First quarter: Chargers 7, Raiders 0
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Sunday, November 1st, 2009 at 2:50 pm in Oakland Raiders.
Notes and observations from the first quarter of the Raiders’ game against the Chargers in San Diego:
– Philip Rivers first pass interception in 144 attempts, to Chris Johnson, plus Chargers penalty sets up Raiders at the 27. Have to score here. Tough running by Fargas has Raiders at the 13 as quarter ends.
– Raiders won’t even risk a pass play on third-and-5 deep in their own territory. Short run, punt. What is this, high school?
– Raiders begin third possession at their own 11 after Chargers forced to punt. San Diego going hard at Johnson.
– What other team in the NFL actually blocks a punt (Sam Williams) and has the ball roll dead at the 11?
– Raiders second possession. Forced to call a time out, Khalif Barnes jumps offsides, 7-yard gain by Michael Bush, 4-yard reception to Brandon Myers, Russell misfires to Miller. Punt.
– LT scores touchdown from Wildcat. Dick Enberg calls it a shocking beginning, but is it really? Chargers hadn’t scored on opening drive since 2007 season finale in Oakland. LT scored that one,too. That’s not shocking, either.
– Rivers’ 53-yard pass to Malcom Floyd _ nice to have a receiver who goes up and makes the catch.
– JaMarcus Russell’s first pass intercepted by Antonio-Rodgers Cromartie _ so much for the great week of practice and arrivng at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
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November 1st, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Hmmmm
A littlr running the ball, a little defense, and we are on the doorstep.
Finally, Cable, damn!
Stop trying to go downfield!
November 1st, 2009 at 2:55 pm
1st down good I see cable is runing on 3rd and long…
November 1st, 2009 at 2:56 pm
JB, are you kidding me? CJ has been getting torched all year and that ball was tipped right to him! Lets go ahead and give him the Willie Brown achievement award shall we?
November 1st, 2009 at 2:56 pm
LOL first coach ever fired at halftime…..
only in the Riader Nation…
November 1st, 2009 at 2:57 pm
LOL!
– JaMarcus Russell’s first pass intercepted by Antonio-Rodgers Cromartie _ so much for the great week of practice and arrivng at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
November 1st, 2009 at 2:57 pm
1,2,3rd
November 1st, 2009 at 2:58 pm
1 short pass play and nothing but runs.
Now what was that about that only working against high school players?
And 16 yr is right. Murphy FELL DOWN and Miller WAS HELD on the INT. But why the fugg were they right next to each other? And why the fugg is Cable STILL trying to go deep?
November 1st, 2009 at 2:58 pm
4th
November 1st, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Dont kick it to that midget F@CK sproles….
November 1st, 2009 at 2:58 pm
that is why Fargas is getting the carries,fat monkey.
November 1st, 2009 at 2:59 pm
LOL at all the Fargas haters. He fianlly scored for you.
November 1st, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Fartgas!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Tom, pimp slap that HO Russell and wake his sorry A$$ up before you get fired @ half time!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Routt got ate up, we should have blized that play…
November 1st, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Is it just me or do the Raiders indeed lead the league in opponents leaving the field on a cart? Wish it were touchdowns
November 1st, 2009 at 3:02 pm
# JB Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 2:59 pm
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# Mistabrown Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 2:55 pm
JB, are you kidding me? CJ has been getting torched all year and that ball was tipped right to him! Lets go ahead and give him the Willie Brown achievement award shall we?
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I gave him credit for 1 play in which he did what he was supposed to do. That’s more than what were getting from most of the other players. The issuance of awards was not suggested by me.
OK – Jfar. Somebody else shows up today.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Fargas – Hall of Famer! MVP!
Will not score anther TD until 2010.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:03 pm
504 Raider Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Crash Test Dummy for MVP!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Mistabrown,
You were saying?
November 1st, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Several things Aloha did you have anything specific ?
November 1st, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Look for Routt & that’s where the pass will go.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Cable bu maye!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Why wouldn’t you put your best cornerback on the opponents best receiver.
Al DAvis is a fool!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Blitz hiz A@@….
November 1st, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Why wouldn’t you put your best cornerback on the opponents best receiver.
