Jammy time?
By Charles Ybarra
Sunday, October 28th, 2007 at 7:19 pm in Oakland Raiders.
Well now…for all of you who are misinformed, the tally now stands at
“3 more losses to unlock Jamarcus Russell from the bench.”
Damn, do I hate to think or say that..
As having the duty and obligations as my alias; Darth Raider, Lord of the Sith, Master of all evil, I am required to always be positive, energetic and always enthusiastic to the masses….
but I also keep it the F$## real.
For the record, it was not Daunte Culpepper’s fault this time.
Lane Train?
“Daunte wasn’t false starting,” Kiffin said. “Daunte wasn’t hitting people in the back. Daunte wasn’t holding. Daunte didn’t drop a pass. There are some things Daunte did well.”
With all due respect Coach, that pick in the 4th Quarter was pretty whack though.
On one of the few times Culpepper looked deep down field, the Titans came up with an interception at their own 9-yard line as the pass was short of Jerry Porter.
The only difference this time was that we got the ball back afterwards with 2:12 left and 53 yards to go to win the game.
How did you feel right about then, Nation?
For me, the light side of the Force told me Daunte and his offensive crew were in fact, capable, determined and eager to get this win in Tennessee.
The dark side of the force told me to suit up the game’s TV Announcer, Mr. Rich Gannon.
Then came the 27-yard strike to Curry, tackled at the Tennessee 26-yard-line at the 2-minute warning. I felt reasonably hopeful..
The Raiders then worked their way to the 30 on fourth-and-14, with Mike Williams dropping a Culpepper pass near the first down marker.
Mike, Mike, Mike…you get the fall guy award. Congratulations, you win more bench time!!
But we all know by last week, it takes more than one person to lose a damn game.
The defense was still getting ran over more often than a Speed bump. LenDale White had a career high gaining 133 yards. At the time, I’m feeling even a Running Back in a wheelchair could pour through our Defense..ouch.
Also, the Oakland offensive line could not give QB Daunte Culpepper enough time to complete a pass. And when Culpepper had time to throw, he and his receivers didn’t seem to be on the same page.
As a Unit, the Raiders also hurt themselves with a season-high 14 penalties for 100 yards.
So, to put it all in deep perspective, we’re losing because:
We can’t protect
can’t Pass
can’t run a hundred yards
can’t catch
can’t stop the run
can’t follow League rules.
But Ehhhhhh, at least we CAN:
Punt far (Thanks Shane!)
Hold a Quarterback to 42 yards (Thanks D!)
run for 77 yards (Is Justin Fargas now better than Lamont Jordan? hmmmm)
Kick Field Goals (uh, for now…but THANKS JANO!!!! NOTE: Sebastian Janikowski took sole possession as the Raiders’ all-time field goal leader, nailing three against the Titans to break a tie with former kicker Chris Bahr.)
Can we beat the Texans next week? Well, you know….
the light side of the force tells me can beat any team by committing to the run, playing great D, not forcing Turnovers, getting to the Quarterback and catching the ball when it hits us in the chest.
The Dark side of the Force?
You don’t want to know…
Peace and Progression,
DR
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October 29th, 2007 at 7:13 am
You know that your offensive line is REALLY bad when you can’t even execute a simple screen pass or draw play to slow down the pass rush.( It didn’t help that it took an obviously crippled but hearty C-Pep FOREVER to get away from center….)…By the way, can we now make it official ? Robert Gallery is a bust !…..Wake me up when the defense can actually hold opposition to under 100 yds rushing. This is what playoff teams do consistantly. Sadly… You can’t make chicken soup out of chicken s**t. Skill position issues aside,(most notably speed at W.R.); We need 3-4 new offensive linemen,and both a run stopping D.T. and another quality D.E.to complement D.Burgess to be even remotely competitive on a playoff level.We must stop the run.Period. We must run .Period. We must pass protect .Period.Coach of the year honors to Coach Kiffen for actually being in six close games that let’s face it ,talent wise, would seem, even to a casual observer, to be an an impossible task.Please Mr. Davis….give your talented young coach two things : time and a handful of quality linemen….Be patient! Unfortunately, this is going to take at least two more years to fix.
October 29th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Dont wanna hear bout QB changes, this offensive line is almost as bad as last years. Tom Brady coulnt play behind this line,and if Jordan is healthy why is he running like hes in wet sand.And get rid of Barry Sims,hes got A brain the size of an acorn.
