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Arrowhead Pride (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
Kansas City Chiefs' Maurice Leggett (31) runs for a touchdown after a botched play by the Raiders' Shane Lechler (9), right, in the first half of the Week 13 contest (via SacBee.com ). View full size photo uploaded June 18, 2009 Second year cornerback and the 2008 Kansas City Chiefs Mack Lee Hill award winner Maurice Leggett was on the Red Zone podcast yesterday. Nice job by Soren Petro during the...
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Houston Texans (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
It's easy to draw comparisons between rookie punter Justin Brantly and Shane Lechler, the former Texas A&M and current All-Pro punter for the Raiders who was selected in the fifth round of the 2000 draft. Both Brantly and Lechler were Aggie standouts, and Brantly never averaged less than 43 yards per punt in four years at A&M. His 45.7-yard average as a senior put him among the national...
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Silver And Black Pride (Free subscription) | 06/14/2009
With this coming week's final OTA, the Raiders 2009 offseason will have concluded. We then have a lull in football activity as we await the start of the 2009 season with the Raiders reporting to the training camp complex in Napa at the end of July. The only news that we can really expect is the July signings of their 2009 draft class. All the draftees are expected to be inked and in camp by the reporting...
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Instant Raiders (Free subscription) | 06/03/2009
Were they handing out free Muscle Milk at Jack London Square and nobody told me? Many Raiders were nowhere to be found when the team convened for an OTA practice this morning. Here's a list of the missing, and I'm probably forgetting someone: CB Nnamdi Asomugha, QBs Jeff Garcia and Andrew Walter, RB Darren McFadden, DEs Derrick Burgess and Jay Richardson, DTs Tommy Kelly, Gerard Warren (Warren watched...
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Silver And Black Pride (Free subscription) | 04/16/2009
Part VI and the final in the series of the Silver and Black Pride, Raiders 2008 Player Achievement Awards - Most Valuable Player . The Community voted and chose Shane Lechler as your 2008 Special Teams Player of the Year in a close battle with 45% of the vote. Here is a recap of your choices for the previous awards: Darren McFadden - Rookie of the Year Johnnie Lee Higgins - Most Improved Player of...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 02/26/2009
The Raiders doled out contracts worth up to $178 million to four players last offseason in free agency. But having already given the biggest contract ever to cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha (worth up to $45.3 million over three years) and the largest deal ever for a punter to Shane Lechler (four years, worth up to $16 million), the Raiders aren't likely to splurge this year. Still, here are five players...
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Realfootball365.com (Free subscription) | 02/26/2009
The Oakland Raiders top brass were doing so well. Two Pro Bowlers -- Nnamdi Asomugha and Shane Lechler -- re-signed. Defensive tackle Tommy Kelly was convinced to restructure his deal. Dead weight was dropped from the roster, including: Kwame Harris, Justin Griffith, Ronald Curry, Kalimba Edwards and (maybe…?) Javon Walker. And then they had to go and cut Gibril Wilson. Why? I have no idea.
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Acme Packing Company (Free subscription) | 02/21/2009
The deadline to place the franchise tag on players has come and gone and it ended up being a record number . A couple of other players might have gotten tagged too, such as either Oakland's CB Nnamdi Asomugha and P Shane Lechler, except they each got a massive new contract before the deadline. The 14 players as provided by Adam Schefter: S Oshiomogho Atogwe — Rams WR Antonio Bryant — Buccaneers...
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Instant Raiders (Free subscription) | 02/21/2009
What were the odds of the Raiders signing both Nnamdi Asomugha and Shane Lechler without using the franchise tag on either? About the same as the chances of owner Al Davis getting caught by paparazzi in a lusty embrace with Lane Kiffin in a booth at Francesco's restaurant. Even Davis himself admitted recently that it would be hard to retain both his punter and his shut-down corner. Signing each, without...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 02/20/2009
Tom Cable can cross two major roster concerns off his Raiders checklist: His Pro Bowlers, punter Shane Lechler and cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, are now under long-term contracts. The Raiders head coach is turning his attention fully now on the class of 2009...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 02/20/2009
Tom Cable can cross two major roster concerns off his Raiders checklist: His Pro Bowlers, punter Shane Lechler and cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, are now under long-term contracts. The Raiders head coach is turning his attention fully now on the class of 2009...
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Talking Points with Tim Kawakami (Free subscription) | 02/20/2009
Al Davis wanted to keep Shane Lechler and Nnamdi Asomugha as Raiders and, despite some apparent inclinations on both players’ part to check out life beyond the Raiders, Al D. darn well kept them. He paid a premium to do it. A high, high premium. Really, unprecedented premiums, at both... Continue reading...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 02/19/2009
We now know how much the best punter in the NFL is worth: a lot. The Raiders proved that when they re-signed four-time Pro Bowl punter Shane Lechler to a record contract. NFL.com reported the deal to be worth $12 million over four years. "The four-year contract is the greatest ever given to a punter in the history of the National Football League," Raiders senior executive John Herrera said....
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 02/19/2009
The Raiders re-signed four-time Pro Bowl punter Shane Lechler to a four-year contract Wednesday. Team officials declined to say what it is worth, but did say it will make him the highest-paid punter in NFL history. NFL.com reported the contract pays Lechler $...