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By Jon Becker
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at 9:47 am in Oakland Raiders.
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August 28th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Good Morning Nation!!!
August 28th, 2010 at 9:49 am
RRRRAAAIIIDDDERRRSSS!!
August 28th, 2010 at 9:51 am
Vegas, how’s it going??
Did you get my email?
August 28th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Q: Did you need to boost his confidence?
Jackson: No. I don’t think I need to build up any football player’s confidence. What it is is going to work. It’s rolling up your sleeves every day and going out to work to improve your skill level. That’s what the young man has done. Obviously he needs to go do it in a game. I think he will. I’m looking forward to watching him play this weekend.
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I disagree with Jackson on this one.
I think DHB does need a boost in confidence.
It seems to me that just showing up to work and playing isn’t getting it done. Unfortunately, I don’t know if there is any way for the OC to boost his confidence. Confidence is built of success. I also am looking forward to watching him play this weekend.
August 28th, 2010 at 10:04 am
I don’t care who wins tonight, I just want to beat the snot out of them on Oct.17th!
August 28th, 2010 at 10:07 am
If you had a poll asking Raider fans what player they’ll be most focused on these last two preseason games, DHB would win by a landslide. How will DHB handle the pressure?
August 28th, 2010 at 10:09 am
As long as the Whiners feel some pain, and our guys don’t get injured, who cares who wins.
August 28th, 2010 at 10:09 am
dhb = dropped pass
August 28th, 2010 at 10:11 am
the raiders need to win so the 1’s(who will be playing most of the game)can carry over some confidence into the reg season.given that most will be rested for pre wk 4
August 28th, 2010 at 10:17 am
4. Hoping that Bey’s mix of inexperience and the fact he’s not a natural pass catcher was to blame for a lot of last years flubs but compusre seems to be a big part of it too.
That should come with more experience and yes, success.
A complete question mark right now though. Don’t think tonights game is make or break but if he’s got 9 catches after the end of the season…
August 28th, 2010 at 10:17 am
# inonewordraider Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 10:07 am
If you had a poll asking Raider fans what player they’ll be most focused on these last two preseason games, DHB would win by a landslide. How will DHB handle the pressure?
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While DHB is definitely an item pf concern, DMac would win that poll in my opinion. This has to be his make-break year – his last hurrah. Either he succeeds this year or he’ll be relegated to JaLoser duty – keeping a close eye on JaBustus. Except, he then be known as DaBustus. I’m hoping he succeeds but we’ll just have to wait and see.
August 28th, 2010 at 10:18 am
Raider O,
You’re right about Grove signing with Miami as a free agent, which means that Al thought so much of him that he let the former second round pick walk away with no replacement on the roster, and traded a sixth round pick to get that replacement. I’m right about him being injury-prone and losing his starting job with the Dolphins.
He hasn’t played more than 12 games in a season since 2006, which is the only time in his career that he’s played a full year. He has only started 24 games in the past three years. He injured his shoulder LAST NIGHT and had to have xrays taken on it.
Still want him?
August 28th, 2010 at 10:18 am
Seriously though, Jerry rawks. Hope the ankles doin better. HAVE to stay off of it!!!
August 28th, 2010 at 10:19 am
12. Ugh, Groves was an abysmal failure…
August 28th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Ray,
Just checked, didn’t see anything.
raidersfanlv@yahoo.com
How you liking CA??
August 28th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Jake Grove was a failed effort. Getting Satele as Grove’s replacement, IMO was not the solution. Both barely qualified to be a back-up.
August 28th, 2010 at 10:31 am
roster update for maden 11 finally wimbley,houston,kelly,reece up two points j.henderson down two points
August 28th, 2010 at 10:40 am
did Madden add Pitos to the roster
August 28th, 2010 at 10:41 am
By the last Madden roster update the raiders will be 88 overall
August 28th, 2010 at 10:47 am
Madden (game) gets worse, EVERY year. Exclusivity deal is worst thing to ever happen to gaming. Don’t bother responding.
August 28th, 2010 at 10:50 am
Stick with Madden ‘09. You can have your “gang tackling”, and whatever other stupid feature they’ve added since. Quality of game sucks. Graphics suck. They don’t even show complete replays. GAY! Go ahead and fork your 40 bucks to EA Sports. They need it along with their cheap production to live their lavish lifestyles. So be a good American and just buy it. And, of course, there’s no need for you to respond to this because I will not sink down to any of your guys’ levels today.
August 28th, 2010 at 10:51 am
lol ther stil 71 ovr damn madden be hating
August 28th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Paris got arrested last night in Vegas!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juuiMxy56DY&feature=related
August 28th, 2010 at 10:52 am
then y u keep talkin about it then saying dontrespond u weirdo ur lookin 4 trouble
August 28th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Our O line is fine. Organization management and coaching is our problem. Always has been, always will be. Now move along.
August 28th, 2010 at 10:52 am
skinny legs, meet my friend IGNORE.
August 28th, 2010 at 10:53 am
im the best ever at madden
August 28th, 2010 at 10:54 am
The Raiders will play their starters the entire first half tonight, and you guys will not be happy. Move along.
August 28th, 2010 at 10:54 am
# mcskinnnylegs Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 10:53 am
im the best ever at madden
………………
Ha! If you have X Box life, look up THE REAL RON JEREMY, and we’ll see if you can even beat me.
August 28th, 2010 at 10:54 am
wtf the titans are a 77 ovr thought they hated on the raiders damn
August 28th, 2010 at 10:55 am
sorry bro im on ps3 i actually met some 1 in here and played him lol it was cool we did team play with raiders
August 28th, 2010 at 10:56 am
mr if i agree with u on your madden game comments can i respond o great 1?
August 28th, 2010 at 10:57 am
That’s good for you that you don’t have x box live, saves you the embarrassment. You won’t score on my defense.
