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Why Jacksonville Jaguars, presumptive No. 1 NFL draft pick Trevor Lawrence face difficult road to success play Why Spears expects Trevor Lawrence to be successful with the Jaguars (1:23) Marcus Spears asserts that Trevor Lawrence has the highest ceiling in the 2021 NFL draft class. (1:23) Graduate of Jacksonville University JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars are a little more than a week away from having the franchise quarterback the team has been trying to find for two decades. Tre...

Raiders Bruisers Marv Hubbard and Mark van Eeghen Oakland, Los Angeles, and now Las Vegas Raiders have a long legacy of great fullbacks, Marv Hubbard and Mark van Eeghen are legends. Author: Apr 1, 2021 The Oakland Raiders were a passing team from their earliest days in 1960, but they complemented that with a power running game, especially from 1969-81. Behind a formidable offensive line that included the likes of five Hall of Famers—center Jim Otto, guard Gene Upshaw, tackles Art Shell and B...

Mar 7, 2021 Tackle Art Shell and guard Gene Upshaw of the Oakland Raiders were not joined at the hip. It only seemed that way. Shell and Upshaw held down the left side of the Raiders line, which is considered by many to the best of all-time, for more than 10 seasons and were the driving force behind the Silver and Black’s first two Super Bowl victories. “The Raiders had a great running team back then and Gene and Art were the reason for it,” said Joe Collier, former defensive coordinator ...

Simply put, Graves wants to see a more level playing field. "If you drill right down to it," Graves said, "the league promises all people who are interested in working with the league an opportunity to a fair, open and competitive process, and were just asking the league to live up to its promise." After 13 years with the Bears, Graves left in 1997 to join the Arizona Cardinals as assistant to the president. He was elevated to vice president of football operations in 2003 and was promoted to ge...

Former tackle was Raiders’ head coach from 1989 to ‘94 under Al Davis

Toronto Argonauts Share Hogan: Celebrating and Honouring the Argonaut Trailblazers Willie Wood introduced as head coach of the Argonauts. Photo courtesy of the Toronto Public Library Share When the Toronto Argonauts hired Corey Chamblin in December 2018, he was one of three Black head coaches hired in the CFL within an eight-day span. That would have been monumental news had it happened south of the border, but it was barely mentioned at all in Canad...

Love for the Raiders is a Generation Gift In over 60 years as a reporter covering the Oakland, Los Angeles, and now Las Vegas Raiders, Tom LaMarres love for the Silver and Black has been generational Author: Feb 11, 2021 (Tom LaMarre is a native of Oakland who covered the Silver and Black for the Oakland Tribune during the 1970s, and has written about the Raiders for more than 60 years, including now with Sports Illustrateds Raider Maven.) My father took me to my first Oakland Raiders game on N...

Longtime Chiefs head coach Marty Schottenheimer dead at 77 Schottenheimer coached the Chiefs from 1989 through 1998. Legendary NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer, (77), peacefully passed away with family at his side on Monday, February 8, 2021 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Schottenheimer had been battling Alzheimer’s since 2014.— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) February 9, 2021 Schottenheimer came to the Chiefs in 1989 after spending nine years with the Cleveland Browns — the last five as their...

The Las Vegas Raiders legendary past grew over the weekend when the NFL Hall of Fame announced Silver and Black ICONS Tom Flores & Charles Woodson are in.

January 25, 1981, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, right, presents the Super Bowl XV trophy to Oakland Raiders managing general partner Al Davis, left, pumping his fist, after Sundays Super Bowl game against the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans. Sportscaster Bryant Gumble holds the microphone at center. (AP Photo/File) January 25, 1981, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, right, presents the Super Bowl XV trophy to Oakland Raiders managing general partner Al Davis, left, pumping his fist, af...