Raiders retain Al Saunders as assistant

After the season ended for the Oakland Raiders, I tried to look at the bright optimistic side of things. I mean, according to almost every sports magazine I saw, the Raiders weren’t even supposed to be in a place to win the division. Did they stumble at the end? Yes. Though when you look at what happened, it seemed as though they were probably running on fumes, and fumes will only...

The Oakland Raiders have released cornerback Stanford Routt less than one year after signing him to a blockbuster contract. The move Thursday is the first major personnel change the Raiders have made since general manager Reggie McKenzie and new coach Dennis Allen took over last month. Routt signed a three-year, $31.5 million contract last February before becoming a free agent...

Piece by piece, brick by brick the Oakland Raiders are rebuilding a restored regime that’s now in full swing.  The team officially announced its new defensive coordinator Jason Tarver on Monday. Photo Credit: Raiders.com Prior to last season, Jason Tarver operated for 10 years under the likes of Steve Mariucci, Dennis Erickson, Mike Nolan, Mike Singletary and Jim Tomsula...

The Oakland Raiders hired Jason Tarver as the team's defensive coordinator on Monday.Tarver was the co-defensive coordinator for Stanford last season. Stanford's defense ranked either first or second in the Pac-12 in eight defensive categories last season.Tarver had spent the previous decade as an assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers, primarily as a linebackers coach...

The Oakland Raiders have added two more assistants to the 2012 coaching staff, assistant special teams coach Keith Burns and linebackers coach Johnny Holland. There were rumors last week that Holland had joined the Raiders coaching staff as the new linebackers coach and those rumors turned out to be true. The hire makes considerable sense knowing the history between Holland and...

The Oakland Raiders released high-priced cornerback Stanford Routt on Thursday. The move came just a year after the Raiders signed Routt to a five-year, $54.5 million contract. Oakland is expected to overhaul its roster following the hires of coach Dennis Allen and general manager Reggie McKenzie. Routt, 28, made a career-high four interceptions last season - his seventh with the Raiders.

As reported by Ezra Ruiz yesterday, the hiring of assistant coaches by the Oakland Raiders should come fast and furious between now and Saturday, by which time it is expected that the coaching staff should be very close to being fully formed. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN through his Twitter account, the Raiders have [...]

ShaneIn a surprising move, the Oakland Raiders announced they have released starting cornerback, Stanford Routt.  Routt, who recorded four interceptions in 2011 to go along with 42 solo tackles, had a very manageable salary number for 2011 at $6.25M.  The Raiders are set to be way over the projected $124M salary cap, with current estimates [...]Sports-Kings - The Kings of Sports Lists

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) -- The Oakland Raiders have released cornerback Stanford Routt less than one year after signing him to a blockbuster contract.

As seen on Bleacher Report. The first offseason without the presence of legendary owner Al Davis will prove to be the most intriguing one in decades for the Oakland Raiders. Reggie McKenzie takes over as the main football executive and has already been working to shape the Raiders into his team. McKenzie started with the [...]

Less than one year ago, Al Davis made Stanford Routt one of the cornerstones of the Oakland Raiders defense with a lavish contract that prevented him from reaching free agency. Now, Routt is the first player casualty under the new regime with the Raiders. Routt was released on Thursday just one year into a five-year, $54.5 million contract, ending his seven-year tenure in Oakland...

ALAMEDA – Less than one year ago, Al Davis made Stanford Routt one of the cornerstones of the Oakland Raiders defense with a lavish contract that kept him from free agency. Stanford Routt Joshua Morgan

Well, here’s the first big surprising move of the offseason. Oakland released cornerback Stanford Routt on Thursday, less than a year after the team gave him a “five-year, $54.5 million” contract. (It was originally a three-year, $31.5 million deal, then the team restructured the deal.) Of course, Al Davis was the one who gave Routt…