August 28th, 2010 at 10:57 am
L.a. is all good….had a heat wave come now gone. Wish I was out in Northern Cali right now..my boy made it out there yesterday for the Raider Nation celebration, got an autograph from Nnamdi!!
Today he goes and enjoys the Battle of the Bay!
I get to watch it on tv.
August 28th, 2010 at 10:58 am
nope saves me the $ while i score on lame defenses like yours for free.while you pay for dirt box live
August 28th, 2010 at 11:01 am
wow cj2 took 1 2 the house on me lol hes a beast
August 28th, 2010 at 11:01 am
X box’ live’s free. X box gold costs’s money. I almost got it because you need it to use netflix on x box. But I didn’t do it. It’s a ripoff. I’m not going to pay to watch my own t.v.
August 28th, 2010 at 11:02 am
dhb inj 1st play
August 28th, 2010 at 11:03 am
yea netflix ux neway i had it and dropped it all movies are wicked old
August 28th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Goodbye. It’s too early for your guys’ b.s. I’ll catch up with you all at game time. I have a feeling the Raiders are going to get rolled today. Then again, I always do. See you later.
August 28th, 2010 at 11:07 am
Cable’s first stupid move of the season (guaranteed just one of tons) was having ONE ball thrown to DHB in the first game.
One.
A guy who he’s been building up all off season…a guy who was the worst starting WR in the league last year..a guy who busted his butt just to get back some respect…gets ONE ball thrown his way.
A horrible ball, at that, in that it was almost picked.
Then….nothing? Nada? Zip?
Makes no freaking sense…and now..two games later, as mentioned above, people are now doubting again, and want to see DHB prove them wrong.
Couple of completions in the first game would have done a lot for DHB, and the doubters…but nooooo…that little fact went right over Cable’s head, like most things do.
August 28th, 2010 at 11:10 am
The Niners are a solid team, fortunately their biggest weakness is the most important player on the field–Alex Smith.
I think their backup QB is better than Smith.
If we don’t stop the run and if we don’t play smart on offense they could make us look silly.
I will be there in the Black Hole watching DMac run for 2.1 yards per carry!!
Just being realistic.
August 28th, 2010 at 11:14 am
DHB and DMAC are Al’s scholarship failures.
I hope I am wrong about this, but DHB has no quickness or hands, and DMAC is too fragile.
Higgins and Murphy are our best receivers and Bush is our best running back.
August 28th, 2010 at 11:16 am
is the game a sell out or close to?
August 28th, 2010 at 11:17 am
mr,
what the heck is wrong with you lately? you sound bitter that the raiders MAY be a playoff team.
August 28th, 2010 at 11:18 am
murphy is our best receiver agreed but i think dmac will finally turn a corner and be like charlie garner for us, his receiving skills will be saving grace
August 28th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Hobs, you sound like a kool aid drinking Raider fan who thinks the Raiders are a 10 win team because nobody’s beat the yet.
August 28th, 2010 at 11:20 am
beat them yet.
August 28th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Thec thinks the Raiders are a 10 win team this year. Jon Gruden’s team in ‘01 was a 10 win team. He thinks we’re that good. Do you, Hobs? Is this team as good as Gruden/Gannon/Brown/Rice/Garner et al?
August 28th, 2010 at 11:27 am
DHB is entering his 2nd year at a position that usually takes at least 2-3 years before the player starts to excel.While he has been a disappointment so far,to say he is on scholarship or is a bust is just plain wrong.D.Mac is different.He plays a position that usually shines right away.And for any of you who don’t follow the team very closely,Hue Jackson has taken over as OC and is calling the plays.If a player isn’t used on Off. or his number isn’t called ,that is Hue’s call.
August 28th, 2010 at 11:36 am
After watching the Chargers without V Jackson I’m convinced were as talented as they are on O and D with us having a slight edge on D because they’re older. As much as I dislike the guy however their major advantage is having a winner at QB. We can’t have any setbacks this year with steady improvement from game to game and we could take the division, it’ll be tough though
August 28th, 2010 at 11:43 am
Does anyone know if this game is being shown live in la?
August 28th, 2010 at 11:44 am
Channel 5!!!
August 28th, 2010 at 11:49 am
Thank you.
Hopefully I can get it turned on at a local bar but there is a big mma fight tonight.
August 28th, 2010 at 11:49 am
Just watched a Sports Special I DVR’d last night on HBO – “Rebels with a Cause – Story of the AFL”. What a great 1 hour special. I’ve seen it before but it was still worth watching it again. It showed what an important role Al Davis played in not only the success of the AFL but the ultimate success of he NFL. An interesting side note I picked out of the re-watch, we Raider fans owe a BIG thanks to Ralph Wilson, owner of the Buffalo Bills. It was he who loaned Wayne Valley, then owner of the Oakland Raiders, $400,000. in order to prevent Wayne Valley from having to declare Oakland Raider bankruptcy. Had the Raiders or any other AFL team folded, the AFL would have never made it to the merger with the NFL.
Another hero of the time and I recall being at some of his games vs. the Raiders was Joe “Willie” Namath – QB, NY Jets. His win in SB III along with Len Dawson and the KC Chiefs SB IV win put the AFC on the map as having respectable equal quality teams.
I feel fortunate to having been there and been able to watch much of this great sports history. Those days were the foundation of what is now known as the greatest show on Earth.
August 28th, 2010 at 11:57 am
MMA or Raiders???
I won’t even think about it twice!!!
R-A-I-D-E-R-S!!!!!!
August 28th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Those of you claiming 10 wins…Gruden’s ‘01 team had 10 wins. We’re that good? Really?
August 28th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Keys to the battle of the bay
http://www.raidernationstation.com/pre_season_2010
Man, I hope we do well tonight…
It would be great to see DMC and or Bey do something great…
August 28th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Lefty12 Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 11:27 am
DHB is entering his 2nd year at a position that usually takes at least 2-3 years before the player starts to excel.While he has been a disappointment so far,to say he is on scholarship or is a bust is just plain wrong.