Al DAvis is a fool!
So rigid in their philosophy that doesn’t work.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Who is our DC again? Nevermind. Fuhhgggg.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Thec,
Did you and I ever finalize a bet? OakGlen insist I owe you 100.00.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:09 pm
need pressure….
November 1st, 2009 at 3:09 pm
I don’t know much technically about football, but if you put your worst receiver left on Asomugha, you take the Raiders best defender out of the game without sacrificing anything. Unless Asomugha is only mediocre coving the right side or the slot…is he really doing all he can for the team?
November 1st, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Dream on brown, you know you never took that bet bruh….
November 1st, 2009 at 3:10 pm
You would have taken the bet you would owe me a C…
November 1st, 2009 at 3:10 pm
We are getting smacked around…
November 1st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Can someone please hit rivers….WTF….
November 1st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
JR excuse machine-it won’t work over the course of a whole game.you’re boy will HAVE to complete some passes at some point.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
any link to the game please?
c’mon, i’m asking nice.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Shaugnessy is making some plays.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Thec07,
Thanks, I appreciate it.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Defense as a whole, sucks.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:12 pm
no pressure on the QB where is the blitz…
November 1st, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Thanks Thec, do you want to pass that along to Oakglen or should I give him the bad news?
November 1st, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Where’s Mitchell? We need him to get out there & hit some people starting with Jackson.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:13 pm
I do not like river or jackson…..
November 1st, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Brown, Between two MEN we know whats up. No need to bring any of the other Nation Men to the table…
November 1st, 2009 at 3:14 pm
What’s the point in having Asomugha….the Chargers aren’t stupid…they will line up Jackson against someone else.
How incompetent!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:15 pm
try
atdhe.net
or
justin.tv
November 1st, 2009 at 3:16 pm
DarthPirate Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Defense as a whole, sucks.
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Because the playbook was written in 1968
and no one has the common sense to change it
Your best cornerback is taken out of the game because of the rigid philosophy of an incompetent owner
November 1st, 2009 at 3:16 pm
corner blitz, how stupid was that, gotthe man running 100 yards…. Fire marshall and cable, and Mr. Davis
November 1st, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Team excuse machine – he defense, if that’s what you want to call it will have to stop it’s dump truck imitation too.
Can we talk about that?
Or do you want to keep harping on #2. Jackson left, Jackson right, and Jackson UNCOVERED for a TD?
LMFAO!
Well actually, it’s not funny at all man!
65 yd jump ball to open the game, and a methodical drive after we score.
Yeah, I see your point on it JUST being #2.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Why isn’t D-HB returning the kicks?
Or Routt or JOhnson or any of the other track stars on this team
November 1st, 2009 at 3:17 pm
SO far the O-line has been ok yet Russell still cant make plays!!! Hmmmmm!
Jhill, where are you at ?
November 1st, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Nnamdi needs to take a seat. Routt moves over to his man and we shut down Rivers.
Last three games without Nnamdi: 3-0.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Jhill, whos fault is it this week ? So far you cant blame it on the O-line..
November 1st, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Rick Ross is down. Bryant Time.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Let Nhamdi man up on Jackson for every play. At least we should be able to slow them down.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:19 pm
I like the idea of DHB running back kicks, make him earn his dough…
November 1st, 2009 at 3:21 pm
you love to try and put words in peoples mouths.nobody has ever said it is only Russells fault but YOU when answering others.our point is he can’t and doesn’t make plays and all you do is defend him,make excuses for him,and blame everyone else.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:21 pm
well JaDarrenBey still sucks
November 1st, 2009 at 3:22 pm
the o-line is doing well
i say keep using fargas i do not understand why bush keeps going down so easily
November 1st, 2009 at 3:23 pm
It all starts and ends with Russell. He is a dumb, lazy, loser.
This is all about Al’s ego.
His loser ass team doesn’t deserve any support.
He’s lucky he’s got you guys.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:24 pm
i keep it going-LMFAO.wasn’t post #7 directed at me for comments i made last week?i didn’t say shyt to you and you brought that up.i was trying to let it go with you,then you started.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:24 pm
No Lefty, it’s YOU who want to keep this shyt going!
