Week 1: Patriots vs. Bills

Initially, we planned to make the No. 2 team the No. 1 team for our Preseason Power Rankings, and the No. 1 team No. 2.But since we're wrapping these up after Tedy Bruschi retired and after Richard Seymour was traded...

Now that defensive lineman Richard Seymour has joined the Raiders, he's acting like he wanted to be there all along, and that the delay in showing up for work resulted solely from the fact that he was "blindsided" by the...

FOXBOROUGH - Richard Seymour addressed the Bay Area media yesterday wearing a Raiders’ jersey and the No. 92.

Oakland Raiders newly acquired defensive end Richard Seymour ended his five-day holdout Saturday saying he is “happy to go there.” The Pro-Bowler was traded by the New England Patriots earlier in the week for a first-round pick in the 2011 NFL draft, but Seymour failed to report to the Raiders. Seymour’s holdout created a virtually unprecedented situation leaving both teams...

Richard Seymour has been gaining lots of attention around the NFL since his preseason trade to the Raiders. The buzz around the league has been whether or not Seymour would report to the Raiders or possibly face sitting a year out of the NFL. The questions were answered by Richard Seymour today, after reports surfaced saying Seymour has finally reported to the Oakland Raiders. Patriots...

Richard Seymour ended his five-day sitout Saturday and will play for the Oakland Raiders on Monday night, saying he was "blindsided" by the trade from the New England Patriots.

It took Richard Seymour five days to get over being "blindsided" by his trade from New England to Oakland. But that's over.

The Oakland Raiders announced that they're holding a press conference at 8:30 p.m. EST for new defensive end Richard Seymour. Seymour is reporting...

Ok Raider nation... All is looking well, we just got an outstanding defender and five time Pro-Bowler to help bolster our questionable d-line. But one problem. How does a 6'6'' 310 pound 3-4 defensive end fit into a 4-3? I'm sorry but this trade really threw me off. Do the Raiders play Burgess at D-end? Well at his size he will likely only be used in running situations...

The new ESPNBoston.com launched yesterday, coinciding with the start of the Patriots season on ESPN’s Monday Night Football. This is the second localized ESPN site that the company has launched, Regular initial contributors to the site are as follows: Mike Reiss – Former Boston Globe NFL writer, who will cover the New England Patriots; Tedy Bruschi – Three-time New...

Richard Seymour to Report to Oakland Despite reports suggesting he wouldn't be reporting to the Raiders, Seymour will be flying to Oakland to meet with his team and coaches, although he is not expected to suit up in Week One. Seymour expressed the move of his family being more important than football, and simply was working through specifics of the move, both for himself and...

The San Diego Chargers are the most overrated team in the NFL. They went 8-8 last year in a weak division, yet everyone talks about them with hushed reverence. Show me another 8-8 team that gets to strut around as if they laid the golden egg, and as if they've already won their division before a single ball as been snapped.As much as I've scratched my head about the Raiders...

What a great day for Al Davis and his beloved Oakland Raiders. One thing I have to hit on first is the media.  Did you notice how much coverage there wasn't of Richard Seymour arriving in Oakland, as opposed to the coverage of Richard Seymour not arriving in Oakland? Okay, so the first piece of good news is that Seymour flew out to Oakland today, met the coaches, the owner...