yards from scrimmage. He is also the first Raider to do so since Allen did so in 85. Allen had 2,314 yrds.
For those who never saw him play Todd Christensen was the dude. The 1st TE to record a 90+ rec season & the 1st to do it consecutively.
#raidernation
#raiderpride
What makes this play even more awesome is the fact that Kansas City knew it was coming, the whole stadium knew, and the Chiefs defense could not stop Zamir White.
The last word on Derek Carr's legacy. We can argue stats, wins, etc, but there is one thing that has no argument.
Carr is the greatest QB drafted by the
@raiders
since
@TheKenStabler
in 1968. Period. There is nobody better.
Ben Davidson’s
#Raiders
helmet is witness to the ferocity, aggression and dangers posed by football in the 1960s. You may notice some red on the silver helmet. That is off the Chiefs helmets, maybe some off of Lenny Dawson’s own headgear.
#RaiderNation
James Jett roasts the Broncos by making an improbable 54-yard TD catch from Jeff Hostetler in the 1993 playoffs. The
#Raiders
beat Denver for the third time that season by a 42-24 finale.
#speedkills
#RaiderNation
the late Todd Christensen & Charlie Jones on the call.
I want to wake up Tuesday morning to the AFC West looking like this.
Raiders 4-0
Broncos 3-1
Chargers 2-2
Chiefs 2-2
Best division in the league hands down!!!
#RaiderNation
Peters had to ask C Wood to wear his digits. This is embarrassing. At least Michael Huff and Patrick Bates tried to make a tackle.
Was Peters trying to force a fumble here?
-First minority starting qb
-First minority head coach
-First woman hired to a high executive position
-First active gay player
The Raiders continue to be trail blazers.
#FloresToCanton
Tom Flores was the first Raider, the first Latino & the first minority QB to toss 3 TDs in a game in the history of pro football. He did it in a December 1969 gm versus the NY Titans (Jets).
#RaiderNation
A rare photo from either 1977 of ‘78 of Lester Hayes and Freddy. The
#Raiders
two stickup guys in the only photo that I’ve ever seen of them together in the same shot.
#RaiderNation
#RaiderPride
This is what a QB is supposed to do. Not throw an int, not take a sack, not lose a fumble or throw a incomplete pass.
Use your legs when it is there and get that first down.
Jim Plunkett to Cliff Branch, 99 yards against the Redskins in 1983. This is the longest pass in
#Raiders
franchise history.
The second longest is a George Blanda to Warren Wells TD toss that covered 94 yards in a 43-7 win over Denver in 1968.
#RaiderNation
Underappreciated players who played on shitty teams thread. I'm looking for players from any sport who are often overlooked because they played on bad teams. Who you got?
Mine👇
Famous photo of four great Raider QBs prior to the 1990s. When were they drafted by
#Raiders
?
Plunkett signed as a free agent in 1978
Blanda was signed after release from Oilers
Stabler was drafted in 2nd round, 52nd Overall
Lamoncia was acquired in a 1967 trade with Bills
40 years ago today the
#Raiders
drafted this guy. Some of his many Raider franchise records include:
#1
leading rusher
#1
leading playoff rusher
#1
in rushing TDs
#1
in catch and rec yards for RB
#2
in rec TD for RB
Cliff Branch scores the first score of SB XV on this 2-yard pass. Branch finished the day with 5 rec for 67 yards & 2 TDs. I've never seen an image of the TD from this angle before.
#Raidernation
#Raiders
This anniversary is belated. On January 14, 2015,
#Raiders
hired Jack Del Rio as HC. He posted the only winning record as the HC since Gruden 1.0 ended in early 2002.
Del Rio went 25-23, Inc. the teams most successful season since 02 by going 12-4 in 2016.
#RaiderNation
Derek Carr and Jalen Richard are the only remaining
#Raiders
the Raider roster from the last Raider team to make the playoffs in 2016.
Carr is the only remaining starter.
#RaiderNation
#LVvsCIN
Robert Spillane this year
6 gms 6 starts
49 tackles*
25 solo
24 assists*
2 TFL
1 QB HIT
1 SACK
2 INTS**
28 yards
2 PD
*leads team
**tied for team lead
#RaiderNation
#Raiders
Everyone is talking about how Wilkins impacts the career of Maxx Crosby. My hope is that his interior presence impacts the career of Malcolm Koonce. Were his 8 sacks last year just the beginning? We shall see.
He is entering his fourth year so hopefully he wants a big payday.
#forgottenraiders
DE Derrick Burgess 2005-2008
56 gms, 52 starts
38.5 sacks
172 tackles, 140 solo
39 tackles for loss
5 FF, 3 FR
16 sacks in 2005 is a
@raiders
franchise single season record
#smartenup
💥Got shut out by the Saints/can’t get past the 50 yard line
💥Lost to Jeff Saturday
💥Lost to a B Mayfield led Rams team after 3 days of practice
💥lost to former D-II QB Tyson Bagent in his 1st start
Need to seal a victory? As Ted Hendricks said once, "Just give the ball to Marcus!" Tom Flores, did it here again in a 1984 Gm versus Miami in the Orange Ball. With time running out, Marcus Allen seals the victory with this 52-yard TD run, his 3rd TD of the day.
11 years after leaving the
#Raiders
, Fred Biletnikoff returned to coach the Raiders wide recievers from 1989 to 2006.
#RaiderPride
#Raidernation
. He worked for five different head coaches, Shell, White, Bugel, Gruden, Callahan, & Turner.
One of Jim Plunketts final great performances was leading LA to a thrilling 37-31 OT win over the Chargers in 1986. Jim finished with 348 yards passing on 23 completions. He fired 2 TDs. The game was also notable because Lester Hayes scored his final career TD.
#RaiderNation
What was the most fun
#picksix
in
#Raiders
history that I ever saw? How about Jerry Ball going 66 yards against Mark Brunell in a 17-3 win in 1996 versus the
@jaguars
?
#RaiderNation