More likely, the 49ers will end the season as the NFL’s most disappointing team. That’s where they are right now, and no one else is really close. They’re a victim of their own success ...

Jerry McDonald has been with the Bay Area News Group for more than 30 years, with a heavy concentration of NFL football since the Raiders returned to Oakland in 1995.

Oakland Raiders offensive players have learned to fear the red dot. It’s a small red light that appears via telestrator, courtesy of coach Hue Jackson, on video images of offensive ...

Jerry McDonald is a Bay Area News Group sports general assignment writer and columnist for The Mercury News and East Bay Times with more than 40 years of experience. His duties include a ...