Raiders sign third-, fourth-round selections Veldheer, Campbell
By Steve Corkran
Friday, July 9th, 2010 at 2:09 pm in Oakland Raiders.
Almost half of the more than 250 players selected in the 2010 NFL draft in April are under contract. Yet, until Friday none of the Raiders nine draftees had signed.
That changed when the Raiders signed offensive linemen Jared Veldheer and Bruce Campbell to long-term contracts. The Raiders still have plenty of work to do in this area, given training camp begins in less than three weeks.
Not to worry, though. The Raiders have a long history of getting all of their draft picks signed in time for the start of training camp. The notable exception, of course, was former quarterback JaMarcus Russell missing all of training camp in 2007, as well as the first week of the regular season, while his agent and the Raiders haggled over a contract.
Veldheer was the third player selected by the Raiders, Campbell the fourth. Linebacker Rolando McClain (first round) and defensive end Lamarr Houston (2nd) are the only players selected higher who are unsigned.
McClain has said more than once that he doesn’t expect much difficulty in reaching agreement on a contract with the Raiders and that he intends to be on the field in Napa for the first practice.
The other draftees who have yet to sign are wide receiver Jacoby Ford (fourth-rounder), cornerback Walter McFadden (5th), linebacker Travis Goethel (6th), and defensive backs Jeremy Ware (7th) and Stevie Brown (7th).
None of those mid- to low-rounders are expected to pose a problem getting under contract, and deals should be consummated long before camp starts.
The Raiders have high hopes for Veldheer and Campbell. Both played offensive tackle in college, Veldheer at Hillsdale (Mich.) College and Campbell at Maryland. Campbell has moved to guard for now so that he can get more reps and become more versatile, according to coach Tom Cable.
The Raiders are hopeful that Veldheer and Campbell mature into starters before long and serve as the anchors for the offensive line for years to come. It’s conceivable that one or both will be in the starting lineup at some point this season, if not for the regular-season opener against the Tennessee Titans.
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July 9th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
!st and out! LOL
July 9th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
2nd
July 9th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Glad your back Jerry!
July 9th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
I was going into Raider withdrawl, good to hear some news!
July 9th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
oops your not Jerry, but thanx for the update
July 9th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Jerry is not back thats steve…
July 9th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Jacoby Ford <——-ROY… Rookie to have the biggest impact…
July 9th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Back to lurming…
1 NATION…
July 9th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Plaxico or T.O. who would be your choice for a cheap 1 year contract?
July 9th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Yesterdays RIDICULOUS joke of attention whoreism from LeDiva and BSPN proves that LeDiva is a piece of crap.
What a classless move with the way he went about all of this and how he stepped away from Cleveland. He should have shown the Cavs and their fans a little more respect yesterday.
Mark my words…LeDiva will NOT win a Title next year.
LAKERS!! The Team of Decade!
July 9th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
What a typical stupid move by the Warriors. Why….why…why would a lame duck owner and the lame duck front office management team do something stupid like this before they leave? Unreal!
Ahh heck why didn’t the lousy Warriors just throw in CJ Watson while they were at it and Brandon Wright? Screw it huh? LOL!
Don’t worry Warrior fans….the new owners and front office will look to be trading Lee away and his fat contract out of here in 2-3 years time anyway.
Thats the disturbing trend with the LOOOUSSSY Warriors!
July 9th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
The W’s are cursed. I tell ya Cursed!!!!!
July 9th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
UFO Shuts Down China Airport:
Lee Speigel
AOL News (July 9) — Was it a UFO that caused the shutdown of China’s Xiaoshan Airport for an hour on Wednesday night? Whatever it was, it was recorded on airport radar at about 9 p.m.
According to the Xinhua news agency, after the unidentified flying object was spotted, airport authorities stopped passengers from boarding planes, and outgoing flights were grounded for an hour in Hangzhou, the capital city of China’s Zhejiang province.
July 9th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Good to see that Uncle Al has pulled his abacus, ink well, and quill from his desk to start getting these guys signed….
July 9th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Good news. Lets see what these kids got! GO RAIDERS!
July 9th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
You don’t like the move for David Lee? I think it’s a heck of a move as David Lee fits perfect for such a system, got more size than they’ve had in the Nelly era
July 9th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
C- Biedrins, Gadzuric
PF-Lee, Wright
SF- Radmonovic
SG- Ellis
PG- Curry
That’s an exciting team right there and with Utah and Phoenix way down this year they can contend for the playoffs
July 9th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Locks for Western Conference playoffs
1. Lakers
2. Dallas
3. Denver
5 spots up for grabs, teams with chance:
Portland, OKC, Houston, San Antonio, Golden State, Phoenix, Utah, Clippers
July 9th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Jared and Bruce. The new bloodlines. Good. Excellent.
for all of you nose-pinching naysayers who believe it impossible for rooks to fend their ways on an NFL offensive line…you’d rather have Carlisle and Barnes and Pears? we’ve already seen that crap and it has been ugly. let the youngbloods have their shots, come what may.
July 9th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
finally! I thought the raiders would go into the season without signing any of the picks =)
July 9th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Jon Gruden returns to coaching, sort of
Posted by Mike Florio on July 9, 2010 6:02 PM ET
Jon Gruden has a dilemma. He loves to get his Chucky on, telling football players what they’re doing wrong and what they need to do to fix it. But he can’t do it from the three-man booth at Monday Night Football, lest he potentially burn bridges in an industry with only 32 possible destinations.
So Gruden has found a way to feed the monster by concocting via his ESPN employment opportunities to tell football players what they’re doing wrong and what they need to do to fix it.
Gruden spent the offseason working as offensive line coach with Carrollwood Day High School in Tampa. With ESPN cameras present.
So here comes Chucky, showing 32 NFL owners that he still can bring the heat, just like he did during those pre-draft sessions with a quartet of quarterbacks — which in the process potentially reduced the draft stock of Jimmy Clausen.
The three-part series will air on SportsCenter on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
And, unlike Gruden at the draft, the SportsCenter special most likely will show up for the third day.
July 9th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Huff next on the hot seat?
http://www.raidernationstation.com/2010_off_season
July 9th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
AWESOME to hear Veldheer is getting reps at Center.
Satele got our QBs KILLED last year. He is a liability…
Doubt wether Veldheer could pick up the ZBS that fast but he could get work in power packages and might be a serviceable back up although Morris did better covering at center than guard…
July 9th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Welcome back Jerry hope you and the fambs had a good one!~
July 9th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Who said he was getting reps at center?
July 9th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
It wasn’t Jerry….
July 9th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
# Raider E Says:
July 9th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Who said he was getting reps at center?
———————–
What he said. Did you read that some where else?
July 9th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
What who said? Im lost forget it….
July 9th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Read post #23
July 9th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
I think Jerry mentioned that Veldheer was getting a few reps at center during OTA’s..
But, don’t hold me to that.
July 9th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
I think I remember that? You might be right 909?
July 9th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
I could be wrong but I’d think Veldheer’s physical dimension (i.e. 6′8″) doesn’t exactly lend itself to optimum physical mechanics. I’d expect that the fireplug shape would work best at center. I guess it will all depend on where he carries the bulk of his height (i.e legs or trunk). If he does workout I’d surmise that we’d e the first NFL team with 5 tackles manning the starting O-line. That’s going to big one big-ass line both in height & reach. It should work well. Looking forward to a dominating line at last. I know our D-line will be big & bad this year. The O-line may be joining it. Let’s hope so.
July 9th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
I have no hope that our o-line will even be solid. Its feasible at best. Who do we have? NOBODY….
July 9th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Best case scenario, we run alot of quick hitting plays and let the burners run after the catch imo.
July 9th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
id like to see dmac lined up in slot more often.he had a few explosive plays last year in the slot.
July 9th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
oooooooooooooo where is every 1
July 9th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
to big to play center
July 9th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
but i like it
July 9th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
sighn mawee
July 9th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
You gotta give it Miami this Presser is nice.
July 9th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
hope & change
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# Try Cheating Says:
July 9th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Lee Iacocca speaks out on Obama and the direction of the U.S..
‘Am I the only guy in this country who’s fed up with what’s happening? Where the hell is our outrage with this so called president? We should be screaming bloody murder! We’ve got a gang of tax cheating clueless leftists trying to steer our ship of state right over a cliff, we’ve got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can’t even run a ridiculous cash-for-clunkers program without losing $26 billion of the taxpayers’ money, much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, ‘trust me the economy is getting better..’
July 9th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
This crowd is crazy, they’re already shouting Beat LA….
July 9th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
Why would a Laker fan comment on the Warriors 7 days a week on a Raiders blog?
Take a hike numnuts.
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DKnight007 Says:
July 9th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
What a typical stupid move by the Warriors. Why….why…why
July 9th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Been gone for a few days, but noticed the Warriors traded Anthony Randolph.
I remember after the draft telling everyone he was as good as gone. It was me against the board, with you know who being right again.
Told you guys Russell would be cut.
Told you McClain would be the pick.
Told you Ekpe would be the pick, and Randolph would be traded.
And you still want to doubt me that Bruce won’t be starting at the end of the year?
July 9th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
BTW, the only part of the sign-and-trade I didn’t like was getting rid of Kellena.
He plays winning basketball. Randolph will be out of the league before he is 30.
July 9th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
I accidentaly got on this basketball blog can someone direct me to the raiders site .thxs
July 9th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
So does Miami win the title next year Fire? Go get your crystal ball lol….
July 9th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Miami wins 60+ games a year for the next 3 years, wins zero titles, and has trouble selling out playoff games by 2012.
July 9th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Denver = pretty nice city. Airport is way too big though.
I must have seen over 100 Tebow jerseys, and way over half of them were on chicks, and tons of kids.
They really hitched their wagon to that kid. Let’s hope we can all point and laugh in a few years.
July 9th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Has there ever been a 6′8 center? Seems way to tall for me, especially going against 360+ NT’s. That’s a tough leverage battle.
I think Veldheer is either a LT or not much else.
July 9th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
You think Denver can surprise the Lakers Fire? I was with you and others on a couple of those forecasts. I had McClain on the “Who Al should draft list”, MR owes me 20 bones on that Russell bet he welched on, and presently I too think the Heat will accumulate zero titles….
July 9th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
Miami will win a title in the next 2 years that kind of talent hasn’t been on the same team in many years you’d have to go back to the showtime Lakers or the C’s to match it and tthey could hen it’s splitting hairs.
The Lakers are so deep that they could be very hard to beat if they have homecourt. Their frontline is flat out awesome. If they stay healthy could hole them off for a year or so. But Kobe has to be Kobe. That Blake acquisition is exactly what they needed the Lakers struggled too often on the road at the Guard positions forcing Kobe to take difficult shots. With a great spot up shooter they can’t collapse on him so often. But Artest has got to be more consistent threat frm the outside. If so they can beat Miami. Miami needs to add depth and a distributor to take the heat off Wade and LBJ. But I’m not sure they understand that. A distributing PG is a huge advantage against great defensive teams. That’s what makes guy’s like Nash, Curry, Williams and guy’s like that so valuable they can score it and still get 10+ assist. That is devastating.
July 9th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
I thought the Dubs would trade down and still grab Udoh though….
July 9th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
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The Golden State Warriors are hosting their 1st ever gay and lesbian community night with the Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena on March 11, 2010.
July 9th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
The Heat are going to wear out Bosh, Wade and LBJ by playing them so many minutes in the regular season, due to them not having a bench.
Wade has never played 80 games in his career, and is averaging missing about 15-20 games a year the last five years. Count on him getting hurt again. Same deal with Bosh as well, often nicked.
Dwayne and LBJ are both iso-type players. Some night they will look amazing, but come playoff time they will struggle. The Celtics big 3 was much better, because those guys all played a different position and stayed healthy (or did).
July 9th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
John Amaechi
Power forward, Center
Personal information
Date of birth: November 26, 1970 (1970-11-26) (age 39)
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality: British
Listed height: 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight: 270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
College: Vanderbilt, Penn State ‘95
Pro career: 1995–2003
League: NBA
Career history
Cleveland Cavaliers (1995–96)
Panathinaikos (1996-97)
Kinder Bologna (1997-98)
Orlando Magic (1999–2001)
Utah Jazz (2001–03)
Career highlights and awards
1999-2000 NBA All-Interview First Team
1996 Intercontinental Cup
In February 2007, after his retirement from the NBA, Amaechi became the first openly gay NBA player after coming out in his memoir
July 9th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Raider E Says:
July 9th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
You think Denver can surprise the Lakers Fire?
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As much as I hate to say it, no.
As long as Pau and Kobe are together, it’s their title to lose.
July 9th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
National Gay Basketball Association
Has moved to http://www.ngbaus.com. Thank you
July 9th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
The worst thing the Heat could do is listen to this new trio and have them bring in “their” guys.
AI, Shaq, McGrady, Brad Miller. That would be death to them.
They need guys who know how to be role players. IF they can fill out the roster will quality role-players, than they should be considered title-contenders. Until than, they are a couple of injuries away from being a sub-500 team, IMO.
July 9th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
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July 9th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
# MistaBrown Says:
July 9th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
hope & change
__________
# Try Cheating Says:
July 9th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Lee Iacocca speaks out on Obama and the direction of the U.S..
‘Am I the only guy in this country who’s fed up with what’s happening? Where the hell is our outrage with this so called president? We should be screaming bloody murder! We’ve got a gang of tax cheating clueless leftists trying to steer our ship of state right over a cliff, we’ve got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can’t even run a ridiculous cash-for-clunkers program without losing $26 billion of the taxpayers’ money, much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, ‘trust me the economy is getting better..’
……………..
Nothing funnier than rich people pretending to be victims.
July 9th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
JFB
Those guy’s are way to smart for that, they know what a grind the season is. Wade ia a 2 LBJ is a 3 and Bosh a 4 they all play different positions. Their problem is the PG position needs to be solid to take the pressure off them bringing the ball up court. The C just needs to be a Perkins type rebounder/defender who gets the ball and triggers the break. Then they need a decent not great but decent rotation or bench it’s not that difficult but if it’s not done they will be vulnerable in the playoffs.
July 9th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Cloistered away in a small yet efficient sports center in North Sydney, basketball games played out on four courts throughout the week of Gay Games VI with the squeak of sneakers and the chirp of whistles.
The gold medal for the Games ended up going to the LA Heat, and the silver medal to the Long Beach Rebels. The bronze went to United American Ballers, leaving the Gay Games V gold medal San Francisco Rock Dogs in fourth place.
July 9th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
If I were Shaq I’d take the minimum to go there and get another ring.
July 9th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Jet City Hoops is Seattle’s gay basketball league. We have a co ed recreational league and a competitive division. Currently there are 8 co rec teams
July 9th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
The Heats’ best chance to win will be next year.
With each passing year, it will just get harder. Miami is a notorious horrible basketball city, they couldn’t even sell-out playoff games the year after they win the title.
LBJ and Wade have lots of miles on them, and rely on athleticism almost exclusively(especially Wade who led the NBA in turnovers and is not that great of a shooter).
July 9th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Priest,
Any take on Randolph being traded?
Harlem Globetrotter in 5-6 years.
July 9th, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Logo Starts Gay Hoops Reality Series
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Posted By Chris Littmann 1:30 PM
We do not discriminate here on FirstCuts, so for those of you who have Logo (a network I didn’t know existed until I got this e-mail), I’ll alert you that there is a new reality series called Shirts and Skins.
What can a gay basketball team tell us about the winning spirit and teamwork? Everything. When a team can be themselves on and off the court, they only grow closer and stronger, which is what gives the San Francisco Rockdogs an incredible competitive edge.
Logo’s provocative new reality series follows the inspiring true-life story of this young all-star all-gay basketball team who must reunite to uphold their city’s three-generation legacy of international Gay Games gold medal, and U.S. national tournament wins. In addition to the six-man team, openly gay athletes John Amaechi and Sheryl Swoopes make guest appearances on this six-episode series.
You know, for a series titled Shirts and Skins, there seem to be very few shirts. And why is the one guy wearing a towel and nothing else? That doesn’t seem conducive to playing ball.
The show premieres on Sept. 15 at 10 p.m. ET.
July 9th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
I think if Randolph is serious about his career the Knicks just stole a player. But again he needs to to do what he said he needs to do which is enhance his IQ for the game. His skills set is there he neds to add court sense to his game. Study the game like his career depends on it. In 2 years he can be a 20/10 player. Th Warriors were desparate for vet leadership and they got it. It was a great trade if Udoh developes.
the Warriors are have a lot of unknown quantities and taht needs to change. I think Reggie Williams is legit, so is Morrow. But Wright needs to establish himself THIS year.
July 9th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Dime, the basketball magazine, has an online piece by Austin Burton that touches on gays in the sports. He uses the terrific blog by an anonymous pro player overseas, Playing Basketball from the Closet, as a peg to discussing the issue.
Burton does a really good job, plowing a lot of familiar ground for Outsports readers in outlining the reason no active NBA player has ever come out. I was most heartened, though, that the majority of the 100+ comments had no problem with gays in the sport. I’ll leave out the haters (whose arguments we’ve heard a million times). Some examples of the more enlightened comments
July 9th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Brandon Wright looks rruuusty!!
July 9th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
DENNIS RODMAN:
BASKETBALL GREAT BREAKS FREE OF GENDER RESTRICTIONS
By Monica Moorehead and Leslie Feinberg
“I paint my fingernails. I color my hair. I sometimes wear women’s clothes.”
So writes Dennis Rodman, the greatest rebounder in basketball history, in his number-one best seller, “Bad as I Wanna Be.”
Many thousands–possibly even millions–of people of every sexuality in this country cross-dress some of the time or all of the time. Unrelenting oppression has largely driven this self-expression underground.
But the rise of the transgender-liberation movement has opened up space for people to start coming forward about who they really are. You can find most them talking basketball on a football blog!!!!
July 9th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Getting freaked out over Dennis Rodman’s behavior is so 1996.
July 9th, 2010 at 7:35 pm
If feminine football play were an indication of homosexuality, I’d have to guess the Oakland Raiders lead the league in gay players.
July 9th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Alright Fat Kidd that’s enough dammit……….what do you want to talk about? lol
July 9th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
fukk gay people!! wait , that didnt come out right
July 9th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
You guys who think the Heat will not win the title next season are kidding yourselves. Those three guys didn’t get together to work towards a title in the future. They are winning it this upcoming season. They will run through the regular season and I mean run straight through it.
Shaq and A.I. will soon be joining them. Before you cry disaster on an A.I. signing, don’t make the mistake of judging him based on the player he was in Philly the first time. He is a dude who knows he’s at the end of the road and has NO ring to show for a great career. He has already publicly said that his family situation is rock solid and he wants back in and also willing to accept a role of coming off the bench. He’s talking just like T.O. is right now. Which is also why I wouldn’t mind us signing T.O.
July 9th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
stupid laker fans say the heat have no bench … lol .. does it even matter ? go get matt harpring and brandon bass and sum big bum . heat win championship easy …
July 9th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Oh by the way Laker Fans, Heat are courting Derek Fisher according to TMZ.
July 9th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
JaMarcus Russell’s lawyer predicts exoneration
Posted by Mike Florio on July 9, 2010 8:22 AM ET
One thing I learned during my currently mothballed law practice is that any lawyer who pretends to know in advance the outcome of a legal case is lying, stupid, or both.
Eventually, we’ll find out the category into which Donald Briskman fits.
On Thursday, the man who represents former Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell predicted eventual exoneration, keeping alive the unbroken 234-year streak of American lawyers not pulling an Al Pacino on their clients.
“I think at the end of the day, JaMarcus is going to be acquitted and will go on about the business of getting on with his career,” Briskman told Mike Herndon of the Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register.
Before Russell gets on with his career, he needs to do something to demonstrate he actually wants a career. But we think there’s a good chance that he won’t truly be interested in playing football again unless and until his money runs out.
Briskman also took issue with the suggestion that Russell was not targeted in the investigation.
“There was close to a dozen people [in Russell's house],” Briskman said. “I think the facts speak for themselves. Of course he was targeted.”
Frankly, whether he was targeted doesn’t matter. The only question is whether Russell illegally was in possession of a controlled substance. And Briskman would be wise to refrain from saying or doing anything that would cause Russell to believe that beating the rap will be easy or automatic.
July 9th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
im against signing TO cus g=hes one of them bisexual / illuminati muhfukkas …. thats bout the gist of it
July 9th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
the HEAT can sign jordan farmer , allen iverson , kwame brown , nenad kristic and jason thompson ouuta sacramento .. now thatll be a nice bench
July 9th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
how bout gilber arenas restructuring his contract to run point gueard 4 miami ? naah hes too selfish ….
anyway … whod win in the octagon ? brock lesnar VS robert gallery
bruce campbell VS quinton jackson
July 9th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Obvious fact of the day:
Al Davis snitched on Russell, kicking off the 3 month investigation that led to Russell’s arrest. Part of Al’s strategy to sue him for the money back.
July 9th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
After the Heat win the title this season, all I want is for Shaq’s freestyle to hit youtube ASAP! “Yo Kobe, tell me how my a$$ taste.”
July 9th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
@84 – Truer than folks realize…
July 9th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says:
July 9th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Obvious fact of the day:
Al Davis snitched on Russell, kicking off the 3 month investigation that led to Russell’s arrest. Part of Al’s strategy to sue him for the money back.
………………………………………………………………..Al would not snitch he would have a employee do it.
July 9th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
since kobe bryant is a bisexual fag /illuminati muhfukka too ,, its possible he does know how shaqs azz tastes
July 9th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Al snitching has no bearing what so ever on advances already paid gay kidd.
July 9th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
AL davis will have jamarcus russell in court so much he wont be able to play for anyone else.and jamarcus lawyer fees will be about 30 million.
July 9th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
I think they will win it in at least the next 2 years if not next year. But to say they will just dominate the Lakers with some bums is naive at best. The Celtics are a very good team great defense and they almost pulled off a historic playoff run. Except the Lakers stopped it. If you look at the Lakers starting 5 they have Gasol and Kobe as good a tandem as there is no matter how you stack it up. You add Bynum and Artest that’s defense and with Blake at 6′5″ you have a legit PG capable of knocking down the open look.
So while Bosh and LBJ and Wade is awesome that stating lineup of the Lakers is as good as it gets in this league. Because of Bynum people tend to overlook that kid because he hasn’t been healthy if he were you wouldn’t. That is a HUGE advantage.
July 9th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
im wondering how long its gonna take them to ban me this time ?
July 9th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
lebron is the best player in the n.b.a. … d.wade is the 4th best player in the n.b.a…. chris bosh is the 12th best player in the n.b.a. .. they are gonna win the championship !!!!
July 9th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
the lakers are def gettin older .. so is boston ,, those teams wont be able to run with oklahoma or miami .. ask the spurs .. if i was tony parker i would be askin 4 a trade to miami now.. his wife would love that ….
July 9th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Lets get this straight, the Lakers won this title because of Artest. His defense made Paul Pierce irrelevant plus he got hot offensively in games 6 and 7. And despite that, you got many who think that if Perkins don’t go down early in game 6, the Celtics win one of those last two.