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Lefty, of course DHB is on scholarship. Al Davis reached for him, gave him 25 million dollars, while everyone was recommending Michael Crabtree, who sat out 1/4 of the season and caught 3 times as many passes as DHB.
August 28th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
RMR, as president of your fan club I have to agree with you that 10 wins is overly optimistic, but…if I didn’t know the recent Raider history and just woke up after a 7 year coma and turned on the Dallas and Bear games I would say they definitely look like a 10 win team at least.
August 28th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
What up NATION????
August 28th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
hey real maddenraider, i bet youre a fat 40 yr old virgin who lives with his fat old dirty mom. if you werent you wouldnt be on this website so often. heres your response.
“actually im on this website so often because i own a company that makes millions of dollarsand have allthe free time in the world.” stfu youre a loser, a hater, probably a laker and yankee fan, and i can almost guarantee have never gotten your little baby sized noodle wet. so the point of my post here is, why dont you just stop living and make all real raider fans lives a little better. doosh
August 28th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
The Raiders will win 10 games this season…
Hue Jackson will be calling the plays…lol
August 28th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Johnny, we won 10 games in 2001. Rich Gannon. Jerry Rice. Charlie Garner. Tim Brown. Jon Gruden as head coach. You think this team’s that good? Really?
August 28th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
And, you think this team is that good…based on pre season play? lol.
August 28th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Hey Raisers22. What’s up with the personal attack on RMR as your 1st contribution of the day? Did he kill your cat or something? You may not with his comments but leave out the internet tough guy approach. You come across as an 11 year old out of control. All it does it start side dialogs detrimental to positive Raider discussion. If he really bothers you, don’t read and/or respond to his posts.
This is a good day. The Raiders are playing football tonight and we even have a good chance to win and continue to get better. Let’s focus on the positives.
August 28th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Happy game day Nation! I know it’s only preseason but I really hate the whiners.. Ufck sf!
August 28th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
and you think cable didnt call plays last year…lol
August 28th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
JB, they can’t ignore the truth.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
I don’t think Tom Cable has ever done anything that Al Davis didn’t tell him to do, sans his meltdown with Hanson. And that includes playcalling. Like I said yesterday, if Cable really called plays, and I doubt he did, but if he did, he was given a choice between a few plays that Al Davis wants to see for any given situation. For example, on 2nd and long, here’s his choices:
1) XYZ streak
2) XYZ streak
3) XYZ streak
So, yes, Cable does call the plays. He chooses between those 3. He’s the man.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
mr
if the coaches can game plan the way they see fit, blitzes and all, then YES we are a playoff 10 win team. that’s a big if. i like what cable is doing and i think he is the big reason for the team buying into this thing. they are on the right track but it’s going to take someone keeping his ego out.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Really interested is seeing some key match-ups and seeing if some of our guys can deliver:
• Our D vs. Frank Gore’s running game
• Routt at starting CB
• DMac success – Fact or fiction
• DHB – Great hands or Dudly hands
• O-line vs. SF D
• Veldheer performance at Center
• Do we really have a running game this season
• Carlisle’s performance and should BCampbell be in at starting RG
• Is Gradkowski going to make the squad this year?
• Let’s see what Colt Brennan can do
August 28th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
So, basically, Hobs, if Cable doesn’t turn out to be the puppet that we all know he is, he has a chance to win 10 games. Same with any coach we’ve ever had.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
oh yeah, i’m drinking the kool aid….i am a raider fan, we always are optimists in preseason.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Things I will be watching in tonites game;
V <——- How stout he looks playing C
JFORD <——- Maker, what to see more
DMAC <——- How he runs
BC <——- Improvement this week to week
NAM <——- against the niers best WR
Dline <——- can tey maintain the intensity and continue to bring the heat
DHb <——- Some catches would be nice, TD would be cream
August 28th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
# The Real MaddenRaider Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
I don’t think Tom Cable has ever done anything that Al Davis didn’t tell him to do, sans his meltdown with Hanson. And that includes playcalling. Like I said yesterday, if Cable really called plays, and I doubt he did, but if he did, he was given a choice between a few plays that Al Davis wants to see for any given situation. For example, on 2nd and long, here’s his choices:
1) XYZ streak
2) XYZ streak
3) XYZ streak
So, yes, Cable does call the plays. He chooses between those 3. He’s the man.
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Could very well be but don’t forget, Cable like AD knew that JaLoser only knew one play – XYZ streak. So, is that call a surprise?
LOL
August 28th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Hobs,
“I can still contribute heavily”
- Al Davis, last week.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
hey man i have been saying all preseason long that if what sapp said about al throwing a new game plan in on fridays after the team having practiced something else is true, then we are screwed. this team is good, this team can win but al’s just going to have to layoff.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
i rarely if ever post on here, yet anyday i read a new post by jerry this tool is on here talking about “al davis sucks”, “john gruden is greater than baby jesus”, im tired of it. get the eff of of a raider website then you idiot. yeah john gruden is so great hes jobless, he took rony dungys team and destroyed us, after that tampa was awful and he got canned. real amazing coach.
if you wanna keep it positive get him out of here, id be more than happy to talk about the game tonight, the team etc.
hes like the fat kid who has to be mean in school bc if he didnt every1 would just make fun of him.
bounce…kick rocks..shake..real maddenraider, psh.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Hobs, not all Raider fans drink the kool aid.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
your preaching to the choir mr. you don’t have to sell me on al needs to retire.
but that doesn’t stop me from being a fan and hoping that they win!
