First quarter: Browns 10, Raiders 3
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Sunday, December 27th, 2009 at 10:45 am in Oakland Raiders.
Notes and observations from the first quarter of the Raiders-Browns game:
– Johnnie Lee Higgins wants no part of Charlie Frye pass with defenders approaching. Frye escaped, rolled right. Raiders also get a a false start penalty. Waste the possession in terms of points, but pin Browns at the 9 at the end of the quarter on Shane Lechler punt.
– Raiders squib kick to negate Joshua Cribbs _ Hiram Eugene nearly recovers it. Jerome Harrison dives on ball and is injured. Cribbs loses yard on first Wildcat run, with Matt Shaughnessy making tackle.
Gerard Warren pushes Derek Anderson out of pocket, Raiders force punt. Raiders will open near midfield after 3-yard return by JLH after short punt.
– Raiders rolling on third possession. Nice 15-yard screen to McFadden, 16-yard strike to Chaz Schilens, 14-yard run by Michael Bush. Cornell Green hold hold/takedown negates first-down red zone pass to the 2 to Louis Murphy.
Schilens can’t hold third-and-14 pass _ should have caught it. Sebastian Janikowski converts 44-yard field goal to trail 10-3 with 2:48 left in the quarter.
– Matt Shaughnessy sack leads to second-and-18 _ and Raiders promptly give up first down pass, Anderson to Evan Moore, 19 yards. Harrison has consecutive runs of 9 and 10 yards, stepping out of ankle tackles by Kirk Morrison each time.
Harrison has a quick 40 yards rushing, and Raiders interior line _ Gerard Warren in particular _ is being dominated.
Phil Dawson converts 42-yard field goal attempt for 10-0 lead.
– Raiders second series _ attacking deep ineffectively. Two incompletions to Schilens, an overthrow and catch out of bounds. Short McFadden run, and punt.
– Awful start for Frye. First pass directly to David Bowens. Supposed to be a slant to McFadden. It leads to a 17-yard scoring run by Harrison. Left side of Raiders line is caved in.
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December 27th, 2009 at 10:45 am
primero
December 27th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Great post, Jerry!
December 27th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Run the bliping ball cable!
December 27th, 2009 at 10:47 am
I’m ready to see me some Losman. How about you guys?
December 27th, 2009 at 10:48 am
YEah boy
December 27th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Nice punt, Shane.
December 27th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Man, I don’t sense energy with the offense the defense is playing good. Come on pound it with Bush
December 27th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Great D!!!!!!!!!!
December 27th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Raiders suck.
December 27th, 2009 at 10:51 am
The Raiders find ways to lose, and they’ll do no different today.
December 27th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Run the ball!
December 27th, 2009 at 10:53 am
You are just mad that JaMarcus won’t be the one to lead us to that loss.
December 27th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Nice job Miller
December 27th, 2009 at 10:54 am
jesus h christ…
did bush break his leg???
December 27th, 2009 at 10:56 am
# The Real MaddenRaider Says:
December 27th, 2009 at 10:51 am
The Raiders find ways to lose, and they’ll do no different today.
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Didn’t you say the same thing during the KC, Eagles, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Denver games?
December 27th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Way to pick up the blitz, Russell.
December 27th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Yeah what’s up with lack of Bush??He played so well last week thought he would be big today
December 27th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Mike Davis don’t come here to start fights. Talk football.
December 27th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Marty, you’re killing me.
December 27th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Would have been a sack, strip AND fumble if JaMarcus was in.
December 27th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Kicking game is the only consistent thing we have.
December 27th, 2009 at 10:58 am
We should be giving it to bush all day long…
December 27th, 2009 at 10:58 am
More Bush!!!!!!!!!!
