Oakland Raiders

Peyton Manning spoils us into worrying about Broncos' win over Raiders for eighth straight

Yeah, I know: It's ridiculous. We ought to be celebrating the Broncos' 26-13 victory over the Raiders in Oakland last night. After all, it's Denver's eighth straight win, and it keeps alive the chance that the team could move up in playoffs seeding. But damn it if Peyton Manning's transformation of ... More >>

Photos: Raiders suck memes

When most veteran Broncos fans first muttered the phrase "Raiders suck!," they didn't: The team was good for decades, which partly (but only partly) explains why we hated them so much. Now, though, the Raiders really do suck -- and with the Broncos slated to play them tonight, it seemed like the per ... More >>

Broncos' loss to Patriots part of AFC West's pitiful performance

When Denver blog posts don't succeed, they try, try again. Predominantly Orange's Kim Constantinesco notes that the only AFC West team that didn't lose this week was the Oakland Raiders -- who had a bye. Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Broke is your guide for Halloween-themed ghost tours a ... More >>

Videos: Broncos' demolition of the Raiders showing Peyton Manning's real team at last?

After gut-wrenching comebacks-that-weren't to the Falcons and the Texans, the Broncos needed a laugher -- and they got one. Denver's 37-6 demolition of the hated Oakland Raiders was perfectly timed going into the most brutal stretch of an already killer schedule. More important, the game showed the ... More >>

Raiders game in week four should't be a Broncos must-win -- but it sure feels that way

Denver blog posts prefer love over hate -- but the Raiders don't make it easy. Mile High Report fan poster broncoplanet thinks that Denver's brutal schedule makes the Oakland game one Peyton Manning and company really need. Denver PR Blog on how social media raises the political stakes. On Colora ... More >>

Tim Tebow blessings continue: 10 miracles that show Broncos can make the playoffs (VIDEOS)

Pics, videos below.​No telling how many heathens among Broncos Nation have been converted by Tim Tebow's stint as the team's starting QB, but they probably number in the thousands by now. After all, the way Denver's been winning -- including yesterday's 35-32 victory over the Vikings -- is nea ... More >>

Tim Tebow guarantees starting job for rest of season with Broncos' win over Raiders? (VIDEO)

Video below.​After Tim Tebow threw himself to the Lions last weekend, the hatred from Twitter Nation came fast and furious -- and even True Believers could be forgiven a moment of doubt. But once again, The Chosen One answered unlikely prayers, leading the Broncos to a 38-24 victory on the roa ... More >>

Kyle Orton might have been traded to the Raiders -- if Al Davis was still alive

Kyle Orton.​Update below: We spent the summer expecting Kyle Orton to be traded to Miami. It didn't happen -- but now that he's been benched in favor of Tim Tebow, there are new rumors that KO may be headed to the dreaded Raiders. Could it happen by today's 4 p.m. Eastern deadline? Yes, but it ... More >>

Denver Broncos' glass isn't half-full despite gutsy 24-22 win over Cincinnati Bengals

Kyle Orton.​CBS4 has been touting the Broncos' 24-22 win over the Cincinnati Bengals yesterday by noting that the team is tied for first place in the AFC West -- which is technically true but does nothing to put the game into a larger context. Because while Denver deserves credit for prevailin ... More >>

Ten slogans for the pro-Tim Tebow, anti-Kyle Orton billboard

This is one. Nine more suggestions for that Tebow billboard are below.​As if losing to the Oakland Raiders at home on the first Monday Night Football nightcap of the year wasn't enough humiliation, the Denver Broncos are a laughingstock again today in the sports world because of a plan by a gr ... More >>

Reader: Broncos' defeat to the Raiders proves they're years away from contending

Kyle Orton.​Our post about the Broncos' crushing defeat to the Raiders on Monday night outlined many of the team's faults -- but hardly all of them. One of our readers picked up the slack and mused about what the performance means for the squad's future.

Broncos-Raiders: John Fox era looks like Josh McDaniels era, Kyle Orton revives QB debate

Kyle Orton.​Question for all those optimists expecting to see the Denver Broncos leave the Josh McDaniels debacle behind them: How are you feeling this morning? Depressed, probably -- because all the flaws that led to McD's ouster were still on view in their 23-20 home loss to the dreaded Raid ... More >>

Top 5 craziest Denver Broncos fan videos

Videos below.​Are you ready for some football? If not, get ready, because your Denver Broncos take on the dreaded Oakland Raiders tonight in the 2011-2012 season-opening Monday Night Football nightcap. To help, we've collected five crazy Denver Broncos fan videos, including the bizarre "It's D ... More >>

Are You Ready for Some Football?

Five worst moments in Colorado sports history (inspired by Rox's 17-week Sunday losing skid)

Tulowitzki.​The Rockies should have known it wouldn't be their night when Chris Nelson decided to play "Pin the baseball on the coach's face" with Rich Dauer before the game in a gaffe seen in the background of an ESPN live shot. Then the Rockies' unfortunate play was caught by ESPN cameras -- ... More >>

Tim Tebow and Broncos walk through valley of the shadow of death, lose

Tim Tebow makes first NFL start​Before his first NFL start, in yesterday's game with the Oakland Raiders, quarterback Tim Tebow tweeted "Psalms 23:4." The popular passage reads: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod an ... More >>

Dear Oakland Raiders. We hate you again. Thank you.

