Fantasy Football 2012: Breaking Down the Oakland Raiders

What can the Oakland Raiders do for you this fantasy season? Check out Athlon Sports' team report as we break down the rookies, veteran players to watch and avoid, fantasy playoff schedule and more to help you get ready for the 2012 season.

Inside the Locker Room
with Eric Gilmore, Freelance Writer

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Oakland Raiders 2012 NFL Team Preview

Athlon counts down to the kickoff of the 2012 NFL season with in-depth team previews for all 32 teams.

Athlon Sports is counting down its 2012 NFL preseason Power Rankings with in-depth team previews, schedule analysis and more as the start of the NFL season draws near.

The Oakland Raiders check in at No. 23.

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Oakland Raiders Top Twitter Accounts To Follow

It can be overwhelming, so Athlon is here to help keep up with your favorite team all season long.

Keeping up with your favorite team can be an all-consuming task. We’re here to help indulge that need to follow all aspects of the NFL on Twitter.

For all 32 teams, we’re picking the best Twitter accounts for each franchise. They run the gamut from players, coaches, executives, traditional media, bloggers or simply accounts that keep us informed and entertained.

Whether you’re a Twitter neophyte or simply trying to spice up your feed for football season, we’re here to help. And it all starts with the Oakland Raiders official Twitter account:

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2012 NFL Head Coaches: Who is the AFC's Best?

If you had to hire an head coach today, which AFC coach would you hire?

Championships. Leadership. Awards. Longevity. Statistical records. Likeability. Talent development.

An NFL head coach can be evaluated with many criteria. Generally, winning championships over a long period of time is the easiest (or not-so-easiest) way to the top of any ranking. Who does more with less? Who gets his team to the playoffs the most consistently? Who is the best motivator? Whose team is best prepared come crunch time? And who has the shiny hardware to back it up?

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The Worst 10 NFL Teams Since Expansion

Who are the most inept, least-productive NFL football teams since 2002?

The Seattle Seahawks own the 16-game NFL record for fewest points scored with 140 in 1992. Seattle also own the all-time mark for fewest yards in a game when it totaled minus-7 yards in against the L.A. Rams in 1979. The Tampa Bay Bucs set the modern NFL mark for worst point differential by being outscored by 287 points in 1976. The Baltimore Colts allowed an NFL record 533 points back in 1981. The Houston Oilers claim the NFL mark for most interceptions thrown in a single season with 48 picks tossed in 1962.

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Oakland Raiders Raiderettes

The Raiders have some of the best cheerleaders in the NFL. Here are our favorites.

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Oakland Raiders 2012 Schedule Analysis

The Athlon staff breaks down each and every schedule for the 2012 NFL season.

Scheduling plays a huge role in the outcome of every NFL season. So the Athlon NFL editors will spend the next month dissecting each and every week of the 2012 slate for all 32 teams in the league.

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Ask Athlon Sports: NFL Records

Q: What player holds the NFL record for the longest fumble return for a touchdown?
— D. Francis, Round Rock, Texas

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If Lions RB Kevin Smith is active, He'll Run Through the Raiders

Detroit's running back has a nice match up, if he can get on the field

If Detroit Lions running back Kevin Smith is active, you play him against the Oakland Raiders in Week 15.

It’s as simple as this. You saw what Ryan Grant did last week against the Raiders right? He came out of nowhere, and busted off a 47-yard TD run in the first three minutes that no one thought he could still do and finished with 85 yards and two scores on the day.

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NFL Picks: Every Game, Week 14

A look at every NFL game for Week 14, with the consensus pick of Athlon Sports' editors.

A quick preview of every game on the NFL schedule for Week 14, along with the consensus picks of Athlon Sports editors Mitchell Light, Rob Doster, Nathan Rush, Patrick Snow and Steven Lassan:

Browns (4-8) at Steelers (9-3)
Cleveland’s Colt McCoy and Peyton Hillis limp into Blitz-burgh on short rest for this Thursday night AFC North showdown. These two teams are headed in opposite directions. The Browns are 1–5 over their last six games; the Steelers are 7–1 over their last eight contests.
Steelers by 13

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