Halftime: Browns 17, Raiders 6
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Sunday, December 27th, 2009 at 11:40 am in Oakland Raiders.
Notes and observations from the second quarter of the Raiders-Browns game:
– Raiders get in position for 61-yard field goal attempt with one second left in the half. He nails it. Offense gets back three points in nice drive after defense embarrasses itself with a gift penalty-filled touchdown drive.
– Browns get first down as Michael Huff misses tackle on draw play. Now Browns can kill clock without fear of Raiders getting the ball back.
Flags flying as Raiders, Browns, mix it up. Both teams participating, but Richard Seymour gets an additional 15 yards and Browns could end up with a scoring chance.
Stanford Routt ejected for a head butt, and Derek Anderson finds Mohamed Massequoi for a 19-yard touchdown pass to culimnate the Raiders most shameful sequence of the season. They trail 17-6 with 18 seconds left in the half.
– Another costly offensive line penalty _ this one from Chris Morris for a takedown on Frye rollout. Sack follows immediately. Ruins Raiders drive which started at the 1 and had been approaching midfield.
Third-and-24 pass to Murphy well short of first down, forcing Shane Lechler punt. Cleveland hold pins Browns deep in own territory.
– Anderson converts third-and-8 with Greg Ellis covering Brian Robiskie. Thomas Howard holds up in coverage, breaks up sideline pass to Evan Moore. Anderson misfires on third-and-12 _ now Raiders will be in their own territory.
Hiram Eugene jumps offsides on Cleveland fake punt. Would have had ball at the 50 after incomplete pass. Browns down it at the 1
– Fair catch interference by Cleveland puts Raiders in great position for more points starting at the Browns’ 30. Rob Ryan dials up a blitz, Frye sacked on third-and-short inside the 10. Sebastian Janikowski coverts from 34 yards, making it 10-6.
– Browns start at own 9. Raidres need a stop here. Terrific defensive series highlighted by Warren’s 5-yard stuff of Harrison on second down. Three-and-out delivered.
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December 27th, 2009 at 11:41 am
1ST
December 27th, 2009 at 11:41 am
nice job Jerry-it’s 17-9.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Missing a few points on that halftime score Jerry
December 27th, 2009 at 11:42 am
It’s 17 – 9, Jerry. Please get the titles correct. That is all.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Jano nails a freaking 61yarder LOL!!!
December 27th, 2009 at 11:43 am
Jerry didnt think that jano donkey leggs kowski wouldnt make the field goal..hence the 17-6 score muhahaha
December 27th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Jerry are you MaddenRaider? Seems so, you both want to pull points off the board.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Awesome kick by SeaBass!!!!
December 27th, 2009 at 11:51 am
dear mr cable…
it is not too late to run the ball…
running the ball is a good thing…
especially if it is mr bush doing it…
sincerely…
your biggest fan…
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
December 27th, 2009 at 11:51 am
ATTENTION JERRY
You need to clean up your act a little. Its not that I dont appreciate you and your blog but that blog you call halftime needs a decoder ring. Most of your game blogs are somewhat readable.
Its not like I am asking you to do something complicated like being able to read your post from beginning to end instead of starting at the end
December 27th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Florida Pete,
Michael Bush
9 carries 50 yrds… 5.6yds per carry
December 27th, 2009 at 11:53 am
What’s up with Asoumgha?
