Okay, so we all know the Raiders fell flat on Sunday. The offense stagnated largely due to a lack of effective blocking by the offensive line, Jason Campbell had a conspicuous debut as a result, and the defense played well for the majority of the game but once again gave up big plays that broke our backs.
I was probably a little too hard on Campbell for his slide that fell short of the first down. I questioned his heart on that play (and I'm still baffled by it) but he obviously showed the rest of the game ...
The 38-13 behind kickin' the Oakland Raiders got from the Tennessee Titans is just one game.
It's only the first one at that.
The Kansas City-San Diego game showed us that the Raiders can still win the AFC west.
This Raider team has very few weaknesses but those weaknesses will cost the Raiders majorly if not addressed. There are a few tactical adjustments that Al Davis needs to allow to be made as well.
I was very disappointed to see that Tom Cable wouldn't even talk about the Raider's biggest issue. (His offensive line.) But that was game one and he does have time to get things fixed.
Turn the page to see how ...
Good decisions were made entering the 2010 season. For example, a new quarterback was chosen, and players like Rolando McClain was added to the team. Things were looking good for the Raiders, and they can continue to look good if more decisions are made to transform the team from a loser to a winner.
Based on the reactions of many fans and naysayers, the Raiders are looking no better in the early stages of the 2010 season than they looked in 2009. It just may be too soon to tell.
A 3-2-1 sequence of wins for 2007, 2008, and 2009 for the Rams is compared ...
The National Football League has a wasteland of first round draft picks who never did much if or when they played. Many players are on ever draft board every year with lackluster numbers few expected at the time they were chosen.
In 1936, the NFL created a draft. There were nine teams in the league at that time, so they held a nine round draft.
The league was not very popular at the time, taking a distant backseat to Major League Baseball and college football. Many of the players drafted eschewed the opportunity to play in the NFL, a practice that continued into ...
Last year, the quarterback was supposed to be the main reason the Oakland Raiders did so poorly. This year, just tell us who will be sacrificed if the performance pattern is not changed?
One scenario to consider is that at least last year the Raiders won the second game of the regular season. Surely, the Oakland Raiders can win the game against the St. Louis Rams.
There is a story about a man who was to make a sacrifice to prove his faithfulness to his mission. In order to demonstrate his commitment, he was to sacrifice his son, Isaac. One version of ...
Some football teams flounder early, some flounder late, some flounder and fail both early and late, and its always bad to drop the ball out of the gate.
Some teams, and coaches, always seem to start sad and bad.
Some teams stay bad for decades.
In week who is the worst team?
1] Football by the Bay [0-2]
Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers.
The 49ers' staff looked like they were coaching during the first few minutes of the Great San Francisco Earthquake.
Panic, disorder, late plays, bad plays, penalties, confusion, broken communication devices, broken pass plays, and all that dismal jazz is just another game day ...
Cutting Trevor Scott would allow Players like Thomas Howard and Matt Shaunessy more playing time. Raider Nation is torn on whether or not Thomas Howard can return to his 2007 form when he had 6 int. and 2 Tds with 11 passes defensed. Matt Shaunessy is a Raider favorite with his size and power to make plays on the end.
Trevor Scott threatens the playing time of both of these players without reason. Scott is a sackmaster for sure. The only problem is that the Raider's can't stop the run and he is all but useless. Most of the Raiders problems originate ...
Once the Raiders got crushed in Week 1 against the Tennessee Titans by 25 points, fans and analysts around the country jumped off the Raider wagon.
Fans from other teams who predicted the Raiders would do well this season immediately changed their minds and marked the Raiders as having another horrid season.
Analysts called it a case of "new faces, same old Raiders."
The worst thing, though, is so-called Raider fans bashing everyone on the team from Jason Campbell to Rolando McClain.
After the loss, bandwagon Raider fans immediately flooded Jerry McDonald's blog, making comments like "4-12" and "Bench Campbell."
Really?
You call yourself a fan?
Raider ...
Going into Sunday’s game against the Titans in Tennessee, most Raiders fans were optimistic that this year would be different. What we saw on Sunday was, for the most part, the same old story.The defense couldn’t stop the big play, and the offensive line couldn’t control the line of scrimmage and protect the quarterback.Heck, even Sebastian Janikowski had a hard time kicking the ball between the uprights.About the only bright spot was a very solid performance from Darren McFadden, where he had 95 yards rushing on 18 carries, and 55 yards receiving with a touchdown. If he continues with that ...
It's amazing what can happen in a short period of time.
From the time the final gun sounded in the Raiders Week 1 game with the Tennessee Titans, to the conclusion of the Chargers-Chiefs game, opinions have varied.
Sure, the Raiders lost. So did Denver and San Diego.
The Raiders went up against 2010's No. 1 running back and would have kept him under 100 yards, if they could have prevented a 76-yard TD run.
Denver's best chance, was when a fourth down pass to the end zone was hauled in, with the second foot hitting the line, marking a turnover on downs.
And the Chargers?
They ...