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From today's San Francisco Chronicle:
Teams will have nearly $12 million more under the salary cap this season, the final year with one in place unless the league and its players' union can reach a new collective bargaining agreement.
The cap was due to increase $7 million to $123 million, but additional adjustments will increase the amount that teams can spend on player compensation to $128 million.
Update: Add to the list, below, of potential coaching candiates Al Saunders, who is believed to have interviewed for the OC position, and former 49er player and coach Dwaine Board, who served a term as San Francisco's D-line coach and will "be considered for a position."
McDonald opines that Board could well be the Raiders' next defensive line coach, as incumbent Keith Millard has an interview scheduled with the Packers and his former assistant, Don Johnson, has already left.
And finally—switching hats completely—McDonald tosses in this tidbit: For those of you already gearing up for the draft, Mel Kiper Jr.'s mock draft has Oakland taking Missouri wide receiver Jeremy Maclin at No. 7, with Texas Tech's Michael Crabtree gone to Seattle at No. 4. Maclin had 102 catches for 1,260 yards and 13 touchdowns for the Tigers.Source(s): "Inside The Oakland Raiders" blog (Bay Area News Group/InsideBayArea.com)
Birthdays: Two Raiders celebrate birthdays tomorrow. RB Justin Fargas will be 29, and C John Wade will turn 34.
And, since we're doing news updates infrequently lately, we'll take this opportunity to flag DE Jay Richardson as well. He has his 25th birthday on Tuesday (Feb. 27).
Source(s): our own database
Coaching carousel: The Raiders on-field coaching structure remains a shambles even as the Senior Bowl is only one day away.
Linebackers coach Don Martindale was reported by ESPN to have had a five-hour interview with Al Davis the scope of which included the head coaching job. The Raiders shot that down immediately through their usual spokesman, senior executive John Herrera, who denied the ESPN report, insisted Martindale is not an HC candidate, and said the meeting had lasted only two and a half hours instead of the five claimed by ESPN and dealt entirely with defense.
Since then the hiring of one-time Raiders corner Lionel Washington as secondary coach has been made official, and the team also announced that tight ends assistant Kelly Skipper will remain with the team but will move to coaching the tight ends.Earlier, the promotion of John Fassel to special teams coordinator had been announced.
What about Darren Perry, the 2007-08 secondary coach, who seems to be the "odd man out?" Jerry McDonald notes that Perry has interviewed with Davis and opines that he may be a candidate for the vacant defensive coordinator job.
Further speculation by McDonald: Adam Henry, an offensive quality control coach last season, is expected to be promoted to tight ends coach, replacing Skipper; and advance scout Paul Hackett will be considered for the offensive coordinator job.
Finally, gone for sure are LB coach Don Martindale, to Denver, and assistant line coach Don Johnson to San Diego, where he will be the line coach.
Source(s): "Inside The Oakland Raiders" blog (Bay Area News Group/InsideBayArea.com)
"19-won
62-lost
6-head coaches
1-owner"-- Sign in the window of an office building adjacent to Raiders headquarters on Harbor Bay Parkway in Alameda
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