Silver And Black Pride Mar 24, 2023
Best Raiders surprise: Reviewing Tuesday Community question
Maxx Crosby | Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Lots of recent players make list As usual, you all had some graest responses to our Tuesday Community Question this week. The question was, who was your favorite, most pleasant surprise to play for the team? We were looking for players, past or present. The responses reflect both the now and then. Here are some of your responses: Bloddylimey wrote: Greg BeerKart Rich Gannon Nolan Harrison Of today’s players: Hunter Renfrow Mad Maxx Hobbs 2022 Players: Sam Webb Luke Masterson Looper_Guy wrote: Going old school with Jim Plunkett....
Silver And Black Pride Mar 23, 2023
Silver Minings: Pieces of Oakland Raiders are fading away
Maxx Crosby in the final game in Oakland | Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports Not many players remain from the Oakland days The Las Vegas Raiders have seen several players leave the team this offseason including cornerstones, quarterback Derek Carr, tight end Darren Waller and long snapper Trent Sieg, this offseason. Carr had been with the franchise since 2014, while Waller and Sieg joined the team in 2018. What it means is that there are less and less players remaining from the Oakland Raiders’ days. The team last played in Oakland in 2019 and this will be their fourth...
Silver And Black Pride Mar 20, 2023
Raiders’ Patrick Graham must be feeling left out
Las Vegas Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham, right, and elite pass rusher Maxx Crosby will both have their work cut out for them during the upcoming 2023 season. | Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Holes on Las Vegas defense has patched up at best thus far The cupboard is pretty bare for Patrick Graham. The Las Vegas Raiders defensive coordinator is in dire need of talent infusion on his side of the ball, and thus far, as the NFL embarks on the latter tier of free agency, the demand is still just as strong. This, of course, is a byproduct of the Silver &...
Silver And Black Pride Mar 14, 2023
Initial thoughts on Darren Waller trade to Giants
Darren Waller | Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Lots to unpack here The Las Vegas Raiders made another major move Tuesday by sending Pro Bowl tight end Darren Waller to the New York Giants for the No. 100 pick in the draft, at the end of the third round. Here are some early thoughts on the big deal: Extensions don’t matter: Prior to last season, the new Las Vegas regime gave contract extensions to Waller, quarterback Derek Carr, defensive end Maxx Crosby and slot receiver Hunter Renfrow. They along with new receiver Davante Adams were supposed to be the core of a...
ClutchPoints Mar 11, 2023
Raiders’ big Maxx Crosby contract move set to free up $7.5 million in cap space
NFL Free Agency is right around the corner, and teams across the league are hard at work trying to create as much cap space as possible so that they can go out and sign new players to their team, while also bringing back some of their free agent crew as well. For the Las Vegas […] The post Raiders’ big Maxx Crosby contract move set to free up $7.5 million in cap space appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Silver And Black Pride Mar 10, 2023
Raiders 2023 offseason: Defensive returners
Divine Deablo | Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports There will be wholesale changes on Las Vegas’ defense The legal tampering period of free agency begins Monday and, in addition to, of course, figuring out the quarterback position, upgrading the defense will be a priority for the Las Vegas Raiders. Because of free agency and the need for upgrades, the Raiders will have holes on every layer of the defense. In fact, there aren’t a ton of for-sure returners to the unit. Let’s look at them: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Maxx Crosby Maxx...
Silver And Black Pride Mar 9, 2023
Silver Minings: Maxx Crosby among betting favorites to win 2023 Defensive Player of Year
Maxx Crosby | Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports DraftKings has odds for Crosby and more Raiders entering the season It’s early, but it’s not to early to realize that Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby is expected to be one of the very best defensive players in the NFL during the 2023 season. And the betting odds reflect that. According to our friends at DraftKings Sportsbook, Crosby is listed as a 5-1 shot to win the 2023 NFL Defensive Player of the Year award. It is the sixth lowest (best) odds. Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett and Dallas...
ClutchPoints Feb 28, 2023
Raiders star Maxx Crosby’s cryptic Jalen Ramsey post amid trade rumors
With Los Angeles Rams star Jalen Ramsey the subject of plenty of trade rumors as the team prepares to deal him, Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby appeared to make his own preference of Ramsey’s next team known. Crosby shared a video of Ramsey onto his Instagram story recently, as pointed out by Raiders […] The post Raiders star Maxx Crosby’s cryptic Jalen Ramsey post amid trade rumors appeared first on ClutchPoints.
