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Former Cowboys teammate Leon Lett was the head instructor. Homework required one of those playback machines that flashed "12:00" all the time.

Ellis had arthroscopic surgery during the off week and returned to practice on a limited basis Friday.

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By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 3:24 pm in Oakland Raiders .

Cornerback Chris Johnson said the Raiders have a shot at running the table after a 2-6 start.

The phone call came a little more than a year ago. Matt Shaughnessy's father was on the line, and Shaughnessy sensed something wasn't quite right.

SAN DIEGO The Raiders didn't have to be told the San Diego Chargers would run the ball as often as possible Sunday.

Perhaps the only thing more annoying to the Raiders than losing 13 consecutive games to San Diego is Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman doing his "Lights Out" dance after every tackle.

Just when the Raiders finally stopped the run, their pass defense sprung a leak.

Then again, that's easy to do when kept off the field for all but one play. With the Raiders ' offense dropping nine passes, Higgins played a single offensive snap - and a run play at that - during Sunday's 29-6 loss to the Texans at Reliant Stadium.

It has been said that the Raiders defense is to simple and can't be effective in modern football.

The Raiders got a jump on today's first mandatory roster cutdown by releasing five players Monday.

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Monday, August 31st, 2009 at 11:26 am in Oakland Raiders .

Everyone and their uncle knows the Raiders' run defense has major getting better to do .

A colleague posed that question Wednesday after Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell acted as if his horrible, horrible practice was nothing but a thing.

Well, that didn't work out so well. I tried to focus on the Raiders defense vs. the 49ers offense in the second practice Tuesday in Napa.

The National Football League is investigating a training-camp incident that landed Raiders assistant coach Randy Hanson in a hospital with a jaw injury, a league spokesman said Tuesday.

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The Raider Nation Celebration, presented by Comcast, once again proved the unique relationship between The Oakland Raiders and their passionate fans.