August 28th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
if you are a raider fan, preseason is eternal bliss.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Well, Hobs, after the longest steak of 10 loss season in the history of pro football, do you think Sapp isn’t telling the truth? Especially when you consider how many others who’ve worked in Oakland have made charges similar to Sapp’s? You’re right. It’s one huge “IF”. It’s like saying, if every single team the Raiders play this season has to forfeit due to some bizarre flu, the Raiders will be 16-0. You know Al meddles, Hobs.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
I’m a fan, too, Hobs. That’s why I want Davis gone, so my team can win again.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
22,
the only constant in the losing is al freaking davis. get over it, he needs to retire, great as he is 80 years old is time to go, doesn’t have the energy to run everything.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
RRRRRRAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRSSSSSS!!!
August 28th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Oh, poor 22. You guys can’t do this. Come on, Hobs. Get his back. Poor guy.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Retire Al! I want to go into a season with a real organization and team again, like ‘98-’02, and ‘07. I’m tired of seasons like this one, where I know we’re going to lose, because YOU are still here and we don’t have a head coach who’ll stand up to you.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
66. Curious isn’t it that Raider22’s FIRST post was such a vile attack right off the bat. Seems almost like the guy knows him or has dealt with him b4 but is being a cute arse hole by posting as someone else…
Go Raiders!
August 28th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
# raiders22 Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
i rarely if ever post on here, yet anyday i read a new post by jerry this tool is on here talking about “al davis sucks”, “john gruden is greater than baby jesus”, im tired of it. get the eff of of a raider website then you idiot. yeah john gruden is so great hes jobless, he took rony dungys team and destroyed us, after that tampa was awful and he got canned. real amazing coach.
if you wanna keep it positive get him out of here, id be more than happy to talk about the game tonight, the team etc.
hes like the fat kid who has to be mean in school bc if he didnt every1 would just make fun of him.
bounce…kick rocks..shake..real maddenraider, psh.
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I hear you Raider22. Believe it or not, he’s certainly not the worst on here. At least he does understand football. I think a lot of what he does is just stir the pot. He loves to get reactions out of people. It gets him off & I’m sure provides him great enjoyment. If Jerry says lack he’ll probably say white just to see what happens. Don’t let him get your ire up. Just stick to your own opinion because that’s all this blog is – a grouping of different opinions. Theoretically, we should all be Raider fans in here but as we know there’s always some outsiders who come in because they have nothing else they’d rather do than tweek Raider fans.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Fuk Sapp that retard is on some bbq show as a judge. I could never stand that big mouth sob
August 28th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
I want to see us run the damn ball!
August 28th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
i don’t think you are a fan anymore mr. really, you have a chip on your shoulder. sit back relax and enjoy some positive vibes….al hasn’t f’d it up yet.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
You’re right, JB. I do want to get a reaction out of people. I hope Al Davis reads this blog some day and retires. There’s a reaction I’m hoping for!
August 28th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Whats up ya’ll. I can’t wait for the game tonight. I have to be honest though, me too like some of you here have a feeling that we are dropping this one. In the end it doesn’t really matter because it is preseason, what matters is how well our starters perform. Yes, DHB, DMac, JV, BG and a couple others are going to be on the spotlight. As well as our running D. Alex Smith doesn’t scare me, but it should be interesting to see how Crabtree does compared to DHB.
It will be a good game to watch, with a lot of notes to take. If we loose, oh well, no biggie. But we better learn from it and win when it counts.
I think the score will be something like SF 24 OAK 20. Or if we win, SF 17 OAK 20.
GO RAIDERS!
August 28th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
MR
Sup bro? It’s game day relax.. Have a few beers and enjoy the game. Y’all getting the game up there right?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
I’m glad Sapp came forward. He’s a hero. He’s part of a recent trend of former great Raider players coming out against Al Davis. Hopefully it’s a snowball effect.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Hobs, I don’t think you’re a fan. Anyone who doesn’t demand Al retire yesterday obviously wants the team to lose. What kind of fan is that?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
408, I know you’ve been planning for this day all week like it’s the Super Bowl, but it’s only a pre season game where the starters play sparingly.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
nope, they r going to win tonight.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Sorry, MR, Bo know’s best, I vote for Bo, and hope AD lives to be 120 years old!
August 28th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
EM, you take notes when watching Raider games?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
guys are playing hard, they want to win.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Bo Jackson? What does he have to do with anything I’ve said?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
I expect Mike Singletary to try to run the ball tonite.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Not really. maybe mental notes.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Didn’t you hear him in the Broadcast Booth?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
They haven’t played a game yet, Hobs. The Raiders have not played one single 4 quarter football game yet, that counted. Yet you’re saying the team is playing hard. What are you talking about? Played hard when? Where? First game is in two weeks.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
What did Bo say in the broadcast booth? I don’t watch more than 1 quarter of pre season football, Todd. Do enlighten me. Tell me what Bo said while on a Raider broadcast, on the Raiders’ t.v. network, while being watched by a hundred Raider personnel.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Nothing but praise for AD and the RAIDER tradition, I go with BO!
August 28th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Sapp & his comments have no credibility with me. He’s just an angry man. He might not be appy with the Raiders because we all didn’t kiss his a$$. What he failed to recognize was that his contribution in Oakland wasn’t all that great. I suspect that he was effectively fired rather than retired. The team probably gave him a gracious avenue to exit but he’s still pissed and will continue that mode ad infinitum.
