John Bowie News

Pack up the heavy coats. Toss out the winter gloves. If the football season ended today, the NFC playoffs would be played entirely in temperature-controlled environments.

On April 29, 2007, Bill Belichick should have been arrested for larceny. That's the day the Patriots stole from the Oakland Raiders .

Oakland, right now, is 2-5, facing an upcoming divisional opponent and has issues of maturity in its quarterback, JaMarcus Russell.

Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that Oakland waived defensive back John Bowie .

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm in Oakland Raiders .

Well, that fourth-round draft pick the Raiders got in the Randy Moss trade is no longer paying dividends.

The Raiders waived cornerback John Bowie, one day after he was placed on injured reserve as a result of a knee injury he sustained against the Denver Broncos on Sunday.

RT @bydavidwhite: Raiders send CB John Bowie to IR with knee injury, making room for KR Justin Miller's return.

Darren McFadden dropped the ball against the Denver Broncos, literally and figuratively.

The Oakland Raiders brought back kick returner Justin Miller and placed defensive back John Bowie on injured reserve with a knee injury.

Quarterback JaMarcus Russell is under fire from fans, media and opposing defenses these days, but his coach's faith in him hasn't waned.

As it turned out, the Raiders didn't have to worry about CBS-TV broadcaster Rich Gannon showing his unwanted face at the Raiders' facility in Alameda on Saturday after all.

He was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct for pulling a players' hair Sunday, then was not allowed to speak to reporters by a public relations official when a local columnist declined to leave after asking about the penalty.

No idea what happened to the rest of the previous blog, must have been a glitch in the matrix.

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Thursday, September 24th, 2009 at 3:32 pm in Oakland Raiders .

After solving daylong computer difficulties, here's a much delayed blog on the Raiders today.

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Sunday, September 6th, 2009 at 11:49 am in Oakland Raiders .

The Raiders worked long and hard at shoring up their run defense. The extra effort manifested itself in their best performance in four exhibition games Thursday night against the Seattle Seahawks.

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 at 8:40 pm in Oakland Raiders .

Mike Mitchell has a pulled hammy for the second time, Jon Alston gets plantar fasciitis, Kirk Morrison dislocates an elbow, and now, Nnamdi has a fractured wrist.