9:55 AM ET, Fri March 12, 2010

McDonald: Oakland Raiders need to sign Terrell Owens

Oakland Tribune — T.O. a Raider? Assuming he came at a reasonable price, there's only one pertinent question: How fast can he get here? Vote: Should the Raiders sign free-agent Terrell Owens?

2 hours ago

NFL NOTES / Raiders cut Warren, avoid paying bonus

San Francisco Chronicle — The Raiders released nose tackle Gerard Warren on Thursday before he could receive a roster bonus reported by various media to be $5.925 million. Warren spent the past three seasons in Oakland after becoming the first player traded from Denver to the Raiders...

3 hours ago

T.O. a possible Raider? G-Money too expensive; Fargas to attend banquet

Raiders Blog | Sacramento Bee — Take a day off and all Hades breaks loose... ESPN floated the "Terrell Owens-could-be-a-Raider" story today and the knee-jerk reactions were predictable. The more I thought about it, the more I thought about the story I wrote last year, when...

5 hours ago

Raiders release DT Gerard Warren

San Francisco Chronicle — The Oakland Raiders released defensive tackle Gerard Warren on Thursday, letting go of yet another veteran this offseason. The decision to release Warren follows moves in the past week to cut ties with running back Justin Fargas, defensive end Greg Ellis and...

7 hours ago

Raiders shed salary by cutting Warren

Oakland Tribune — Raiders shed salary by releasing veteran Gerard Warren

9 hours ago

There, I said it _ signing T.O. a good idea

Inside the Oakland Raiders | Oakland Tribune — T.O. a Raider? Assuming he came at a reasonable price, there’s only one pertinent question: How fast can he get here? Even with the admittedly loose standards of Internet journalism, the Terrell Owens-could-be-a-Raider story is a flimsy one. But Al Davis just loves picking up Hall of Famers en route to retirement. He also doesn’t believe in chemistry, [...]

10 hours ago

Raiders interested in Terrell Owens?

Instant Raiders | Santa Rosa Press Democrat — And how hasn’t this happened before? Adam Schefter, quoting his ESPN colleague John Clayton, tweeted today that “Next stop for Terrel (sic) Owens could be the black hole and the Oakland Raiders!”

11 hours ago

T.O. to Oakland?

Raiders Silver and Black Blog | San Francisco Chronicle — ESPN's John Clayton just name-dropped Terrell Owens as a potential Raider, according to ESPN's Linda Cohn. Hey, she said he said it, not me. I can't find where he said it, so I'm guessing it was on the air. I name-dropped T.O. as a Raider last week on Chronicle Live because he can play...

12 hours ago

Oakland Raiders release defensive tackle Gerard Warren

Oakland Tribune — Defensive tackle Gerard Warren on Thursday became the third starter and fourth veteran from last year's Raiders team to be released as part of the team's offseason plan to shed hefty contracts and get younger.

13 hours ago

Warren the latest to go

Inside the Oakland Raiders | Oakland Tribune — The speculation that defensive tackle Gerard Warren would be cut before he was due a sizable bonus payment has apparently become reality. Nothing official from the Raiders yet, but the National Football Post and NFL Network are reporting Warren was released Thursday. On his Twitter account this morning, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Warren was due a [...]

16 hours ago
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