October 29th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
The whole star wars geek thing is pretty silly. The force???? Dude, you need to get laid.
Raiders for life.
October 29th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Aaron, I gets mine.
I guess I should make a harsh statement regarding your Mom right about now..
but I understand you are also in mourning. It’s all good, I shall take the slandering slings, stings and bullets ,sir.
yeah, we ALL need to get laid instead of reading nerdy sites…why not???
-DR
October 29th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Damn!!! This site is sooo funny… almost as funny as the Raiders Run Defense.
Gotta give the Chargers credit… we knocked out the Titans Q for your guys next game.
Can’t say we didn’t try to help you out.
Anyway…. we look forward to introducing JR to Lights Out.
Are there any good Quarterbacks in next year’s draft? You guys might need one.
October 29th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Wow..you’re actually on the Chargers? Maybe u should worry about your own QB.
Not like River’s lighting up any stats books.. Sure, LT is all u need in the playoffs..
keep telling yourselves that..
in the Playoffs? LIGHTS OUT, SON!
.. u might need some more Balco and hyphy juice to get to the next level…
get out the syringes..
-DR
October 29th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
DR… how do you know what I’m tellling myself. Maybe I’m telling myself to throw the ball to Gates or Chambers?
Regarding the Balco and hyphy juice to get to the next level… it doesn’t work. Ask Gallery. Hahahaha!!!!
Honestly…. you know if you could go back you would pick Rivers over Gallery.
DR… you could do better than the Steroid thing. Tell us something we don’t know.
October 29th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
how do I know? Fools like you are too predictable.
Gallery never cheated ….”Lights out of the playoffs” did.
Pick up Rivers?!?!?!? HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAaaaaaa
damn, I would rather take chances with MY arm.
..at least I wouldn’t cheat.
October 29th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Our D is not that good. We have no pass rush, so now our DBS are getting exposed.
Where is Derek Burgess, he is a non factor.
I don’t want Russel playing until this O line gets their act together. Raiders if they don’t
win these two games may not win another. The schedule doesn’t get any easier,
considering the Oakland A’s will win a game before the Raiders win an AFC West
game.
October 31st, 2007 at 12:41 am
HEY DARTH RAIDER, NICE OF YOU TO DEFEND D-PEPPER. HE REALLY IS A FIERCE COMPETITOR BUT, IF YOU DON’T HAVE PROTECTION FROM YOUR O-LINE AND YOU DON’T HAVE TIME TO THROW AND YOU DON’T HAVE RECIEVERS TO THROW TO BECAUSE THEY AREN’T ON THE SAME PAGE, WELL, THE QB CAN’T DO HIS JOB. SO, EVEN IF J RUSSELL WERE TO BE BROUGHT IN I DON’T THINK THAT IT WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN ALL OF THE OTHER KEY ELEMENTS REQUIREDDDD TO ENABLE THE QB TO SUCCEED AREN’T THERE. SERIOUSLY, I DON’T THINK MARINO, MONTANA, MANNING OR BRADY WOULD BE ABLE TO PERFORM WELL EITHER. I’M WITH DM. THE O-LINE NEEDS FIXING. IT’S A SHAME BECAUSE I’M SURE THESE GUYS AND PERHAPS THE ENTIRE TEAM IS FEELING PRETTY BAD.
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:30 am
Another year, another cellar, that’s all I see. “The problem is this”, back then, “the problem was that…”… gimme a break. Nearly 40 years of screaming my lungs out for the Silver and Black. This year, I haven’t seen a single game. Kiffin is no Grueden; Grueden turned things around PDQ. I agree that the O-line is the most dysfunctional family since the Manson’s. The only bust of Gallery that will rest in Canton will be on the list of draft choices that went as flat as the beer at the Colluseum. If Gibbs is still coaching an O-line somewhere, get him or one of his disciples. Ryan not stopping the run smacks of meddling interference. SOS. I still wear my S&B, but I’m getting out my paper-bag head cover. Throw Russel in for his baptism by fire, how much worse can it get? Rams at 0-8? We can’t even lose for losing.
November 2nd, 2007 at 12:31 pm
C’mon brother. If u haven’t seen a single game, how can you make a valid observation,
sir? I guess that would explain the misspelling of Coach “Gruden” twice.
F the old coaches, we’ve had enough of that here..
Paper bag? C’moooooon…Raider fans KNOW their team lacks things…
but honestly, we’re not THAT bad.