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Dirty (Half) Dozen: The Coaching Carousel and the Rooney Rule

When Tom Cable, a little-known offensive line coach, was hired as coach of the Raiders to replace Lane Kiffin four games into the 2008 season, the hiring was viewed as just another bizarre Al Davis hiring, even more bizarre than hiring Kiffin, then 32 years old, the year before. When Davis fired Cable Tuesday night after...

Shane Lechler Blasts Raiders' Decision to Fire Tom Cable

Tom Cable was fired by the Raiders on Tuesday, and at least one veteran is unhappy about it. Punter Shane Lechler called the move a "huge setback" in an interview with a local television station. "I'm not so sure this isn't a terrible decision," he added, saying he thought Cable's "no-nonsense" approach was "exactly what...

Raiders Punter Shane Lechler Is a Big Fan of Smelling Salts

If the cornucopia of penalties (I'll conservatively estimate that, oh, 75 percent of them were unwarranted) in the Raiders-Steelers game didn't make you turn the channel, you might have noticed Oakland punter Shane Lechler. Every time he took the field in a punting situation, he'd line up some 15 yards behind the line of...

Oakland Raiders 2010 Season Preview: At Long Last, Hope

FanHouse's 2010 NFL Season Preview features division-by-division predictions based on our tried and true "Heat Index" formula. Each team is graded on a scale of 1-10 (10 being highest) in five key categories: Offense, Defense, Special Teams, Coaching and Intangibles. The higher the score, the better we think the team will...

Chris Johnson Headlines 2009 NFL All-Pro Team

Add another accolade for Chris Johnson's brilliant 2009 campaign, because the second-year running back -- who set a new NFL record in yards from scrimmage -- has been unanimously selected to the AP NFL All-Pro team. The team is selected by a panel of 50 national football writers. Unlike the Pro Bowl, where a roster of...

Background on Shane Lechler

Edward Shane Lechler (; born August 7, 1976) is an American football punter who currently plays for the Oakland Raiders in the National Football League.

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