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Raiders To Meet With Charles Woodson

Charles Woodson has been invited to meet with the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday.

Woodson has also been pursued by the Denver Broncos, Carolina Panthers and New York Giants.

Woodson began his career with the Raiders before signing with the Green Bay Packers in free agency.

Via Ian Rapoport/NFL.com


Raiders Sign Chris Kluwe

The Oakland Raiders have signed Chris Kluwe to a one-year deal.

Kluwe will replace Shane Lechler at punter, who signed with the Houston Texans this offseason.

“I’m excited to be an Oakland Raider and be playing in California,” Kluwe said.

Kluwe also received interest fromthe Cleveland Browns.

Kluwe has been a vocal proponent of marriage equality.

“I’m still going to be myself socially and continue to tweet and interact with my fans,” Kluwe said.

Via Brendon Ayanbadejo/FoxSports


Josh Cribbs Signs With Raiders

Josh Cribbs has signed with the Oakland Raiders.

Cribbs spent eight seasons with the Cleveland Browns as one of the NFL's most explosive kick and punt returners.

Via Adam Schefter/ESPN


Rolando McClain Retiring From NFL

Rolando McClain is retiring from the NFL approximately one month after signing a one-year deal with the Baltimore Ravens.

McClain was a first round pick by the Oakland Raiders in 2009.

McClain was arrested 10 days after signing with the Ravens in April.

McClain has been arrested several times since entering the NFL out of Alabama.

“Rolando let me know that he plans to retire from the NFL,” Ozzie Newsome said. “We have placed him on the Reserve/Retired list.”

The Ravens lose one inside linebacker from their depth chart in McClain, though they did draft Arthur Brown at the position in the second round last month.

Via Ryan Mink/NFL.com


Raiders Sticking With 4-3 As Base Defense

The Oakland Raiders have turned over a sizable portion of their linebacker corps with many of them playing on the outside.

But the Raiders are going to continue featuring the 4-3 as their base.

"We're basing out of a 4-3, just like we did last year," Dennis Allen said Saturday. "But we're going to have the ability to have some 3-4 looks, and being able to implement those things and try to make them as simple as we can for our players, as well as try to make it complicated for the offense."

The Raiders may ultimately play the 4-3 on obvious running downs and then switch to 3-4 on passing downs.

Via Paul Gutierrez/Comcast


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