2007 Oakland Raiders season: Difference between revisions

| stadium = [[Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum|McAfee Coliseum]]

The '''2007 Oakland Raiders season''' was the 48th overall season of the [[Oakland Raiders]] franchise, the franchise's 38th season in the [[National Football League]] (NFL), their 13th season since their return to Oakland and the 1st season under [[List of Oakland Raiders head coaches|head coach]] [[Lane Kiffin]]. The team finished the season with a 4–12 record. It began with the team's fourth head coach in six seasons.

By virtue of the team's 2–14 finish in [[2006 Oakland Raiders season|2006]] (the worst in the NFL for that year), they acquired the first overall pick in the [[2007 NFL Draftdraft]]. With that first pick, the Raiders selected [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]] quarterback [[JaMarcus Russell]], who went on to be one of the greatestbiggest [[draft bust|busts]] in NFL history.

As in [[2005 Oakland Raiders season|2005]] and [[2006 Oakland Raiders season|2006]], the Raiders faced both participants from the previous season's Super Bowl. In 2007, they had home games scheduled against the [[2007 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] and [[2007 Indianapolis Colts season|Indianapolis Colts]] from [[Super Bowl XLI]]. They lost to both teams.<ref name="schedule">{{cite web |url=http://www.raiders.com/gameday/schedule.jsp |title=Oakland Raiders 2007 Opponents |accessdateaccess-date=January 22, 2007 |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120124912/http://raiders.com/gameday/schedule.jsp |archivedatearchive-date=January 20, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref>

The first casualty of the Raiders' disastrous 2006 season was head coach [[Art Shell]], who was fired on January 4, 2007.<ref name="shellfired">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/05/SPGA2NDHSM1.DTL&hw=art+shell&sn=001&sc=1000 |title=Shell fired by Raiders again – Davis called coach's '94 dismissal 'a mistake'; apparently thought rehiring was another |accessdateaccess-date=January 19, 2007 |last=White |first=David |author2=Nancy Gay |date=January 5, 2007 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] }}</ref> His career record as head coach of the Raiders (including playoffs) was 58–56. The team interviewed a number of candidates after Shell's firing, including [[San Diego Chargers]] assistant coach [[James Lofton]], former [[New York Giants]] head coach [[Jim Fassel]], and Raiders defensive coordinator Rob Ryan. [[University of Southern California|USC]] assistant head coach [[Steve Sarkisian]], considered to be the front runner for the position, withdrew his name from consideration on January 19.<ref name="sarkisian">{{cite web |url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/19/SPGA0NLVK82.DTL |title=USC assistant withdraws from Raiders search |accessdateaccess-date=January 22, 2007 |last=White |first=David |date=January 19, 2007 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> On January 22, the team announced the hiring of 31-year-old USC offensive coordinator [[Lane Kiffin]], the youngest coach in franchise history and the youngest coach in the NFL.<ref name="kiffin">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/22/SPGCLNMU4G9.DTL |title=Raiders hire USC's Kiffin to be head coach |accessdateaccess-date=January 23, 2007 |last=White |first=David |date=January 22, 2007 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref>

Kiffin's first staffing hire was former [[Atlanta Falcons]] offensive coordinator [[Greg Knapp]], who accepted the same position in Oakland on January 28.<ref name="knapp">{{cite news|first=David |last=White |title=Raiders hire Knapp as offensive coordinator |url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/29/SPG11NQVKN2.DTL |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=January 29, 2007 |accessdateaccess-date=January 30, 2007 |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210094323/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F01%2F29%2FSPG11NQVKN2.DTL |archivedatearchive-date=February 10, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>

With the first overall pick in the [[2007 NFL Draftdraft]] the Raiders selected quarterback [[JaMarcus Russell]] from [[Louisiana State University|LSU]].