December 27th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Im hearing Nnamdi may be hurt? That’d suck anyday… and especially today with stanford already kicked out
December 27th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Remember two yrs ago when Warren Sapp got ejected against the jaquars, this game seems similar we got lucky with the 3 pts but frye ain’t cutting it and the run plays r
very predictable. Losing Walker has slowed down our OL, Morris clearly can’t play this shows everytime he starts at LG our team can’t run or block he is the weakest link in this line. Hope we can pull of a win but I just don’t see the end of the tunnel, we r in deep hole with this OL.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:53 am
what happened to the live blog idea…
i liked that…
December 27th, 2009 at 11:54 am
SnB offense defense specialteams Says:
December 27th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Florida Pete,
Michael Bush
9 carries 50 yrds… 5.6yds per carry
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yeah i know…
December 27th, 2009 at 11:57 am
nnambdi’s in…and studding as usual
December 27th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Nice D… stopped them on a short field
December 27th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Typical Raiders. They call out Cribbs, and the other returner owns them. That’s the story with this franchise since Ron Wolf left.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:59 am
RAIDERS gotta answer back
December 27th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Yeh, G Force, I’m Jerry. And Ann Killion, and Adam Shchefter, and Glenn Dickey, and …let’s see, who else made fun of the Raiders recently? Oh, Frank Caliendo, on Fox pre game this morning. Yeh, I’m him too, G Force. You should be a detective. Or, maybe not…
December 27th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Now… let’s see Frye Fly… Bush Bush
December 27th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
maddenraider…
leave ron wolf alone…
he’s thinking about coming back to football…
i don’t think he will if he knows you’re stalking him…
December 27th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
first play… first flag…damn
December 27th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Oh sorry, nevermind. My awesome detective contacts just told me you were curled into a fetal position inside your apartment crying while holding a stuffed JaMarcus Russell doll.
I mean, really, could a JaMarcus Russell toy not be a plush toy?
December 27th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
no left guard=no running game.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Scarry Lee Higgins
December 27th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
C’mon JLH you’re killing me
December 27th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
i love how we beat teams like denver, pitt, and philly. but we get ass whooped by teams like the browns.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
We need a d turnover …it’s been way too long
December 27th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
mcfadden needs to take jlh’s place for the rest of the game…
December 27th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Yeh, I’m stalking Ron Wolf, Pete. That was good.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
jlh’s career is over…
he will never be the same…
he won’t make the team next year…
December 27th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
JLH hasn’t been worth a schit ever since he was blown up early this year. Right now he’s effective as Yvonne Walker.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Yeah JLH just isn’t the same player this year
December 27th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
officials have taken over.not a good sign for the Raiders.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
almost got it… need it this time
December 27th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
The middle of the O-line is terrible followed closely by the right end of the O-line. In other words, our line is doing nothing – a scieve by any other measure.
I agree with Pete, pull JLH and run DMac at WR.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
You know, Cleveland looks awful. Playcalling and execution looks almost like the Raiders. That bad. And they’re still up 20-9. What does that tell you about the Raiders?
December 27th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Wow… oh well… we had a moment …
December 27th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Cable must owe Rob Ryan a huge favor.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
This game is still winable if we can just start playing. we need a takeaway to get things turned around.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
The Raiders always lay an egg after winning a big one. It’s almost as if Al Davis builds teams to upset a few teams a year. That’s it. Doesn’t matter if they make the playoffs. Just beat Denver.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says:
December 27th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
You know, Cleveland looks awful. Playcalling and execution looks almost like the Raiders. That bad. And they’re still up 20-9. What does that tell you about the Raiders?
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that we are the awful-est???
what do i win???
December 27th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Officials taking over???
Raiders are playing undisciplined and just GIVING away the game. They’re making the Browns look like Super Bowl contenders.
Still the dumbest team in America.
All this talk of Cable having control and instilling discipline etc. is a bunch of bull$hit.
This is Cables doom and he deserves it.
This team is a comlplete joke.
Getting blown out by the Cleveland freaking Browns????
GOOD RIDDANCE CABLE!
December 27th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Duly noted JB
December 27th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
What does it say about our franchise QB that he can’t get on the field over journeyman QBs?
December 27th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
finally!!!!
December 27th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Finally – a break!!!!!!
December 27th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
a break at last. Now let’s get going.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
It took Frye this long to get in the game because he is our worst QB. He just studies alot and knows what to do, he just can’t actually do it. Sort of like Cable is our smartest and most prepared o-lineman but he can’t go out there and execute.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Is Tom Cable fighting for his job today?
He should be!
December 27th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Oakland has had 7 yrs. to fix the run D and still rank 28th in the league.
