remember, he had lost his starting job a few weeks ago to bruce gradkowski. r bruce got hurt all campbell has done is lead them to the three straight wins. leading the second half comeback and the raiders eventually win it in overtime. bruce gradkowski expected to be healthy again but sounds like bruce won't exactly be getting his job back real soon. >> i really haven't waiverred but i do have a belief in me about when you're dealing it and you've got the hot hand and things are going in the right direction for your football team. why would you make a change? and that's what i think right now. but in the back of my mind i also say it is not really making a change. i made the change with bruce. leaning with staying with the hot hand. that's where i'm at. >> why change horses now. high school games of the week. palo alto against saratoga. ktvu.com log your vote. warriors are leading in the fourth quarter against toronto. >> good news. >> all right, mark. >> thank you, mark. >>> a recent string of armed robberies has left some east bay merchants on edge. coming u

bruce gradkowski was in control. the speedster jacobi ford takes the opening kick off. he outruns everyone. 7-0 raiders. he is just getting warmed up. miami takes the lead midway through the first. huff beaten on that play. ford continues to make his mark. gradkowski's throw seems high. 44-yard score. 8 catches, 108 yards. fourth quarter, a complete pass to moore. he is gone. 20-14 dolphins back in front. raiders trailing late third quarter. gradkowski was intercepted. he had two interceptions and raiders held to 216 yards rushing. raiders not making a secret the go to man is that man. incredible catch by jacoby ford. 3:21 to go. ricky williams puts it away. a touchdown run. miami wins 33-17. raiders drop lob 500 at 5-6. >> what did coach cable tell you after the game. >> we have to play better. we can't go out there and go through the motions and expect to win ball games. every game is a play-off game. if we lose, we are out. >> that's part of the reason why. chiefs and seahawks in seattle, drawn bowl hauled in three touchdown catches. matt cassel had four touchdowns.

they went back to bruce gradkowski today, and when you're going back and forth you can't create any consistencyit showed today against miami. raiders looking to remain a game back of kansas city in the west. this isn't a star wars movie. on the kick quarterback forte, all he has to do is make the kicker miss. no problem. the kickoff return for the touchdown. 7-0 raiders. the dolphins come right back. later in the first, henne. miami back on top. 10-7. force show in the second. grad -- gradkowski to ford. and he's gone. raiders up 14-13 at the half. second half. mcfadden whiffs on the tackle. he was picked on all day. dolphins up 20-14. in the third, raiders down 23-14. gradkowski rolling right, badly underthrown. a quarterback rating of 63.5. raiders dropped their second straight, 33-17. >> obviously very disappointed in the performance right there. the effort was -- we played hard and all that. didn't play very good. we dominated on the -- when you get dominated on the line of scrimmage like that on both sides. >> playing short today. >> mike: big nfc showdown,parks and falcons. forth quarter,

. >> bruce gradkowski sent his dad into tears after engineering a game winning drive.his sunday jason campbell will be under center for the rematch in pittsburgh and raiders are being taken much more seriously now. >> spending time and going back far back into the last year. i don't think that is something we will do and go out and get a win and be able to show people that we are a real team. >> heating up. heating up folks. rajai davis to the blue jays. highly regarded. >> two minor league pictures coming. it is big. >> 75 degrees outside. >> you are looking at the manager of the year. black bought it. bruce boche finished third. the voting takes place before the post season. >>> big game on saturday. the bands squaring off for the annual luncheon. check out jim harbaugh who tried to lay low on his pregame comments. >> we will try to do the best we can. don't listen to him when he says he will try to make it a game much that's a bunch of b.s. because i know what he is really telling his team. >> meanwhile, the comedian the emcee didn't stop with the funny business. >>

according to multiple reports bruce gradkowski took all the reps with the first timo fence at practicehis week, a sign that he'll be under center tomorrow against the dolphins. >> you know, i play the game with passion and a love for the game, that's the only reason i play it. there is no overtime reason, just to get out there and anything i can do to help the team i'm gonna try to do. >> ♪ [ music ] . >>> the raiders are hoping nothing changes about the way they have played at home this season, they are 4-1 at the coliseum, but you don't have to worry about the silver and black being over confident. >> no, i don't think you discount any team whether or not you're playing you know defending super bowl champions or st. mary's little school of the blind. they can come out and beat you. >>> tomorrow's game is blacked out so be sure to tune in at 4:00 for all the highlights and reaction on the fifth quarter. >>> and finally, nobody was a bigger winner today than john gus of yuma city. he hits a half-court shot at the kings game to win a brand new ford. how about giving him a jersey? the ki

pittsburgh earlier tonight and waiting for them at the hotel was a home cooked people from bruce gradkowski'sebbie. jason campbell got the scouting report for what to expect before the team left. >> he toll me right before the game he was talking about -- he said you get to pittsburgh you've got to hop on a bus and come to my house. i've got like 18 people coming from the east coast that is coming to satisfy me. we will see what happens, though. >> i'm sure she has got room for everyone. >> that's a lot of cooking. >> thanksgiving before thanksgiving dinner. >> help me kick off the friday night top five, dana. >> number 5. only one end zone will be in use for tomorrow's football game at wrigleyfield. too close to the right field wall so each time there is a change of possession the teams will have to switch end of the field so they are going towards the west. >> number 4. speaking of closed quarters check out virginia's john flowers flip over the scorer's table. number 3. opening round of the playoff division 4 half moon bay blew out visiting green field 48-3. number 2. bob cats. usually a hu