! colspan="9" style="background-color: black; color: #c4c8cb; text-align: center;"|'''Oakland Raiders 2007 final roster'''

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|12</span>}} [[Josh McCown]]

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|&nbsp;2</span>}} ''[[JaMarcus Russell]]''

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|16</span>}} [[Andrew Walter]]

'''Running Backsbacks'''

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|36</span>}} [[Justin Griffith]] FB

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|34</span>}} [[LaMont Jordan]]

'''Wide Receiversreceivers'''

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|89</span>}} [[Ronald Curry]]

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|17</span>}} [[Tim Dwight]] PR

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|15</span>}} ''[[Johnnie Lee Higgins]]'' PR

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|14</span>}} ''[[Chris McFoy]]''

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|84</span>}} [[Jerry Porter (American football)|Jerry Porter]]

'''Tight Endsends'''

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|85</span>}} [[John Madsen (American football)|John Madsen]]

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|80</span>}} ''[[Zach Miller (tight end, born 1985)|Zach Miller]]''

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|86</span>}} [[Tony Stewart (American football)|Tony Stewart]]

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Offensive Linemenlinemen'''

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|66</span>}} [[Cooper Carlisle]] G

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|76</span>}} [[Robert Gallery]] G/T

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|75</span>}} ''[[Mario Henderson]]'' T

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|79</span>}} [[Paul McQuistan]] G/T

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|51</span>}} [[Chris Morris (American football, born 1983)|Chris Morris]] C

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|60</span>}} [[Jeremy Newberry]] C

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">78</span>{{player|77}} ''[[Jonathan Palmer (American football)|Jonathan Palmer]]'' G/T

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|65</span>}} [[Barry Sims]] T

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|72</span>}} [[Seth Wand]] G/T

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|63</span>}} [[Mark Wilson (American football)|Mark Wilson]] T

'''Defensive Linemenlinemen'''

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|91</span>}} [[Tyler Brayton]] DTDE

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|56</span>}} [[Derrick Burgess]] DE

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|58</span>}} [[Chris Clemons (defensive end)|Chris Clemons]] DE

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|98</span>}} ''[[Jay Richardson]]'' DE

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|90</span>}} [[Terdell Sands]] DT

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|99</span>}} [[Warren Sapp]] DT

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|95</span>}} [[Josh Shaw (defensive tackle)|Josh Shaw]] DT

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|61</span>}} [[Gerard Warren]] DT

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|94</span>}} [[Jon Alston]] OLB

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|57</span>}} [[Ricky Brown]] ILBOLB

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|50</span>}} [[Isaiah Ekejiuba]] OLBMLB

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|53</span>}} [[Thomas Howard (American football)|Thomas Howard]] OLB

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|52</span>}} [[Kirk Morrison]] ILBMLB

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|55</span>}} [[Robert Thomas (linebacker)|Robert Thomas]] OLB

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|54</span>}} [[Sam Williams (linebacker)|Sam Williams]] OLB

'''Defensive Backsbacks'''

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|21</span>}} [[Nnamdi Asomugha]] CB

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|28</span>}} [[Rashad Baker]] SSS

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|35</span>}} ''[[John Bowie (American football)|John Bowie]]'' CB

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|23</span>}} [[Chris Carr (American football)|Chris Carr]] CB/KR/PR

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|31</span>}} [[Hiram Eugene]] FS

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|24</span>}} [[Michael Huff]] SS

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|37</span>}} [[Chris Johnson (cornerback)|Chris Johnson]] CB

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|26</span>}} [[Stanford Routt]] CB

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|30</span>}} [[Stuart Schweigert]] FS

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|27</span>}} [[Fabian Washington]] CB

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Reserve Listslists'''

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|29</span>}} ''[[Michael Bush]]'' RB <small>(IRNF-Inj.)</small> [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|40</span>}} [[Jarrod Cooper]] SSS <small>(IR)</small> [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|&nbsp;8</span>}} [[Daunte Culpepper]] QB <small>(IR)</small> [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">--</span>{{player|25}} [[RicardoJustin DickersonFargas]] ILBRB <small>(NFLE NF-Inj.IR)</small> [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]

* <span{{player|74}} style="font-family:[[Cornell CourierGreen New;">25</span>(offensive [[Justintackle)|Cornell FargasGreen]] RBT <small>(IR)</small> [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">74</span>{{player|64}} [[Cornell Green (offensive tackle)|CornellJake GreenGrove]] OTC <small>(IR)</small> [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]

* <span{{player|18}} style="font-family:''[[Jonathan CourierHolland New;">64</span>(American [[Jakefootball)|Jonathan GroveHolland]]'' CWR <small>(IR)</small> [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]

* <span{{player|93}} style="font-family: Courier New;">18</span> ''[[JohnathanTommy HollandKelly]]'' WRDE <small>(IR)</small> [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">93</span>{{player|42}} [[TommyReShard KellyLee]] DERB <small>(IR)</small> [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">42</span>{{player|47}} [[ReShardFred LeeWakefield]] RBTE <small>(IR)</small> [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]

