Las Vegas Raiders All-Time Top Five: Quarterbacks
The Oakland, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas Raiders have an outstanding legacy of great players and today we look at the all-time great quarterbacks
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1. Kenny “Snake” Stabler, 1968-1979
Kenny Stabler was an All-American who helped Alabama win the 1965 National Championship and was selected by the Raiders in the second round (No. 52 overall) of the 1968 National Football League Draft. However, the Raiders also drafted quarterback Eldridge Dickey, who eventually was moved to wide receiver, but it still took Snake until the fourth game of the 1973 season to finally take over as the starting quarterback for the Silver and Black. It wasn’t eye-popping, but Stabler completed 19-of-31 passes without a touchdown and threw an interception in a 17-10 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in that game, and it was the first of many. And as a sign of things to come, Stabler drove the Raiders to a game-winning one-yard touchdown run by
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The Opening Kick
Dallas Cowboys at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Week 1)
The 2021 NFL season begins right where the 2020 campaign ended at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. The Bucs will raise their franchise’s second Super Bowl banner, while Tom Brady will raise his seventh. And, after a season of limited capacity, it will be done in front of a larger home crowd that has long been waiting to show their appreciation. The Bucs will face the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, Sept. 9. We’ll see Brady make his first pass since throwing the Lombardi Trophy across the bay.
Goodell received plenty of kudos for his hosting of last year s draft in casual wear from his home. On Thursday night, dressed in a suit, he lauded the folks who sit in the seats.
“We all agree over the past season, one thing we missed the most was all our fans, Goodell said. “And we can’t wait to have all of you back in First Energy Stadium and every stadium across the league this season.”
Wilson was expected to go to New York, which hasn t had a franchise QB since Joe Namath and traded incumbent Sam Darnold to Carolina this month to clear a path for Wilson.