BroncosCountry.com​Dear Oakland Raiders, Thank you for giving us a reason to hate you again. Life has been a little boring in Denver without the evil scourge that you bring upon football. For many years now, you have been just a pathetic shell of your former selves. Your players rarely got ar ... More >>

"I hate the Raiders!": We understand, but don't give up on football, little man! (VIDEO)

​Fans angered by the Broncos' 59-14 loss to the dreaded Oakland Raiders -- and by the destruction of the team by Coach Josh McDaniels -- will relate to this video, in which a kid responds to the walloping by wailing, "I hate the Raiders!" over and over again. But then he transitions into "I ha ... More >>

Josh McDaniels: Broncos coach goes from f-bombs to silent surrender vs. Raiders (video)

Josh McDaniels.​In yesterday's list of the top ten ways Josh McDaniels has destroyed the Denver Broncos, our number one choice noted that rather than confronting players over the team's 59-14 pasting by the hated Raiders, he went into "a private shell of misery -- precisely the wrong thing to ... More >>

Broncos season-ticket holders who sell to Steelers fans are our Shmucks of the Week

Stay out.​Yes, it's only the pre-season. But anyone who's ever gone to Invesco Field when the Broncos have played the Pittsburgh Steelers -- most notably during the 2006 AFC Championship game -- knows how frustrating it is to see as much black and gold as blue and orange. Steelers fans show ... More >>

Josh McDaniels's crappy coaching to guarantee Raiders sweep this season?

"Aren't you getting a little ahead of yourself?"​It's the time of the NFL off-season when fans of every team are sure their faves will reach the playoffs -- even backers of the Oakland Raiders, whose "Commitment to Excellence" motto has been a punchline for ages. But Bleacher Report correspon ... More >>

Broncos' late-term abortion: How much blame does Josh McDaniels deserve?

Josh McDaniels scratches his head at the post-game press conference. Just like the rest of us.​As I was signing off prior to two weeks worth of vacation, everything seemed to be going the Broncos' way. Their next opponent, the Oakland Raiders, was in hilarious turmoil, choosing to skip over th ... More >>

Denver Blogs: The Raiders are so still worth hating!

A Flickr photoThis guy's out of his skull.​Those Denver blogs just keep on coming... Colin at South Stands Denver with Broncos fans not getting riled up about the Raiders. Or, as he puts it, "Fuck the Motherfucking Raiders! 'Cause THE RIVALRY AIN'T DEAD!" 5280's Michael de Yoanna chronicles ... More >>

JaMarcus Russell's mega-bust status proven by Charlie Frye start

Don't know if you got lucky or not, Charlie.​Our dreams didn't come true. Yesterday, we all but begged Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable to start JaMarcus Russell at quarterback against the Broncos on Sunday. But no: Cable revealed that instead, he'll hand the ball to Charlie Frye, whose play f ... More >>

Raiders fans hate JaMarcus Russell -- but Broncos fans love him!

We should never root for a player to get hurt: It's bad sportsmanship, and bad karma. But there's nothing wrong with appreciating the repercussions of an injury -- like, for instance, the Oakland Raiders' current quarterback turmoil leading into this weekend's game against the Broncos. The silver- ... More >>

Shmuck of the Week: Whoever's making us watch the Raiders-Redskins game

Yellow = Redskins vs. Raiders. Lucky us, eh? (See the maps here).​Before you start: Yes, I know I could actually leave my house on Sunday, and I could no doubt find a cozy booth within viewing proximity of a TV armed with the NFL Ticket. And in times of need -- when the TV Gods bestow on me an ... More >>

Oakland fans at the Raiders-Broncos game even more badly behaved than usual

Broncos-Raiders Live Blog: Royal flushes Oakland DBs; Shanahan smacks Al

A really modest proposal for eliminating the infield dirt from football stadiums

Five videos to make you rethink that trip to Oakland for Broncos-Raiders

NFL Season Preview 2008: Which team has the drunkest fans?

Scanning the skies before Obama's acceptance speech

Scanning the skies before Obama's acceptance speech

Worst. Colorado. Sports. Week. Ever.

Shmuck of the Week

Nobody Does It Better

Rooting for the home team.

R.I.P. Broncos 2007 Season

Lost and Found in Oakland

Fake Fan: Raiders Suck

Fake Fan: Broncomania for the Unaffected

Shanny and Snake Ain't Jake

The Broncos have begun to Plum the briny depths of the NFL.

That's the Ticket!

Denver's pro-sports scalpers got game.

Red, White, Orange and Blue

The Broncos call in a $20,000 air strike for patriotism.

Plumbing the Broncos

Feeling defensive, Coach Shanahan? It's about time.

Standing Pat

Will the Mastermind soon trade orange for pink?

Hut Stuff!

WIN ONE FOR THE GIMPER

JUST GO HOME, BABY!

COACHES CORNERED

THE CRUCIAL FOURTH WEEK