'''Practice Squadsquad'''

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|70</span>}} ''[[Jesse Boone]]'' C

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|92</span>}} ''[[Mkristo Bruce]]'' DE

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|83</span>}} [[Daniel Fells]] TE

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|13</span>}} ''[[Drisan James]]'' WR

* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">{{player|96</span>}} [[Jonathan Lewis (American football)|Jonathan Lewis]] DT

* <span style="font{{player|-family: Courier New;">--</span>}} ''[[Quinton Smith]]'' RB

* <span style="font{{player|-family: Courier New;">--</span>}} ''[[Matt Trannon]]'' WR

==CoachesStaff==

! colspan="7" style="background-color: black; color: #c4c8cb; text-align: center;"|'''Oakland Raiders 2007 coaching staff'''

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Front Officeoffice'''

'''Head Coachescoaches'''

*Head Coachcoach – [[Lane Kiffin]]

'''Offensive Coachescoaches'''

*Offensive Coordinatorcoordinator – [[Greg Knapp]]

*Running Backsbacks – [[Tom Rathman]]

*Wide Receiversreceivers – [[Charles Coe (American football)|Charles Coe]]

*Tight Endsends – [[Kelly Skipper]]

*Offensive Lineline – [[Tom Cable]]

*Assistant Offensiveoffensive Lineline – [[James Cregg]]

*Offensive Qualityquality Controlcontrol – [[Adam Henry (American football)|Adam Henry]]

*Offensive Qualityquality Controlcontrol – [[Sanjay Lal]]

'''Defensive Coachescoaches'''

*Defensive Coordinatorcoordinator – [[Rob Ryan]]

*Defensive Lineline – [[Keith Millard]]

*Assistant Defensivedefensive Lineline – [[Don Johnson (football coach)|Don Johnson]]

*Defensive Backsbacks – [[Darren Perry]]

*Defensive Backsbacks/Squadsquad Developmentdevelopment – [[Willie Brown (American football)|Willie Brown]]

*Assistant Defensivedefensive Backsbacks – [[Randy Hanson]]

*Defensive Qualityquality Controlcontrol – [[George Martinez (American football)|George Martinez]]

'''Special Teamsteams Coachescoaches'''

*Special Teamsteams Coordinatorcoordinator – [[Brian Schneider (footballAmerican coachfootball)|Brian Schneider]]

*Special Teamsteams Qualityquality Controlcontrol – [[Curtis Fuller (coach)|Curtis Fuller]]

'''Strength and Conditioningconditioning'''

*Strength and Conditioningconditioning – [[Jeff Fish]]

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In the third quarter, the Lions continued with their early lead as Kitna completed a 16-yard TD pass to rookie WR [[Calvin Johnson (American football)|Calvin Johnson]]. Afterwards, the Raiders began to come back as McCown completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR [[Ronald Curry]], followed by RB [[LaMont Jordan]] getting a 12-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Detroit responded with Hanson kicking a 46-yard field goal, while Oakland took the lead with McCown completing a 7-yard TD pass to FB [[Justin Griffith]]. However, their lead didn't hold as the Lions scored 17 unanswered points (a 32-yard TD pass from Kitna to WR [[Shaun McDonald (American football)|Shaun McDonald]], Hanson getting a 23-yard field goal, and RB [[Tatum Bell]] getting a 14-yard TD run) to end the game.

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Hoping to rebound from their embarrassing home loss to the Lions, the Raiders flew to [[Invesco Field at Mile High]] for an AFC West duel with the [[Denver Broncos]]. In the first quarter, Oakland trailed early as Broncos QB [[Jay Cutler (American football)|Jay Cutler]] completed a 9-yard TD pass to WR [[Brandon Stokley]] for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Raiders got on the board with kicker [[Sebastian Janikowski]] getting a 38-yard field goal. However, Denver continued to pound away as RB [[Cecil Sapp]] got a 4-yard TD run, while kicker [[Jason Elam]] got a 23-yard field goal.

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In the third quarter, Indianapolis increased its lead with Vinatieri nailing a 19-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Oakland took the lead with RB [[Justin Fargas]] getting a 2-yard run. However, the Colts sealed the win with QB [[Peyton Manning]] completing a 20-yard TD pass to WR [[Anthony Gonzalez (politician)|Anthony Gonzalez]].

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