Richard Seymour News

Johnny Lynn is Oakland's new defensive backs coach. He worked with new Oakland defensive coordinator Jason Tarver in San Francisco.

Reggie McKenzie's move to release Stanford Routt left plenty of room for rumor and speculation as to where the axe might fall next.

According to Rotoworld.com, general manager Reggie McKenzie and the Oakland Raiders have decided to pay defensive end Richard Seymour the $7.5 million roster bonus that he's due this offseason.

Raiders Stanford Routt intercepts a 49ers pass by J.T. O'Sullivan but later fumbles on the play in the first half at McAfee Coliseum in Oakland, Calif.

With so many free agents on the market every year, it's somewhat comparable to the NFL draft in the sense that teams are analyzing players to fit multiple needs.

The Raiders on Monday hired Stanford's Jason Tarver, who helped shape one of the Pac-12's top defenses while serving as co-defensive coordinator and overseeing the linebackers under rookie head coach David Shaw last season.

They're the same teams, with the same coaches and quarterbacks, and they'll wear the same uniform colors they did four years ago.

How many thought the player known as "Big Money" would ever make the Big Show? It's taken 11 seasons and four teams but Browns first-round bust Gerard Warren did the unthinkable by reaching the Super Bowl.

Reggie McKenzie started researching Dennis Allen as a potential coaching candidate this past season when he first heard the Oakland Raiders might hire him as a general manager.

New Oakland Raiders head coach Dennis Allen smiles as he introduces his family during an NFL football news conference at Raiders headquarters in Alameda, Calif., Monday, Jan.

The AFC set a Pro Bowl record for points scored in its 59-41 win over the NFC Sunday, and Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski had 8 extra points and a 37-yard field goal.

The Oakland Raiders reportedly agreed Tuesday to hire Denver defensive coordinator Dennis Allen as their new head coach, breaking a more than three-decade stretch of offensive-minded head coaches for the franchise.

The Oakland Raiders reportedly agreed Tuesday to hire Denver defensive coordinator Dennis Allen as their new head coach, breaking a more than three-decade stretch of offensive-minded head coaches for the franchise.

This is the danger of a long coaching search: teams can lose some of their best assistant coaches.

Ten years ago, the "Tuck Rule," or NFL Rule 3, Section 22, Article 2, Note 2, changed Brady's, the New England Patriots' and the Oakland Raiders' fates forever.

This group will have plenty of chemistry. The Raiders announced that long snapper Job Condo made the AFC Pro Bowl team.

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