John Bowie News

Wise guys are still calling it one of the worst NFL trades of all time . The Oakland Raiders have been ruthlessly taunted as football ignoramuses for dealing All-Pro receiver Randy Moss to the Patriots for a fourth-round pick.

Raiders rookie Darrius Heyward-Bey said he doesn't read the papers or Internet, which helps him keep cool in a stream of criticism.

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Thursday, November 26th, 2009 at 12:28 pm in Oakland Raiders .

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 .