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Raiders coach Tom Cable said one week ago that he and Al Davis were scheduled to meet this week. It appears as if Monday isn’t the day that Cable will find out from Davis whether he carries on as coach and packs up and hits the unemployment line.
Several Internet reports said that the planned meeting was set for Monday. Either something changed or those reports relied upon unreliable sources. As of Monday evening, Cable and Davis had not met.
Team executive John Herrera said that all was quiet on the Raiders front in Alameda, Calif., and that he isn’t sure why people were fixated on Monday being the day.
Davis is known to do things at his own pace and not in a manner that matches the timetable put forth by others.
Upon meeting with Cable, Davis is expected to fire Cable or lay out a plan of action for how to get more out of quarterback JaMarcus Russell, three talented running backs, an offensive line that allowed 49 sacks and an offense that scored only 17 touchdowns in 16 games.
What that entails, only Davis knows at this point. Soon, everyone else will know, just not Monday.

If Davis insists upon keeping Russell, he will want some firm answers from Cable on how he intends to get Russell back to the point where he can be the team’s full-time starter. Cable benched Russell after nine games this season, with Davis’ blessing, for Russell’s inconsistent  play.

Later, Cable said the Raiders would have been a playoff-caliber team had they receive just average play from the quarterback position the entire season. Such talk hits home with Davis, given he is the one who used the No. 1 pick of the 2007 NFL Draft on Russell, doled out $32.5 million guaranteed, and anointed him the franchise savior.

Tags: Al Davis, John Herrera, Raiders, Tom Cable

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