Even if AD phoned down at the last minute, I’m sure he wasn’t calling Sapp except maybe when he needed to be told “get your a$$ moving”. Forget Sapp. He wasn’t even that good on Dancing with the Stars. Even there, he showed his true colors as an obnoxious pompous jerk.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
duh i would love al to retire, but its not going to happen. he will be passing soon though look at him, he resembles a 50 yr old vulture. and this yr hes finally got it so who cares. weve had the best off-season in the nfl by far. people like the seahawks but they did last yr also and howd that turn out?
im not saying al should hav gona years ago, all im saying is rmr is annoying. nobody wants to hear the same thing over and over. and if your life sucks that bad that all u have to do all day is post the same thing over and over and over and over and over, then i feel for you man. some of us like to party, go to school, work, and interact with females.
and 1 more thing, ive definitely never posted with another name, this is not that important to me lol. i just read to see what fellow fans r thnking. go back to draft time, youll see me on here with the same name.
and here we go: tonights score: Raiders 27-Niners 17.
player of the game, lamarr houston.
anthony davis has looked verrrryyy average at best, and lamarr does not. our ende r gonna have a field day.
im out haters
August 28th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
I know Al’s not going to retire, 22, that’s why we’re going to suck.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Of course Sapp’s comments have no credibility with you, JB. You have a soft spot for Al Davis.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
lol, mr i just said i would love him to retire. you just can’t get me mad, sorry not going to happen. your hate for al is keeping you from enjoying any hope for the season and any enjoyment out of wins be it preseason or not. go get laid man. al has put together this team whether we like it or not, that is not the problem, it’s old schemes that are the problem. these guys, they want to win and that is something different then in recent seasons.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Did Bo get into specifics, Todd? Or did he just say Al and the Raiders were great, on the Raiders’ t.v. network? So basically Bo’s take is the same as priest’s.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Warren Sapp has a Super bowl Ring, Hall of Fame Credentials, and he Played for the Raiders.
He knows a damnsight more about them than you fans do.
Get over it. Why don’t you people worry about what’s going on, on the field, instead of the Al Davis drama?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Al Davis 2010 NFL Exec of the Year!
August 28th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Bo gets a call from Al every year. Do you?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Hobs, your little soft spot for Al, along with the rest of the kool aid drinkers who think he’s going to change every year, are the reason he’s still here and still ruins this team. If you guys would get a backbone and stop forking your money over to this guy, and if Raider fans nationwide vowed not to give him a dime if he moved to their city as long as he’s still involved with football operations, he’d retire. He’d have no choice. But fans like you with all of this, “he’s made mistakes, but he’s won 3 super bowls, and he’s going to bring us back, he just needs to stop meddling, so stop hating on him”, blah blah blah, just enable him.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Al Davis is 29-83. What the heck is Warren Sapp lying about?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Who cares if Bo gets a call from Al every year?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Your forgetting one simple thing,MR, he owns the team, period!
August 28th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Sounds like Bo Jackson is another one of Al’s enablers. Bo was a great player, but today he’s only hurting the team by enabling the GM that’s tearing it apart. Bo’s useless.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
heck, yeah they are playing hard….you can feel it. this team is different, they may make an asre outta me but this locker room is not just collecting a paycheck and laughing with losses. their attitude has changed, i have hope. at the end of last season i wanted cable only if gruden wasn’t available. right now, i would not take gruden because cable has these guys. his handling of the team is gut. he may not have been a great play caller but his hand with the team feels right. bro i am drinking kool aid, but with some vodka spiked in it. go raiders.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
He can’t retire from football operations because he owns the team? What kind of logic is that, Todd? Most owners don’t run their own football operations anymore. AL NEEDS TO JOIN THEM ALREADY!
August 28th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
# The Real MaddenRaider Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Of course Sapp’s comments have no credibility with you, JB. You have a soft spot for Al Davis.
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Yes I do. See post #55 & you will see why. AD is no where near perfect but we Raider fans do owe this guy to this day. I want to win as badly as all other fans o here. I’m not happy losing but I also understand that ultimately, AD is responsible for all the bad things AND the GOOD things that are associated with this team. Had it not been for AD, there would have been no Raiders or AFC. He’s earned the slack that I’m cutting him.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Hobs, pre season games don’t count. Every team plays hard in the pre season. Listen to yourself.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
So there you go, JB. Your rebuttal of Sapp’s comments have no credibility with me, because you admittedly have a soft spot for Al so you could easily be downplaying Sapp’s comments to defend Al, knowing all the while Sapp’s right.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
KoolKell Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Al Davis is 29-83.
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Al Davis is not 29-83. Wake up.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
MR
I’m always excited when my Raiders are playing!
August 28th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Had it not been for AD, there would have been no Raiders or AFC. He’s earned the slack that I’m cutting him.
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Are you sure about that, JB? The Movers & Shakers behind the scenes were Ralph Wilson and Lamar Hunt.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
You have a soft spot for Al, but no soft spot for Sapp. So of course your opinion on Sapp’s comments about Al will have a bias against Sapp. Duh.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
madden, go get laid man. your just getting silly, sorry but i am lmao at your remark that i have a soft spot for al, dude that was over 2002. give him his due which he has collected at least twice and let this team send him off into retirement with a sb win.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Al is the reason we love the Raiders, he’s broken so many barriers x and o’s wise, race/gender wise, personnel wise and he’s a man of principle. I’m 29 years old and I have yet to enjoy the Raiders win the superbowl but I will never bash the man who created my beloved football team. Your buddy’s that are screw ups, do you stop being their buddy? Raider fans are loyal win lose or tie unlike Charger or other bandwagoners
August 28th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
I believe the AFC Championship Trophy is called the Lamar Hunt Trophy, no?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
MR, it’s 2010, and people are still playing for AL Davis, I’d call that a Legacy!
August 28th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Ha ha! Hobs, you telling someone to “get laid” is like Al Davis telling someone to start winning.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
yeah, al is the raiders but i love them more than him. i want to win and the buck stops there man, his desk.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
KoolKell Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Al Davis is 29-83.
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Based on this idiotic logic, you could say Andy Reid who dropped his last two games is winless as a head coach.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Al is the reason you love the Raiders? you love the Raiders because of a GM that ships good coaches off, drafts players based on speed when there’s good football players on the board? You love the Raiders because of a GM who makes certain that they suck year after year?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
lol mr, lol.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Al Davis’ coaching record is 23-16-3, ok?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
860
sup man.. Game day I cant wait for 1800.. Same ol haters on here I see..
