Jackson Jobs

If you simply tell the incumbent player, “this guy has your job now,” you’re going to create an unnecessary rift … I’m fairly sure that Cable and new offensive coordinator Hue Jackson realize this, and I’m confident they will develop a system …

… declaring that job an open competition (sidebar: he did praise and defend Campbell, too). Is it a ruse? For one day, it wasn’t. The Raiders practiced with more energy and direction than last year. New offensive coordinator Hue Jackson bounded …

should compete for a starting job this year at the left tackle tackle position … Along the offensive line the biggest difference maker will be the hiring of offensive coordinator Hue Jackson… basically that will allow head coach Tom Cable to …

… 2009 season, Cable turned to his third-stringer, Charlie Frye, to replace injured Bruce Gradkowski, rather than giving the job back to Russell. Yet the hiring of noted quarterback mentor Hue Jackson as the offensive coordinator suggested that …

… phone with Raiders owner Al Davis, Cable and offensive coordinator Hue Jackson and came away feeling as if he will be the Raiders’ starting quarterback. Cable said earlier this offseason that the competition for the job is “wide open.”

If so, that may mean new offensive coordinator Hue Jackson has more influence than head coach Tom Cable. That is never a good sign for a coach’s job security.

That makes new Raiders offensive coordinator Hue Jackson the coach in the entire NFL this fall who has the greatest challenge … It’s his job to lose. He is aware of that.” Look for the Raiders to give Russell help by drafting an offensive lineman …