The Playcaller hasn’t changed, but the Playcalling has changed! You see “Open WR’s, TE’s and RB’s in every game where Russell didn’t even glance their way.”

- Your right, Russell’s been limited by his Pre Snap Read and had the field cut in half.

“throwing behind guys, overthrowing guys throwing at their feet.”

- Passing mechanics were altered in the offseason.

“throwing into double coverage”

- pass plays with only 2 receivers and a frustrated QB.

I like Cable and want him to to well. But i want the Cable from last year, not this year. He’s trying to change too much. Fix what was broken. Things like pass protection, RB’s blocking etc. Leave Russell’s mechanics alone. Shorten the routes and take shots deep when the coverage adapts. DMAC go hang out with Tiki Barber and stop fumbling. Allow Russell to attack the entire field!

As for our team. I really can’t take watching Russell at QB any longer. You can blame the WR’s in part, but the truth of the matter is I feel Russell is getting solid pass protection and guys have been open. He just doesn’t make accurate throws. I don’t know whether that can be taught. Just like running fast or throwing hard. It is true timing with WR is important, but I don’t see that as a huge issue.

As for defense, I don’t know how much I like seeing man defense on most plays, and rarely do we blitz. Seems like a bad combination. I am not saying man is terrible, just can’t be done every play.

Here is a question though, didn’t we have a decent defense back in the Gruden/Gannon years, or was it just that our offense covered up any bad defensive play.

Go Raiders!

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He needs the other 10 guys pulling their weight and an opportunity from the coaches to have realistic play calling.

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this is the root cause of our disagreement. you blame the playcalling, I blame the execution. Cable is the same guy yesterday, today, last year and in college as a play caller. You’re willing to blame 10 other guys before Russell. I’ve seen the o-line play well the majority of the time for Russell, besides his first NFL start Week 17 against the Chargers. that was awful. I’ve seen open WR’s, TE’s and RB’s in every game where Russell didn’t even glance their way. I’ve seen him throw behind guys, overthrow them, throw at their feet, throw into double & triple coverage.

I am willing to give Russell credit for one improvement though. his pocket awareness & ball security. he hasn’t fumbled the ball even once through 3 games against division opponents.

And it looked really awful.

Now if we can agree he played serviceable down the stretch last year, then what the hell happened?

I know he didn’t just forget how to play QB.

So we’re left speculating as to why.

Most are willing to look at his numbers over 3 games and call him a dumb monkey and a bust.

I think that’s

1. deplorable
2. not accurate
3. premature

What happened?