I’m convinced if we switched uniforms with New England the Raiders would STILL find a way to rank last, or near last in run defense.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Watch the film and tell me if you think Kirk Morrison is not the biggest problem of the defense.
He never knows where he is. You will almost always find him in the opponets backfield holding his arms up and looking lost as the opposing running back trots gleefully down the field.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
dmc is not a power between the tackles runner… we gotta know that by now
December 27th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Realistically, we can’t expect that much from our O-line. Morris & Satelle – back-ups at best. Carlisle – over the hill & long of tooth. Green, the backup to a backup. There’s just no hope with this crappy line.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
we might as well just see what jamarcus or at least losman can do because frye sucks and this game is over
December 27th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Never thought i’d say this but BRING RUSSELL IN.
I maean what the hell do we have to lose…Frye sucks even worse than JaBustus.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Doubt Losman knows enough of the offense to play
December 27th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Does anyone else get the feeling that we don’t really have a game plan for today? The level of play certainly substantiates that.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
2 scores down and you geniuses are conceding the game.what’s worse-the team or some of the people on here who call themselves fans?pathetic!
December 27th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Anyone calling to bring Russell in just go jump off a bridge with Davis
December 27th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
The Raiders came to play the Browns today. I don’t think they expected to face themselves instead. No matter what the outcome is…this has been a terrible game.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
i bet he knows more than Russell.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Has any team actually personal fouled someone into the end zone the way we helped the Browns do it?
December 27th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Think about it fellas, the good things others rave about Frye are:
-good with the feet
-smart, will be coach someday
He won’t be around much longer.
2010 Raiders QBs (alphabetical)
Gradkowski, Losman, Russell.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
62 #:
Why, because Frye is doing so well?
December 27th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
lefty it doesnt take a genius to know that the raiders rarely come back from more than a one score defecit and just because you’re a fan doesn’t mean you have to ignore the truth about your team
December 27th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Cable really should have focused on our own running game more throughout the game considering we’re playing Rob Ryan’s poor run defense but that would have made too much sense.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
24,
ONLY the Raiders could do that.
UNDISCIPLINED CHAOS is what Cable brought to the table today.
He’s making ZERO progress with this mess of a team and deserves to be fired NOW!
December 27th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
The offense doesn’t react to Russell…strangely neither does our Defense.
That play where Frye got sacked with the ball in his right hand — Russell would have fumbled that, guaranteed.
Have you been watching the same Russell?
December 27th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
so because it rarely happens you’ve already given up?pathetic!
December 27th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
The type of play calling does not lend itself to catch-up football. The play calling has been so as not to lose rather than to win it.
Our only hope to win this game is to open things up. Don’t know if Cable can handle that.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
djohnnyg,
russell wouldn’t have made that throw to JLH right there.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Should Cable be kept on after this disaster of a game against the Cleveland freaking Browns?
I don’t think so.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
pitch it to McFaddenn… go figure?
December 27th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
74,
I agree. He would not have.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
JLH surprised me on that one.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Frye can usually throw a catchable ball… Russell throws and receivers get concussions.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
was that 3 play actions in a row?
December 27th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
JLH best play in a long time, tackling McDonald.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
New Post btw.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
bad throw by Frye but Higgins gave his QB no help there either. all around suck.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Game.
Nice throw Frye. Russell couldn’t have done it better himself.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Frye sucks. Plain and simple.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Way to show Cleveland what they missed out on loser.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
C.Johnson can’t even cover a rookie…jeeez.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
are the Raiders gonna draft Haden?
December 27th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
everytime McFadden runs up the middle an angel loses its wings.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Screw Cable.
Couldn’t even string two freaking wins together, and against sub par teams to boot.
This team has NOT improved.
Cable is DONE.
December 27th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Ha. What a joke. A fullback returning kickoffs???
Goodbye Cable!
December 27th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Is Mike Holmgrem available?
December 27th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
ahhh the rob ryan prevent D…. brings back some good memories.
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