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When Reggie McKenzie was hired he spoke of the fact that he planned to make changes within the Raiders front office. He brought up his vision of having everyone within the organization from front office employees to players on the field having one goal in mind and that is winning a championship. He went on to say that while not all changes would be immediate he would evaluate every position and make changes where and when he saw fit. We now know that at the very least you know Reggie is a man of his word. Shortly after Reggie was hired the first front office change came in the form of John Herrera "taking a break" from his job. What that means is only really known by people inside the Raiders organization, but don't be surprised if he was encouraged to take that break. Lets just say it didn't take most people long to get over that move and Reggie wasted no time in filling the void. On March 24th it was announced that Zak Gilbert was hired as director of media relation...

Allow me for a moment to walk the Raider Nation through a timeline of Hue Jackson's tenure with the Raiders. 2010 Al Davis hires Hue Jackson to revamp an offense that hadn't been good in many years. With the aide of competent quarterback play and a healthy Darren McFadden, Jackson is wildly successful in his first year. 2011 Tom Cable is fired for an 8-8 season and Hue Jackson is promoted to Head Coach. Situation He is working with a roster constructed by Al Davis and defensive coaches hired by Al Davis. October 8, 2011 Al Davis dies and Hue Jackson is forced to take a more active role in managing player personnel because-although unqualified-he is the most qualified person in the building. Mark Davis begins to gather his advisory team or John Madden, Ron Wolf and Ken Herock. Problem 1 Hue Jackson loses his starting quarterback to injury for the season. Jackson knows with the passing of Al Davis that a new front office would be coming in and in all likelihood he would be fired ...

Green Bay Packers director of football operations Reggie McKenzie will be the Raiders next general manager according to an ESPN report. The Raiders general manager had been owner Al Davis since 1963. Thus a new era of Raiders football begins behind a man for which there is little negative to be said. McKenzie is an ex-Raiders linebacker, drafted by Al Davis with the assistance of then front office executive Ron Wolf. Wolf hired McKenzie again in Green Bay in 1994 as a scout and he's spent the past 18 years working his way up in the Green Bay front office . It has been speculated that McKenzie would attempt to bring Eliot Wolf (pictured above left) who is Ron Wolf's son to Oakland with a promotion. The Packers would have the ability to block the Raiders as to avoid their entire front office from being raided in one offseason. Mark Davis and Amy Trask are not football people, but have been consulting with Ron Wolf, John Madden and Ken Herock.  Herock's son - Shaun Herock  a...

The passing of Al Davis has the Raider Nation and the league wondering what will become of the team. Who will run the football operations? Mark Davis and Amy Trask already have a list of candidates to fill the football operations and/or general manager roles, but what isn't certain is who is on the list and how long the Raiders intend to go without a head football man. The search for new football executives could last until early in the offseason at the longest. Who is on the list? Here is a list of potential candidates.   Bill Parcells Parcells knew Al Davis for 48 years and he's close with the Davis family. Parcells is working for ESPN and has to be itching to get back into the game. He's likely high on the list of candidates. He said the only reason he could never work for the Raiders is that he wouldn't want to ruin his friendship with Al Davis and that he and Al would butt heads too much. With Al Davis' passing Parcells could take over full football operations ...

The Washington Redskins parted ways with Jason Campbell after five seasons, trading him to the Oakland Raiders for a fourth-round pick in the 2012 NFL draft. The Redskins along with new General Manager Bruce Allen and Head Coach Mike Shannahan decided Campbell wasn't going to lead the team to the promised land and traded for veteran Donovan McNabb. The Eagles traded McNabb within the division opting to go with young quarterback Kevin Kolb, who was drafted the same year as JaMarcus Russell. Comparing Quarterbacks 2009 Stats (as starters) Bruce Gradkowski - 4 starts 65 Comp 118 Att 55.1% Comp 844 yards 210 YPG (injured in 4th) 6 TD 1 INT 2 Fumbles Lost (4 Total) 91.2 Rating Donovan McNabb - 14 starts 267 Comp 443 Att 60.3% Comp 3553 Yards 254 YPG 22 TD 10 INT 3 Fumbles Lost (13 Total) 92.9 Rating Jason Campbell - 16 starts 327 Comp 507 Att 64.5% Comp 3618 Yards 226 YPG 20 TD 15 INT 3 Fumbles Lost (13 total) 86.4 rating Kevin Kolb - 2 starts 55 Comp 85 Att 64.7% Comp 718 yards 359 ...