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Getty Images Derek Carr planned in advance to go by the Black Hole on his way out of Oakland Coliseum one last time. He probably didn’t manage the reception he’d get. Via Scott Bair of NBCSportsBayArea.com, Carr handled getting booed out of the building after a bumbling loss with a measure of...

Getty Images When asked about players continuing to play through injuries in recent weeks, Raiders head coach Jon Gruden said that the team still had things to play for and a chance to win their final game in Oakland was among those items. That game came and went on Sunday, but the Raiders...

Getty Images On Sunday, the Raiders will play their last game ever in Oakland, for the second time. They left in 1981, returned in 1995, and they’ll now leave again. This time for Las Vegas. “The Raiders and Oakland grew up together,” Raiders owner Mark Davis told Monte Poole of NBC Sports...

Getty Images Running back Josh Jacobs missed last Sunday’s Raiders game with a shoulder injury, but the first-round pick thinks he’ll be back in the lineup against the Jaguars this weekend. Jacobs has practiced all week on a limited basis and he told reporters on Friday that he plans to play...

Getty Images Week 15 of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Ravens and it continues with 14 more games on Sunday, which means that the 28 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images The NFL has announced this year’s nominees for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award given each year to a player based on their philanthropic and community work. There’s one nominee per team, each of whom will receive a donation of up to $50,000 to a charity of their choice. The...

Getty Images As the Raiders to play their last game ever in Oakland, they’ve received permission as to an important aspect of their relocation. According to Ben Fischer of Sports Business Daily, NFL owners approved on Wednesday a waiver of the league’s $350 million debt limit for the Raiders...

Getty Images Word earlier this week was that Raiders running back Josh Jacobs would return to the lineup this week after missing last Sunday’s loss to the Titans with a shoulder injury. The first two practice days of this week have done nothing to push things in a different direction. Jacobs...

Getty Images The Jaguars promoted receiver C.J. Board from the practice squad Wednesday, the team announced. They waived rookie cornerback Tae Hayes in a corresponding move. Board was on the team’s active roster for the first 12 weeks of the season. He was on the practice squad for Week 13...

Getty Images Few venues in football are as iconic as the Black Hole in Oakland, home to some of the NFL’s most fanatical fans. But those fans in Oakland will no longer have a team after Sunday. The Raiders host the Jaguars on Sunday in their last game ever in Oakland, before they make the move...

Getty Images Former Steelers, Raiders and Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown used social media to offer an apology last week, but he’s using it for different purposes on Wednesday. Brown has posted a series of tweets that take issue with the fact that he’s not currently in the NFL. One of...

Getty Images The Raiders played without rookie running back Josh Jacobs last Sunday because of a shoulder injury, but it doesn’t look like Jacobs will be out for an extended period of time. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Jacobs went for an MRI to examine the extent of the injury...

Getty Images A series of transactions on Tuesday left the Raiders with three empty spots on their 53-man roster and the team moved to fill them on Wednesday. The Raiders announced that they have signed defensive tackle Olsen Pierre and tight end Eric Tomlinson as free agents. They also...

Getty Images The Jaguars claimed linebacker Preston Brown off waivers from Oakland, the club announced Wednesday. To make room on the roster, the Jaguars placed rookie linebacker Quincy Williams on injured reserve. Williams has a hand injury. Brown signed with the Raiders on Nov. 18 and...

Getty Images The Raiders were in Sunday’s game against the Titans for the first half, but things took a familiar turn for the worse after the break. Oakland and Tennessee were tied at 21, but the Titans would wind up with a 42-21 win that made it three blowout losses in a row for the Raiders...

Getty Images The Raiders have only 50 players on their 53-player roster after a series of moves Tuesday afternoon. The Raiders waived linebacker Preston Brown, safety D.J. Swearinger and defensive tackle Terrell McClain. They signed running back Rod Smith to the active roster. They also...

Getty Images With the way they’re playing, the Titans should rank as the favorite to win the AFC South. The Titans pulled into a first-place tie with the Texans on Sunday, beating the Raiders 42-21 to move to 8-5. The Texans were upset at home by the Broncos, losing 38-24. Tennessee has...

It wasn’t likely to change the final outcome, but Derek Carr has taken heat for his throw away on fourth down late in Sunday’s 42-21 loss to the Titans. With 3:50 remaining, the Raiders faced fourth-and-goal from the Titans 1-yard line. Carr rolled right, away from pressure, and threw the ball...

Getty Images The Titans remained one of the hottest teams in football by beating the Raiders 42-21 on Sunday in a game that felt very different after halftime. Both teams moved the ball easily for much of the half and went into the locker room tied at 21. The Titans kept moving the ball in the...

Getty Images When the NFL scheduled the Texans and Titans to play twice in the final three weeks of the season, it couldn’t have known that the divisional race would come down to those matchups. That’s how things have worked out, though. The Texans have gone 4-3 over their last seven games...