http://www.thesportsguru.com/Blog/2006/08/04/guru-2006-nfl-preview-team-20-oakland-raiders/ Random Thoughts of a Sports Junkee Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:37:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://www.thesportsguru.com/Blog/2006/08/04/guru-2006-nfl-preview-team-20-oakland-raiders/#comment-99 TheSportsGuru 2006 NFL Preview - Oakland Raiders-Oakland Raiders-GoTeamsGo Sports Fan Forum Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:10:49 +0000 http://www.thesportsguru.com/Blog/2006/08/04/guru-2006-nfl-preview-team-20-oakland-raiders/#comment-99 [...] TheSportsGuru 2006 NFL Preview - Oakland Raiders Projected Record 6-10, 4th Place AFC West Projected Schedule W/L San Diego (W) @Baltimore (L) Cleveland (L) @San Francisco (L) @Denver (L) Arizona (W) Pittsburgh (W) @Seattle (L) Denver (L) @Kansas City (L) @San Diego (L) Houston (W) @Cincinnati (L) St. Louis (W) Kansas City (W) @NY Jets (L) The Raiders went back to the future this off-season, bringing back a guy they shouldn’t have ever fired in Art Shell. Shell was a no-nonsense player during his Hall-of-Fame career, and was no-nonsense in his first stint in Oakland. There are already rumblings of players being unhappy with the iron fist that Shell is using during camp. Jerry Porter has asked for a trade and other vets that were used to be coddled by Norv Turner have expressed their displeasure. Shell has it right, and discipline is exactly what the Raiders need. This season is going to be about getting the aura of the Raiders back. There will be growing pains, to be sure, but Shell is the man for the job. To read the rest of this preview, check out TheSportsGuru.com __________________ The Guru Check Out TheSportsGuru.com [...] […] TheSportsGuru 2006 NFL Preview - Oakland Raiders Projected Record 6-10, 4th Place AFC West Projected Schedule W/L San Diego (W) @Baltimore (L) Cleveland (L) @San Francisco (L) @Denver (L) Arizona (W) Pittsburgh (W) @Seattle (L) Denver (L) @Kansas City (L) @San Diego (L) Houston (W) @Cincinnati (L) St. Louis (W) Kansas City (W) @NY Jets (L) The Raiders went back to the future this off-season, bringing back a guy they shouldn’t have ever fired in Art Shell. Shell was a no-nonsense player during his Hall-of-Fame career, and was no-nonsense in his first stint in Oakland. There are already rumblings of players being unhappy with the iron fist that Shell is using during camp. Jerry Porter has asked for a trade and other vets that were used to be coddled by Norv Turner have expressed their displeasure. Shell has it right, and discipline is exactly what the Raiders need. This season is going to be about getting the aura of the Raiders back. There will be growing pains, to be sure, but Shell is the man for the job. To read the rest of this preview, check out TheSportsGuru.com __________________ The Guru Check Out TheSportsGuru.com […]

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