July 9th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Priest are you touting Steve Blake? Are you kidding me? Steve Blake on the floor enables the defense to double Kobe at all times when he has the ball and when he doesn’t. Blake can’t throw it in the Pacific.
July 9th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Brian Shaw is a better option at the point right now over Steve Blake.
July 9th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
The Lakers Are Gay discussed How Gay Are The Lakers? on the The Lakers Are Gay discussion board.The Lakers Are Gay joined Facebook.
Proof that the Lakers are GAY…lol pictures
July 9th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
So they traded for Blake why??
July 9th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Not trade or him but why did they sign him? they have Vujacik.
July 9th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
priest, just like Oakglenn, you’re smart when it comes to every topic except for the Raiders. When you and Oak talk about anything other than the Raiders, I’m just glued. You guys have a prose and an ability to speak truth to power that has shades of Howard Zinn. I can read your comments forever. But when you talk about the Raiders, you lose me.
July 9th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Can’t help ya’ MR you hate the Raiders…..simple as that.
July 9th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
realmaddentraitor , i wonder if we send a spy like u back to the 49ers who will they send us …..
July 9th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
I do hate the Raiders, priest. Al has made me hate them. And I’m going to support the team again as soon as Al’s gone, no matter what anyone says.
July 9th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Do you honestly think teams send spies to watch the Raiders? To learn what? How to be 5-11?
July 9th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
So there you have it. It’s not us, it’s….
July 9th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
What????
July 9th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
If the Lakers played the Heat in the Finals tomorrow, I am pretty sure the Heat would be slight underdogs.
July 9th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
LBJ destroyed his legacy. Even if he wins a title, he had to go to a team to get one. Couldn’t win one with the team that drafted him, having a team built around him, alas Kobe, Jordan, etc.
July 9th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says:
July 9th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
LBJ destroyed his legacy. Even if he wins a title, he had to go to a team to get one. Couldn’t win one with the team that drafted him, having a team built around him, alas Kobe, Jordan, etc.
………………………………WHAT DOES LYDON BANES JOHNSON HAVE TO DO WITH BASKETBALL?
July 9th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
My girlfriend just told me she saw a truck here today with a silver and black pirate painted on the back window and a license plate that said “RAIDERS.”
I am so jealous.
July 9th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Republicans drove the economy into the ditch and now want the keys back, says obama?
He made a speech that the Republicans drove the economy into the ditch and now want the keys back in the next election
July 9th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
An actual state issue plate. How could you be that lucky presuming your in Cali.
July 9th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
I live in Virginia.
I do have the Autumn Wind as my cell phone ring, however.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5FR3DgKCm0
July 9th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
And i guess it was all Bush’s fault to right fat kidd?
July 9th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
colonfactor101 Says:
July 9th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
And i guess it was all Bush’s fault to right fat kidd?
………………………….YEAP HE WAS AT THE WHEEL DURING THE ACCIDENT.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
people say they blame bush too much ,i dont think they went far enough ,bush or cheney should be in jail!!!!
July 9th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
bush and cheney are just like benedict arnold betrayed their country!!!!!
July 9th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
the only true american and one hell of a guy is al davis.al davis for president 2012.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Everybodies got an opinion about LeBron, and here’s mine. To say he went to win a ring because he couldn’t do it on his team. Well Duh!!
He had no choice as to who drafted him, now he does and anypone that doesn’t take advantage of that fact is STUPID. He gave the Cav’s 7 years of his short career to biuld a team around him capable of winning a championship….they failed. To say that someone needs someone else to help them win a championship lie it’s shameful, is in a word DUMB. If you’ve EVER played team sports at a high level and you think you can win a game let alone a title by yourself, YOU ARE A FOOL. There are great TEAMS that couldn’t win a championship.
NO ONE in their right mind wants to try to win on by himself. That’s why Kobe cried like a baby to gt help to win one. Look at Dwight Howard, Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson you nam him NOONE can win a title by himself. Bill Russell the best player ever some say couldn’t do it. He had an all-star team and they won 8 straight championships.
Lebron James is doing what every player who’s ever won a championship has done get on a team with other great players in order to enhance his chances to win. No one said a word when the Celtics got Parrish and Mchale from the Warriors to help Bird. Shaq went to Miami to help Wade. If you can’t get them to come to you YOU go to them…………..period
That dumb owner of the Cav’s is crying because his meal ticket just left th biulding now he can’t charge 5,000$ a courtside seat to see “Hootie and the Blow Fish” None of the highrollers ar interested in his crappy product anymore h’s not the hottest owner in the leagueanymore. he’s the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers again and nobody cares just like they didn’t before LeBron got there. It’s like when your hot wife or firlfriend notices the new kid who fresh and sooo cute. She leaves YOU for him. You hate her guts……well it’s understandable. You standing there with half you shirt tail out shoes untied, smug on your face with your bike and she just hopped into his hot car and raced off.
LIFE SUCKS!!!
July 9th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
priest, the cavs were a player or two away. LeBron’s legacy will be that he wasn’t sure enough in himself to stick it out in Cleveland. So he had to jump ship to a dream team. I never said it wasn’t a smart move. Of course it’s a smart move. But that doesn’t mean it’s the right move.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
And I agree with you Priest, that the Cavs owners is a whiner. Nothing like a wealthy sports franchise owner crying victim. Of course I can think of other sports owners who do it, too, and who are a little closer to home. If he really thought LeBron quit on him, why did he offer him anything? A little more credibility would be warranted for his hissy fit if he’d made this proclamation BEFORE the big LBJ sweepstakes. But to make the claim after you lose him, you’re right, priest, haterism in its most obvious form.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
Hey! Good to see all you Americans are still being DUMB!
When are you guys going to quit being dumb and get your sh!t together?
Just curious.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Bosh is so soft…he will lose the championship for anybody on his team.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
The Cav’s better buy somebody really good…real soon.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
Almost like the old days of slavery…except it’s athlete’s now….right Priest?
July 9th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
The NBA is all pimps and whores now…the only real basketball anymore is the NCAA tourney.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
LeBron James…tee hee hee hee hee hee.
Not a man.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
The right move is to take care of his career the best way he can, the record books will never say how he did it, only the he did it. Moses Malone wrked his whle career hard and finally decide before he got to old he needed to take his best opportunity. So he left Houston and went to the Sixers to play Doctor J and the rest of that team. Well it helped him get a ring(his only ring) and Doctr J got a ring(his only ring) Earl Monroe did the same thing.
Their careers go by so fast and injuries are a real part of sports you never know when or hw your career will end. If you pass up a golden opportunity like this and never win one. It’s your own fault. Owners and fans cannot help if the players aren’t there. If the Cav’s were as serious as the owners says he is now maybe THEY could’ve cleared the caproom and got Wade and Bosh to join him. It would be the same difference he needs them and they need him……….period fans and owners are fans and owners. YOU NEED PLAYERS………..period
Wether it’s right or wrong is up to the persons point of view, it is legal and encouraged by the league. It’s been going on since the advent of freeagency all he did was use it to his advantage he did NOTHING WRONG……….IMHO
July 9th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
Now all you American’s will kiss Kobe’s butt…only an alleged R@P!ST.
But that is what you do, worship the lowliest pieces of crap and pay them millions.
What a losing society…is that what Rome was like in it’s last days?
July 9th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Fathead suggests LeBron is the new Benedict Arnold
12:52 PMYahoo! BuzzShare
Gen. Benedict Arnold, commodore of the American fleet at the Battle of Valcour Island in the summer of 1776
CAPTIONBy APLeBron James jerseys likely will continue to sell at a brisk pace in Cleveland, just so that fans who feel betrayed can take some measure of revenge by setting them on fire.
And for this new generation of LBJ haters there also are bargain prices available on LeBron Fatheads — at least those of him in a Cavaliers uniform. They have been marked down drastically on the Fathead website, from $99.99 to $17.41.
It’s no coincidence that Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert is the driving financial force behind Fathead. The $17.41 price isn’t random either, because 1741 is the birth year of the first traitor of note in American history, Benedict Arnold.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
So Priest, it’s not about honour and doing it your own way with your team. It’s about the BLING you can collect along the way, regardless of honour.
How Jamarcus of you to say so.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Do they have a MISTABROWN fathead?
July 9th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
Jamarcus is the epitomy of an American…hit the Capitalist Lottery. Game over…never have to work again.
July 9th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
no al davis and his arsenal of lawyers will get that money back from jamarcus
July 9th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Kobe Bryant, Ben Roethlisberger, I force myself upon women. No problem, it’s OK, I have money!
July 9th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
al davis and his lawyers go down a alley with king kong ,its the monkey not coming out!!!
July 9th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Americans worship money…it’s all good as long as you were making money in doing it. Like the ENRON boys and others.
July 9th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Parting shot….thanks for starting th end-of-days with your crap in the Gulf.
Too bad you have no idea how to fix it.
July 9th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
It’s always been about championships if you know anything about tam sprts or sports at all. If you have a competitive bone in your body you want to win. I forget the safeties from the Cards who stayed there 8 years on a team hoping they would on day win. Wll they went to the SB only to lose in the last 2 mins. He is no longer there because he wants that ring.
Money gets earned and spent a championship is something only a few can achieve and the opportunity to do so is fleeting. If you don’t siese it when it comes you will never forget it. NEVER!!
Tim Brown was a loyal soldier for the most part but when they had the chance they lost it. Ask him how he feels about it. It is the single hardest thing to do in sports, win a championship. If you try your best when you have the time. Teams will trade you release you cut you once you can no longer play. So you better get out of it what you cherish the most while you can.
LeBron did what I felt he had to do, I said before the “Decision” that if h didn’t go to the Heat, that he was crazy. Well IMO he’s not crazy. They have as good a chance as anyone a week ago he didn’t.
To Cav fans “LIFE SUCKS” to Heat fans the front office did a phenomenal job for their fans while the Cav’s front office relied on nostalgia.
July 9th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Fat Kidd
Burning his jersey wont nring him back. They should burn the owner who didn’t take this as serious as he should’ve he thought that he had him over a barrell that h wouldn’t let Clveland fans down. That he owed them somehow. What he should’ve done is everything he could to get Bosh to come there and then just maybe Wade follows. that’s what Al Davis would’ve done because he would’ve known that he held the major piece in LeBron and all he needed more cap space and Bosh on board almost certainly Wade would’ve followed. They had already decided they would take less money so some creativity and enfluence getsit done. Ask Pat Riley. The Cav’s owner thought he should hold a pat hand. Bad strategy.
July 9th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
If he were smart the Cav’s owner would’ve been hailed as the messiah to end all the suffering in Cleveland. He would’v been bigger than anything ever in that city had he pulled off what Pat Riley and the Heat owner did. It is the coup to end all coup’s in NBA history. But it is nothing compared to what it would’ve been had it been done in Cleveland. The armpit of sports in this country he would’ve been “THE MESSIAH” of sports.
He blew it and blamed the player….
July 10th, 2010 at 4:52 am
Edward Teach…
you out there?
heave you heard what Pat McQuaid of UCI, said about dear lance? he paid 125.000 to get off the dopingcharges..
Patty have held his hand over Lancey-boy for many years, now even he have spilled the truth… Im 100% more will come the next 2 years… Mr Doping is going down…
July 10th, 2010 at 5:37 am
[...] Oakland Raiders announced the signing of a third- and fourth-round offensive linemen Jared Veldheer and Bruce [...]
July 10th, 2010 at 6:18 am
A physical therapist on Armstrong’s team spilled the beans about his doping years ago.
No one listened because he never got caught.
July 10th, 2010 at 6:58 am
louis murphy Q & A on nfl.com said he can’t wait to play tebow 2times a year. hahhahahaha to whop that a$$$$
July 10th, 2010 at 7:56 am
Miami still has no center. Bosh is softer than tissue. Who’s there big banger? They don’t have one.
July 10th, 2010 at 7:59 am
@ no mas
you cant win w/o the big men ur right
July 10th, 2010 at 8:00 am
lets talk raiders though
July 10th, 2010 at 8:08 am
After just watching that laughable showing yesterday in Miami, I am furthur convinced that this thing isn’t going to produce any championships.
Lebron, “Were not here to win one championship, or two, or three, or four, or five, or six…”
LMAO….why don’t you work on winning one first.
July 10th, 2010 at 8:10 am
The Louis Murphy Q & A was cool.
Said Campbell first went to the O-linemans and threw a cookout at Gallery’s house. I’m guessing he didn’t bust out the purple drank.
Good for JC. Seems like the change of scenery is really working well for him (at least so far, being he hasn’t thrown a pass yet).
July 10th, 2010 at 8:12 am
miami got a fake a** big 3. wooooo go celts f the lAKERS
July 10th, 2010 at 8:18 am
Miami got two of the best, if not the two best, wing-players in the league. They also got one of the best jump-shooting big men in the league (because that’s what Bosh is, a jump-shooter).
They still have a coach who was coached a whopping 12 playoff games (losing in the first-round each year). A pretty unimpressive home-court advantage, and maybe the worst bench in the league.
Will be fun to watch, however it goes. My feeling is they will be like Lebron’s Cavs teams, built for the regular season not the playoffs.
July 10th, 2010 at 8:19 am
Just Fire Baby Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 8:10 am
The Louis Murphy Q & A was cool.
Said Campbell first went to the O-linemans and threw a cookout at Gallery’s house. I’m guessing he didn’t bust out the purple drank.
Good for JC. Seems like the change of scenery is really working well for him (at least so far, being he hasn’t thrown a pass yet).
POST THE LINK
July 10th, 2010 at 8:20 am
NEVER MIND FOUND IT
July 10th, 2010 at 8:30 am
OMG THERE CAllin miami squad 3 kings.
soooooooooooooo gay!!!!
July 10th, 2010 at 8:31 am
priest, we’re agreed on the Cavs owner but is Al Davis really the best example as to what an owner should be?
July 10th, 2010 at 8:34 am
Another link to a Murphy interview, interesting takes on Al Davis:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/The-Shutdown-Corner-Interview-Louis-Murphy-Par?urn=nfl%2C253798
July 10th, 2010 at 8:35 am
Cavs owner Dan Gilbert, creator and owner of fathead, has reduced Lebron’s fatheads from $99, to $17.14 (the year Benedict Arnold was born,lol).
I think I like this guy.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:17 am
At the Sea Paradise Aquarium in Japan, World Cup fever (a delightful term that will finally fizzle into the ether this weekend) has not gone unnoticed. The international soccer football tournament has taken a nose dive into its fish tanks, where Japan “takes on” Holland in a game played by tropical fish. The soccer ball, by the way, is made of shrimp.
This, of course, poses the question of the best absurd daydream of choice: Cristiano Ronaldo with fins or fish in tiny, waterproof jerseys? Jerseys FTW! GO SOCCER!
July 10th, 2010 at 9:22 am
‘Sup fellas?
Good morning Vegas. That was a good point you made about Veldheer moving to center. I don’t think there are any 6′8″ centers in the league. Most are the short fireplug types.
Mosebar was considered too tall to play center back in the day. What was he, maybe 6′5″. He was an OT coming out of USC. He made the transition, and continued the excellent tradition of Raider centers. However, his career seemed to be plagued with back and knee problems.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:31 am
However, his career seemed to be plagued with back and knee problems.
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I wonder if the back issues was due to his height? The best centers of late, Mangold, Woody, Dermontti Dawson, all were 6′3 and under.
I’m sure the plan for Veldheer is to play LT at some point, and they are just playing him some at center to give him some reps and some added versatility. Plus another year with Chris Morris as the backup C doesn’t sound very exciting.
To me, Veldheer is a LT, first, second and third. His size, lean frame, athleticism, and the fact he never started a collegiate game anywhere else lends credence to this.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:33 am
To me, Veldheer is a LT, first, second and third.
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Yeah, Henderson isn’t long for our LT spot.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:39 am
Interesting takes on Al Davis? Yeh, he basically says what any employee would say of their boss. Real interesting. When a player truly says something interesting about Al Davis, it’s top story news.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:41 am
I believe he called him a God of football.
Never called any of my bosses a God of sales. He definately went above and beyond what needed to be said to kiss a little butt.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:43 am
I definately think Veldheer will be used as a kick-blocker, and maybe even get some run on kickoff return units.
Unless, of course, he is starting at LT.
Anyone know if you buy the NFL package if you get more preseason games as well? Kind of worried how I am going to watch these games.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:46 am
I’m not even going to read your link, Vegas, and I guarantee you I can recite damn near word for word what he says about Al:
“Oh, Al’s crazy. Everybody knows that. It’s Al. You don’t know what he’s thinking, man. He’s just up there, being Al, ya know? But what’s also crazy is how much this man knows about football. He knows everything. He came to me the other day and said, ‘you ran a hook route when you should have went deep’. I was like, ha ha, you crazy, Al. You crazy. He’s really knows the game”.
Translation: KISSING ASS.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:47 am
Anyone know if you buy the NFL package if you get more preseason games as well?
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No
July 10th, 2010 at 9:48 am
Man they really need to have a minor league nfl system to keep us entertained in the offseason. If each team had a AAA farm team, we’d all watch religously in the offseasn. Maybe an 8 game season.
I’m not talking UFL or Arena. I want a farm team with players stocked only for the purpose of supporting and developing players for the Major League team like baseball.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:48 am
Oh, he called Al a god? Well there you go. Basically he firmly planted his face up Al’s ass.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Channelsurfing dot net should get you what you need V.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:50 am
JFB,
Been checking out summer league?
Ebanks and Caracter look pretty damn good!
July 10th, 2010 at 9:53 am
J,
I did. Caracter can bang a little, think he will probably stick. Looks like he is in way better shape than he was in college.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Gerald Green was terrible, lol!
Strawberry might work in the triangle though.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:56 am
JFB,
NFL Sunday ticket doesn’t carry any Pre season games, but the NFLN shows every one of them. I don’t know if most cable companies provide NFLN in their basic packages. Another reason to switch to DirecTV, if you haven’t already.
July 10th, 2010 at 10:05 am
aig Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 9:48 am
Man they really need to have a minor league nfl system to keep us entertained in the offseason. If each team had a AAA farm team, we’d all watch religously in the offseasn. Maybe an 8 game season.
……………..
Talk about comments revealing one has never played sports. You obviously have no idea what kind of toll football takes on the body. Sure, you’d like football season year around. Only problem is the players would be dead.
July 10th, 2010 at 10:07 am
Me and Sanjay’s relationship is going along well. He’s a good receivers coach. He’s really detailed. He’s taken my game to the next level. He really focuses on the little things. He’s got the natural ability to speak and let it go, but he really focuses on my details. How good are my routes coming out in and out of my breaks. I thought I had it all, you know, just like every rookie. When it really broke down on film, coming in and out of breaks at the top of the route is pretty much the difference between a good receiver and a great receiver. Being able to run a route and beat a DB at the top of your route, so we’ve been focusing on that a lot. We’re focusing on burst after the catch, trying to score on every play. So he’s really on me about that, and I’m thankful to have him as a receivers coach. He’s really laid-back, but he’s a stickler for a lot of the little things, a lot of the fundamentals to the game where sometimes a player could take it out of their repertoire and just go off their natural ability.
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Sanjay takes a lot of heat in here, lol!
July 10th, 2010 at 10:09 am
How can James do that to the great people of Ohio? Now, if he did that to Mich, I would understand (they deserve it), but not Ohio!
July 10th, 2010 at 10:13 am
Damn you Mich!!!!!!!
Where is Preppie?
July 10th, 2010 at 10:18 am
Mrs. Raider,
Get a job and get out of your mom’s place before you question other people ok?
They had Raider prospects playing in nfl Europe didnt they in the offseason? I just debunked your theory. nuff said.
July 10th, 2010 at 10:19 am
What is going on in the U.S. is much more important than Lebron James. Wake up!
It began with the almost comical self-inflation of his presidential campaign, from the still inexplicable mass rally in Berlin in front of a Prussian victory column to the Greek columns framing him at the Democratic convention. And it carried into his presidency, from his posture of philosopher-king adjudicating between America’s sins and the world’s to his speeches marked by a spectacularly promiscuous use of the word “I.”
Notice, too, how Obama habitually refers to Cabinet members and other high government officials as “my” — “my secretary of homeland security,” “my national security team,” “my ambassador.” The more normal — and respectful — usage is to say “the,” as in “the secretary of state.” These are, after all, public officials sworn to serve the nation and the Constitution — not just the man who appointed them. …
He goes on to explain that although most other presidents also had “a large streak of narcissism,” Obama is the first such president who fails to combine it with a tremendous dose of patriotism. America has had its narcissistic presidents, but their self love was always tempered by just as big a love for their country.
Not so with Obama. No, all this president thinks highly of is himself.
July 10th, 2010 at 10:24 am
so the GOP has decided to enlist people to go into blogs all over the net to spread their hate. Nice.
July 10th, 2010 at 10:27 am
TC,
How dare you? There is nothing more important now than Ohio. Not Iraq, not the Gulf, or the economy. The King left Ohio! Someone should do something! Help!!!
July 10th, 2010 at 10:34 am
TC is working hard to try and turn this blog into redstate dot com. Nice.
July 10th, 2010 at 10:35 am
Spreading hate, AIG. You might try thickening your thin skin.
July 10th, 2010 at 10:36 am
AIG, I know libs hate the truth, but you don’t have to read it. Go to a gym and get your vapor up!
July 10th, 2010 at 10:38 am
Great article on Murphy. Sounds confident…liked the words about working with Nnamdi.
I hope the Raiders don’t mess with Veldheer and Campbell too much. Get them to master ONE position, before playing Left Tackles at Center. That sounds too much like the 1 week “walk throughs” last year….just coach and play straight up and stop trying to outsmart everyone!
July 10th, 2010 at 10:39 am
When you criticize Obama it’s called hate? Aig, where are the anti-war demonstration? The complaints on Guantanamo Bay? You are intellectually dishonest.
July 10th, 2010 at 10:40 am
Jason Campbell throwing with Brett Favre, getting his team together in the offseason…we have a QB that has the tools and hopefully the lessons learned in D.C will pay dividends here.
July 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am
As for politics. Keep that GARBAGE out of here. Take it to a political blog. Seriously, its annoying to read political rants (Left or Right)
They are all liars, thieves and crooks……keep it to football!
July 10th, 2010 at 10:42 am
Obama who quoted Wright admiringly in his book, The Audacity of Hope, “white folks greed runs a world in need.”
Who is the hater, Aig? Obama demonized an entire race of people.
July 10th, 2010 at 10:43 am
Try Cheating,
Everyone is sick and tired of the political banter that you and MR and the rest do here.
Its very annoying….who cares about that stuff
July 10th, 2010 at 10:43 am
TC,
I told you before. You want to debate politics with me…I’ll see you on daily beast and my screen name is jm95054.
Obviously, you’re new on here. You have no clue who’s who on here. You tried to say that Richochet and I are one and the same is about as clueless as your talking points from Faux news.
This is a sports blog about the Raiders. Tell your GOP leaders that putting idiots like you in here will only turn off the audience.
BTW, Sen Coburn and Brown are some of my fav guys in politics. McCain used to be but not anymore. YOu dont know me. Get the fck out.