August 28th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Todd, you’ve hit rock bottom. You’re saying that Al is a legacy because people are still playing for him? He owns the team. Just who would anyone on the Raiders play for if not for Al Davis? And, let’s face it, you use the term “play” quite loosely, don’t you?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Anyone who is trying to divorce their idea of the Raiders without Al Davis is a dummass plain and simple.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
now that is the madden we all know and love, none of this “don’t bother to respond” jeez, i was wondering if you were depressed or something.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Are you done defending Al, Hobs?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
MR, you own your own business, you run it your way, he runs his, his way. He is an NFL Team Owner, you? Then don’t try to tell him how to run HIS team? Just a thought…
August 28th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
divorce? nope, he’s 80 years old, you figure it out. the raiders without al will be here soon enough. he’s had a good life and did everthing there was to be done. build, win and crash and burn a franchise. no one here is in denial of that, except maybe the paid bloggers on here that state al can do no wrong. but, that is it, i am not going to say anything more about he who shall be named al.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
does anyone have a link to the replay stream? it comes on here at 5 am in uk.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Let’s hope Al Davis and his ego and drama stay out of Hue Jackson’s way this year.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
# The Real MaddenRaider Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Hobs, your little soft spot for Al, along with the rest of the kool aid drinkers who think he’s going to change every year, are the reason he’s still here and still ruins this team. If you guys would get a backbone and stop forking your money over to this guy, and if Raider fans nationwide vowed not to give him a dime if he moved to their city as long as he’s still involved with football operations, he’d retire. He’d have no choice. But fans like you with all of this, “he’s made mistakes, but he’s won 3 super bowls, and he’s going to bring us back, he just needs to stop meddling, so stop hating on him”, blah blah blah, just enable him.
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I can tell RMR that you are not a dummy. So your obsesion is one of two things. Either you want to just tweek the faithful for your own entertainment or you just don’t get AD.
First AD is not going to retire because he’s got nothing else to do; he enjoys what he’s doing; he thinks or knows he’s making positive contributions to the team; he’s got a financially attractive “lifetime” non revocable contract to control Raider operations; and, he wants to win 1 or more SB’s before he checks out. You are naive if you think Raider financials depend on fan attendance. They make more on TV contracts or Raider NFL logo products than any attendance funds received could generate. Besides, he’s a minority owner and he gets his bucks from his AD Football Inc. management contract. As far as fans enabling him, you’ve got to be kidding. Do you think he gives a real rats a$$ what fans think? Not really. He may listen to some of the fan chatter but he’s marching to his own drummer. So we all will just have to deal with the fact that AD will be in charge of the Raiders until HE decides he no longer wants to do that. Will that day ever come? I doubt it.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
MR, I’ve been up and down with this team since 1964, stuck it through, there is a light at the end of the tunnel, i’m in, you?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Now that the Raiders appear to have turned a corner the Davis haters have gone from being sad and pathetic to being sad, weird and pathetic.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
any bets if jv gets his butt handed to him we have kevin in here for a try out monday?
August 28th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
wow, dude i am on board with this season and it’s not davis who has this team…al may own the team and run things outta fear of being turned to stone but cable is the reason this guys are jelling.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
count me a raider fan since as long as i can remember and i’m 42.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
# Hobs Gnarly Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
does anyone have a link to the replay stream? it comes on here at 5 am in uk.
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August 28th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
# KoolKell Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Had it not been for AD, there would have been no Raiders or AFC. He’s earned the slack that I’m cutting him.
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Are you sure about that, JB? The Movers & Shakers behind the scenes were Ralph Wilson and Lamar Hunt.
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Yes, but AD was the one primary individual who forced the NFL to enter into a merger. Without hat merger it was questionable as to whether the AFL would be able to continue. Remember, if only 1 team failed (Bankrupt) and dropped out, the AFL would not have survived. The merger was the one main event that changed everything.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
you know what i don’t like? it’s people who i think are not “fans” but paid bloggers who spout the company line. propagandists, just like our spokesman johnny h.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Good link, 408? Didn’t work last week, had to wait for NFL channel RR’s….Thanks!
August 28th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Lamar Hunt and Ralph Wiilson used the ruthless Davis to go after NFL talent. He was hired by them. Then they dumped him in favor of Pete Rozelle.
The AFC Championship Trophy is called the Lamar Hunt Trophy.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
# 860Todd Christensen Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
MR, you own your own business, you run it your way, he runs his, his way. He is an NFL Team Owner, you? Then don’t try to tell him how to run HIS team? Just a thought…
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This is the entire point. It’s a business. And if you don’t like the business, don’t patronize it. But STFU. No one wants to hear your idiocy day in and day out.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
al didn’t want a merger, he wanted a takeover. the other owners merged behind his back
August 28th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
# Hobs Gnarly Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
any bets if jv gets his butt handed to him we have kevin in here for a try out monday?
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I have a good feeling about this kid and I think he has an excellent chance to succeed at center & become the starter by the time we show up in Tennessee.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Out for now, gotta fire up the BBQ, later nation….
August 28th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
i am hoping so, kids got some strength to him. a lot to ask for someone switching positions and being a rookie. if he passes, he is going to be good, really good.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
# Hobs Gnarly Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
i am hoping so, kids got some strength to him. a lot to ask for someone switching positions and being a rookie. if he passes, he is going to be good, really good.
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You can print that.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
what if the raiders meet the packers and mr. woodson in the sb. that would be good.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
KK-if DHB is still playing the way he is today in 3 or 4 years,then you can say is on scholarship.Until then,he is a 1st rd draft pick trying to get acclimated to the NFL.Calling a 2nd year player a scholarship player is totally ridiculous and just shows your bias against him.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
hey KK
Did JaLoser list or sell his Oakland Hills home yet? Maybe he should have just called JCampbell and sold it direct. Would have saved 6% and I’m sure he already took a bath on the property due to the drop in RE values. I saw it via Google Earth. Looked like he put in a new pool. Probably wanted to float while he sipped on his purple drank. What a waste!
August 28th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
i am interested in how the team looks with grads.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
dhb is a head case, al should hypnotize him.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
# Hobs Gnarly Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
what if the raiders meet the packers and mr. woodson in the sb. that would be good.
