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Playing out of position is about the worst thing a defender can do in the NFL, but it's working out just fine for some fantasy owners right now.

Three times this season, the Oakland Raiders have taken the field the week after a win full of confidence, only to end up on the wrong end of a lopsided score.

WASHINGTON at OAKLAND OPENING LINE - Raiders by 2 RECORD VS. SPREAD - Washington 5-6; Oakland 5-6 SERIES RECORD - Raiders lead 8-3 LAST MEETING - Raiders beat Redskins 16-13, Nov.

Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable seems to have struck gold with his decision to replace quarterback JaMarcus Russell with .

The Raiders had just put the finishing touches on their first come-from-behind victory of the season, Sept.

It is official: the Raider Nation is the most dysfunctional team and fan base in the NFL.

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 10:42 am in Oakland Raiders .

The Friday edition of the IDP Zone comes with an analysis at a couple of players who fell off the IDP radar at the beginning of the season but are surprising sleeper picks entering Week 13 of the NFL season.

When the Cowboys and Giants last met, Tony Romo was still making way too many mistakes and Miles Austin was an afterthought.

"Being from Pittsburgh and playing at Toledo ... you face all the weather you can face," Gradkowski said Thursday.

Raiders defensive end Trevor Scott is a defensive end no more. He is officially the new starting weakside linebacker, a decision made after his Thanksgiving debut went mostly well.

The Raiders' defensive struggles aren't all that complicated to figure out. If anything, Pro Bowl cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha said, they aren't complicated enough.

Join me at 1 p.m. today for a live chat about the Raiders. Let's talk Trevor Scott being converted into a linebacker, Bruce Gradkowski heading home to Pittsburgh for his third start at QB with the Raiders, the Silver and Black strongly represented in the Hall of Fame semifinal list of 25, or whatever suits your fancy.

Trevor Scott, who had played nothing but defensive end since coming to the Raiders as a sixth-round draft choice out of Buffalo last year, seemingly has a little "Mad Stork" in him.

Despite the one-sided score line, the Thanksgiving game in Dallas was not all bad news for Oakland.

No one with the Raiders would say it after the team's Week 12 loss, but the decision to start Trevor Scott , a backup defensive end, at weak-side linebacker over Thomas Howard was an indication that the club has soured on Howard.

So far this NFL season, Raiders fans have seenA much of the same old same old. But what has been different, it seems, isA that the players are starting to care when they lose, rather than brushing it off carelessly because they get paid either way.

Desired defensive-line depth combined with a lack of healthy linebackers prompted defensive coordinator John Marshall to move Trevor Scott to linebacker earlier this week.

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Thursday, November 26th, 2009 at 1:53 pm in Oakland Raiders .