July 10th, 2010 at 10:52 am
SnB,
It’s obvious that one of the GOP’s strategy is put its people into popular blogs and try to spread its message. TC got caught. he didnt even deny it.
For him to say that Richochet is the same guy as me just gave him off right away.
July 10th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Good afternoon Raider O. How are ya?
Got a friend in the neighborhood from Cleveland. Still has family up north. He always drives everybody crazy with his ramblin on about everything Cleveland..Browns, Cavs and even Indians.
Haven’t seen him since the LBJ announcement. He’s probably still in mourning. LOL.
July 10th, 2010 at 11:00 am
Operaloveinganacondas 5
wannabee Raiders 1
July 10th, 2010 at 11:02 am
Sanjay a stickler to details??
How about a stickler to the important things?
July 10th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Well it’s only 4 preseason games.
I’m sure I will get the Cowboys game, being that’s the market I am now in.
NFLN is going to have to hook it up. Watching tape-delayed events just don’t do it for me.
I need it live. Let’s do it live!!!
July 10th, 2010 at 11:14 am
# SnB offense defense specialteams Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 10:40 am
Jason Campbell throwing with Brett Favre, getting his team together in the offseason…we have a QB that has the tools and hopefully the lessons learned in D.C will pay dividends here.
…………
I am really excited about Campbell. From what I understand, according to Charlie Casserly, Campbell was stuck in a West Coast Offense in Washington that did not take advantage of his skill set.
Maybe he can blossom in Hue Jackson’s system and the Raiders downfield passing preference. He has the tools to be a great QB and he is reaching the point in his career where he should be putting it all together.
July 10th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Sanjay Lal may very well turn out to be a good WR coach. I believe he is young and inexperienced himself. The receivers defenitely struggled during his first year. JLH seemed to regress.
He drew a lot of heat in here because of the tremendous flop that was DHB’s rookie season. That was the major reason. If not for that he would probably been just another anonymous assistant coach. Murphy had a decent rookie season.
There was also that embarrasing spectacle of the two receivers colliding, that had Tom Jackson guffawing and about falling out of his chair on the set of NFL countdown.
The Raider WR corps has the potential to be one of the most improved units on this years team, IMO.
Especially if DHB continues on the improvements we’ve been reading about this offseason.
July 10th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Campbell’s been in just about every type of system, not just the West Coast system.
July 10th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Aig, exactly. Third rate players who probably won’t be in the league in 3 years anyway are the ones who play in summer developmental leagues. Grab your pop corn and enjoy the “football”, you junkie. Football is a fall sport.
July 10th, 2010 at 11:23 am
Try Cheating, you guys already tried the Jeremiah Wright strategy in ‘08. Didn’t work.
July 10th, 2010 at 11:27 am
Try Cheating, ‘try working’ on a candidate to beat Obama. You guys are making the mistake of thinking anyone could beat him. You thought the same thing in 2008, just because he’s black and has an Arab name. Now you guys think you can run anyone against him because he broke promises and didn’t remove the oil from the gulf himself with a squeegie broom. Go ahead, put another extremist like Palin on the Republican ticket and watch what happens.
July 10th, 2010 at 11:34 am
I think we should just blame the entire 2009 season on the purple drank man.
Sanjay gets a pass for a year.
July 10th, 2010 at 11:37 am
DHB blowing up = Sanjay Lal redemption
July 10th, 2010 at 11:37 am
JLH’s regression?
Blame it on the playa just doing his thang.
DHB’s rookie year?
A victim of the sizzrup’d QB.
O-line issues?
Again, the purple drank.
July 10th, 2010 at 11:45 am
Who will be the first, 1st rounder to sign?
The Rams still haven’t signed Bradford, which is suprising. Most of the times, the 1st pick in the draft is signed prior to the pick.
Unless of course…..well you get the point.
July 10th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Even with Houston and Seymour we look thin at DE…
Silver and Black Sleepers PT.3
http://www.raidernationstation.com/2010_off_season
July 10th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
J Wiggle Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 11:37 am
DHB blowing up = Sanjay Lal redemption
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Lal is getting help from the other coaches and not sure how much he had to do with Bey’s off season work…
July 10th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
204. RMR, lets vote them ALL out…sick of the same ole corruption and back door dealings as usual…
July 10th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Lal is getting help from the other coaches and not sure how much he had to do with Bey’s off season work…
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Says who?
Lal got a lot of flack when things went bad. No reason not to give him a little credit when things work out for the WRs.
Murphy singled out Lal. Props to Lal!
July 10th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Alex Jones ranting on Lebron and the sorry state of the USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B_xBWsDpz0&feature=player_embedded
July 10th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
aig Says:
TC,Obviously, you’re new on here. You have no clue who’s who on here. You tried to say that Richochet and I are one and the same is about as clueless as your talking points from Faux news.
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Aig. TC isn’t new on here. TC is SeymourOakglen. When he is called out cross posting, he quickly accuses others of doing the same, thinking it throws others off the scent.
It doesn’t. it’s what he does. It’s what I do.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Bey’s offseason work? He caught some balls. Big deal. I can catch balls. You can catch balls. Add a LB in the mix who wants to make you headless, and things change.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
LeBron sealed his fate. He’s now fan fodder.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Nnamdi. Don’t try and kiss my ass now. You are a Al lover. You are a JR lover. I hate Al. I used to love JR, but not anymore.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Bey’s offseason work? He caught some balls. Big deal. I can catch balls. You can catch balls. Add a LB in the mix who wants to make you headless, and things change.
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Oh man MR. How do you come up with this stuff? Excellent smackdown.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Plunkett. Why do you think Lal is getting help?
July 10th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Random. I’m in the zone man. Sometimes I amaze even myself.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Your always in the zone man. It’s like you live to come up with replies no one else can. I think you are my hero, MR.
just kidding, man. Don’t want anyone thinking something.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Hey MR. I see you trying to hook up with other guys here. Like dknight, I think it was.
How about you and me, man? I can rent some videos. We can hottub, if you know what I mean?
July 10th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
You have a hot tub? I’m ready. I don’t. Apt building doesn’t either. We kind of live in a slummy area. Hey, you have a IM acct? Or an email? facebook? let’s do this
July 10th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Did you ever have the hots for Ponce? I did. Really big time. Actually bought a blow up doll of Ponce.
Still have it, if you are interested, Random.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
PONCE? oh hell ya.
How about Hoff? Have all of his vids.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Thought you only posted at night?
Glad to see you this early. Kind of miss you, you know?
July 10th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Oh that’s right. I did say that. haha.
Guess I got busted. Oh well. No big deal.
Doesn’t everyone here fib a little?
July 10th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
YOU AREN’T FOOLING ANYONE, MR.
Yeah, yeah, I do the same thing. Don’t be bringing me up when you are doing what you accuse me of doing.
Everyone knew you were Random from day one, just like everyone knew, or thought they knew I was Oakglen.
Stop the games man.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Confucious say he who talks to himself never gets lonely. He that argues with himself never gets a moments rest.
You jerks are a joke.
Tell me MR, how many handles do you have?
How about you, SeymourOakglen?
July 10th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
original recipe or grilled?
July 10th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Kiss off Oakglen. I owned you years ago.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Only joke here is you, kidd.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
I don’t mind being a dork. I admit to it.
At least I use the same name. How many names have you used today, MR? 5? 6? more?
July 10th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Hey kidd.
Care for a 3some with MR and myself? Not sure if that’s your thing.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
listen oakglen when i post as realmaddenraider people laugh at my ignorance of football.so dont blow it for me let me cross post,because if i cant the only thing i have left is cross dressing!!
July 10th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Have to take off. MR? if you are serious, send me an email to pashmonet@yahoo.com
I’m serious. Let’s do this.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Kidd? Is that a yes? let’s do it. If you’re a BL, you’ll love MR. Rolls and rolls.
Send me a pic to pashmonet@yahoo.com
bye
July 10th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Oh come on. I’m big but rolls and rolls? Ok, rolls and rolls. More to love, right?
July 10th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
I’m not sure about Kidd.
I need to know more info.
I’ll send you an email Random, and if kidd does, forward it to me. Threesome sounds great though.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
btw, kidd, cross dressing is ok.
actually role playing rocks. I sometimes play Jabba the Hut, and you can play that little furry guy, where I pretend to just eat you up.
Oh oh, getting moist just thinking about it.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
I prefer to play Princess Leia.
Or I can also be Luke, where you tie me up. I have a light saber that still works.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
I’m sending my info to the pashmonet@yahoo email. I hope he sends it on to you, MR.
I’m a chubby lover, in case you didn’t know.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Fat Kidd. I love it. I can finally get out of this hovel. Have to warn ya, I’m into S & M. Just a little. I like to pretend I’m a stuffed pig at thanksgiving, where I have the ball in my mouth, and you can paddle me or spank me, if you want. Like being tied up to. Bring lots of rope, because you will need it.
all the dressing you can eat, Random and Kidd.
Great day to be a Raider.
July 10th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
Going to get some lube at the local specialty shop.
Lots and lots.
PARTEEEEEEEE TIME
July 10th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
oh yaaaa. going to ride you like a bucing bronco, MR. gong to make you scream my name, big boy. Going to bring my spurs. yeeeeehawwwww.
July 10th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Sport/NFL/Oakland+Raiders
July 10th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Raiders getting a lot of love this off season.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d818d6c07/article/redskins-browns-among-most-improved-teams-for-2010
July 10th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
# SnB offense defense specialteams Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am
As for politics. Keep that GARBAGE out of here. Take it to a political blog. Seriously, its annoying to read political rants (Left or Right)
They are all liars, thieves and crooks……keep it to football!
…………………
To tell people to stop talking politics is a political view in and of itself. It means you support the status quo. That, in essence, is politics. If you really didn’t want to discuss politics, you’d just ignore the discussion. But you can’t. Because people are saying things you disagree with, and rather than pop a brain cell or two trying to debunk them, it’s much easier to just say, “no politics”. Basically, when someone tells people to stop talking politics, what they’re really saying is: “I’m conservative, and pretty stupid”.
July 10th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
My last comment was at 11:27 am, Fat Kidd. You know I’d never come after you like that. Run your cursor across the screen names and you can see where this douchebag screwed up.
July 10th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Al Davis’s record this year: 5-11
Al Davis’s record this year if his minions post comments under other peoples’ names: 5-11
July 10th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Oh, I see. He jacked your name, too, Fat Kidd. What a winner. Probably Richochet.
July 10th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Just Fire Baby Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 11:34 am
I think we should just blame the entire 2009 season on the purple drank man.
Sanjay gets a pass for a year.
Thanks Fire, I had a damn good laugh on that, well spoken
July 10th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Just Fire Baby Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 11:37 am
JLH’s regression?
Blame it on the playa just doing his thang.
DHB’s rookie year?
A victim of the sizzrup’d QB.
O-line issues?
Again, the purple drank.
You are on “Fire” today. Thanks for the laughs!!!!
July 10th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
aig Says:
TC,Obviously, you’re new on here. You have no clue who’s who on here. You tried to say that Richochet and I are one and the same is about as clueless as your talking points from Faux news.
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Aig. TC isn’t new on here. TC is SeymourOakglen. When he is called out cross posting, he quickly accuses others of doing the same, thinking it throws others off the scent.
It doesn’t. it’s what he does. It’s what I do.
—-
Add welching to the list of what MR does….
July 10th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
BREAKING NEWS…BREAKING NEWS…
KiffinRaider, Cris Carter and Monte Poole all hate the Oakland Raiders!!!
for more breaking news go to http://www.com/shockingly_Liberace_was_gay/
July 10th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
3 weeks without Jerry.
I feel like I’ve been dumped.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
The Real MaddenRaider
Really 5-11, you think getting rid of Ja Franchise Killa will not improve the team ??? Plus the upgrade at QB and two new weapons on defense puts this team in the hunt in the west. Are we better or what??
July 10th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Damn right I hate the Oakland Raiders. Anyone who doesn’t has issues.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Lynn, the off season moves will take our record from 5-11 to 5-11.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
It’s like a car with a frozen engine getting a new fuel pump. Sure, it improves the car. It has a new fuel pump. Only problem is, it still doesn’t start. As long as Al Davis is there, the Raiders’ engine is frozen.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Why hasn’t Al Davis retired? The answer to that question is why the Raiders won’t top 5 wins this year.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
LOL…some people knew? We all know!
________
Seymour Bush Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
just like everyone knew, or thought they knew I was Oakglen.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Why hasn’t Al Davis retired?
**********************************
How many wins will it take to get you to retire?
July 10th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
RMR,
No, Al did not sell his soul to the Devil to win 3 Superbowls. And in exchange, the Raiders had to spend the rest of eternity in 5-11 purgatory. It only seems that way.
But it ends in 2010. Print that.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
MR, you wont ever pay your debt or I would bet you the Raiders win more than 5
July 10th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Seyglen answers to OakGlen and then admits we all either know or I think we know he’s OakGlen…lmao
You are an embarrassment to yourself, your family, and Raider Nation.
The end
July 10th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Supp. Draft on Thursday.
I think we should put a 5th round selection on Harvey Unga, RB from BYU.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
tj is not only clueless about the Oakland Raiders but the Warriors as well.
Morrow is a flat footed mope that cant handle the ball, he’s a poor passer, doesn’t play defense, his spongebob grill is on point though I wish he would smile more. The W’s should have sent him and kept Azubuike.
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# priesttj Says:
July 9th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
the Warriors are have a lot of unknown quantities and taht needs to change. I think Reggie Williams is legit, so is Morrow. But Wright needs to establish himself THIS year.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
This time I disagre Fire. We should ignore that supplemental s@#t. Like most do…..
July 10th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Morrow was signed by the Nets. Warriors have a few days to match, 3 years 12 million.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
You a dubs fan Fire?
July 10th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
E,
A 5th rounder? I don’t see much harm in that, maybe even try a 6th or 7th.
Guy is pretty good, just got kicked out of BYU for having pre-marital sex (really, you can’t be “caught” doing that there).
July 10th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Absolutely.
Glad we got rid of Randolph, and got a guy who ALREADY is a 20-10 guy, instead of keeping a guy who we HOPE might become a 20-10 guy.
Sad we lose Kelenna though, he plays good ball when healthy.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Vegas, want to know what the Raiders record was the 3 years before Russell arrived, compared to what it was in Russell’s 3 years? Or would such facts get in the way of your scapegoating of Russell?
July 10th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
The Nets are nuts!
12 Mill? LMAO
July 10th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
I blame Russell for 2009, all previous records be damned.
He was the most important player last year, and he couldn’t have cared less. Just CTC.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Nets need shooters to help spread the floor for Lopez.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Week 1 against SD if you couldn’t tell Russell was a meathead you were a koolaid drinking nitwit.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
I think including Kelenna was a smart move considering he may never fully recover from that knee.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
I wanted to see AR, Wright and Biedrins on the floor at the same time. Too bad AR seems to have his head up his JaMarcus.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Didn’t like the bro-hawk and beer belly he was rocking, but did like the TD pass in the 4th.
Week 2 was when I had seen enough.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
AR’s hoops IQ was right up there with the Darius Miles, Gerald Green and Eddy Curry’s of the world.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
E,
I agree they unloaded 3 injured players for 1 healthy reliable guy in Lee. B Wright has to step it up I think he will. The W’s are in serious need of a big man now!
July 10th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Im on the “David Lee” Fan Club, “Go Get that 8th Spot Dubs”, Im stoked!!!!
July 10th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
The TD pass in the 4th was beautiful but EVERYTHING before that was vintage JaMeatloaf. That game was so winnable it was disgusting! What a way to start off the season. The players knew it was over with 15 weeks to go.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Maybe some Purple Drank is what Randolph needed.
Good parents, fairly smart kid, but he was a wreck on the floor at times. He needed to calm down and slow down, and stop being such an emotional trainwreck waiting to happen.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
David Lee = great rebounder with great hands. Will be able to catch those Curry passes, and not fumble them like our big’s last year.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
It was fairly obvious that something went terribly awry with Jamarcus during that offseason. He suffered the loss of his favorite uncle/mentor and I don’t know if his drug/alcohol use escalated from there or what.
Jerry noted early on how he struggled, in OTA’s and especially during the joint practice fiasco with the Niners. He looked nothing like the promising young qb who ended ‘08 with a flourish over the last six games.
Sad really.
But on the flip side, Jason Campbell seems to be doing everything right. Showing up early to meet with his new OC. Bonding with his O-lineman. That is always important. Stabler always talked about how he took care of the guys who took care of him. To Working out with Favre. Can’t hurt.
I think the change of scenery is going to do wonders for J Campbell. He should get the benefit of the doubt and respect of his teammates just for being the anti-Jamarcus, if you will. Showing up early and working hard.
He’s got some exciting young weapons to work with in Oakland. But, it all comes back to that offensive line.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
I like it alot
July 10th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
O-line will play better for Campbell, just like the played better for Bruce last year.
Still might be an issue at times, but it should be improved as well.
July 10th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
GSW and The Raiders baby
July 10th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
The key to this offense in my mind is the “Cambell to Murphy” connection, as well as DHB hittin at least 4 “BIG” plays in 2010.
July 10th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Its the difference betewn 5-11 and 9-7. Al is not involved, so keep resting you toungue MR.
July 10th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Here’s what to look for this year….
Todd Heap — 53 rec
Ray Rice — 78 rec
I believe Zach Miller is better than a constantly banged up Heap and McFadden may have his short comings(to be nice) but he and Bush are both really good receiving backs.
Get these young yet BIG receivers in the mix and you got to believe that Hue Jackson is going to do some damage this year.
Look for JLH to have a bit of a bounce back year as well and we got something to look forward to.
just saying…
GO Raiders!
July 10th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Just Fire Baby Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
all previous records be damned.
…………
Translation: “I don’t want to be bothered with the truth.”
July 10th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Raider E, if Al is not involved why hasn’t he retired? Who is the Raiders’ top personnel executive?
July 10th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Just Fire Baby Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
O-line will play better for Campbell, just like the played better for Bruce last year.
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The crutches Bruce stood on for most of the 2009 season want to have a word with you.
July 10th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
# MistaBrown Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
The TD pass in the 4th was beautiful but EVERYTHING before that was vintage JaMeatloaf. That game was so winnable it was disgusting! What a way to start off the season. The players knew it was over with 15 weeks to go.
…………
Uh, the defense lost that game. And any player on that team who’d been in the NFL for more than one week knew it. All of them had to have been angry at the prevent defense when up by only 3. Their mouths are duct taped. But Warren Sapp’s isn’t.
July 10th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
How many of you will be here when the Raiders are 2-6 at the half way point?
July 10th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
i will cuz i am a true raider fan 16-0 or 0-16 unlike you a true RAIDER HATER. yes you rmr
July 10th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
you act like there was no bright spots on our team last year like we can not work off that and hope for the best F Big All in the a$$ dude yeah he brings us down and our past could be brighter if he was not at the helm but he was he made bad choices that made the last 7 years what they are but its not like he is on the field making a difference we had bad teams coach’s and most of all last couple of years a qb and don’t forget team chemistry stability we are building that up the team looks good alot better then the last seven years no roster we have had looked as good on paper or on the field as that is hard to back up at the moment it is looking good all does not make that big of a diff
July 10th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
The question is, will you still be here and what will you be blathering about when the Raiders are 6-2 at the halfway point?
Of course you will. you have nothing else to do apparently. And we all know what you will be blathering about. Let me guess. “Don’t worry, Al will still find a way to screw this up. So, 6-10 instead of 5-11. Big whoop.”
Sound about right?
July 10th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Jonesy,
No offense, Bro. But I think you just wrote the longest run on sentence in the history of the english language.
July 10th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
The Oakland Raiders WILL return to glory soon, it is a matter of time. This franchise was once to great to stay at the bottom for ever. The Black & Silver will punish teams with our Defense and Assault them with our offense. With or Without Al Davis(sith from starwars)
July 10th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
hahaha i know it i was just ranting
July 10th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
rmr is to hung up on al davis when we were winning in the 70’s-80’s was not cuz al davis sure he made some move here and there and signed some contracts but john madden won those games the players the coaches the fans not Al he just had the money….. has the money.
July 10th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Jonesy,
I agree. I believe good times are right around the corner for The Silver and Black. This season can’t get here quickly enough.
July 10th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Raider E, if Al is not involved why hasn’t he retired? Who is the Raiders’ top personnel executive?
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What I am saying is that Al has nada to do beteewn 5 wins (your estimate), and 9 wins(my prediction). The players count Welcher….
July 10th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
between*
July 10th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
As long as Al wakes up from the fog and keeps pickin up players that fit “his”system. The Raiders will be contenders….
July 10th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
RMR,
I will agree with you on a couple of things. One, if Al were just a GM he would never have survived the last seven years. Nobody would, in any professional sport. But he’s not just a GM, he’s the friggin owner. The dark overlord of the Silver and Black. He’s not going anywhere.
Secondly, He is the man most responsible for the 7 year travesty we have all suffered through. He has even admitted as much. His itchy trigger finger with his coaches has stunted the growth of a lot of young football players. The lack of continuity has killed this franchise.
That’s why I think the retaining of Tom Cable this offseason is so big. I know a lot of posters don’t think much of him. He probably wouldn’t be a HC for any other NFL club. But he is a perfect fit for Oakland. As we all know, that is a unique situation. He seems to work well with Al, and even earned his trust. Keeping John Marshall around will pay dividends as well. Some continuity will do this team some good.
I think the players like Cable, and generally play hard for him. See Mario’s father figure comment. Things are starting to turn in Oakland. Like I said earlier, good things are right around the bend.
Try to see the siver lining in the black clouds every once in awhile, would ya? Geez.
July 10th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Damn. Reds lost 3rd straight to Phillies, all in extra innings. Young pitcher Travis Wood took perfect game into ninth vs. Roy Halladay. Tough luck losses. Not the way to go into All-star break.
July 10th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Well, it’s after 11:00. ‘Bout to call it a night.
G’night Raider fans. And you too RMR.
July 10th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
# MistaBrown Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Seyglen answers to OakGlen and then admits we all either know or I think we know he’s OakGlen…lmao
You are an embarrassment to yourself, your family, and Raider Nation.
The end
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That was a troll who hacked me, MR and Fatkidd. YOU, as usual, are an embarrassment to yourself, your family and the Raider Nation.
The End.
July 10th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Now It Is The Rich Who Abandon Their Homes
Posted: July 9, 2010 at 5:48 am
The rich are not selling their homes because they cannot find buyers. So like the rest of the 11 million US mortgage holders in the US with underwater mortgages, they are walking away from their mortgages.
New data from Corelogic, a real estate investment firm, shows that the rich now default on home loans more than the middle class, at least as a percentage of homeowners in each economic class
July 10th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Fatt Kidd,
I’m in that industry. It’s about time they state those facts. It’s a whole lot more than just subprime loans. Main stream borrowers are defaulting very ofteno. Many of those Bay Area loans are a few hundred grand underwater. After 4 years, their foreclosure is cleared. That is why they walk from it.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
buckeyeraider Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
The question is, will you still be here and what will you be blathering about when the Raiders are 6-2 at the halfway point?
…………..
