Sources: Raiders coach Kiffin could be fired as early as Monday

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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Allowing 17 points in the final eight minutes of a 24-23 loss to the Bills might prove the final straw for Al Davis. Sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen on Sunday that Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin was informed by a Raiders executive late Sunday night that he would be fired on Monday. Kiffin had not spoken directly to Davis, but he was behind the message. FoxSports.com first reported that Kiffin was informed he would be fired. When asked after Sunday's defeat if he was w ...

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