campbell was pulled for bruce gradkowski.s marching down the field, but throws a costly interception to troy polamalu, the head and shoulders spokesman returns it 46 yards, icing the game. raiders, only 182 yards of offense. they lose 35-3, now 5-5 on the year. after the game, richard seymore talked about losing his cool. >> can you tell us what he said to you? >> well, i really don't get into what goes on in the trenches. i just think it's, it's a lot of things that go on, you know. probably have to put the kids to bed. >> wasn't expecting that from him, but we move on. >> did you say anything to him? >> just let's get ready for the extra point. >> yeah, right. with the raiders losing to the chiefs, well, there's a chance to move back into sole possession of first place in the afc west. jones runs for two more touchdowns, kansas city blowing out arizona 31-13 to improve to 6-4. so they are one game in front of the raiders now in the west. >>> brett favre perhaps facing his former team for the last time. aaron rodgers to form

and -- >> reporter: raiders quarterback bruce gradkowski re- injured his shoulder yesterday in the losso the dolphins. yes the same shoulder that kept him out of action for five weeks. he was scheduled to have an mri this afternoon, of course, questions surfaced today about cable's decision to start gradkowski over campbell. >> i think i told you from the very beginning that, when he is ready to go 100%, he would be. had you asked me wednesday i would have told you. it's my job as a coach to do what i think is right. had you asked me i always would have told you the bottom line. that's that. >> reporter: quality out between the royal rubble between titans cornerback cortland finnegan, they were find $25,000 for the fight, neither player was suspended. >>> all right allen, we're moments away from kickoff here in glendale, arizona, of course the winner of this game goes to 4-7 and is just one game out of first place in the n.f.c. west. back to you. >> all right. kim coyle, thanks, as she said the 'niners/cardinals next. we're back with you with news at 11:00. >> very nice weather there. i

campbell was replaced by bruce gradkowski but neither could get anything started today. raiders played without. there's big ben to the rookie. rothlisberger wants to celebrate by ymour sucker punches him. that's just not right. seymour, the soft spoken leader gets ejected. the game was about over by half- time anyway. rothlisberger threw three touchdowns. here's the big one to mike wallace. he's not afraid to ask the questions like where have the defenders gone? puts raiders in their place 35- 3. steelers were called for 14 penalties for 163 yards while raiders offense gained just 182 yards. go figure. pittsburgh sacked the raiders two quarterbacks six times today. raiders back to second place in the afc west. because kansas city carved up the cardinals today. matt kasell threw two touchdown passes. both of them to dwayne. this one the 38-yarder. chiefs are 6-4 to take sole position of the afc west. now host the 49ers next monday night while the other teams -- the afc and the nfc west divisions are still up for grabs. >>> it was supposed to be a matchup of peyton manning

. >> reporter: jason campbell will start at quarterback while bruce gradkowski's shoulder continues toeal. regardless of who is behind center, the black hole has its flagger back and the chiefs are taking notice. >> the biggest thing is, you know, trying not to pay attention to the fights that go on in the crowd. it's hard because all of a sudden you see all these people dressed in yellow running with security they are all running to one particular area and then you see people stand up and you hear the crowd and they get into it. so it's hard not to pay attention to that when you're sitting on the bench . >> this is a big game for the raiders. it's a sellout. they can convince raider nation this is not some kind of fluke. kansas city is a quality football team. and it is time for the raiders to make that statement. and it will be on cbs 5, highlights and post-game exclusively on the fifth quarter. >> raidas! >> proud to be your raiders station. >>> last year fred couples was the captain of the presidents cup. today he was back this time as a player in the charles schwab cup. >> did you

bruce picked off by troy polamalu. raiders fall back down to earth, 35-3 the final. afterwords tom cable talk about his decision to go with gradkowskit enough. turned up the blitz a little bit more on him and started to get out of hand for him. he will be the starter next week. there's no issue there. just felt lick a -- like a change was needed. >>> the honeymoon is over with the 49ers. tampa bay throttles the niners. second quarter, scoreless game. until cadillac williams finds pay dirt from six. tampa bay led 7-0 at the half. later in the third, still 7-0. finally ounce -- one of these teams decides to move the ball. same drive, third and one from the eight. the grab despite the pass interference. now in the fourth. troy smith, severely underthrows josh morgan. somethingsmith was sacked six t. sets up people on -- freeman. it's 21-0. 49ers shut out at home for the first time since 1977. coach singletary has to let these guys play. >> i won't say we were too conservative. i just think that it was hard to get in a rhythm early on, and we didn't make as many first downs. >> it's rough. it's rough. because you set out to win every ga