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AD should have never let Sir Charles (Woodson) get away. Just imagine a mature Woodson & Asomugha as your starting corners. Then add Branch & Mitchell as the safeties. Kind of reminds me of some of the old GREAT Raider backfields.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Personnel problems and issues
Davis’ performance since 2003 has been heavily criticized, especially when in the offseason after that year the Raiders declined to re-sign wide receiver Tim Brown, a player nicknamed Mr. Raider and the last player to remain in the franchise since its return eight years before from LA. During his entire fifteen year career with the Raiders, Brown had had a difficult relationship with Davis, perhaps the best example of the owner’s personal problems with players since the Allen saga. In interviews Brown recounted a number of incidents in his personal history with Al Davis, although they cannot be independently confirmed, including:
Being informed during his 1988 rookie camp, following a 1987 Heisman Trophy winning season at the University of Notre Dame, that Davis apparently does not like black players from ND. Such an assertion, if true, would be considered bizarre since Davis, as general manager, was responsible for picking Brown sixth overall in the season’s draft.[11]
In 2000 Brown and two former teammates dined in an Atlanta restaurant simultaneously while Davis dined there, although the two parties did not exchange a word there. Although Brown did not call this a cold shouldered snub, he noted that he himself was incapable of bringing himself to speak to his boss. This was after a twelve year career including eight Pro Bowl selections exclusively with the LA/Oakland Raiders.[12]
In the same interview as above, Brown described the offseason process by which he decided to sign a new Raider contract rather than seek a new team on the open market. In his statements Brown apparently gave the rationale in his decision as being fear that his advanced age would deflate his negotiating power, and therefore he was only sure of a contract with Oakland. As an example he cited a perceived lack of enthusiasm from the Dallas Cowboys front office, where it had been rumored he was heading.[13]
Despite Brown’s relationship with Davis, he later deflected criticism of the owner as out-of-touch in a 2009 interview for the New Haven Register, stating that he believed Davis is still “quite lucid”.[14]
Following his release Tim Brown was signed to Gruden’s Buccaneers for his last year, in the wake of which he retired. Davis’s reaction was mum, and the Raiders organization did not call a press conference, as Brown invited reporters to a private one.[15] Following Brown’s departure, the Raiders posted 4-12 record during the 2003 season, and have achieved until 2009 a streak of six seasons with at least eleven losses, an NFL record. Rice was traded four games into the 2004 season to Seattle.
Since then Davis’s position as general manager has opened him up to extensive criticism for the poor talent on the Raiders’ roster. Since 2004 the franchise has only had a token one player selection to the Pro Bowl each season, three times punter Shane Lechler, and twice defensive end Derrick Burgess, with cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha being selected in 2009.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
“why don’t you people worry about whats going on,on the field,instead of all the Al Davis drama”.This from someone how constantly complains about AD.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
jb, i hear you. loved woodson, but in the end he was locker room poison for us.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Later guys – off to the game!
August 28th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Hobs Gnarly Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
i am interested in how the team looks with grad
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Unless Grads looks great he could conceivably be on the bubble. I doubt they’d keep him as the #3 QB @ $1.8M when they could keep Colt Brennan @ #3 for pennies on the dollar. Grads other problem come as a result of having two bad wheels (knees) and a newly found propensity for injury.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Once he rejoined the Raiders organization, Davis ruthlessly attempted to gain power within the club. In 1972, while managing general partner Valley was attending the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Davis drafted a revised partnership agreement that made him the new managing general partner, with near-absolute control over team operations. McGah signed the agreement. Since two of the team’s three general partners had voted in favor of the agreement, it was binding under partnership law of the time. Valley sued to overturn the agreement once he returned to the country, but was unsuccessful. Valley sold his interest in 1976, and no other partners have had any role in running the club since. This was despite the fact that Davis did not acquire a majority interest in the Raiders until 2005, when he bought the shares held by McGah’s family. He now owns approximately 67 percent of the interests in the partnership through his company, A.D. Football, Inc.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
In addition to serving as owner, Davis effectively serves as his own general manager. He has run the Raiders’ football operations since his return in 1966—longer than any football operations chief in the league. He is one of three NFL owners who have the title or powers of general manager, others being the Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones and the Cincinnati Bengals’ Mike Brown. He has long been reckoned as a very hands-on owner, and is believed to have more authority over day-to-day operations than any other owner in the league.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Michael Crabtree, Biletnikoff Award winner (2007, 2008)
Played his first NFL Game Oct 25….caught 5 passes. 48 for the year, compared to DHB’s measly 9.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
^^ is out the door, off to the coliseum!
GO RAIDERS!!!!!!!
August 28th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
KK
Nice write-up but Tim Brown’s issues noted could have just as easily been Tim Brown initiated problems.
As a purist, I’m an Oakland Raider fan. With the exceptions of Howie Long & Marcus Allen, I was never a big fan of the LA Raiders. That was my hang-up because I was just pissed that they left their home for LA.
When you say Tim Brown was Mr. Raider, I’ve never really thought about him that way. to me, the real Raider receivers were the likes of Warren Wells, Cliff ranch, Freddy B, Raymond Chester, Dave Casper, Todd Christensen and alike. Tim was just never on my radar. I think he’s still PO’d because he wasn’t offered a job within the Raider organization. Maybe there’s a reason that none of us know why except for AD & Tim. We can only speculate.
There’s no doubt that aside from this year, the last 5-6 years of talent acquisition has been less than desirable. AD needs to be responsible for hat because he’s ultimately in-charge. When you are the boss you take the god with the bad. If this year is any indicator, maybe AD has regained his competency. We’ll just have to wait & see. One thing is for SURE. AD’s not going anywhere.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
The Raiders have won their first 2 pre-season games, during a 29-83 stretch, and the Davis fans are out talking about the Greatness of Al Davis. It just makes me gag a bit.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Gotta run guys. Good discussions and enjoyed the Raider history lessons.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
when Woodson was in his contract year he was asked if he wanted to stay a Raider and he said only if they’re the highest bidder and that he had no loyalty to the Raiders, not the kind of guy I want on my team
August 28th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Charles Woodson, another Hall of Fame player on the outs with Raider Fans.