December 27th, 2009 at 10:58 am
I mean, if he hadn’t thrown an interception prior to the sack, strip and fumble
December 27th, 2009 at 10:59 am
bush today = 4 carries, 27 yards…
December 27th, 2009 at 10:59 am
it’s just not good enough…
December 27th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Yeh, you’re right, GForce. Frye looks great…
December 27th, 2009 at 11:01 am
wooops…lol
December 27th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Well, had it been Russell and not Frye, the ball would’ve been fumbled and there wouldn’t even be a chance for a FG.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:02 am
True, Raiding Texas. We’re so lucky we have Frye in there. We’re just picking them apart.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:02 am
# The Real MaddenRaider Says:
December 27th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Mike Davis don’t come here to start fights. Talk football.
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I was simply responding to your prediction.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:02 am
None of our backups will ever be great, make no mistake. They will only be better than Russell.
Hopefully dude will wake up during the offseason and put in the work, but the call of the big mac might be too much for him.
What is with your emotional attachment with Russell anyway? Did he save you from a fire? Did he give you a cheeseburger at 3am coming out the club? Did he sign a football for your nephew?
I have never seen someone this obsessed with someone as apathetic as Russell.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Don’t get all pissy with me, azzwipe. I’m not defending Frye as a great QB. But Russell is a fkn loser. He will never be an NFL-caliber QB. You need to get the fk over it already. It was a wasted draft pick. Only a few idiots out there still believe otherwise.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:07 am
is it me…or does JLH look scared all the time?
December 27th, 2009 at 11:10 am
It’s not just you — he IS scared all the time anymore.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:11 am
keep pounding it…
the football…
December 27th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Bush…Bush… Bush
December 27th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Yeah Zack
December 27th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Frye is setteling down now. We are going to start balling.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:13 am
BUSH !!!!
December 27th, 2009 at 11:14 am
You know it Tonio
December 27th, 2009 at 11:17 am
I just think play calling is terrible. We can’t win if this playcalling continues,
December 27th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Nice pocket presence, G Force. Frye’s settled down, alright. Right into the mud.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Oh, now it’s the playcalling…
And when Russell was in the lineup, we were calling plays like Sean Payton…
December 27th, 2009 at 11:21 am
I see the semi professionals are on the blog hot and heavy….
December 27th, 2009 at 11:22 am
automatic first down?!?
December 27th, 2009 at 11:23 am
FloridaPete, whats happening Mr. Wizard of Draftlogy?
Pete, post your big Draft board Bruh, so that i will know all the good players we wont be taken, due to the ineptness of our “player personnel dept”….
December 27th, 2009 at 11:24 am
now for nnamdi’s pick 6
December 27th, 2009 at 11:25 am
people people whats up?!?1 anyone have a link to the game online?
December 27th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Darn it 17 yards
We had the ball back in our greedy paws
December 27th, 2009 at 11:28 am
check justin.tv
December 27th, 2009 at 11:28 am
wow… nasty game now…
December 27th, 2009 at 11:28 am
we letting this guy gash us
December 27th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Dirty
Go back two blogs.
Theres a link there but I think you need to download something
December 27th, 2009 at 11:29 am
justin.tv is a sack of sht with all them people thats supposedly streaming the game but they dont… i wonder why
December 27th, 2009 at 11:30 am
thanks tonio and plunktthead i will chek it out
December 27th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Pride and Poise
December 27th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Justin.tv just links to Elitestreams.com, which requires a subscription to view the game. Don’t waste time.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Wow….We have to be the dumbest team in America, in terms of playing the game….
December 27th, 2009 at 11:35 am
wow… nice push…
December 27th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Nice job defense (not).
December 27th, 2009 at 11:38 am
putting Jamarcus in right now is a good idea…
for the deep throw…
December 27th, 2009 at 11:39 am
I won’t be sorry to see Seymour be gone after next week. Another great move by Al Davis. We lost a draft pick for this piece of crap.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Unreal
December 27th, 2009 at 11:39 am
bring it sebass
December 27th, 2009 at 11:39 am
WTF
December 27th, 2009 at 11:40 am
61 yards!!!
December 27th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Nice effin kick