The Raiders will likely play the rest of the 2008 season without WR Javon Walker who needs ankle surgery.  Walker played in 8 games for the Raiders this season and he caught 15 passes for 196 yards (13.1 avg) with 1 TD grab.  Losing Walker shouldn’t hurt the Raiders too bad as they can’t throw the football anyway.

The Raiders have claimed CB/KR Justin Miller off waivers from the Jets.  The 24-year old Miller only had 1 tackle and returned 1 kickoff for 22 yards for the Jets this season before his release.  But, Miller is has a lot of potential especially as a return man.  Miller has played in 35 games in his NFL career and he has made 98 tackles and has forced 1 fumble.  Miller has also returned 6 punts for 9 yards (1.5 avg).  But, his big calling in the NFL is returning kickoffs as he has returned 109 of them for 2,951 yards (27.1 avg) with 3 TDs.  This was a nice low risk/high reward addition for the Raiders as Miller is a talented football player.

The Raiders have waived CB DeAngelo Hall just 8 games after signing him to a huge free agent deal in the off season.  Hall played in 8 games for the Raiders this season and he made 49 tackles, had 1/2 a sack, had 3 interceptions and he defensed 13 passes.  The Raiders appear to have lost their minds in the front office as they are making Hall a scapegoat for awful all around play by the defense.  He was quickly snapped up by the Washington Redskins.

The Raiders have fired head coach Lane Kiffin.  The Raiders were 1-3 this season as they have scored 78 points this season and they have allowed 101.  Kiffin finishes his career with the Raiders sporting a 5-15 record (25%) in a 1 1/4 as the boss.  The Raiders have promoted offensive line coach Tom Cable to be the new head coach.  Cable has head coaching experience in college but it didn’t go too well.  He was the head coach at Idaho from 2000-03 and he compiled a 11-35 record (23.9%).  Don’t expect Cable to be the head coach of the Raiders when the 2009 season begins.

The Raiders have lost 25-year old OT Paul McQuistan for the season due to a knee injury.  McQuistan was injured in the season opener against the Broncos.  He has now played in 32 games (12 starts) in three seasons for the Raiders and his loss will hurt the depth of the team.