Go play with someone else dude, it’s getting old. I said a million times that Russell is NOT the answer, and he should have been benched. But you keep up this BS about me making excuses for the guy.
Bench the guy = making excuses for him.
Whatever dude!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Kirk Morrison is almost as retarded as Jadoofus. Thomas Howard is not much smarter.
Seriously, they are STILL The Dumbest Team in America.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:24 pm
It will be 3rd and long with no blitz….
this 70′3 defense sucks….
November 1st, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Jhill,
It might be because you make excuses for him over & over & over! Why would you bench him anyway he wont improve on the bench you HAVE to let him play!
U said XL on the sweater right ?
November 1st, 2009 at 3:26 pm
God. GAPING HOLE’S ALL THE FREAKING TIME.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:26 pm
I said I would wait until the bye to unload on the players… I will start after the end of this game…
November 1st, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Morrison blew that coverage.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:26 pm
So what happened during all that learning?
Oh Rob Ryan was to blame….
Give me a freekn break….
Man…I am starting to sound more and more like MR everyday
November 1st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Lt is a B!TCH……
November 1st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
How do NOT cover Gates ????????????????????
November 1st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Horrible organization, horrible team…..
November 1st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Mista,
This week, it seems to be ANOTHER example of the guy on the other sidelines being smarter than our guy. It seems as though Norvell thinks he can exploit Jackson against CJ and Routt. Or ANYONE that CJ is covering for that matter.
Tried to talk about the defense before, but all I got from you was they quit after week 1 because of the QB, lol!
Can you answer this for me,
Have you ever heard of a scrub LB from SD named Silers? Well he’s the guy who runs step for step with our slot WR JLH on a 3rd and 4, lol. Our WR can’t even beat a backup LB on a crossing route?
LMFAO!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
“JaDarius McFadden-Huff” ain’t much better
November 1st, 2009 at 3:28 pm
SnB, if you see what RR has done in Clev you wouldn’t even be asking yourself that question. RR was and is a hot piece of smelly garbage.
The end.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:28 pm
This team doesnt even know how to execute a blitz….
November 1st, 2009 at 3:28 pm
This is ridiculous. They look like a high school team on defense.
Can’t cover, can’t tackle, can’t hit. Gates had no one within 20 feet of him.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Positive: We only down by 2 TDs at the half.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:28 pm
# SnB offense defense specialteams Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Why isn’t D-HB returning the kicks?
Or Routt or JOhnson or any of the other track stars on this team
i said the same thing 3 weeks ago
November 1st, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Instead of arguing about a player here or there….
HOw about blowing the whole damn thing and starting over.
I would turnover 75% of the roster!
Starting with JaDarius McFadden-Huff
November 1st, 2009 at 3:29 pm
What did RR do to cle? take that 70’s metality defense and ruin that team. RR is no more of a coach that anyone on this blog….
November 1st, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Mistabrown Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 3:28 pm
SnB, if you see what RR has done in Clev you wouldn’t even be asking yourself that question. RR was and is a hot piece of smelly garbage.
The end.
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Our defense looks the same as it looked last year…the year before that….the year before that…..the year before that….the year before that…and the way it looked before Gruden showed up
November 1st, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Jhill, JLH was open on the crossing route and Russell didnt pull the trigger and then JLH redirected his route after seeing Russell scramble and you saw the throw.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Blow up the building, and the organization first..
November 1st, 2009 at 3:30 pm
# 16yearsold16yearfan Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 3:28 pm
# SnB offense defense specialteams Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Why isn’t D-HB returning the kicks?
Or Routt or JOhnson or any of the other track stars on this team
i said the same thing 3 weeks ago
November 1st, 2009 at 3:30 pm
John Marshall is going to fix EVERYTHING!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:31 pm
raiders flat out suck….
November 1st, 2009 at 3:31 pm
marshall cant fix a 70’s defense…
November 1st, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Ca ble, bu ma ye, bu ma ye!!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Mistabrown Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
How do NOT cover Gates ????????????????????
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LOL, because #2 is the QB?
