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Randy Hanson, who was a former assistant coach for the Oakland Raiders, broke his silence when he spoke to Yahoo Sports about the alleged August 5th altercation with Raiders head coach Tom Cable.

According to Hanson, he was confronted by Cable about a closed door meeting he had with the teams’ defensive backs and how Hanson had been identified as being responsible for the teams “sloppy” play in training camp. “From my blindside, Tom Cable threw me from my chair and into a piece of furniture that a lamp sat upon,” Hanson said. “He was screaming, ‘I’ll (expletive deleted) kill you! I’ll (expletive deleted) kill you!’ And I have no reason to believe he wouldn’t have killed me if they hadn’t pulled him away. Hanson when on to explain that: “If my head would’ve hit a different way, I might be dead right now.”

In August, Cable went on record denying that the altercation had taken place. “When it all is resolved, you’ll understand why I’m acting the way I am,” he told The Associated Press recently. “It’s just something I’m not going to talk about and shouldn’t talk about. I’ll let that process do its thing.”

On Oct. 4, FOXSports.com’s Jay Glazer reported that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell planned to speak with Cable about the alleged altercation. “This is not getting pushed under the rug,” Goodell told Glazer. Goodell would take action against Cable if he was arrested and charged for a crime by the Napa Police Department. Glazer also reported that Goodell told him he might take disciplinary action based on results from an investigation conducted by the Napa Police Department. The investigation has been completed by the Napa Police Department and forwarded to the district attorney’s office for review.

If Cable is arrested and/or charged with a crime, it would be another setback for the Raiders organization. The team has not lost less than 10 games in a season since 2002 and seems to be on a downward spiral.