I’ll thank Al for having retired and finally having the good sense to let someone else run the team, because that’s the only way it’s happening.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Jonesy941 Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
The Oakland Raiders WILL return to glory soon, it is a matter of time. This franchise was once to great to stay at the bottom for ever.
………………
The Raiders have set a record of consecutive 10 loss seasons. That off sets everything in the past where Al’s ability to build a winning team is concerned.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
# Raider E Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
As long as Al wakes up from the fog and keeps pickin up players that fit “his”system. The Raiders will be contenders….
…………
It’s worked wonders the past 7 years.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
buckeyeraider Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
That’s why I think the retaining of Tom Cable this offseason is so big.
……………..
Hanging on to a puppet he hired as an interim to replace Kiffin, who improved by exactly ZERO WINS in his second season, is “big”? Explain that one.
July 10th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Some of you haters are real ass clowns!
July 10th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
What’s up my Raider brethren?
I stopped in real quick to say……………..
FUK THAT PUNK ASS COWARD NAME LEBRON JAMES! I FEEL BAD I EVER BACKED THAT BYTCH ASS NYGGA!
I understand leaving Cleveland but dont go to another team to be up under another player. Miami is Wade’s town. How can you be the King and play 2nd fiddle to another player? Spare me that getting a ring shyt. Be a man and make your own legacy as the “guy” or leader. He can’t lead. I dont like Kobe at all but at least that fool isnt scared to take on a challenge. I’m officially glad Delonte West was smashing his mama. I hope he was yamming those RAW DOG. Good job Miami you signed 3 max contracts or whatever…now what about depth? You have none! Who is gonna be your center? Brendan Haywood? Gimme a break. When its time to win a title this just will not work. Screw LEBRON JAMES, I dont respect cowards!
July 10th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
# The Real MaddenRaider Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Jonesy941 Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
The Oakland Raiders WILL return to glory soon, it is a matter of time. This franchise was once to great to stay at the bottom for ever.
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The Raiders have set a record of consecutive 10 loss seasons. That off sets everything in the past where Al’s ability to build a winning team is concerned.
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LOL MR is such a bitter little squirting c*nt. The last 7 years erases all the great wins and titles al has? No way and no how does that make sense at all! I bet you many owners would take 7 years of hell Al has had if that meant they would have 3 SB titles. MR you are just a sad case. You cant live up to your bet with PEDOchet and you are scared to show your face at the game……that last one may be a smart idea because you may not make it out of the lot alive if I see you.
July 10th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
# The Real MaddenRaider Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
buckeyeraider Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
The question is, will you still be here and what will you be blathering about when the Raiders are 6-2 at the halfway point?
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I’ll thank Al for having retired and finally having the good sense to let someone else run the team, because that’s the only way it’s happening.
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MR’s response reeks of cowardice. If they are winning it will be only because Al retired but if they lose then it is Al still meddling lol…….you are a pitiful person. I’m sure your real father(whoever that is LOL) is quite disappointed he didnt pull out and shoot you on a napkin.
July 10th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
wattup b!!! i said the same shyt about lebron vs kobe a couple days ago. i didnt watch that punkazz video conference he did but he was suppose to have admitted to being overhyped by bspn.anyway fukk him what u think about the d lee trade and now this dorrell wright signing?
July 10th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
did u you go to the oscar grant protest? we all knew that fukk was gettin off easy and this weakazz letter he wrote is fake as hell. he still hasnt apologized to the family tho he claims he is sorry. yeah he sorry alright.
July 11th, 2010 at 3:27 am
You basketball fans should go to another blog.It’s an insult to the Raiders to talk about your personal bs on this thread.
July 11th, 2010 at 7:26 am
morning nation
July 11th, 2010 at 7:26 am
any 1 out there lol
July 11th, 2010 at 7:47 am
The first preseason game is coming soon.
I can hardly wait.
We are going to be so much better this year.
I hope the new OC runs a lot more misdirection plays than Cable did.
July 11th, 2010 at 7:52 am
“We” are gonna be so much better???? Dont you and your types say the same thing EVERY year?? This year will be no different than the last 7 or 8.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:25 am
LOL at Miami trying to “steal” D Fish. You can have him!
Ebanks and Caracter are HUGE upgrades over Morrison and Powell and will be in the rotation.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:36 am
It’s conceivable that one or both will be in the starting lineup at some point this season, if not for the regular-season opener against the Tennessee Titans.
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Ya think!
Veldheer at LT and Campbell at RG.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:40 am
You really think Ebanks is going to make the rotation, better yet the roster?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:40 am
If Campbell and Veldheer are starting week 1, we might need to carry 4 QB’s that day.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:47 am
You really think Ebanks is going to make the rotation, better yet the roster?
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Yes sir!
Caracter too.
for 400k ????
Kupchak GM of the year!
July 11th, 2010 at 8:50 am
Bynum
Gasol
Artest
Kobe
Blake
Odom
Caracter
Ebanks
Sasha
Shannon Brown
July 11th, 2010 at 8:51 am
If Henderson and Carlisle are starting week 1, we might need to carry 4 QB’s that day.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:53 am
2 rookies, Satele and Langston on the O-line?
That’s no way to ease Campbell into an important season, on the road nevertheless.
Campbell and Veldheer will both probably see the field by the end of the year, but not week 1 on the road.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:53 am
Dude,
How about them Trojans? Remember how you asked me where are the violations last year? nice one.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:02 am
I’d love to see both those rookies beat out Henderson and Carlisle. Don’t want the jobs handed to them a la DHB last year, but Henderson and Carlisle are terrible and should not be hard to beat out.
I’d even be fine with letting both of them start and get some early lumps, I mean experience in if they will be starting by week 4 any way.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:10 am
Week one OL:
LT – M.Henderson/Veldheer
LG – Gallery/B-Camp
C – Satele/Morris
RG – Walker/Carlisle
RT – Barnes/Loper
When gallery gets injured:
LT – M.Henderson/Veldheer
LG – Walker/Morris
C – Satele/Parsons
RG – B-Camp/Carlisle
RT – Barnes/Loper
I hope Cable spends more time Coaching up the O-line this season now that Huge Action is taking over as OC.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:14 am
Elliot Vallejo is broken and retired?
July 11th, 2010 at 9:21 am
According to Inman, LT is M. Henderson’s job to lose.
I hope he shines in this – his fourth year.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/raiders/ci_15169114?nclick_check=1
July 11th, 2010 at 9:24 am
OL Depth Chart in OTA’s:
LT Henderson/Veldheer
LG Gallery/Barnes
C Satele/Morris
RG Carlisle/Campbell
RT Walker/ Pears
July 11th, 2010 at 9:25 am
If Mario Henderson shines this year that means we wasted a draft pick on Veldheer. Since we already drafted a replacement, time to move on, IMO.
Cable identified LT as the weakest position on the Oline which is why we wanted Okung or Williams.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:26 am
We need someone to beat Carlisle at G, Henderson will be better without Russell at QB. I would love to see Veldheer and Campbell compete with Langston Walker to start at RT.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:26 am
I hope these Rookies do great things! But I think it is a mistake to put them out there early. They need to be developed – patience is a virtue.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:27 am
I think RG and RT are weaker than LT.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:28 am
I dont want them to play right now, I want them to play IF they BEAT Carlisle and Walker in training camp and preseason.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:29 am
# El Tato Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 9:26 am
We need someone to beat Carlisle at G, Henderson will be better without Russell at QB. I would love to see Veldheer and Campbell compete with Langston Walker to start at RT.
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Agreed. I hope Pears gets cut.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:38 am
2010 standings by conference/division – predictions anyone?…
July 11th, 2010 at 9:39 am
RG and C are the biggest issues, IMO.
Cornbread Green was a very good run-blocker, but very poor in penalties and pass-protection. With Walker there now, it should be the opposite, not as good against the run but better in pass-protection.
Just can’t see a guy coming from Hillsdale college and blocking future insurance salesmen, just jumping into blocking Elvis Dumervil effectively right away. And Campbell has already said himself he is struggling at RG, and the last thing we need is an unconfident, struggling, rookie guard.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:51 am
AFC North: I’ll start with an easy one.
1. Ravens – even without Ed Reed, the improved Baltimore’s Offense gets it done.
2. Bengals – these guys will score a bunch, but give up even more. Too many unsavory characters to be consistent.
3. Steelers – too much off-season drama.
4. Browns – Rob Ryan’s Defense can’t stop the run.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:08 am
The Bengals have a good defense.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:10 am
AFC South:
1. Colts – Manning eats defenses for breakfast
2. Jaguars – good O-line, good RB, (good MLB).
3. Texans – I don’t know why this team isn’t better, but I hate them.
4. Titans – CJ is frustrated.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:11 am
Remember that Bruce Campbell and Veldheer are 3rd and 4th round picks. Rushing them to service would be a huge mistake. These are two raw athletes right now.
Campbell was drafted for his measurables…not his play on the field.
Veldheer is from a DIII school….do you all have any idea about how much he has to learn!
Mario Henderson is your left tackle….he’s played ok to date and is getting better
The RG should probably be Walker. Big guy with experience.
Its important to get off to a strong start…..having Bruce or Veldheer manning the Left Tackle spot early would give me great concern….unless they CLEARLY beat out the vets…which I don’t see happening
July 11th, 2010 at 10:18 am
Ravens have a great front 7, but the only good player in the secondary is Reed and he may not be at 100% since his injury.
Steelers have issues with QB, OL, and RBs (injury); so I don’t see them doing much this season.
The Browns have no Offense or Defense, but they have great STs player : J Cribbs!! lol
July 11th, 2010 at 10:19 am
the o-line IS the biggest concern to me heading into the season.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:23 am
I think the Ravens are going to the Super Bowl.
Any defense with Ray Lewis will be a good defense. Anquan Boldin will help this team immensely as well.
Colts should win the South, but I believe the Jags will be the last place team in that division. Texans will contend for a wild-card.
In the East…..I see the Pats taking a step back and contending for a wild-card with the Dolphins (and us of course), and the Jets easily winning the division.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:24 am
AFC East: this is the toughest division in the AFC imo.
1. Jets – Rex Ryan has the best year of his career.
2. Patriots – The league bends over backwards to make sure they look good. Brady + Welker = ’nuff said.
3. Dolphins – Could be #1 or #2 in any other division.
4. Bills – Would also be #4 in any other division.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:24 am
SnB,
So far, and granted it is way early, but Walker is slated as our RT. RG is still Carlisle at this stage in the game.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:26 am
Good morning Raider O, Vegas and the rest of the Raider Nation.
Gonna be a beautiful Sunday.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:27 am
Remember that Bruce Campbell and Veldheer are 3rd and 4th round picks. Rushing them to service would be a huge mistake. These are two raw athletes right now.
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I’m not quite sure which part of HOPE they win the jobs you guys are missing.
The issue is Henderson’s and Carlisle’s poor play!
More of the same from those 2 guys can’t possibly worse than 2 rookies in there. Whoever is #2 on the depth charts at LT and RG need to be starting sooner than later. I don’t care if it’s Barnes or Veldheer at LT or Walker/Campbell at RG. All I know is Henderson and Carlisle starting on the Oline again = BIG CONCERN!
July 11th, 2010 at 10:29 am
I think the Ravens are going to the Super Bowl.
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LOL!
I just don’t see that.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:32 am
That was a good point about the Bungles, Raider O. They do have a good young defense. Zimmers a good DC.
Cedric Benson revitalized their running game, and his career last year. But he is probably facing the wrath of Goodell.
Their biggest question mark is their “Franchise” QB Carson Palmer. Can he get it back.
People used to bag on Russell for his lack of accuracy. Did anybody watch Palmer vs Jets in last years playoffs. He was gonna get somebody decapitated.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:32 am
I am much more worried about Carlisle than Henderson.
Cooper is on the downside of his career. Plus a rookie, say B. Campbell, at RG can be masked much easier than a rookie on the island at LT.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:35 am
The Bengals, even though they are in freezing ass Ohio, are like a West Coast team, built for warm weather. They like to throw it, and Benson is a much better warm-weather runner. The defense is fast and quick, but not all that physical.
We saw it last year, they just fell apart on both sides of the ball the last few weeks.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:37 am
J,
Apparently you don’t put a whole lot into letting guys get a little experience before getting thrown in the fire.
Ebanks and Caracter….put them in the rotation!!
Veldheer and Campbell….start them week 1!!!
I guess community college is out of the question for your little girls, lol.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:38 am
AFC:
-Jets/ Dolphins
-Colts
-Ravens/ Bengals
-RAIDERS!!!! lol
NFC:
- GB/ Vikings
- Cowboys/ Giants
-Saints
- Who knows!
July 11th, 2010 at 10:40 am
AFC West: Weakest Division in the AFC (for now).
1. Raiders – That’s right, I said it, WE CAN BEAT SD! (’course I’m a homer! – what you expect?) We MAY have the best Def. in the division.
2. Chargers – VJ is disgruntled, Sproles is as well, Tomlinson is gone, Gates – now an old man – gets hurt! (a guy can dream, can’t he?). Due for a loss against OAK. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/teams/photo?photoId=2613228&team=sdg
3. Broncos – Weak QB play. Defense also struggles.
4. Chiefs – Too many rookies starting, that’s a bad sign. (Look out for these guys in the next few years.)
July 11th, 2010 at 10:42 am
Good Morning Buckeye. I agree with your post #366. the problem is with their offense and not the defense.
The OSU > Mich!!
Legalize it!!
July 11th, 2010 at 10:46 am
Ted,
I said it first!!
July 11th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Broncos = 3-13 next year.
No defense, no RB’s, no WR’s, plans for Tebow to be starting at some point.
Disastrous.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:56 am
The Raiders Can Win the AFC west. We should have a great Defense, and an offense that can score more than 13 points pets game!
July 11th, 2010 at 10:57 am
Pets: per*
July 11th, 2010 at 11:06 am
RMR,
Don’t know if you’re here yet, but I’m going to try and “explain that” in response to your post #320. I know you don’t like long posts, but bear with me.
Yes, when Al removed the “interim” tag from Cable’s name, Tom took the Raiders from 5-11 all the way to 5-11. No improvement where it ultimately counts..wins and losses.
After last season the vultures were circling Alameda. Camped out in the parking lot. But, unlike most of thge last 20 years Al showed patience. He didn’t pull the trigger. Since Tom Flores retired, except for Shell I and Gruden the avg. tenure as HC is about 20 games. That type of constant turnover and turmoil has killed this proud franchise.
Like I said, this time Al didn’t pull the trigger. He showed some patience. This season, it’s going to pay dividends. The continuity, not only with Cable but DC Marshall and staff as well will allow these young players to grow, and hopefully flourish.
Cable didn’t win like we hoped last year. But he is ridding this team of malcontents and underachievers. I think he is fostering a new attitude and atmosphere around this club. He is bringing in some good young players with attitude and work ethic. He might not be confused with a master strategist, but I think the players like him, respect him and generally play hard for him. And this year it will show up in the win-loss record.
And how in the hell can you call him a “puppet”. Who in the hell do you think stood up to Al and said he wanted to bench Al’s prized 60 mil 1st rd pick QB. Remember. “He’s a great player. Get over it.” I think he convinced Al that Russell was hindering this team and got his OK to bench him. In my book, that’s not a puppet. That takes cajones.
I think Cable and Marshall have earned Al’s trust. Marshall will be given latitude to run his Defense. They are bringin in some pass rushers this offseason. It’s gonna be fun to watch, IMO. “The other team’s QB must go down. And he must go down Hard!” LOL.
And don’t underestimate the impact Hue Jackson is gonna have on this offense, as well.
So, RealMaddenRaider, as John Riggins once supposedly said to Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O’Connor: “Lighten up, toots”. Better days are right around the corner.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:07 am
You’re dreaming O.
“Should” doesn’t make reality.
Yes, Campbell is an upgrade.
What else is etched as an upgrade?
WR corp is the same, and pretty much sucked last year.
O line has 4 suspect positions, and a LG who keeps getting injured. Counting on rookies to just step in on the Oline is always a longshot.
Bush will be solid (albeit with few holes to run through) and DMAC is anything but.
Yeah, yeah, I know..”offseason, where all ills are cured just because we say so”…except August has a way of clearing things up.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:07 am
Where is Plunk aka Our Soccer Ambassador?
Our Defense is better than the DisChargers, their offense is better, our STs are better, so I do think we can win the west.
Denver traded their best players, but they still have a good defense, but not enough to win the west,
KC has too many issues on offense and defense.
Raiders win the West!!!
July 11th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Let me dream Rich, I’m having fun. lol
July 11th, 2010 at 11:10 am
Bringing up an old-debate here, but watching this Steelers-Ravens replay, and I have yet to see Ngata line up inside one time.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:12 am
J Wiggle
Throwing rookies into the fire before they are ready can ruin them. Destroy their confidence if they are not ready, not to mention hurting the team.
I actually have no problem with Henderson at LT. Sometimes you have to let a person grow into the position. This team didn’t lose last year because of him.
As for RG, either Walker or Barnes would be able to get the job done over the fading Carlisle.
Campbell and Veldheer shouldn’t play until they have at least mastered the fundamentals…..
Bruce Campbell’s game tape was so bad that he dropped to the 4th round….and guess what…who knows how far he would have dropped if it wasn’t for his 40x….Al Davis HAD TO HAVE THIS KID….let him learn and grow.
Veldheer is from a freekn D3 college! His learning curve is steep. I will bet that he has never faced an Elvis Dumervil or Dwight Freeny at Hillsdale.
Come on folks….
July 11th, 2010 at 11:21 am
NFC North:
1. Packers – Finished 11-5 last season. Tough Defense. Aaron Rodgers looks good.
2. Vikings – Best RB in the league. All around good team. But, I think the Pack has their revenge.
3. Bears – Poor O-Line and questionable secondary.
4. Lions – Due for a comeback? Maybe next year.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:23 am
Sorry Buckeye, but you pretty much detailed how Cable IS a puppet.
You don’t ASK if you’re not a puppet.
If you’re a leader, you lead. You instill principles, habits, and rules. Cable did none of that.
It was obvious to the whole world JR should have been benched. It was obvious 6 GAMES BEFORE HE ACTUALLY GOT BENCHED. Even Al can’t avoid seeing the obvious. You don’t know how the first benching took place. I suspect it was Al who benched him, just as it was Al who has benched all others in the recent past. (See Kwame..I mean..the worst Lineman in the league, and Cable kept him in until game 12? You REALLY think any HC who had a say would do that? Hell no.)
What we do know is Cable told the press that he ‘GOT PERMISSION FROM AL’ to keep JR on the bench for the next game.
“GOT PERMISSION”.
What does that tell you?
I don’t see the players reacting any different than they did with Norv..and are certainly less fired up than they were under Kiffin.
Who hired Cable’s assts? NOT CABLE. Where was Cable when all these assts were hired? Off elsewhere.
I laugh my ass off when reading “Cable has Al’s ear”.
No one has Al’s ear. All people do is assume, because it makes them feel better.
Cables ONE strong point? Being a oline coach.
Last couple of years, what was one of the, if not THE weakest areas on the Raiders? O line.
Sorry dude, everything about Cable screams ‘Pull my strings, and I’ll jump”
July 11th, 2010 at 11:26 am
Vegas,
Why is it so hard for you to understand it? He plays DE in their 3-4 scheme and he Would play inside on a 4-3 scheme. He also plays inside for the Ravens when they use 2 players inside.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:27 am
# Raider O Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Let me dream Rich, I’m having fun. lol
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lol..yeah, I know.
Few weeks and we get to talk real football.
Be nice if a lot of things fall into place, I just am a little less optimistic counting on rookies. For every one that shines, 10 get schooled.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Just Fire Baby Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 11:10 am
Bringing up an old-debate here, but watching this Steelers-Ravens replay, and I have yet to see Ngata line up inside one time.
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The bottom line JFB is that Ngata is in for his size, not his speed. My argument, up to this year, was the Raiders almost singular focus on speed left it a weak team that was EASILY pushed around and dominated at the point of attack all along the line.
Fortunately, the Raiders have realized the foolishness of going with tweeners and light in the pants lineman and went in here and got players that are physical and big. Also, a focus on run stopping.
BTW, the Ravens run defense is going to be oppressive with Cody, Ngata, Gregg upfront and in rotation…..fortunately for us, the raiders realized they needed to get bigger by adding Henderson and Houston upfront to join Seymour, Kelly and Shaughnessy.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:33 am
I disagree Rich.
He’s no more a puppet than any other HC who’s worked for Al. Yeah he had to get permission to make a major move like benching JR. Al has final say on everything Silver and Black. Always has been that way.
Have you seen the America’s game on the ‘76 Raiders. Hell, 35 years ago. Is Madden just Al’s puppet? The local media even called him Al. He said “My name’s John”.
I’m sorry, but that team was playing a hell of a lot better for Cable at the end of ‘08 vs Denver, Houston and Tampa than they were for Kiffin at the beginning.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:35 am
O,
How often do they go with a 4 D-line front? 10-20% of the time?
That’s my point. During the draft talk, everyone wanted the big DT and pointed to Ngata as a reason why Ray Lewis has had his success. Only Ngata is on the edge 80% of the time.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:36 am
I think skill was more of an issue than size.
When we started Seymour-TK-Warren-Matt S as our front 4, that had to be one of the biggest D-lines in football.
Only problem was that Matt was a rookie, TK is sporadic, and Warren stinks.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:39 am
NFC South:
1. Saints – Who in this div. can overtake them?
2. Falcons – Starting to get healthy, still no pass rush.
3. Panthers – Steve Smith = Hurt.
4. Buccaneers – Poor O-line = playing from behind.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:45 am
JFB,
True enough….Warren was a pass rusher and everyone knew it. He was a terrible run defender. Then the light tackling Howard, and mediocre Morrison provided no support. Result was a weak run defense. The team was never built to stop the run till this year.
Ngata occupies blockers whereever he lines up….same with Gregg and soon to be Cody….those lineman make finding running lanes very difficult.
We would have been lucky to have Ngata on this team…..I hope Huff can play up to the same level at his position as Ngata has at his
July 11th, 2010 at 11:47 am
I guess community college is out of the question for your little girls, lol.
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On the contrary, my friend!
If I had it to do all over again, I would CERTAINLY save the cash and do the first to years at a CC or JC.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Rich,
I was going to say the same thing. This is the time to dream, but I do feel better about this team than I did the last few seasons. I’m still not sold on our OL, WRs, or HC, but I think this team can win 9 games this seaon.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:55 am
Rich,
When Gruden was renegotiating his deal to stay in Oakland, the sticking point was control over the roster and his own staff. Was Gruden a puppet his first 4 years?
The key is being able to work with Al. The 400 lb gorilla in the room. A very demanding and difficult boss. Very few can do it. Cable can, seemingly. And hopefully that will be the key to his success.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:59 am
NFC West: Weakest Division in the NFC?
1. Seahawks – With Pro-Bowl Veterans coming back healthy on both sides of the ball, Carroll proves his success at USC was not a fluke.
2. 49ers – Frank Gore – going into his 6th year, can he stay healthy with his “smash mouth/no-finnesse” running style? He is injury prone, hasn’t played all 16 games since the ‘06 season, and has been known to fumble. The loss of Isaac Bruce will have an impact. VD will look great in a contract year.