August 28th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
# inonewordraider Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
when Woodson was in his contract year he was asked if he wanted to stay a Raider and he said only if they’re the highest bidder and that he had no loyalty to the Raiders, not the kind of guy I want on my team
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I take that as negotiation talk. Loyalty to the “Organization” is nice but not necessary. What is critical is that you get 110% effort out of a player while they are under your employment. We got that while he was here. At the time, he was the best DB in the NFL and should have expected and received top dollar.
Marcus Allen was a different story and AD did NOT handle that well. Then again we must also remember that these players are not mere mortals like us and they often act themselves as PrimaDonnas. Freddy B made that point as a coach. He said most of his receivers were pain-in-the a$$e$ but that was to be expected. He went on to say he himself was one of the biggest pains to ever hit the gridiron. It just goes with the territory.
August 28th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
The Game will be tape-delayed tonite in the Bay Area. channels 36 & 44. One a 49er broadcast, the other the Raiders broadcast.
If you’re watching the Raider Broadcast team, notice all the sappy glory heaped on Al Davis during the intro.
Nothing about:
Jim Otto
George Blanda
Art Shell
Gene Upshaw
Willie Brown
Howie Long
Marcus Allen
John Madden
Fred Bilitnikoff
Dave Casper
August 28th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
KK I agree with you about the butt-kissin’ announcers we now have today. I think you will agree they are certainly no where near the Bil King standards that we all long for.
August 28th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Nobody gets up for the game like KoolKell
Just ribbin’ ya a little, no offense.
August 28th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
I wonder if John Conner, the NY Jet rookie FB know as the Terminator will make their team or not. Richardson, their current FB is a wiley vet who is also a great team leader. Conner appears to be a devastating blocker but has poor hands, so far. I’d love to be able to get Richardson if they cut him. Or, Conners if he doesn’t make the cut.
August 28th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
“Butt-kissing announcers” You got Tom Flores as a “Butt-Kisser”? Is that why he’s not in the HOF?
You don’t think the Organization, PR Dept has anything to do with those intros and footqage?
C’mon, man.
August 28th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
# KoolKell Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
The Game will be tape-delayed tonite in the Bay Area. channels 36 & 44. One a 49er broadcast, the other the Raiders broadcast.
If you’re watching the Raider Broadcast team, notice all the sappy glory heaped on Al Davis during the intro.
Nothing about:
Jim Otto
George Blanda
Art Shell
Gene Upshaw
Willie Brown
Howie Long
Marcus Allen
John Madden
Fred Bilitnikoff
Dave Casper
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In addition to Al Davis, There will also be some sappy stuff about Jason Campbell, Heyward-Bey, Darren McFadden et al. Last time I looked, none of the guys you have on your list are at all associated with the Raiders.
August 28th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
# JB Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
I wonder if John Conner, the NY Jet rookie FB know as the Terminator will make their team or not. Richardson, their current FB is a wiley vet who is also a great team leader. Conner appears to be a devastating blocker but has poor hands, so far. I’d love to be able to get Richardson if they cut him. Or, Conners if he doesn’t make the cut.
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The FB position on the Raiders has to catch the ball, not just be a lead blocker.
August 28th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
# KoolKell Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
“Butt-kissing announcers” You got Tom Flores as a “Butt-Kisser”? Is that why he’s not in the HOF?
You don’t think the Organization, PR Dept has anything to do with those intros and footqage?
C’mon, man.
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No argument, you are right. I’m watching another game while I’m typing so sometimes I get distracted and don’t provide a total response. Mea Culpa (or however its spelled).
August 28th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
# Just Win Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
# JB Says:
August 28th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
I wonder if John Conner, the NY Jet rookie FB know as the Terminator will make their team or not. Richardson, their current FB is a wiley vet who is also a great team leader. Conner appears to be a devastating blocker but has poor hands, so far. I’d love to be able to get Richardson if they cut him. Or, Conners if he doesn’t make the cut.
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The FB position on the Raiders has to catch the ball, not just be a lead blocker.
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First things first JW. We need a blocker first to enhance our running game. I didn’t say he couldn’t catch, just that he hasn’t demonstrated the hands that Richardson has. I suspect that Richardson will be released. If so, we need to grab him up. He’d do very well in our system. We’ve got DMac who can line up as FB with Bush, if necessary, for swing passes. Either Richardson or Connor would be a big upgrade for us.
August 28th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
little league world series pearl harbor vs japan championship game tomorrow.
August 28th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
New post
August 28th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Just under two hours until kick off, is that to early to start drinking ice COLD beer? I didn’t think so. Cheers!
Will be watching how young Jered does at center, and to see if McSkinny can get by those pesky hash marks without tripping over them..Also, hope no one gets injured…Go Raiders!!!!!
August 28th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Hope my link works.
Post some links guys.
atdhe.net
August 28th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
DHB lives!
August 28th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
cant find video, radio is better than nothing for those of us not in the bay…
http://player.streamtheworld.com/liveplayer.php?callsign=CMNRAIDERS
August 28th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
28 24 Niners…can I show my face at work tomorrow? But its pre-season…lets win it when it counts
August 28th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
http://onlinetvupdates.blogspot.com/2010/08/raiders-vs-49ers.html
August 29th, 2010 at 9:10 am
I’m not convinced Campbell is our answer in the pocket. I really like the way this team responds with Bruce at the helm. Every time with maybe the exception of once or twice, the Offence has always moved with him in the pocket. I would give Bruce a solid shot at owning that position and use Campbell as the backup, we didn’t give up much for Campbell to begin with so why not
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