Ron Bartell News

You can't properly grade a first year GM until his team has taken the field but thus far Reggie McKenzie is doing right in my book.

By Andrew Sarmiento NFL Contributor To say the Oakland Raiders are in a transition phase would be an understatement.

Tuesday, Brown was asked a simple question. It involved the NFL owners' decision to require mandatory thigh and knee pads for all players, starting with the 2013 season.

The Raiders concluded the second week of organized team activities and the coaching staff is doing their best to evaluate the players in non-contact situations.

In the past few posts, I've looked at the Raiders defense using some statistical analysis.

The Raiders released veteran cornerbacks Stanford Routt and Chris Johnson this offseason in hopes of upgrading positions they deemed as problem spots last season.

I haven't posted a story on Silver and Black Pride in quite a while, but after going through the regular Raiders news this morning I felt I had to comment on this topic.

Raiders cornerback Ron Bartell is one of the many NFL players who doesn't wear knee and thigh pads and doesn't like the NFL's plan to make them mandatory starting in 2013.

The Raiders are rolling out new schemes on both sides of the ball this year with the new coaching staff in place.

The man who made the Oakland Raiders what they are today, Al Davis , was known for giving football players a second, or sometimes third, chance.

Oakland Raiders safety Tyvon Branch signed his $6.2 million franchise tag tender on Monday and reported to offseason workouts with the team.

General manager Reggie McKenzie has done his due diligence in helping the team get in salary cap compliance.

As discussed yesterday , 2012 is a year of experimenting for the Oakland Raiders.