3. Cardinals – get #3 spot because….
4. Rams – Suck.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Cable hasn’t done anything folks other than preside over a terrible offense.
He’s on the hot seat for sure. Fortunate for him, Davis got him help….fortunate for him JaDavis was sent back to ‘bama to drink all the “Sizzurp” he could ever want. fortunate for Cable, that Davis got him a real OC and QB.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
what happened richochet…get tired of using my account?
July 11th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
NFC East: Probably the toughest division in the league.
1. NY Giants – Off-season improvements to the defense puts these guys back on top. Great Coach.
2. Cowboys – Should look the same as lat year. Outstanding running game = wins.
3. Redskins – New Coach and QB is a plus. Disgruntled NT and aging WRs is a neg.
4. Eagles – If teams beat up their O-Line like the Raiders did last year. Hard to put these guys at the bottom, they are usually a great team. We’ll see if Kolb can fill McNabb’s shoes.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Buckeye:
Re: Madden. It was Al’s butting in that created the riff between Al and John. Even players such as Phil V commented on how Madden was done wrong.
Disagree on Cable being no more a puppet than any others. Maybe as BIG a puppet as some (White, Bugel, Callahan, Shell) but Shanahan, Gruden, Turner, and Kiffin all were assertive, and “tried” to do things their way. Of course, Al would have nothing to do with that, but they did step up.
Cable? Again, when has he ever stepped up? Seriously. have you actually SEEN HIM? Not assumed, but visually heard or saw him making his mark? Sticking his neck out? Cable looks like he’s embalmed on the sidelines.
That’s not a joke, that’s a fact. He rarely even blinks, much less move. and as far as “COACHING” the team?
He doesn’t. He says nothing to anyone during games.
Turnover? Stares blankly ahead.
Seymour with 3 back to back to back penalties? Says NOTHING to the man.
JR make yet another stupid play? Cable just stares at his play chart..NEVER meets the player coming off the field.
At PC’s..he tip toes around issues. Almost generic replies. Vague references to ’stepping up’.
Not my idea of what a HC should do.
And again, his forte’? The O line? it’s gotten worse, not better.
As far as playing better at the end?
Weren’t TB and Denver on 3 and 4 game losing streaks?
As well, many players look at the last few games as “contract” games, where the teams look at how they ended the year before deciding on bringing them back.
Sorry, but I don’t see how Cable helped win. Many believe they won in spite of Cable.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Good morning nation! Good to see some Raider talk on these boards. The pissing contests get old fellas. Our line is a big question mark going into the season. We need to get the running game going if we are going to hav any kind of successs this year. These young guys can not be expected impact players right out of college.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
# Random Drug Tester Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
what happened richochet…get tired of using my account?
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What the hell are you babbling about, MR?
And I thought you ONLY POSTED AT NIGHT TIMES, liar?
You can’t anything right, can you?
July 11th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
it’s freaking sunday you uncomprehending fraud.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
you and Mr are the only two that “brag” about their abilities to steal other posters accounts.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
and if you don’t know what I’m (me-not MR)is babbling about…pretty coincidental that you would bring up the “only post at night condemnation” again.
Not the brightest peanut in the can are you pumpkin.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
# buckeyeraider Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 11:55 am
Rich,
When Gruden was renegotiating his deal to stay in Oakland, the sticking point was control over the roster and his own staff. Was Gruden a puppet his first 4 years?
The key is being able to work with Al. The 400 lb gorilla in the room. A very demanding and difficult boss. Very few can do it. Cable can, seemingly. And hopefully that will be the key to his success.
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Why do you think things progressed as they did with Gruden?
IMO, he was doing EXACTLY what Al doesn’t allow anyone to do, which is be in control, to be the face of the franchise (I’m on record as THAT being the biggest reason Al had to have Chucky gone..everywhere you saw something about the Raiders, it was ‘CHUCKY’ not Al.”
And you’re right, the sticking point was “control”, and when it came down to it, Al copped out and stated that he blamed Gruden for the teams late season collapse because of Notre Dame’s overtures at wanting Gruden.
That infuriated Gruden, and the rest is history..but it was all about one wanting more control, and Al not wanting to give it.
As far as “the gorilla” in the room?
You’re dead on.
Unfortunately, I’m also on record as saying that a meek and weak HC is the only kind that will work under that environment.
Any asst will take the job, granted.
The strong ones will move on, (Gruden, Shanahan, Madden, and even Flores, who was ‘escorted’ from the position) but the weak ones will gladly stay, as long as allowed.
Most last 2 years, give or take a year, and adios.
Key is being comfortable being a puppet.
White was comfortable.
Shell was comfortable.
Bugle wasn’t only comfortable, but gladly proclaimed himself a puppet, lol..the moron.
And Cable is very comfortable.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
# Random Drug Tester Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
you and Mr are the only two that “brag” about their abilities to steal other posters accounts.
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You dumbass LIAR.
When have I EVER STATED THAT?
See..you ignorant fool…you can’t even lie right.
now…GO POST A LINK SHOWING WHERE I EVER SAID THAT.
You won’t, because you can’t, you dumbass.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
# Random Drug Tester Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
and if you don’t know what I’m (me-not MR)is babbling about…pretty coincidental that you would bring up the “only post at night condemnation” again.
Not the brightest peanut in the can are you pumpkin.
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Again, you DUMBASS…WHEN I WAS SLAPPING YOUR CROSS POSTING ASS AROUND, you mentioned it too me not once, BUT TWICE..that you ONLY post at night.
WTF?
See..when you’re a cross posting POS like you, you can’t remember who you said what to..
and what does ONLY mean to you?
Showing up now means you LIE, beyotch..oh..we already proved that, didn’t we?
July 11th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
# Random Drug Tester Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Not the brightest peanut in the can are you pumpkin.
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ROFLMFAO…”brightest peanut in the can”???
Arguably the DUMBEST thing I’ve read on here this year.
Did you mean “brightest bulb”??
How about “sharpest tack’?
But “brightest peanut”?? lol…you moron.
No wonder you still live at home, with mommy, in her one bedroom apt, unemployed, who lusts after your cousin, you sick fk.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
I agree with uncle rico – Cable has been weak and meek on the sidelines.
The guy needs to bring some of the fire that his ex-wives and ex-coaches have seen, onto the field.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Yep, now I’m really lmfao..is this what you’re crying about?
What? You came in tipsy, opened mouth, inserted foot, and having next morning remorse?
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# Random Drug Tester Says:
July 10th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Kidd? Is that a yes? let’s do it. If you’re a BL, you’ll love MR. Rolls and rolls.
Send me a pic to pashmonet@yahoo.com
bye
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So, uh, if we give you money, will you NOT give us details about your rendezvous?
July 11th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
# Random Drug Tester Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Not the brightest peanut in the can are you pumpkin.
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Uncle Rico is the “saltiest peanut” in the can.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
There have been a few HC’s who weren’t fireballs on the sidelines (Tom Landry for one) but none who everyone didn’t know was in complete control.
I don’t know of a HC, in the NFL, who has less fire than Cable.
Can anyone name even one that comes close?
I can’t.
Hell, the only time I’ve seen Cable show he’s alive is when he excitedly throws the challenge flag.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Funny knowing he’s STILL LOOKING.
# Richochet Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
# Random Drug Tester Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
you and Mr are the only two that “brag” about their abilities to steal other posters accounts.
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You dumbass LIAR.
When have I EVER STATED THAT?
See..you ignorant fool…you can’t even lie right.
now…GO POST A LINK SHOWING WHERE I EVER SAID THAT.
You won’t, because you can’t, you dumbass.
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Keep looking, cross posting POS…won’t find it..wasn’t me who said it…WAS YOU.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
413 – Plus, Cable is the O-line coach to one of the weakest O-lines in the league! And he’s our head-coach? How does that work in our favor?
July 11th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
peanut is your favourite insult..thought it would make better sense to you.
Random Drug Tester Says:
July 5th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Ricochet…if you took that much time to capsulize RMR’s posts…you might notice that I post at about 5pm EDT and anywhere from 11pm to 2am EDT…only and consistently.
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that translates to when I get home from work, and when I get home from being out.
Unlike you and MR who are on here 24/7. Of course I’m logged on at the same time as him, it can’t be avoided, he’s always here.
Or more likely, the both of you are mod’s and this is your job, which gives you the ability to steal peoples’ accounts.
Nice niche in life you worked out for yourself “Blog-Super-Hater-Account-Stealer”. Way to go PEANUT.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
The question is; “Did cable influence this years draft?”
I think he did, and for that I give him credit. We got the value/potential ratio right this time.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
maybe Marshall influenced this year’s draft.
July 11th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Big Ted707,
My guess is that Tom Cable gave Al Davis a “blunt assessment” of Bruce Campbell’s talent. And it was this that prevented Al Davis from making another Big Blazin Bust of a reach.
As for the defense, John Marshall and the “blunt” statisics probably sobered Al up to the need to get stout football players up front and not more athletic speedy guys…or players known for rushing the passer.
Don’t discount the fan anger, empty seats and pathetic showing over the last 7 years..
Not too mention the JaDavis Purple Sizzurp disaster!
July 11th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
419 – Yeah, when your that low, nowhere to go but up.
July 11th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
PLAYOFFS??!! DID YOU SAY PLAYOFFS?!!!
NFC:
1. Packers
2. Giants
3. Saints
4. Seahawks
(WC: Vikings, Cowboys)
AFC:
1. Colts
2. Ravens
3. Jets
4. Raiders Baby!
(WC: Chargers and Patriots?!)
*jeer if you will – this is all just for fun
July 11th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
I put the Chargers in there because I want to see Oakland beat them THREE TIMES this year! – the Bengals should be right there.
and I hate to say it, the 49ers will also be right there in the hunt. They will look good against the weak AFC West this year, but the NFC is looking tough! Could see them in there instead of Dallas.
IF Oakland makes it to the playoffs, it is a fluke because the AFC is so wide open. IF we do make it, I don’t see us going very deep, (THIS YEAR). Only the autumn winds will tell…
OK. I’m Out. Enjoy Y’all’s Sunday.
Go Raiders! 10-6.
*P.S. Sign Mawae!
July 11th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
‘Sup fellas.
Had to step away for awhile. Got booted off the computer. My 12 year old had to play some Wizards 101. LOL.
Rich-O,
I don’t know if any head coach was less animated on the sidelines than Art Shell. Bless his heart. Great man, Great Raider. And I’m talking about Shell I, where he coached the team to the playoffs three times.
I always said you could have put a cardboard cutout of Shell on the sidelines. He wore a headset. I don’t know why, the man’s lips NEVER moved.
But, his players bought in. They played hard, and like I said..He led them to the playoffs three times in five years.
July 11th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
# Random Drug Tester Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
you and Mr are the only two that “brag” about their abilities to steal other posters accounts.
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What happened, LIAR?
Couldn’t find anything?
the TWO crossposting POS are YOU and oakglen.
Both KNOWN as crossposting POS.
both KNOWN for creating handles to prop themself.
You’re so damn stupid you actually STATED THAT YOU READ “ALL THE POSTS”, which was over 7000 since your previous post, and then posted 4 stupid silly juvenile takes you posted as MR and sat there and stated how “witty” and “bright” you are.
the funny thing is they were idiot, dopey ass posts…
AND THEN YOU IMMEDIATELY SIGN ON AS MR TO SAY THANKS.
Just like you did the PREVIOUS time you came on to state “I just read ALL THE POSTS and MR is Jerry” where you AGAIN sign on, immediately, as MR to say ‘Oh wow, I am?”?
You’re so damn easy because you’re so damn slow.
July 11th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Richochet Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
# Random Drug Tester Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
you and Mr are the only two that “brag” about their abilities to steal other posters accounts.
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What happened, LIAR?
Couldn’t find anything?
the TWO crossposting POS are YOU and oakglen.
Both KNOWN as crossposting POS.
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The ONLY Thing proven on this blog is you are a dik blowing SF Whiner fan that LIES. Last time I looked you were a smoldering crater in here. Beat it turd. Go to the Whiner site.
July 11th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Now SeymourOakglenDebo666Detector is going to spend the next 6 months calling you a Ravens fan.
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Just Fire Baby Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 10:23 am
I think the Ravens are going to the Super Bowl.
July 11th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Maybe a pig flew out your a$$ and then flew right back in!
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# Random Drug Tester Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
maybe Marshall influenced this year’s draft.
July 11th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
As far as Cable and the offensive line. People bytching about how bad it is and it being his area of expertise,etc.
All I can say is…how quickly we forget.When Cable first arrived here as Lance’s O-line coach he was almost the 2nd coming of “The miracle Worker” Anne sullivan..the teacher who taught Hellen Keller how to “read”.
Prior to his arrival the Raider O-line was in complete shambles..the absolute worst in football. It basically shell shocked Andrew Walter and ruined that kid’s career.
Under Cable, they cut the sacks in half and were in the top 10 in rushing. After he was promoted to HC, maybe he spread himself too thin. I believe he even admitted as much. Said he tried to wear too many hats.
With Hue now taking over the offense, maybe Tom will have more time to work with his O-line coach MiscHz…whatever the hell his name is.
They have a couple of new blocks of clay to mold.Hopefully the line will be much improved this year. I surely hope so. I think the line is key to this seasons success. Or failure.
July 11th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
# buckeyeraider Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
‘Sup fellas.
Had to step away for awhile. Got booted off the computer. My 12 year old had to play some Wizards 101. LOL.
Rich-O,
I don’t know if any head coach was less animated on the sidelines than Art Shell. Bless his heart. Great man, Great Raider. And I’m talking about Shell I, where he coached the team to the playoffs three times.
I always said you could have put a cardboard cutout of Shell on the sidelines. He wore a headset. I don’t know why, the man’s lips NEVER moved.
But, his players bought in. They played hard, and like I said..He led them to the playoffs three times in five years.
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Yeah, he did led them to the playoffs..but many say you could have put Bugel coaching that group, and gotten to the playoffs. It’s like when George Seifert got the Niners to the SB, and won it. Many say he had little to do with it, and I agree. Just like Shell. He just had the horses, and didn’t prevent them.
You are right about him being a statue..that was almost embarrassing.
As embarrassing was his answer when asked “What stuff are you writing down on your clipboard, during the games?”
His answer: “it’s not always football stuff”
WTF? What…grocery list?
July 11th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
# Seymour Bush Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Richochet Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
# Random Drug Tester Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
you and Mr are the only two that “brag” about their abilities to steal other posters accounts.
======================
What happened, LIAR?
Couldn’t find anything?
the TWO crossposting POS are YOU and oakglen.
Both KNOWN as crossposting POS.
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The ONLY Thing proven on this blog is you are a dik blowing SF Whiner fan that LIES. Last time I looked you were a smoldering crater in here. Beat it turd. Go to the Whiner site.
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Well, it IS true that I schooled your ignorant ass regarding the Niners…I mean, talk about crash and burn?
but I also school your ignorant ass about the Raiders.
Hey, was YOU that stated
“Niners are getting rid of Gore”..
“Leading rusher on the Niners, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, is Clayton, and Gore is done”
“Barry Sims beat out Joe Staley for LT”..
On and on and on…
Except I torched you on the above, didn’t I?
And the funniest take of all?
CLAYTON STILL, TO THIS DAY, DOESN’T HAVE A SINGLE CARRY IN THE NFL.
Told you, Oakdork, you make a cotton look bright, and witty.
Ok..you’re turn.
Let me help.
SeymourOakdorkBSDeboCaptainBlackJustCheating: “Wahhhhh….go away.”
I’m jealous though, Old Man.
YOU stated how for years you had the thrill of watching Johnny Unitas play…
Was before I was born, but hey, good on ya that you were around then
July 11th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Buckeye
I think the “key” this year is two fold.
JR is gone.
Cable isn’t calling the plays, and has someone qualified doing so.
Of course, that doesn’t make up for the line that’s suspect, but it’s a start.
July 11th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Looks like NFLN is doing a back-to-back “America’s game” show on the Raiders. At 8pm (EST) they are doing the ‘76 team and than after that the ‘80 team.
July 11th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Thanks for the Heads up Vegas.
‘Bout a month ago my Directv DVR just froze up. Wouldn’t reboot. I lost everything. Damn near cried.
There has to be a way to burn that stuff to a DVD or something for backup.
I had all three America’s games. The ‘83 season highlight film. All kinda stuff off NFLN…most feared hitters, best CB tandems, etc.
The excellent HBO Sports documentaries The Rebels of Oakland and The Rivalry..OSU vs. Michigan.
Plus, some really cool UFO stuff off History channel. A creepy Rob Zombie movie called The Devil’s Rejects.
And last, but not least..my little guilty pleasure. An almost soft porn Skinimax late night movie called Embrace of the Vampire featuring Allyssa Milano. She was nude the whole damn movie. What a little hard body. Gorgeous. A cryin shame.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
LOL….Alyssa looks hot walking the beach in her Raider jeans in that commercial.
Got DirectTV, and for whatever reason half my stations say “To Be announced” and can’t record anything. This better be fixed in a few days, because I am going to be in Hell Paso and Las Cruces during those times. Not sure if the Hampton Inn has NFLN.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Speaking of creepy movies, just watched this flick called Hot Night in Cracktown.
What a downer.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
It’s a great off-season to be a Raiders fan! Isn’t it?!
I see the same group of trolls and haters continue to think they rule the board, trying without fail (yet failing miserably) to convince real fans to become miserable like them.
By any and ALL standards, the Raiders have had a fantastic year so far. With great effort and some restraint, the Raiders have forged a new attitude in Raiders Land. The boys are feelin’ it.
Campbell has done everything a new team and teammates could ever ask. The team will rally around a guy who works like Jason Campbell…just as they have for Bruce Gradkowski. The TEAM knows they can rely on their top two QB’s to get the job done — on and off the field (like in the film room). The Raiders are in a much better position at QB than they have been in years.
Campbell/Grads can and should make Zach Miller a star. Last year in Washington, Campbell hit his TE’s (he actually knows how to) with 84 passes. If he can somehow get 70 completions to Miller, Zach will be on his way to the Pro Bowl. This of course means the O-Line is able to do their jobs without his help…
Rolando McClain has one thing JaMarcus Russell never had here: DESIRE TO PLAY THE GAME. Very important for any 1st Round pick…and it must carry over to the new team’s perception of him. Russell never wanted to play. He was gun-shy from the start, and not only on the field. His childish attempts to act enthused only went so far, when we all saw clearly how disinterested he was.
Guys like Rolando McC and Houston are exactly the type of young men the Raiders need — guys who really want to play, not just guys out simply to get paid. This group of Draft picks give us more hope in the pre-season than we’ve had in recent memory.
Ahhh, the haters can whine all they want. The Oakland Raiders are doing things right. Do things right enough times and things turn around. Even for the Raiders!
It most certainly IS a great evening to be a Raiders fan. Isn’t it?
July 11th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Rolando McClain has one thing JaMarcus Russell never had here: DESIRE TO PLAY THE GAME.
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Forgot where I heard it, but a great quote was, “Hard work will be always beat talent, if talent doesn’t work hard.”
The only thing that will prevent McClain from making multiple Pro Bowls is injuries.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
I’m going to break one of my own rules. I like to keep this blog to Raider football as much as possible. I hate it when it goes off on a political tangent.
But speaking of downers, have you watched the HBO documentary Gasland. Very sad and disturbing shyt. Should be required viewing for all Americans. Some of our more conservative posters will probably dismiss it as tree hugging liberal propoganda. But Damn.
Dick Cheney should probably be in prison for crimes against Humanity.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Excuse me…JCampbell hit TE’s 81 times last year, according to the NFL. He still knows how to hit ‘em.
AND…even on a “bad” team in Washington…Campbell still (barely) had a QB rating in the top-half of all NFL QB’s. That is WORLDS BETTER than the historical failure that was JaMarcus Russell at QB.
Lots to be optimistic about for the Raiders.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
The only thing that concerns me with Campbell is that he had the #7 ranked defense and they won less games than us.
But so far, we couldn’t have asked for more from him. Bonding with teammates, making himself available, and is, as Louis Murphy infamously put-it, “punctual”.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Buckeye,
Haven’t seen it. No HBO these days. Saving up for the $400 NFL package now that I just can’t go down to the casino’s and watch the games.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
The only thing that looks anything like a sure thing is the defense. I want to se the rest of the team before I’m on board with the offense. If we’re smart for the 3rd year in row I’ll say we should emphasise the run game. I just don’t believe the passing game will take off until after midseason.
It just requires way too much timing for the passing game to be featured early. Just run the ball and play great defense, it’ll take you a long way.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
Those people who can light the tap water out of their kitchen sink on fire are just good hard working Americans from Red states, mainly. They are being screwed. Very scary stuff. I hope everybody, whatever their politcal views are, are able and willing to watch it. A real eye opener.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
We are going to have to complete some passes before teams stop disrespecting our passing game and load the box. The run game won’t get going until than, or D-Mac magically starts figuring out how to break tackles.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
JFB
that “punctual” tag just leaves me cold. Because it’s more of a knock against someone else rather than an admirable strength of your starting QB. Plu sthat was said about Gradkowski I believe. Punctual should be a given.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Jocoby ford <——- rookie who will have the BIGGEST impact…
July 11th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Buckeye, I fell you Brethren… The BP oil volcano thing is going to wind up killing a lot of people…
July 11th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Michael Bush wants the ball. MBush thinks it’s HIS time. If it is his time — and I think he can tote +/-25 balls per game — this Raiders team can break through.
We’ve waited long enough to find out if MBush is the real deal. I say he’s got what it takes to be the #1 RB, and I think it will be hard for McFadden to get Bush off the field once he takes it. McFadden is so different and fast, they can make an excellent 1-2 combination. But Bush needs to be The Man this year.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
LTR NATION…
July 11th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Priest,
The point being our last QB wasn’t “punctual” (basically on-time), and JC is a hard-working, show up early, stay late type of dude.
That in itself, is worth an extra 3 points a game.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Sorry last one, hue Jackson will use DMAC like te aints use RBUSH…
July 11th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
JCambell <——- A professional, stand up guy…
BRL <——- A syrup head, and a child…
July 11th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Reggie Bush had 70 carries last year, and has averaged about 120 a year.
If we use Darren like that, than there will be a lot of carries out there for either Rock or Bennett.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Ok, no mas LTR Brothers….
July 11th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
BHP — Punctuality SHOULD be a given for the QB — the guy driving the boat! When the captain is late, it affects the whole crew. And when the captain shows up late AND ASLEEP, the crew must make-do with what they’ve got. Thankfully, they no longer have to do that…there are guys at all positions now, who actually WANT to be here and play.
Time to let the memory of JaMarcus just fade away…into the scary place we don’t want to be reminded of. HE doesn’t even want to be reminded of it. He got his. Why do you even care anymore?
July 11th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
JFB
I disagree strongly the run game if it’s real doesn’t depend on the passing game at all. Weak running games depend on the passing game. If you can run you can against most any front. Now the passing game wil certainly open up runnning lanes n doubt about it. But great runng teams will run on anynone. The Stelers did it for years. The Bears did it with Payton his passing was a joke.
A balanced offense is without question the best offense but we’re a year away from that IMHO. I know JC can throw it’s the timing I’m worried about.