XXL on that sweater, bruh!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:31 pm
My guess is after Philly our DC got verbally abused by AL for calling his own plays that included blitzing and Marshall is brow beaten and the players know whats going on.
just my opinion
November 1st, 2009 at 3:32 pm
oh,
and where’s the lecture about my suggested picks that I received all year. Oh…upset because they didn’t pick the players I wanted.
Well, here are YOUR stinking players that reflect YOUR collective knowledge of football
This team S…………….
November 1st, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Why should we watch this game when we know the result…
November 1st, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Cable just punched a female trainer.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:32 pm
I agree, except on week 1 and against Philly. So explain that!!!
# SnB offense defense specialteams Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Mistabrown Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 3:28 pm
SnB, if you see what RR has done in Clev you wouldn’t even be asking yourself that question. RR was and is a hot piece of smelly garbage.
The end.
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Our defense looks the same as it looked last year…the year before that….the year before that…..the year before that….the year before that…and the way it looked before Gruden showed up
November 1st, 2009 at 3:32 pm
S&B-no,those aren’t the players the fans wanted.those are the players the team drafted.its just that once they were drafted some fans decided that since they are now Raiders,they should be supported.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:33 pm
We NEED Mike Mitchell…JaDarius was a great pick for the verticle offense…
blah blah blah
This team S…….
November 1st, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Mistabrown Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Jhill, JLH was open on the crossing route and Russell didnt pull the trigger and then JLH redirected his route after seeing Russell scramble and you saw the throw.
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Yeah, right!
You win, bruh. This is silly.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Where is Seymour in all this. HE WAS RIGHT THERE TO STOP TOMLINSON BUT MISSED.
THIS WHOLE TEAM IS THE WORST IN NFL HISTORY.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Yes Jhill our Qb is #2.
I’m gonna take a #1 ill be back..
November 1st, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Thec07 Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 3:28 pm
This team doesnt even know how to execute a blitz….
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No worries Thec,
Al will definitely fix that problem.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:34 pm
GUY CAN’T OUTRUN A WHITE KICKER???
November 1st, 2009 at 3:35 pm
It was 3rd down Cable!
Gawd Damn!
You can send 4 verticles from our own endzone but won’t even go for the endzone on 3rd down with 15 seconds left?
AMAZING!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:35 pm
By the way I am white so don’t call me racist…
November 1st, 2009 at 3:35 pm
DHB looks lost out there….
November 1st, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Fck fairyman b!TCH….
November 1st, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Mistabrown,
Here’s my explanation for this raggedy defense:
Week 1: Richard Seymour emotion..also, the Chargers probably expected to see John Marshall’s defense in week 1. Regardless, they made the necessary adjustments at halftime once they recognized that 70s defense.
Philly gm: Marshall and Cable ignored Al Davis for one week
November 1st, 2009 at 3:37 pm
What happened to that FB we discovered a couple weeks ago?
Nice bounce passes on that 2 min drill JaMeatball!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Thec07 Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 3:35 pm
DHB looks lost out there….
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No he’s not. The camera clearly shows him right there on the sideline getting instructions from Sanjay Lal. Wait, who the fuhhgg is Sanjay Lal?
November 1st, 2009 at 3:37 pm
JRUSS has ZERO touch… F@K him too….
November 1st, 2009 at 3:40 pm
The SNAKE…… That was a QB…..
I am going to starta little early and call it like i see it.
JRUSS is the black ryan leaf…. Fu@K the fat b!tch, making all that money coming in fat, and cant get the play book. F@CK you JRUSS B!TCH…
November 1st, 2009 at 3:59 pm
LMAO @ OakGlen posting under BS Detector and inserting my name in his post!!!!! HAHAHA….Oak yo are one of a kind…and NOT a good one!
# BS Detector Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Mistabrown Says:
June 8th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Anyone with half a brain can see that Jamarcus Russell is a bonafide franchise Q.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Cable is a thug with the skill of opening light beer with his ears. He domonstrates no leadership skills…probably can’t spell leadership and has no sense of 21st century football. It’s a game for sophisticated minds that understand the art of psychology…not throwing tantrums in board rooms. Let’s rid of Cable and then hope for the passing of Al. Or, we could check them both into a dimensia center. We live in Silicon Valley, not Fargo!