"Mark [Davis] joked that was the Al Davis pick of this draft," Raiders general manager John Spytek said after drafting Thornton. "The height, weight, speed, raw traits, athleticism, speed, and I think ...

Jon Gruden took a nine-year hiatus from coaching after being fired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2009, before returning to the Las Vegas Raiders in 2018. He lasted just over three ...

Texas Predicted to Land 4-Star Recruit Over In-State Rival originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Texas Longhorns are in ...

Texas and Georgia ran the SEC last year, and that shouldn’t change. How everyone else shakes out is still to be decided. How ...

Matt Verderame of Sports Illustrated recently gave his rankings for top offensive triplets in the NFL and here is where he had Jeanty, Smith, and Bowers ranked. The Raiders will look much ...

Since Cody Benjamin is the expert on revenge here at CBS Sports, we decided to let him handle the rankings ... One good thing for the Raiders: The Raiders get to close the season by playing ...

If Mayer, a third-year player, can make strides and live up to the expectations that where there when he was the No. 35 overall pick in the draft two years ago, the Raiders will be in even better ...

In fact, the team is starting to get some real hype. In his post-draft power rankings, The Athletic’s Josh Kendall ranked the Raiders as the 18th-best team in the NFL. “Pete Carroll isn’t ...

The new Raiders part ... After ranking him outside the top 60 in 2019 and ’20, PFF slotted the Bucs’ David sidekick outside the top 70 at the position from 2021-23. White only played 176 snaps last ...

After trading for presumably their starting quarterback, Geno Smith, and losing nearly half of their defensive starters in free agency the Las Vegas Raiders appear to be heading in a new direction.

Bolstering the most important position in the sport is a good route to take, and the unexpected trade gave the Raiders a position in Pro Football Focus' power rankings that may surprise some.