I don’t want to beat dead horses but what we did last year with Russell and two rookies was the dumbest thing I’ve ever witnessed. Two rookies and a QB with his head up his rear yet we hung our hat on it. In retrospct was that the worst thing we could’ve done. I think so. If we run and run with power that is a much better chance at success. I think I said that all year long. But our coach thought he was Bill Walsh reincarnate.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
DMAC will be cut by game 4
July 11th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Allright,
I’m off my soapbox. Back to football, where this blog belongs. I think this is the year Oakland returns to the land of the living and breathing. This is a legitimate 8-8, mediocre, run of the mill NFL squad.
That would be a huge step up from the 5-11 hell they have been stuck in for the last 7 years. The land of the living dead. We will leave that to the Detroits and St Louises.
However, an 8-8 team is only a break or two away from overachieving and reaching 10-6 and serious playoff contention.
Plus, with their relatively soft early schedule, if this team experiences some early season succsess, they could start to gain some confidence in themselves. As Matt Millen explains in the ‘80 America’s game..confidence is a very important and dangerous thing. If a young team gains confidence in itself, things can start to snowball.
I would be happy with 8-8 and a return to respectability. But who knows, maybe they can surprise.
I think the string of double digit losses ends in 2010. Believe that.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Happy with respectability…but never satisfied!
July 11th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Our running game struggled last year, for many reasons. But the man reason, IMO, is that teams dared us to pass the ball and stacked the box.
That won’t change this year, until we make them pay. Bush and McFadden are both average at best, so relying on them to be Walter Payton is out of the question.
A great D, like what the Steelers and Bears had, can keep the offense patient. Same thing with the Jets last year. I still remember their playoff game against the Chargers. They went 3 and out their first 4 possessions, and still led at halftime!!!!
July 11th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
If we went 3 and out the first 4 series of any game, we would have been down by at least 10 points, and probably 17 or so.
July 11th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
A great D is made of great players, even anonymous ones…and the Raiders have a few who are, and a few who could be great. When great athletes/players gel, good things tend to happen.
Again, lots to be optimistic about.
July 11th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
I said relatively soft early schedule. Certainly nothing easy about opening at Tenn. The new and improved run D will get put to the test against Chris Johnson. Home opener vs. STL. That road game vs Arizona certainly looks less daunting with Leinert at the helm instead of Kurt Warner. Not to mention Anquan Boldin, Karlos Dansby and others playing elsewhere. A tough game, but winnable.
A fast start is very important for this team.
July 11th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Dinner time…and a sip of something hecho en Mexico.
It’s a great night to be a Raiders fan. You know it is!
July 11th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Al Davis = Pure genius.
July 11th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
I expect us to be 1-1 going into AZ. I will be there rep’in the Nation, and hopefully taking a 2-1 record back home to face the Texans.
That Houston came could be extremely vital if we have any hopes of at least contending for a WC spot. They figure to be in the mix, and you need those head-to-head tiebreakers.
July 11th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/07/11/bo-jackson-praises-al-davis/
July 11th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Just Fire Baby Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
I expect us to be 1-1 going into AZ.
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It’s a little far out to talk about the third game of the season but this is NOT the same Zona team that has been out there the last few years. Losing Warner is going to be a problem for them. Not to mention Bertrand Berry, Karlos Dansby, Anquan Boldin, Chike Okeafor and Antrell Rolle.
July 11th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
# MistaBrown Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Now SeymourOakglenDebo666Detector is going to spend the next 6 months calling you a Ravens fan.
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Just Fire Baby Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 10:23 am
I think the Ravens are going to the Super Bowl.
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Actually, if I remember correctly JFB used to be Vegas Raider. You’ve always been mistabrOwn and you come here glossing the Cleveland Browns. Once JFB renames himself Just Raven Baby, he will here it from me. Like you do. Brown.
July 11th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Priest,
I believe when Murphy said Grad was punctual he was referring to a 5 step drop is exactly a 5 step drop. The ball is supposed to be there when you break.
Let it go bro. You’re fighting a lost cause for Jawalrus there. After he showed his true face you were flat wrong about him and still refuse to admit it.
July 11th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Richochet Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
# Seymour Bush Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Richochet Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
# Random Drug Tester Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
you and Mr are the only two that “brag” about their abilities to steal other posters accounts.
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What happened, LIAR?
Couldn’t find anything?
the TWO crossposting POS are YOU and oakglen.
Both KNOWN as crossposting POS.
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The ONLY Thing proven on this blog is you are a dik blowing SF Whiner fan that LIES. Last time I looked you were a smoldering crater in here. Beat it turd. Go to the Whiner site.
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Well, it IS true that I schooled your ignorant ass regarding the Niners…I mean, talk about crash and burn?
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No, you didn’t. But at least you ADMIT to being a dik sucking Whiner fan.
July 11th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Just Fire Baby Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Our running game struggled last year, for many reasons. But the man reason, IMO, is that teams dared us to pass the ball and stacked the box.
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This is true, and even when we did have the right play call, either the Oline, WR’s or Russell played poorly. That won’t happen this year.
July 11th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Vegas,
I ‘ve got a friend who’s a big Raider fan. He pointed me to this blog. He’s been trying to talk me into going to the opener in Tenn. I’d like to go and represent. IF I can scrape up the cash, and clear it with the lil misses. Thinking about it.
On one hand, it’s nice to stay home and watch it in the comfort of your own living room on Sunday ticket. On the other hand, there is nothing like being there live and in person. Tailgating. Damn.
July 11th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
# HayesDaze37 Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Michael Bush wants the ball. MBush thinks it’s HIS time. If it is his time — and I think he can tote +/-25 balls per game — this Raiders team can break through.
We’ve waited long enough to find out if MBush is the real deal. I say he’s got what it takes to be the #1 RB, and I think it will be hard for McFadden to get Bush off the field once he takes it. McFadden is so different and fast, they can make an excellent 1-2 combination. But Bush needs to be The Man this year.
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I think you might see Dmac as the primary in the lst half of games and Mike as the primary closer back in games. Depending on the game.
July 11th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
AIG
does the ignorance ever end with you boy? Russell is a memory nothing more I just want more to be said about my QB than “punctual”. And punctual was meant for him being on time to practice and meetings.
That term doesn’t describe the passing game in any manner. The term is timing. Also I’ve still never heard Murphy verbally criticise Russell he just never goes there. Jason’s game is Jason’s game I hope it’s much better than what we got from Russell. In fact I’m counting on it. I’v heard some great things about Campbell and I anticipate a guy who might be ready to hit his stride in this league. If that’s true we stole him.
I’ve moved on it’s time you haters did the same.
July 11th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Priest,
You dont know shytt about football for all your blabbers.
1. Murphy was referring to Grad being on time with his passes when they asked him after Practice, in which they were connecting on their passes and not resulting in passes at their feet or over their heads.
2. Henderson revealed that he never knows if Jawalrus is doing a 5 or 7 step drop on a 3 step drop play.
No players have publicly straight up criticized Jawalrus. They have all very carefully “indirectly” critized him. If you have any brain cells you’d know that but I doubt you do.
July 11th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
From PFT.
Bo Jackson praises Al Davis
Posted by Michael David Smith on July 11, 2010 7:25 PM ET
Raiders owner Al Davis has become a figure of scorn in recent years, as many NFL observers think he’s no longer capable of running an NFL franchise and has driven the Raiders into the ground.
But it’s worth remembering that Davis is a Hall of Famer who has accomplished a great deal in his half century in pro football, and he’s beloved by many of his former players. One of those players is former Raiders running back Bo Jackson, who praised Davis in a Los Angeles Times interview.
“Everybody stands up and says, ‘Al Davis, that crazy SOB.’ That isn’t so,” Jackson said. “This is a man who would have fought a lion with a switch to defend his players.”
Jackson said he thinks Davis got a bum rap from many in Los Angeles over the circumstances that led the Raiders to move back to Oakland. And he said that in his experience, Davis is one of the most honest people he dealt with in pro sports.
“Mr. Davis tells you exactly what he thinks,” Jackson said. “That’s what I like about him.”
July 11th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Man these NFL Hard knocks series are cool as hell. What unparalled looks at the inner workings of a pro football team. Pretty neat stuff.
Who’s doing one this year? Has HBO announced if they are going to do one this year?
July 11th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
AIG
You want to test my knpowledge about football son? Several players have criticised Russell I’ve just never heard Murphy do it. Henderson never use dthe word punctual when describing a 5 or 7 step drop neither has anyone else. They were’t even talking technigue when Murphy used the word punctual. they were just talking the difference between Grads and Russell as players QB’s teamates if you will. Jerry put the spin on it for you fools and you bit……………like you always do. Sheep!!
July 11th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
This is killing watching Rey M in Bengal stripes. I wanted that nasty SOB in Silver and Black last year.
Oh well. I think we got a good one in Rolando. Maybe not as nasty, but an excellent and smart football player.
July 11th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Priest,
“Henderson never use dthe word punctual when describing a 5 or 7 step drop neither has anyone else. ”
I’ll use your own words to prove how dumb you are. When the play is 3 step protection and Jawalrus goes with a 5/7 step, dont you think that has something to do with being on time? You’re a dumba$$ you know that.
July 11th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Interesting take from Bo Jackson…..
Q: Al Davis, the Raiders’ owner, let you play out the baseball season then join his team midway through the football season. What are your memories of Al Davis, and of playing in the Los Angeles Coliseum?
A: Everybody stands up and says, ‘Al Davis, that crazy SOB.’ That isn’t so. This is a man who would have fought a lion with a switch to defend his players.
This is my opinion, and my opinion only, but the reason the Raiders left Los Angeles was because of the condition of our place of work. The public just got to see the outside of the stadium, which is beautiful. But after a game we had to stand in line to take a shower. There were 20 or 25 shower heads — and only four of them had a steady stream of water coming out of them.
When you have conditions like that, you’ve got to go to greener pastures. That’s what Mr. Davis did.
Mr. Davis tells you exactly what he thinks. That’s what I like about him.
July 11th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Well fellas,
It’s about time to call it a night. Back to work tomorrow. Been fun talking some Raider ball. Training camp is right around the corner. Can’t get here fast enough.
G’night Nation.
July 11th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
# aig Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Interesting take from Bo Jackson…..
Q: Al Davis, the Raiders’ owner, let you play out the baseball season then join his team midway through the football season. What are your memories of Al Davis, and of playing in the Los Angeles Coliseum?
A: Everybody stands up and says, ‘Al Davis, that crazy SOB.’ That isn’t so. This is a man who would have fought a lion with a switch to defend his players.
This is my opinion, and my opinion only, but the reason the Raiders left Los Angeles was because of the condition of our place of work. The public just got to see the outside of the stadium, which is beautiful. But after a game we had to stand in line to take a shower. There were 20 or 25 shower heads — and only four of them had a steady stream of water coming out of them.
When you have conditions like that, you’ve got to go to greener pastures. That’s what Mr. Davis did.
Mr. Davis tells you exactly what he thinks. That’s what I like about him.
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Ignorant take, even for you.
Showers? lol…really? SHOWER HEADS?
And save the “tells you exactly what he thinks” bit.
PROBLEM IS IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE THE HEAD COACH TELLING YOU EXACTLY WHAT HE THINKS, not some old geriatric geezer who still wears polyester.
Of course, AIG used to be Al Is God..but even you knew how stupid that sounds.
then again, you beat your wife, and said “she deserved it”.
July 11th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
# Seymour Bush Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
# HayesDaze37 Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Michael Bush wants the ball. MBush thinks it’s HIS time. If it is his time — and I think he can tote +/-25 balls per game — this Raiders team can break through.
We’ve waited long enough to find out if MBush is the real deal. I say he’s got what it takes to be the #1 RB, and I think it will be hard for McFadden to get Bush off the field once he takes it. McFadden is so different and fast, they can make an excellent 1-2 combination. But Bush needs to be The Man this year.
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I think you might see Dmac as the primary in the lst half of games and Mike as the primary closer back in games. Depending on the game.
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Oh shut up, lol…you moron.
Dmac will get slammed at the line, like he ALWAYS DOES. He’s too small, and too weak to be a starting RB in the NFL.
You’re just too damn ignorant to know that.
Of course YOU STATED A GUY, CLAYTON, WHO HASN’T HAD A SINGLE CARRY IN THE NFL, LED THE NINERS THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS IN YARDS..
Oh wait…who was the fool who stated “JR is a bonified NFL qb”????
Who was that idiot?
Any idea…idiot?
July 11th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
# Seymour Bush Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Richochet Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
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Well, it IS true that I schooled your ignorant ass regarding the Niners…I mean, talk about crash and burn?
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No, you didn’t.
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You don’t EVEN want to go there, again, do you?
Of course you don’t, old man.
But hey, why not?
· Seymour Bush Says:
March 26th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
How’s about David Baas wack-o? How is he doing? And hasn’t Thomas Clayton actually led the Whiners in rushing the last two seasons? Wack-o you HAVE TO TRY to be this STUPID. No one could be as stupid as you naturally.
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WELL OLD MAN?
Guy hasn’t played a down in the nfl…now…how STUPID do you feel?
As stupid as you look?
July 11th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
I missed your answer on the following, Oakdork..
You know…when I was schooling your uneducated ass…
Richochet Says:
March 29th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
# Seymour Bush Says:
March 29th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Richochet Says:
March 29th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Staley couldn’t beat out Simms?
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We’re talking about as a rookie you dumb ass. You draft someone that highly, especially on the line, you expect him to come in and start. He couldn’t beat out Sims. So they moved him to the right side where they wouldn’t look stupid for drafting him. Now they have moved him back to the left side where he didn’t even play half the games.
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WRONG, IDIOT.
Staley beat out Kwame Harris for right tackle, DUMBASS..
Where kwame was benched for the year, dumbass…where the Raiders then picked him up, dumbass.
Sims NEVER beat out Staley, you moron…he backed up Staley…
now shut up.
July 11th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Richochet,
You dumb fck….that is the entire quote from Bo Jackson himself. Only a dumb fck like you would fail to read that.
Those are not my words but taken from an interview…
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/10/sports/la-sp-0711-bo-jackson-qanda-20100711/3
You feel smarter now you dubm fck?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Forget that SeyOakGlenn…
Tell us about how you spent all that time in the 60’s watching Johnny Unitas.
Hey?? Were you ..in like…WWII??
Any stories you can tell us about Normandy?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Richochet, Can you ever post anything that isn’t a flat out lie? Can you?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
# aig Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Richochet,
You dumb fck….that is the entire quote from Bo Jackson himself. Only a dumb fck like you would fail to read that.
Those are not my words but taken from an interview…
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/10/sports/la-sp-0711-bo-jackson-qanda-20100711/3
You feel smarter now you dubm fck?
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Nothing funnier than some little wife beating coward calling someone “dubm”…yeah, coward…”we is dubm”.
Yeah, moron, I KNOW IT’S HIS WORDS, you fool.
He’s a PLAYER who stated “I think we moved because of shower heads” YOU DUMBASS..the fact YOU posted it makes you equally as inept…
And big freaking deal if a PLAYER who hasn’t played in almost TWO DECADES states ‘Al says what’s on his mind”?
isn’t THAT THE REASON THE RAIDERS ARE IN THE SHYTEHOLE THEY’RE IN? Because Al doesn’t know WHEN TO SHUT THE HELL UP?
Still laughing at your Al Is God moronic name that you changed, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
Hey..you still quiver in fear walking down the street?
AIG: “When I’m with my wife or a girlfriend, and I see a group of guys, I always cross the street. Hey, some of these guys are big and scary.”
lol…yep…still laughing.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
You are a lying dumfukk richochet. What about that?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
# Seymour Bush Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Richochet, Can you ever post anything that isn’t a flat out lie? Can you?
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Step up, coward.
I just posted YOUR WORDS..those are YOUR POSTS…so…where’s the lie?
Only lie is the one you live..
So…again, COWARD…where’s the lie? AND WHEN YOU ALWAYS DIVERSION REPLY, AVOIDING THE TRUTH, YOU HONESTLY THINK EVERYONE DOESN’T KNOW YOU’RE A LYING CROSS POSTING POS?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
I thought I was aig richochet. You got that wrong too didn’t you? Or was it a lie?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Rackoshytt,
Did you say mcFadden was too small and too weak to be an nfl back?
FYI, he’s 6-2 210lbs. I didnt realize that was too small to be a starting RB in this league.
Too weak?
Here are his pre-draft numbers….
4.41 in the 40-yard dash…330-pound bench press…325-pound power clean…33-inch vertical jump…10′0″ broad jump…32 1/4-inch arm length…9 3/8-inch hands.
I doubt that is too weak.
You dont know shytt about football. McFadden’s problem is his center of gravity is too high along with small calves. He runs too upright and that is why he slips and falls. Dude, give it up. You dont know shytt.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Richochet, richochet, richochet, we have been over this a million times. This site is hacked. So, either all your idiotic crossposting cowardly crap gibberish is moot, or Tebow gives you a hard on. Which is it?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Here’s your second post regarding Clayton, lol…you moron.
# Seymour Bush Says:
March 29th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
The Whiners drafted Glen Coffee in the 3rd round last year and he proved to be basically a bust. Thomas Clayton lead the Whiners in rushing the last two years before this one you complete utter dummass, but you didn’t know that did you? RB is on the top of the Whiner wish list asswipe.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Richochet it was a joke! We have been over this a milion times. Everyone got it but you. But then a sense of humour is a sign of intelligence. Clearly you failed.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
# Seymour Bush Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
I thought I was aig richochet. You got that wrong too didn’t you? Or was it a lie?
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YOU got busted by the mods…YOU got exposed for over a dozen current handles…YOU AND MR are the reason this board went to registration…
And yeah, you old fart, everyone knows it.
Hey..you take your geritol today, pops?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
I thought I was AIG you liar. Are you backtracking again you liar?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Richochet Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
# Seymour Bush Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
I thought I was aig richochet. You got that wrong too didn’t you? Or was it a lie?
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YOU got busted by the mods…
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I was never busted by the mods for anything. PLEASE richochet, please, please, post SOMETHING THAT IS THE TRUTH!! You liar!
July 11th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Keep trying Rackoshytt,
I know you need attention like Mrs. Raiders on here. Keep trying.
I believed you wrote this …
“Richochet Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
# aig Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Interesting take from Bo Jackson…..
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Ignorant take, even for you.”
Little Chihuahua, that was Bo Jackson’s take. Not my take. See BO JACKSON in there?…try reading next time, dubm fck.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
We have been here for ten seconds and already richochet is spewing his lies.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
You are a liar richochet. A scumbag Whiner fan liar.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
# aig Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Rackoshytt,
Did you say mcFadden was too small and too weak to be an nfl back?
FYI, he’s 6-2 210lbs. I didnt realize that was too small to be a starting RB in this league.
Too weak?
Here are his pre-draft numbers….
4.41 in the 40-yard dash…330-pound bench press…325-pound power clean…33-inch vertical jump…10′0″ broad jump…32 1/4-inch arm length…9 3/8-inch hands.
I doubt that is too weak.
You dont know shytt about football. McFadden’s problem is his center of gravity is too high along with small calves. He runs too upright and that is why he slips and falls. Dude, give it up. You dont know shytt.
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LMFAO…geez…that was weak…even for the wife beater.
That’s why he slips and falls? Because he runs upright?
WTF??? You have any idea what you’re babbling about?
He goes down when he’s TOUCHED BY ANYONE..because he’s weak. Because he has the smallest legs of any RB in the LEAGUE..bar none.
McFumble NEVER breaks a tackle..ever..I think the line moved back maybe ONCE all last year, when he was carrying the ball, and that’s because the line was pushing. Other than that, he’s down immediately.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
How bout dem Whiners richochet! You’re actually a Whiner fan not a Raider fan aren’t you?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
You’ve already been caught in two lies richochet. We have been here ten seconds. Care to go on?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
# Seymour Bush Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
We have been here for ten seconds and already richochet is spewing his lies.
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And yet, you list NO LIES???
Small wonder, OLD MAN.
You’re almost what? 70?? Good thing you rely on rides, pops.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Tell us how you’re NOT a Whiner fan and they suck richochet. Tell us.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Richochet that’s now three lies. You can’t help yourself can you? It’s part of your mental illnesses isn’t it?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Old man? Can’t ya post as Debo, again, for old times sake? lol…how about 666? No?
How about Cappy? Cappy’s always a hoot.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
You have mental illnesses that make you have problems telling the truth don’t you richochet?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
That’s not being on time you neophyte it’s called the wrong drop, time has nothing to do with it. he took the wrong drop dumbell. A 3 step drop is a quick hitter he rarely made those kind of mistakes his mistakes were the depth of his 5 step drop each time was different. He was inconsistent in length of each step. that’s what technigue means. His 5 or 7 step drops were all over the place that’s what Henderson meant. If he were technigue sound the 5 step would be the same depth each and every time and his were not. Length of time was not the issue in his drops.
Get a pen and paper and take notes son if you want to know, your guessing just like the Blogger.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
You have never told the truth once have you?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
Tell us Whiner fan. Tell us the truth for a change.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Richochet you a pathological liar Whiner fan. Posing on a Raider site. Lowest of the low. That’s you isn’t it?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
So…WHAT YOU’RE SAYING IS…AFTER I SCHOOLED YOU ON THE FOLLOWING FIRST POST? where you came back and posted the SECOND ONE?? Where I then showed you where Clayton didn’t have even a SINGLE CARRY IN THE NFL, you’re saying ‘oh..it was a joke”??? lol…
Really?? You hang around with people that stupid that say ‘oh..sure..I can see that’?
I don’t think so, Old Man..
Face it, dumbass, you don’t know shyte about the Raiders…OR the Niners.
· Seymour Bush Says:
March 26th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
How’s about David Baas wack-o? How is he doing? And hasn’t Thomas Clayton actually led the Whiners in rushing the last two seasons? Wack-o you HAVE TO TRY to be this STUPID. No one could be as stupid as you naturally.
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# Seymour Bush Says:
March 29th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
The Whiners drafted Glen Coffee in the 3rd round last year and he proved to be basically a bust. Thomas Clayton lead the Whiners in rushing the last two years before this one you complete utter dummass, but you didn’t know that did you? RB is on the top of the Whiner wish list asswipe.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
He must be changing out of his Frank Gore jersey.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
You didn’t school anyone. YOU are a liar aren’t you whiner fan? Why won’t you answer one simple question: no one here likes the Whiners. We like the Raiders. YOU are a whiner fan, aren’t you?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Little Chihuahua,
is 6-2 210 lbs too small?
Oh you didnt know that he ran too upright? Here is his pre-draft analysis dubm fck…
“Couple the work load with his tendency to run upright and he might take on a lot of wear and tear in the NFL too quickly.”
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/621469/2008_nfl_combine_darren_mcfadden_silences.html?cat=14
We know you’re an attention whore. I know you bark but I also know you dont know shytt either….woof woof woof
July 11th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Why won’t you answer the question. You can just lie as usual.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Hey…explain this gem, will ya?
Seymour Bush Says:
March 27th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Staley: Started at RT, didn’t work out, moved to LT and is now looking to be replaced!
