Daily Madden: Detroit Lions Building A Winner
The Detroit Lions beat the Chicago Bears Monday night to go 5-0 for the first time since 1956.John Madden told the KCBS morning crew that the Lions are for real.
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The Detroit Lions beat the Chicago Bears Monday night to go 5-0 for the first time since 1956.John Madden told the KCBS morning crew that the Lions are for real.
Both sides of the ball and special teams have carried the division-leading 49ers to a surprising 4-1 start.
The reality hit Oakland Raiders coach Hue Jackson as he got in his car Monday to drive to work after an emotional weekend.
The passing of Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis has some wondering if the team will make its way back to Los Angeles.
John Madden remembers his longtime friend Al Davis, who passed away over the weekend.
Alex Smith never got a chance to help during an embarrassing shutout loss to Tampa Bay last year.
The Oakland Raiders won the day after owner Al Davis died, beating the Houston Texans 25-20 on Sunday behind Jason Campbell's two touchdown passes.
Al Davis, the Hall of Fame owner of the Oakland Raiders known for his rebellious spirit, has died.
Fans dressed in Oakland Raiders jerseys quickly made their way to team headquarters in Alameda on Saturday, where a black flag with the team logo flew at half-staff and a makeshift memorial formed at the base of the flag pole in rememberance of Al Davis.
He was about the game and its purity, its integrity. A cartoonish figure perhaps to this generation of NFL fanatics, it should be recalled that Al Davis' brilliant legacy to the league is anything but trivial.
Forty-five years ago, Al Davis wanted blood. He wanted revenge. He wanted to take the National Football League for all its worth and engulf it.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell considers longtime Oakland Raiders owner and Hall of Famer Al Davis a "true legend" of the game.
Reaction from around the NFL to Saturday's death of Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis at the age of 82.
John Madden may not be hockey's greatest fan, acknowledged the controversy surrounding issues of player safety and the amount of head shots hockey players endure.
Quarterback Jason Campbell ranks in the NFL's top 10 for completion percentage, yet the chatter about the Raiders is more about how Campbell's ill-timed mistakes helped cost them a game last week against New England.
For those numerous unfriendly jabs and the constant criticism he has endured in a roller coaster seven-year career, Alex Smith is suddenly giving people plenty to cheer about this season.
Jim Harbaugh yackin' it up with the media? It's amazing what a 3-1 record and a two-game lead in a division can do. The universal assumption was that Harbaugh would turn this thing around. But now? This fast?
John Madden recapped the amazing 49ers comeback victory against the Eagles and the Raiders giving Tom Brady one too many extra chances.
Tom Brady's least prolific day of the season proved to be enough to get the New England Patriots back to their winning days.
Frank Gore's 12-yard run capped a second-half comeback, lifting the San Francisco 49ers past the Philadelphia Eagles 24-23 Sunday.
Oakland Raiders cornerback Chris Johnson has been ruled out of Sunday's game against New England, a blow to a secondary that might also be without starting free safety Michael Huff.
Terrelle Pryor's five-game suspension has been upheld by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
San Francisco ranks fourth overall in defense and third against the run. The Niners have not allowed an opposing runner to gain more than 100 yards in 25 straight games.
For the second consecutive week, the Oakland Raiders have sold out and the showdown with New England will be televised on CBS5. It will be an NFL doubleheader on CBS so here's your schedule for Sunday.
Coach Hue Jackson spent much of training camp telling people that Oakland Raiders running back Darren McFadden belonged in the conversation about elite backs in the NFL.