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Only one of the top LT’s in the league, YOU DUMBASS.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
You are STILL posting that post from MONTHS AGO? I have five questions from RIGHT NOW richochet. Why won’t you answer VERY SIMPLE questions? Got a problem with the truth?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Priest,
Give it up bro. I hate beating up on you.
If the protection is a 3 step drop, what kind of pattern does the receiver run….I can assure you it’s not a 5 step drop pattern nor a 7 step drop pattern. You dig?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
I schooled you on that over 6 months ago. NOW you are getting schooled again. Why can’t you tell the truth, EVER? Why?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
# aig Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Little Chihuahua,
is 6-2 210 lbs too small?
Oh you didnt know that he ran too upright? Here is his pre-draft analysis dubm fck…
“Couple the work load with his tendency to run upright and he might take on a lot of wear and tear in the NFL too quickly.”
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/621469/2008_nfl_combine_darren_mcfadden_silences.html?cat=14
We know you’re an attention whore. I know you bark but I also know you dont know shytt either….woof woof woof
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Oh geez…stop…you’re just embarrassing yourself, you cowardly wife beater.
Yeah, it says he runs upright…YOU STUPIDLY ADDED THAT BECAUSE OF THAT IS WHY HE FALLS DOWN…
NO MORON…RUNNING UPRIGHT MEANS YOU TAKE ON MORE PUNISHMENT..doesn’t make you fall down.
Of course, you never played sports..how would you know?
Let me guess? You’re awesome in ping pong?
Good for you.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
# Richochet Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Hey…explain this gem, will ya?
Seymour Bush Says:
March 27th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Staley: Started at RT, didn’t work out, moved to LT and is now looking to be replaced!
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Only one of the top LT’s in the league, YOU DUMBASS.
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You an expert on the Whiners richochet? Tell us!!
July 11th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
You keep avoiding EVERYTHING and posting posts I kicked your ass on 7 months ago. What is WRONG with you?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
Can you post without lying richochet?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
You putting on your Craptree away charger richochet?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
I know..why don’t you tell everyone again how Holmgren WAITED FOUR MONTHS, AFTER BEING HIRED, BEFORE HE DECIDED TO KEEP RYAN??
Let’s see the backtrack on that, lol…you sorry old man.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Do you have a signed Alex Smith football richochet? Tell us without lying!
July 11th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
# Seymour Bush Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
# Richochet Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Hey…explain this gem, will ya?
Seymour Bush Says:
March 27th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Staley: Started at RT, didn’t work out, moved to LT and is now looking to be replaced!
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Only one of the top LT’s in the league, YOU DUMBASS.
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You an expert on the Whiners richochet? Tell us!!
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In other words, your sorry slapped down ass is wrong, and got owned.
If you weren’t such a coward you would state as such.
Oh hell, if you weren’t such a coward, YOU WOULDN’T CHANGE YOUR HANDLE SO OFTEN..
Isn’t that exactly what cowards do? lol….you sorry little man
July 11th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
We’ve been over that. YOU LOST. Tell us without lying if you’re a WHINER FAN. YOU STILL haven’t answered. You ashamed that you have been exposed as a troll?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
You are STILL spewing lies? You can’t help yourself can you? Why is that? Seriously.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Why can you not help lying? Why?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
HEY..I KNOW..why don’t you explain how it is you QUOTED ME ON AN EXCHANGE I HAD WITH Oakglen regarding Gruden flipping off Al…that happened ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE YOU CAME ON AS SEYMOUR??
What?
You’re going to say that you’re NOT OAKGLEN, and that you just happened to go back FOR A FULL YEAR, PLUS, AND READ ALL OF MY POSTS??
is that it? lol….either way, you’re a dweeb.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Richochet we have been here for ten minutes and ALL you have done is lie.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Hey, I know, I know…I torched your sorryass on everything regarding the Raiders…I also torched your ass on the Niners…
And now?
Oakdork: “You’re a liar..you’re lying. you’re a niner fan. You are. give me my geritol…BINGO!!!..you’re a liar”
Tell me that’s not what I have to look forward to in 40 years…old man
July 11th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Richochet Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
HEY..I KNOW..why don’t you explain how it is you QUOTED ME ON AN EXCHANGE I HAD WITH Oakglen regarding Gruden flipping off Al…that happened ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE YOU CAME ON AS SEYMOUR??
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I’m glad you brought that up: You claimed that Gruden flipped off Al. In the Oakland Coliseum. In front of 60,000 fans. And 20,000 camera phones. And 9 high tech high definition state of the art TV Cameras. But no image of this has EVER emerged. It was a another LIE YOU POSTED RIGHT? That why I engaged you, claiming it was a lie. You have never refuted that. You have just posted more lies.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
So, to summarize, EVERYTHING YOU DO HERE IS BASICALLY A LIE ISN’T IT?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Seymour Bush Says:
June 28th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
“This idiotic comment ranks up with your “Gruden flipping Al off from the field” lunacy!”
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Well?
LMFAO…I know you’re getting all stressed…can’t say anything…”oh…you is a big widdle wiar”…except…THOSE ARE YOUR WORDS..
Well?
DUDE..YOU ACTUALLY WENT BACK AND READ ALL THOSE OLD POSTS???
IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE SAYING?
you’re my GROUPY?
Either you’re my groupy, or your Oakglen.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
What has just happened here for the last ten minutes is you have been proven without any doubt to be a pathological liar. Check mate liar. Now, how bout dem Whiners!!
July 11th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
You have just been proven to be a liar. How does that feel liar?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
# Seymour Bush Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Richochet Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
HEY..I KNOW..why don’t you explain how it is you QUOTED ME ON AN EXCHANGE I HAD WITH Oakglen regarding Gruden flipping off Al…that happened ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE YOU CAME ON AS SEYMOUR??
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I’m glad you brought that up: You claimed that Gruden flipped off Al. In the Oakland Coliseum. In front of 60,000 fans. And 20,000 camera phones. And 9 high tech high definition state of the art TV Cameras. But no image of this has EVER emerged. It was a another LIE YOU POSTED RIGHT? That why I engaged you, claiming it was a lie. You have never refuted that. You have just posted more lies.
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WOW…the exchange between OAKGLENN AND MYSELF…
over a YEAR BEFORE SEYMOUR BUSH GOT HERE….
how did you know that TO QUOTE IT, ALMOST EXACTLY??
July 11th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
You’re done richochet. Go lie somewhere else. At least have the balls to say you’re a Whiner fan. What’s wrong, ashamed?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Why are you ashamed to be a Whiner fan richochet?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
What does that have to do with punctual? 3 step drops were rarely used by the Raiders if at all last year. They ran 5 and 7 drops. The routes do vary with these drops based on what the defense is showing normal a 3 step is for a belly route or quick slant.
Punctual is not the term used for this battery it’s called timing wether you understand that or not timing as a lot to do with the ball getting to the top of a route when the WR gets there. I’ve never hard the word “PUNCTUAL” lol they’re called timing routes.
But I guess if you wish YOU can make up anything to siut yourself, and obviously you’ve achieved that. But why stop there we’ll call the drops PUNCTUAL as well. Let’s also call the defense punctual when the get a sack, or knock down a pass. That’s PUNCTUAL as well. LOL
YOU are also a punctual idiot.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Richochet Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
WOW…the exchange between OAKGLENN AND MYSELF…
over a YEAR BEFORE SEYMOUR BUSH GOT HERE….
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That’s ANOTHER LIE. You really are a pathological liar aren’t you?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Rackoshyt,
thanks for answering my points…or actually, your rambling at attempts at answering my points.
Good RB’s always have a good LOW center of gravity to make the cuts. I doubt you know that. But then again you didnt know that McFadden was 6-2 210lbs when you claimed that he was too weak and small to be a starting RB in this league.
Keeping on barking…wooof woof woof
July 11th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Look at you…like a little child…getting slapped down, where you come across as totally defenseless.
You do know others read, right?
See the challenges?
See YOUR words, that you, being a coward, never back up?
See YOU run your typical silly “You’re a liar” take?
the SAME TAKE YOU USE ON PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE??
Yeah, you dumbass…same exact silly old man reply, lol…and everyone knows it.
they also know YOU’RE MY BEYOTCH.
And that won’t ever change.
Oakglen: ‘you’re a liar..you are. No really. You lie”
And you’re my own personal toy
July 11th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Since you have been here I don’t think you have said one truthful thing. EVen given dozens of opportunities
July 11th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
No, you’re a pathological liar.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Ok, everyone knows you’re Oakglen, lol…even you.
Witness, moron.
Richochet Says:
June 25th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
# Seymour Bush Says:
June 25th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Poor poor Captain Wuss, jumping up and down yelling “please oakglen pay attention to MMMMEEEEEEEEEEE!” “I run a business.” “I’m important!!!!” Captain Wuss, for the trillionth time, no one cares what you think.
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ROFLMFAO…
are you SO STUPID YOU DON’T REALIZE THAT YOU JUST COPPED TO THE FACT YOU’RE OAKGLEN??
July 11th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
It must suck to be you seriously. It must really suck to be you. I now feel really sorry for you.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Remember this, Oakglen?
Want proof? Sure
Look familiar? 2008 as Oakglen..2010 as Seymour
· Oakglenn Says:
July 10th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Ignore MR and don’t respond to his posts. He lives in a smelly trailer in Sacto, has a lap dog named Montana and walks around in a Steve Young Jersey. That’s why he posts all that Anti Raider garbage. Just ignore him
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# Seymour Bush Says:
May 24th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
hahahaha. richochet is melting, melting, melting. But as long as he has his #8 Steve young jersey on, it will be alright. Now get back in the closet both of you!!
July 11th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
You’re a proven pathological liar richochet. Who cares.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
What happened to your Debo handle?
Oh…now I remember…
Richochet Says:
May 26th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Seymour? How is it you know EXACTLY the differences between Debo and you? Isn’t it “odd” that someone could just quickly rattle off the differences? Why would anyone even note that?
Unless, of course, they just happen to be…..lol…well..you know.
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· Seymour Bush Says:
May 10th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
# MistaBrown Says:
May 10th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Seymour, do you want to talk about lies?
How many aliases do you have ?
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None. In fact if you had half a brain you could tell. You say I am debo. Debo is fine with Stanford Routt. Debo is fine with Kiffin. I think routt should be cut ASAP. I never liked kiffin. It’s ridiculous that you would even think that, but again, your cranial capacity is quite limited. So, just throwing around lies is easier. Isn’t it?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Who cares richochet? No one cares.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Why can you not tell the truth?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Why can you not tell the truth richochet?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Wow..dude…Johnny Unitas?
Cool.
Oakglenn Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Actually Daze, I saw both Unitas and Elway play many times with my own eyes. Elway was the best QB I ever saw. hate to say it but it’s true. If he had the Pro Bowlers and Hall of Famers Montana had, he would have won 6-8 Super Bowls.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
What is WRONG with you that you can’t ever tell the truth?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
You done richochet? You’ve done nothing but evade my questions. Kind of gutless don’t you think?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
# Seymour Bush Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Who cares richochet? No one cares.
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au contraire’, old man.
There are no shortages of posters enjoying laughing at your sorryass..as you well know.
Now? Not many on…but tomorrow?
Chuckles galore
July 11th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Why are you such a coward richochet? You think he who types fastest wins. It doesn’t work that way.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
You have glossed yourself, ran away and posted stuff I schooled you on months ago. Sure, you win. How’s about one question I asked you. Never answered did you. I guess you win by running away and hiding.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Tell us again, Oakdork, how DHB “improved as the year went on” lol
July 11th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
1. Seymour Bush Says:
May 11th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
# 30 year raider Says:
May 11th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
DHB never really improved last year…he just was there floating around… i aint goona lie i wolud like us to upgrade our wr coach tho.. sanjay lal lmao we could do better than him
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Actually DHB did improve as the year went on, but not at NEAR the rate or PRODUCTION any of us would have hoped.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Being a gutless loser liar is not winning richochet. Unless you are a psychotic pathological liar. I guess you win there.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
You never answered the liar question richochet.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
“glossed myself”???
Who uses that?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
You never answered the Whiner Fan question richochet
July 11th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
You never provided any proof about your Chuckie flipping off Al richochet.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
OH YEAH, YOU DO, LOL..
· Oakglenn Says:
August 9th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
No. You haven’t responded to my arguments. You have just glossed yourself and said how great you are. Even tho all your points have been refuted, and you can’t even spell. What else you got?? You sure don’t have any game?? You’re just a loud mouth dummass.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
All you do is spew lies richochet. That’s all you do.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Oakglenn Says:
September 28th, 2009 at 8:58 pm All he does is fight with other Raider fans and humiliate himself. + he glosses the Browns.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Oakglenn.=Not to gloss myself but I have more insight into the QB position than most”-
July 11th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Richochet no one other than you and mistabrOwn care and you are a KNOWN PROVEN pyschopath.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
lol…I think that’s enough torture for tonight, Old Man.
Bye Oakdork…don’t forget the meds.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Richochet, richochet, richochet we have already gone over this a million times. You keep running away, running away. You won’t stand and fight will you gutless loser
July 11th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Richochet you didn’t torture anyone. You just ran away. Gutless POS.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
That was THE MOST gutless peformance richochet has EVER put out. And he is known as Captain Wuss.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Ran away and hid. Gutless. Truly gutless.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Never answered one question. Gutless truly truly gutless.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Right there is your proof that that female is NOT a Raider fan. Raider fans don’t just run away and hide.
July 11th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
I don’t really know what his wacked out point was but Does anyone really care who AIG or Seymour Bush or Vegas Raider or Raider Dell is? Do any of you actually care?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:55 pm
Seymour Bush
What’s your honest opinion of Jason Campbell are you sold on him?
July 11th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
Sey mour they say you’re everyone dude, I just deal with the here and now. I can’t get that deep trying to compare and contrast.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Sorry Presttj. I think I must have broken richochets brain, because he just posted for twenty minutes, made no sense, lied, ran away and hid. Sucks to be him.
As for your question, I can’t be sold on Jason as a Raider because I have never seen him in a Raider uni. He had better players around him in Washington than we had here last year. But here is what I know about him coming in: The guy certainly has skills, and he is a hard worker. He’s been in the league awhile so he knows the ropes and is not going to be easily fooled. He is a bit inconsistent, and he seems to make his biggest mistakes at the absolute worst times. He is also really a nice guy, probably TOO nice a guy to be a successful Q in this league. That’s my own personal scouting report on him.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Honestly Priesttj I could care less if you were Osama Bin Laden posting on this site. But I am not a proven pyscho like richochet or mistabrOwn tho.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Seymour
Heard that man, these guy’s are so consumed with who someone once was. But it appears to me that everyone who does this has changed at least a few times. It’s indiginous to this medium.
On Jason Campbell I guess I’ll agree with your assesment until I see what he does here it’s hard for me to get a read on him. I heard about his misfortunes at the worse times in games and that plus the fact that he hasn’t won scares me. So I guess I’ll hope for the best and expect the worst. It’ll ly somewhere in the middle. Occassionally a player will come to a new situation and feel like he’s getting a fresh start and really find himself. So let’s hope so…
July 11th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
Jason’s a good guy and has nice abilities and he works hard. DHB will be better this year. So will Murphy. So will the RB’s and Michael Bennett is a nice veteran addition. It is really going to boil down to how quickly and how well the Offensive linemen can play and jell. All that being said, I have a funny feeling Raider fan is going to turn on Jason much faster than normal if things don’t go right especially after the Russell debacle.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
priesttj Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Seymour
Heard that man, these guy’s are so consumed with who someone once was. But it appears to me that everyone who does this has changed at least a few times. It’s indiginous to this medium.
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Actually it’s not.
Sure, some change their handle for whatever reason. MOST make it obvious who they once were. Aig was Al is God, you were BHP, Vegas stated who he is NOW..
But you get losers like Oakglen and MR who create handles just to converse and prop themselves? That’s sorryass.
It’s Oakglen signing in, at the same time, as Captain Black, and 666, and BS Detector..AT THE SAME TIME..having conversations with himself.
Same as Oakglen now signing in as SeymourBush, AND 666, AND Debo, AND and as a couple of others.
Seymour is just too stupid to pull it off without making it obvious.
As is MR and his slew of handles, and his daily hijackings.
It’s not a big deal, for it’s fun to laugh at those insecure sorryass fools who do it because they feel inept.
July 11th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
Seymour Bush Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
Jason’s a good guy and has nice abilities and he works hard.
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What are you, a woman?
“a good guy”?
“nice abilities”??? lmao….NICE ABILITIES?
Take your purse, and get to bed, Old man.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Seymour Bush
I am very concerned about that, If Campbell isn’t an immediate success these guy’s wont be patient at all with him because of what they’ve been through. THat’s why I asked the question in the first place. These guy’s are so sure that NOW we’re going to the playoffs since Russell’s gone and if they don’t see marked improve they will overeact as always and start scraming for the backup. And we’ll be back to square one.
If I were the Raiders I just wouldn’t oversell Campbell I’d let him play out the year see where we are then determine where we go from there. But I have a feeling we aren’t done looking there are some very good young kids coming out some like J Johnson from Texas A&M who will go mid rnd with talent. There are some others like Mallet form Ark as well. But I wont get ahead myself yet let’s give the guy this year.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
we will and should draft a qb next year. even if jc becomes a stud we need to have a young guy to develope so we never get stuck in this qb rut again. stabler was the last qb we drafted and developed that was a star.next years qb clas will put this one to shame.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
Armond
It’s a very deep class starting with Locker, I think Luck may come out too. But it’s a very good class. If we can get a kid like for instance that Johnson kid I like a lot. Luck in 5 years will be the best QB in the class IMO.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
we need to bring back jamarcus russell after he has a year in the ufl.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
just kidding
July 11th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
johnson from a&m is nice but i dont think luck will come out. if he does that means he had a great year and there is no way we would be able to get him especially without that 1rst rndr. he is the guy to watch out for but mallet fits in well for this offense as well. next years qb class should be special if it all works out. its about time for a new generation of qbs to come along. im hopin brock mansion at cal beats out riley to begin his collegiate career. ive seen enuf of riley now.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
# priesttj Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Seymour Bush
I am very concerned about that, If Campbell isn’t an immediate success these guy’s wont be patient at all with him because of what they’ve been through. That’s why I asked the question in the first place. These guy’s are so sure that NOW we’re going to the playoffs since Russell’s gone and if they don’t see marked improve they will overreact as always and start scrambling for the backup. And we’ll be back to square one.
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I understand what you are saying but the bar is set so low now, thank you to JaBustus, that almost anyone breathing would be an upgrade to what we’ve had to endure this last 3 years. Jason Campbel wasn’t my first choice but now that he’s here he deserves our total support. In some senses, he reminds me of Rich Gannon when he first arrived. Campbell has the tools to become Gannon like successful. Mobility, desire, ability, leadership & accuracy can go a long way. Match that up with a much improved defense and things are immediately looking up.
Looking at our conference, I see no reason, including the Chargers, why we can’t take the conference this year. I’m predicting 10-6 this year barring any key injuries. I truly believe we are going to be surprising a lot of teams out there. John Marshall will shine this year and Hue Jackson will make us all believers once again. Keep a good though. Let’s just hope JCampbell is our new Gannon. If he is, just look out!
July 11th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
JB
One huge difference Gannon already taken a team to the playoffs when he got them in they gave the job back to Grbsack. He lost the 1st game and Gannon left and we signed him.
That’s head and shoulders over what Campbell has done. Nt to say it’s his fault but Gannon won 6 straight games for KC that year. He came right in and took over here I’m not sure as Seymour Bush said he has that kind of command. So we’ll see…
July 12th, 2010 at 1:16 am
top qbs adll time 1 elway 2 montana 3 manning 4 brady 5 farve
July 12th, 2010 at 1:18 am
who will be the last fa we pick up before season starts
July 12th, 2010 at 5:46 am
Holland is the Buffalo Bills of soccer… 4 finals and all to show is silver…
July 12th, 2010 at 5:50 am
Good Morning Nation!!!
Good Afternoon to ya, LMN…I take it Spain won the cup?
Anyways…I hear that tailgating is going to start at 9AM this year instead of 8AM…wtf? I guess the NFL wants to crack down on how beligerent the fans get this year, huh?
July 12th, 2010 at 5:55 am
GOOD MORNING SPORT’S FAN’S.HAVE NOT HEARD THAT HWNRDR,WHERE DID U GET THAT INFO ?
July 12th, 2010 at 6:03 am
Good Morning Dirt Lot…
I have read that through Raiderfans.net posted on FB. I am not suure if its official or not…according to the posting, it supposed to be announced after the single game packages go on sale.
Again…I have no real validity on this, and neither does the posting…but…that would truly suck!!!
July 12th, 2010 at 6:17 am
WE WILL SEE.HOPE IT STAY’S AS IS.
July 12th, 2010 at 6:19 am
I hope so too!
July 12th, 2010 at 6:32 am
THOSE PARKING LOT PEOPLE OUT THERE WAIVING FLAGS AND DIRECTING TRAFFIC NEED A CLUE THOUGH,ONE WILL TELL U TO DO ONE THING, THE NEXT ONE SAY’S THE COMPLETE OPOSITE.THEN THEY ARE BOTH SCREAMING..COMEDY-CENTRAL..
July 12th, 2010 at 6:49 am
I know…I laugh at that every week! Ever since they did the Disneyland style…its been one comedy show after another!
July 12th, 2010 at 7:07 am
Hwnrdr, have I mentioned that I will be visting Kauai for the first time in a few weeks? Kilauea, I think…north shore. Am QUITE excited.
July 12th, 2010 at 7:23 am
LMN,
I am going to admit that I watched a few minutes of the WC final….and I jumped up when Spain scored….
…I plan on seeing my doctor this afternoon to see what may have come over me.
July 12th, 2010 at 7:35 am
Hey Bo,
That’s cool. Kauai is a beautiful, relaxing island. Enjoy your trip…
July 12th, 2010 at 7:58 am
The first two weeks of the World Cup was ten times more exciting than the the last week or so.
Kind of like the NCAA tourney. First few days are crazy, than…..somewhat boring after that.
July 12th, 2010 at 7:59 am
Mornin’ Y’all
Sign Mawae!
July 12th, 2010 at 8:10 am
Plunk should be fired!!
How can you miss the WC when you are Our Soccer Ambassador?!
I agree Vegas. I had more fun watching the first few weeks.
Good Morning Nation.
July 12th, 2010 at 8:10 am
Dakota…
you caught some of euronitis/euroenza that have flourishing this summer…
HwnRdr… yup Spain won, before the WC begun, I said the best teams was Holland and Spain, and they met in the finals, cant ask for more…
next up, the tour, and in a few days Brøndby plays the Europe league, man sports is the best..
though its a bit too hot right now to enjoy it =)
July 12th, 2010 at 8:12 am
An excellent article on why liberals should support the second amendment.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/7/4/881431/-Why-liberals-should-love-the-Second-Amendment
July 12th, 2010 at 8:14 am
La Milicia Negra Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 8:10 am
Dakota…
you caught some of euronitis/euroenza that have flourishing this summer…
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One shot of testosterone should clear that right up….
July 12th, 2010 at 8:17 am
Preppie,
Are you going there to hunt Wild Chickens?!
July 12th, 2010 at 8:26 am
The only chicken I’d hunt is in San Diego.
July 12th, 2010 at 8:46 am
Preppie,
Chickens are protected in SD like The Union Monkeys in Mich!
I stick it to you!! lol
July 12th, 2010 at 8:51 am
Preppie,
Surf & Smoke! Have fun.
July 12th, 2010 at 8:58 am
Later Nation.
July 12th, 2010 at 9:06 am
You are a dumb a$$!!!
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Raider O Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 8:46 am
Preppie,
Chickens are protected in SD like The Union Monkeys in Mich!
I stick it to you!! lol
July 12th, 2010 at 9:08 am
RAIDER NATION GOOD MORNING!!
To all of you wannabe GENERAL MANAGERS now is your chance to show what “you got”.
I have set up a Fantasy Football League with YAHOO Fantasy Football.
I would like, anyone of you, to enter and let’s have some fun. Only serious players wanted.
Live draft and I’ve changed some of the point systems that will create more fun.
Go to yahoo fantasy football and do the following.
League is: RAIDER NATION
League Number is #129964
Live draft: August 29, 2010 1:00PM PST
I’ve sent the following e-mails:
Dakota
Vegas (Fire Baby)
Chris from NY
Finally Raider O you can play, your school studies will not become an issue. Let’s see what you got, brother.
I need 12 players to form the League. let’s have some fun.
Bob Marley is invited. Any comments from Bob let him know about the League.
July 12th, 2010 at 9:32 am
Fantasy league participants:
Fire Baby (Vegas raider)
EXLA
Thanks for joining.
I need 9 more playas.
July 12th, 2010 at 9:33 am
74 people murdered in Ugandan capital Kampala from suicide bombs.
Commander from Somali Islamist group, al-shabbab, says “Uganda is a major infidel country supporting the so-called government of Somalia. We know Uganda is against Islam and so we are very happy at what has happened in Kampala. That is the best news we ever heard.”
July 12th, 2010 at 9:35 am
Camps are getting ready to open! Hopefully the Raiders can get thru the preseason without any major injuries.
The question is, is Tennessee the same Tennessee team that went 13-3 and was the number one seed in the AFC just two years ago?
July 12th, 2010 at 9:36 am
does any 1 know what john hendersons rating is in madden 11 ?
July 12th, 2010 at 9:39 am
? is who’s gonna play fb?haven’t heard anything about the position all ofseason.I think hue might use a 2 back set with bush and dman on field at the same time .
July 12th, 2010 at 9:42 am
# mcskinnnylegs Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 9:39 am
? is who’s gonna play fb?haven’t heard anything about the position all ofseason.I think hue might use a 2 back set with bush and dman on field at the same time .
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The Raiders have a bunch of guys competing for the position including Marcel Reece, Chane Moline from UCLA, and Manase Tonga from BYU.
July 12th, 2010 at 9:45 am
# mcskinnnylegs Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 9:36 am
does any 1 know what john hendersons rating is in madden 11 ?
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Whatever it is, it’s been declining. Actually all joking aside, Henderson is a very good signing who will provide an EXCELLENT Veteran presence to guys like Lamarr Houston Desmond Bryant and Tommie Kelly.
July 12th, 2010 at 9:57 am
Dell,
I am in.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Seymour Bush Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Right there is your proof that that female is NOT a Raider fan.
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Richochet Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
What are you, a woman?
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This poor stupid beyotch doesn’t have an original thought in her psychotic head. She just regurgitates whatever is said in her presence. Like a monkey. A female monkey.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:07 am
Richochet Says:
July 11th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
But you get losers like Oakglen and MR who create handles just to converse and prop themselves? That’s sorryass.
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Actually what is sorryass is running hiding and then showing up later when the coast is clear so you don’t take your inevitable beating. This SF Whiner kissing beyotch gets more gutless by the second.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:10 am
This is my kind of banker!
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Bo Jackson is back this week for the MLB All-Star game in Anaheim. Jackson, the former two-sport star who became an All-Star in both the NFL and MLB, is marking the 21-year anniversary of the leadoff home run he hit in the 1989 All-Star game in Anaheim.
A candid Jackson told the L.A. Times that his exit from football due to a dislocated hip injury suffered in a 1994 playoff game preceded his planned retirement. He and his wife had planned four days prior to the injury that Jackson would retire from the then-Los Angeles Raiders after that season to focus on his baseball career and on raising their family.
And Jackson also defended Raiders owner Al Davis, who he said is miscast in too negative a light today. He told the Times of Davis:
“Everybody stands up and says, ‘Al Davis, that crazy SOB.’ That isn’t so. This is a man who would have fought a lion with a switch to defend his players.
“This is my opinion, and my opinion only, but the reason the Raiders left Los Angeles was because of the condition of our place of work. The public just got to see the outside of the stadium, which is beautiful. But after a game we had to stand in line to take a shower. There were 20 or 25 shower heads — and only four of them had a steady stream of water coming out of them.
“When you have conditions like that, you’ve got to go to greener pastures. That’s what Mr. Davis did.
“Mr. Davis tells you exactly what he thinks. That’s what I like about him.
“From the time I left the Raiders he called my wife and I every Christmas, and he called my wife on her birthday and sent her flowers. That is the type of man Al Davis is. He will always remain one of the most distinguished men I’ve ever had the opportunity to shake hands with.”
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/07/bo-jackson-raiders-owner-al-davis-is-a-man-who-would-have-fought-a-lion-with-a-switch-to-defend-his-players/1
July 12th, 2010 at 10:11 am
Dakota
Thanks. Hope all is well.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:15 am
Wow. Another former player sticks up for Al. Big shock there. And Bo even admits why he’s sticking up for him. Because Al gives the players whatever they want. Only difference is, back in Bo’s day most players wanted to win. Today, players just want an easy check and easy practices, and Al continues to deliver.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:17 am
Just the facts.
In 1989 he was selected to the MLB all-star game (where he won the MVP award) AND the NFL Pro Bowl.
Career YPC Average:
Bo Jackson 5.4
Jim Brown 5.2
Barry Sanders 5.0
Walter Payton 4.4
Emmitt Smith 4.2
July 12th, 2010 at 10:20 am
LOL @ the clowns who only want to believe former players who rag on the Raiders. Then all of a sudden they have complete credibility. Hmmm, do I trust Bo Jackson or Warren Sapp?
July 12th, 2010 at 10:20 am
Don’t talk about Bo being a big two sport star, because then someone’s going to bring up Deion, his concurrent success in both sports, along with the rings Deion delivered (that Bo never did), and you’re going to get mad.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:22 am
Bo, let’s put it this way, I believe both lots of players, the ones who bash Al and the ones who praise him.
Bo says Al sticks up for players. True.
Warren says Al tinkers with the game plan. True.
No contradiction.
Warren Sapp was one of the last mohicans who wanted to win. He came from winners. Played for winners his whole life. Then he’s in Oakland and he wonders why his team has so much talent yet can’t win. He learned why, and told the public.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:25 am
Yeah no former Raider players ever want to come back. Just ask jim Plunkett and Tim Brown.
On a different note, notice how the SF Whiners have to pay some of their players to come back even for scheduled reunions. Joe Montana’s so pissed at the whiners he normally will not show up unless the Whiners pay him.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:26 am
Anyone what the reair of the BSC championship on ESPN yesterday? I did and I got a good look at the Raiders first and second round picks. After watching the game I came away less then impressed.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:27 am
Seymour, I’m sorry, but did ANYONE dispute former players’ liking Al Davis? I know I didn’t. Former players like him because he gave them whatever they wanted. But a lot of former players were also frustrated with the chaos in the organization, which affected the football play. And as far as they were concerned, Al could keep his perks and his phone calls and his flowers. They wanted to win. Gannon and Sapp were two of them.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Rich Gannon was a league MVP. Why shouldn’t I take his word just as much as I take Bo’s?
July 12th, 2010 at 10:31 am
So we’re all in agreement then.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:33 am
McClain seems to take a false step to the ball at every snap. He also tend to jog over to help his team mates make a tackle if it looks like the runner is going down. I did not see alot of speed or hustle from this guy.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:35 am
Houston was not that disruptive. #57 on the line was an absolute beast and was doubled and tripled teamed through the game lamar was mostly one on one and did not do much.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:35 am
It seems the hype surrounding these players was a little over rated.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:41 am
NBA News:
The Suns are on the verge of acquiring forwards Hedo Turkoglu and Josh Childress, swiftly rebounding from the loss of Amar’e Stoudemire with two quality impact players
Jordan Farmar said he has agreed to a three-year, $12-million deal with the New Jersey Nets, ending his ties with the Lakers. Farmar said he can opt out of his deal after the second season.
The senior statesman role could change if the Nets can reach agreement with Udonis Haslem, a rickety 30 years old. One Nets executive priced Haslem at about $6 million, and the Nets have dangled a three-year, $20-million deal. Haslem prefers Miami, but he would have to play for a lot less. And Dallas reportedly has offered $32 million over five years.
Free agent guard Tony Allen agreed to a three-year contract with the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday, according to multiple reports. Allen will received $10 million in guaranteed money, Yahoo! Sports reported. Allen has been plagued by injuries during his career, but has developed a reputation as a lockdown defender.
A source told The Post on Dec. 15, when trades are permitted for free-agent signees and draft picks, the Knicks will try to put together a package for either free-agent-to-be Tony Parker or Paul.
http://www.insidehoops.com/nba_rumors.shtml
July 12th, 2010 at 10:44 am
Rockstar, we are talking Raider football here, you must be on the wrong blog. JK. LOL!
July 12th, 2010 at 10:46 am
RNOraiderFan Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 10:26 am
Anyone what the reair of the BSC championship on ESPN yesterday? I did and I got a good look at the Raiders first and second round picks. After watching the game I came away less then impressed.
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I did see McClain jog a little bit out there, especially on that one reverse, that was a little concerning.
I also saw him blow-up a screen, obliterate the RB, who than needed an extra second to get up and get the phone to stop ringing.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:47 am
July 12th, 2010 at 9:32 am
Fantasy league participants:
Fire Baby (Vegas raider)
EXLA
Thanks for joining.
I need 9 more playas.
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Im in, where do I sign up?
July 12th, 2010 at 10:49 am
It seemed that the short pass into McClain’s zone was open all day.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:51 am
Hey Rockstar what did you think of #57 for Alabama? That guy was a beast! I didn’t get his name tho.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:51 am
the Oakland Raiders placed offensive tackle Elliot Vallejo on the “Reserve/Retired” list on Friday.
Vallejo, who played his college ball at UCLA before transferring to UC-Davis, began his NFL career with the Arizona Cardinals, who signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2007. The 6-7, 315-pound tackle spent the first two years of his career shuttling between the Cardinals’ active roster and practice squad.
Vallejo fractured his kneecap during last year’s training camp, and the Cardinals waived him with an injury settlement in September. Vallejo was a street free agent until spending a week on the Raiders’ practice squad in December, and he was re-signed by the Raiders to a one-year deal on June 8.
No reason was given for his abrupt retirement from the National Football League.
Posted by Brian McIntyre
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No !!!
July 12th, 2010 at 10:51 am
Man, a domestic violence shooting at a work spot here in ABQ has killed 6 people, including the shooter, and another half dozen are in the OR. Scary stuff.
Should be national news here in a little.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:52 am
# Just Fire Baby Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 10:46 am
RNOraiderFan Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 10:26 am
Anyone what the reair of the BSC championship on ESPN yesterday? I did and I got a good look at the Raiders first and second round picks. After watching the game I came away less then impressed.
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I did see McClain jog a little bit out there, especially on that one reverse, that was a little concerning.
I also saw him blow-up a screen, obliterate the RB, who than needed an extra second to get up and get the phone to stop ringing.
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And don’t forget that Houston is going up against Mike Johnson at guard for Alabama. Johnson at 6′6″ 305 went in the 3rd round and is projected to be an excellent pro prospect after making 44 straight starts for the Tide. Keep that in mind.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:53 am
Packers CB Al Harris will release a Christian rap album with Kevin Soto, a childhood friend who served time for a variety of crimes.
-PFT
July 12th, 2010 at 10:55 am
And don’t forget that Houston is going up against Mike Johnson at guard for Alabama. Johnson at 6′6″ 305 went in the 3rd round and is projected to be an excellent pro prospect after making 44 straight starts for the Tide. Keep that in mind.
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I did like Johnson in the draft and wanted the Raiders to pick him up. But your saying a 3rd rounder handled our 2nd rounder. I would of rather had the Raiders take Johnson in the 2nd.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:57 am
# RNOraiderFan Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 10:55 am
And don’t forget that Houston is going up against Mike Johnson at guard for Alabama. Johnson at 6′6″ 305 went in the 3rd round and is projected to be an excellent pro prospect after making 44 straight starts for the Tide. Keep that in mind.
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I did like Johnson in the draft and wanted the Raiders to pick him up. But your saying a 3rd rounder handled our 2nd rounder. I would of rather had the Raiders take Johnson in the 2nd.
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Believe me, I was a big Mike Johnson fan myself. Still am. But Houston should be a good player for us.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:58 am
what did you think of #57 for Alabama? That guy was a beast!
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RNO,
DE Marcell Dareus led the Southeastern Conference in quarterback sacks in the 2009 season and is currently regarded as one of the top defensive end prospects in his class. Dareus was named Defensive MVP of the 2010 BCS National Championship Game.
We have enough DE’s imo with Seymour, Shaughnessy, Houston and Richardson. Plus you know that Kelly, Bryant, Groves & Scott can play DE (if need be) on occasion …
July 12th, 2010 at 11:00 am
We have enough DE’s imo with Seymour, Shaughnessy, Houston and Richardson. Plus you know that Kelly, Bryant, Groves & Scott can play DE (if need be) on occasion …
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Are any of the guys we have as dominating as Marcell Dareus?
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Believe me, I was a big Mike Johnson fan myself. Still am. But Houston should be a good player for us.
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I hope so I’m going to be pulling for both of these guys to make an impact.
July 12th, 2010 at 11:01 am
17 days until training camp …
Here’s the best of Murphy from an NFL.com chat:
“There’s a buzz going around the locker room,” Murphy said. “Everyone is upbeat and ready for the season. I think the buzz is a real buzz — it’s not false enthusiasm. Offseason workouts were great, a lot of guys showed up. I can’t explain this buzz. Everyone is energetic and excited because we all feel we’ll have a great season.”
“Everybody is just going out to practice with the mentality of being a playoff team. It’s at the forefront of everyone’s mind that we’re going to be a playoff team this season.”
Which rookies impressed Murphy the most?
“The standout from the beginning has been McClain. He’s a beast in the middle. He’s still picking things up and learning the defense, but his presence alone is eye-opening. I also like LaMarr Houston, I really like is motor.”
Murphy was also interviewed by Yahoo bloggers:
Q: Talk about your relationship with receivers coach Sanjay Lal – word is, you guys really hit it off in a pre-draft ccouting combine conversation.
A: Yeah, I talked to Sanjay at the combine for awhile. We had talked. I thought they had their receiver who they wanted, so I was just looking for another team. I thought I was going to the Patriots, and the Raiders traded up, traded to that pick. I saw the area code when they called, and I thought, ‘I think I’m going to Cali’, so it kind of all happened fast. The Patriots were really interested. Coach Belichick knows [Florida] Coach [Urban] Meyer, and asked a lot about me. I talked with them on the phone. So pretty much when the Patriots came up in the fourth round, I thought that’s where I might be going.”
Me and Sanjay’s relationship is going along well. He’s a good receivers coach. He’s really detailed. He’s taken my game to the next level. He really focuses on the little things. He’s got the natural ability to speak and let it go, but he really focuses on my details. How good are my routes coming out in and out of my breaks. I thought I had it all, you know, just like every rookie. When it really broke down on film, coming in and out of breaks at the top of the route is pretty much the difference between a good receiver and a great receiver. Being able to run a route and beat a DB at the top of your route, so we’ve been focusing on that a lot. We’re focusing on burst after the catch, trying to score on every play. So he’s really on me about that, and I’m thankful to have him as a receivers coach. He’s really laid-back, but he’s a stickler for a lot of the little things, a lot of the fundamentals to the game where sometimes a player could take it out of their repertoire and just go off their natural ability.
Q: What has working with [new offensive coordinator Hue] Jackson been like?
A: Oh man, it’s been great. There’s an intensity to practice there that’s pretty great. Always on high adrenaline, always challenging the defense to make us better, and for us to make them better. It’s a totally different vibe with Hue than last year. He’s really a great coach. All the good things you’ve heard about him are pretty much true. He changes up a lot with the line and the running backs and using different guys at different positions, so I think he’s going to cause some more problems for defenses this year.”
Finally, the wife got in the Raiders spirit and made some of Zack Crockett’s famous macaroni and cheese for dinner. The recipe was in Oakland magazine and I believe the former running back and current scout has a cookbook out. Good birthday gift for Raiders fans if you can find it.
Posted By: Vittorio Tafur (SF Gate)
July 12th, 2010 at 11:02 am
Dareus was the one credited with knocking Colt McCoy out of the National Championship game.
July 12th, 2010 at 11:02 am
Nice post RockStar!
July 12th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Dareus was the one credited with knocking Colt McCoy out of the National Championship game.
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Dareus was knocking a few texas players around in that game!
July 12th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Jesse Jackson criticized Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert on Sunday, saying Gilbert sees LeBron James as a “runaway slave” and that the owner’s comments after the free-agent forward decided to join the Miami Heat put the player in danger.
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LOL….
July 12th, 2010 at 11:06 am
I would love for the Raiders to have one D player that played the way Dareus played in the BCS championship. Heart, fire, motor, the guy has it all.
July 12th, 2010 at 11:07 am
I’ve got to run. Later Nation!
July 12th, 2010 at 11:07 am
Chuck Carroll at FootballNewsNow.com talked to Raiders defensive end Jay Richardson, who is thinking big things.
“I think we’re gonna have our first double-digit win season in … I couldn’t even tell you how many years,” he said. “It’s been a while. I’m hoping and pulling for 10 plus wins. I think we can do it. I think we’re going to be a playoff team this year.”
A big reason for Richardson’s optimism is the departure of quarterback JaMarcus Russell and the arrival of Jason Campbell.
“So far, what I’ve seen of Jason, he’s going to be a difference maker. He allows us to open up our offense a little bit and do some things that we probably couldn’t do with a younger quarterback like JaMarcus.”
Richardson said he didn’t mean to knock Russell but you can read between the lines with his next comment.
“With Jason, I think we’re going to be able to do everything the coordinators want to do and more. He’s also a good guy. Obviously a competent guy, a smart guy. He obviously cares about performance and hopefully it shows.”
Richardson also touched on Russell’s arrest Monday for possession of codeine and his rumored taste for Purple Drank.
“He hasn’t done anything like that in front of me so I can’t sit here and say yay or nay as far as what goes on in his personal life. All I can really say is that it is a cultural thing in the south. Especially in the hip hop community that is something you see a lot of.
“And I think as an athlete you have to know when to distance yourself from that type of behavior. You have to be smart. That’s what it comes down to”
The complete interview, where Richardson also touches on how Russell needs to get his swagger back in the UFL, is here:
http://www.footballnewsnow.com/2010/raiders-de-jay-richardson-thinks-ufl-could-be-good-for-jamarcus-russell/
Posted By: Vittorio Tafur (SF Gate)
July 12th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Bears, Rams, Buccaneers and Dolphins Interested in BYU’s Harvey Unga
Former BYU running back Harvey Unga is one of the most talked about players entered in this week’s NFL Supplemental Draft.
Unga worked out for 20 teams as part of his Pro Day and raised more than one eyebrow from scouts and coaches.
Michael Lombardio of NFL.com speculates that Unga could go in the third-round and has drawn serious interest from the St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins.
The Chicago Bears are also “very interested” in obtaining Unga.
The former Cougar met with team GM Jerry Angelo and director of player personnel Tim Ruskell recently in Chicago. It appearantly went very well.
By Chuck Carroll
Football News Now Staff Writer
July 12th, 2010 at 11:09 am
Russell needs to take up celebrity boxing and hire Vick as his manager. Both are losers!
July 12th, 2010 at 11:16 am
I would love to have Unga, but a future 3rd rounder is a little steep, IMO.
That guy was a beast in college. Crazy Polynesian, and a little bit of ‘tude on the field. Great receiver out of the backfield.
July 12th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Jay Richardson and his mom went on the TV show The Doctors, maybe 5-6 months ago.
Seemed like a good dude, spoke very eloquently.
July 12th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Jay Richardson and his mom went on the TV show The Doctors, maybe 5-6 months ago.
Seemed like a good dude, spoke very eloquently.
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Fire Baby: Raider O would probably argue thats because he’s a former Buckeye …
July 12th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Richardson acknowledged that the UFL might be in Russell’s future. It may even be a good thing.
“I think a lot of that really depends on how much he really loves football,” he said when asked if this was the end of Russell’s career. “If he cares enough about it and loves it then he might step down to the UFL … kind of get his swagger back, get his confidence back and make one more run at it and hope that a team comes along and takes him seriously.
“But honestly if he doesn’t start working toward that now and start taking it seriously now, then this might be the last you see from him when it comes to football in general.
“I hope that’s not the end for him. I hope he gets his head on straight and gets rolling. It would be such a waste of talent to see a guy like that have so many issues. We all just hope the best for him.”
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LOL. J-Rich thinks it’s UFL or bust for JaFranchise … same 2007 draft class
July 12th, 2010 at 11:29 am
Go to yahoo fantasy football and do the following.
League is: RAIDER NATION
League Number is #129964
Live draft: August 29, 2010 1:00PM PST
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Dell, Sunday 3pm Podunk?
nice!
I’ll try my best bro …
July 12th, 2010 at 11:29 am
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
July 12th, 2010 at 11:30 am
# RaiderRockstar Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 10:53 am
Packers CB Al Harris will release a Christian rap album with Kevin Soto, a childhood friend who served time for a variety of crimes.
-PFT
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Idiot shyt…..nothing worse than these Christian rappers….trust me they be having hoes like a mufugga and still are wit da bizness
July 12th, 2010 at 11:32 am
Raider Dell= Real Raider and one of the few people who I bow down to on this chat….he is my hero and I hope we can meet at a tailgate or two for this upcoming awesome 2010 campaign
July 12th, 2010 at 11:33 am
# Just Fire Baby Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Jay Richardson and his mom went on the TV show The Doctors, maybe 5-6 months ago.
Seemed like a good dude, spoke very eloquently.
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Jay Richardson is cool. Seems to have his head on straight and should serve a great depth Dline rotational type of guy for us in 2010.
July 12th, 2010 at 11:35 am
# The Real MaddenRaider Says:
July 12th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Rich Gannon was a league MVP. Why shouldn’t I take his word just as much as I take Bo’s?
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Well Bo was a pro bowler and an all star MLB player within a calendar year. Gannon was okay here I wasnt his biggest fan and his MVP year was a joke but both of them cancel each other out since neither won a title………..NEXT!
July 12th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Thursday’s supplemental draft
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al davis spend a 4th or 5th on RB Harvey Unga or DT Joshua Price-Brent?
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