No determination on QB
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Monday, September 20th, 2010 at 2:48 pm in Oakland Raiders.
A few quick hits after Tom Cable’s Monday press briefing, with a more comprehensive look at news and notes to come later:
– Cable did not make public a starting quarterback for Sunday’s game in Arizona, saying he had a good idea which direction what he was going to do. He said there will not be a “controversy.”
When asked if the call was his alone, Cable said, “It has to be,” and he stressed the fact that quarterback depth is better than it’s been for some time on the Raiders and that regardless of which quarterback is chosen, the other could still be needed down the road.
– For what it’s worth, on the failed fourth-and-1 call at the St. Louis 6, he was trying to call time out because the Raiders were in the wrong formation but officials did not see him. When asked if the quarterback (Campbell) should have seen that it was the wrong formation and called time, Cable said yes, he should have.
– The tackle rotation of Mario Henderson and Jared Veldheer will continue for at least another week. Cable said he’d ideally like to have a standard five man line, but in this situation, a rotation system brings up the level of both players.
– No decision has been made on the status of Luke Lawton, whose two whose suspension is up this week. He said its an administrative issue that will be dealt with in the next day or so.
– Cable’s biggest issues are with cleaning up red zone offense, penalties _ particularly those of the pre-snap variety _ and turnovers.
More to come . . .
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September 20th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Lots of news when the Raiders win.
September 20th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
If Cable is making the call, we all know who it will be.
September 20th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
I agree, JC should have called timeout on 4th and 1 instead of handing the ball off the FB to run directly into the meat of the D.
September 20th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
No decision has been made on the status of Luke Lawton, whose two whose suspension is up this week. He said its an administrative issue that will be dealt with in the next day or so.
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bring back Lawton, cut Hiram Eugene!
September 20th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
# J Hill Says:
September 20th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Gradowski is starting per Cable!
How’s that for reading between the lines RRS and Banana?!?!?
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LMAO!
September 20th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
i actually believe it will work well either way..grads brings fire and is a gamer regardless and if its campbell he will probably bring a new sense of determination following his demotion…i live in az and im going to the game and the cards are prime to get punched in the chops…lets get it
September 20th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Hope the old drama queen will not be counter-productive, again!
September 20th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Cable did not make public a starting quarterback for Sunday’s game in Arizona, saying he had a good idea which direction what he was going to do. He said there will not be a “controversy.”
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no controversy means no Gradkowski …
sorry ladies
September 20th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
We have Tonga, don’t need Lawton.
We need a backup C!
September 20th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
For what it’s worth, on the failed fourth-and-1 call at the St. Louis 6, he was trying to call time out because the Raiders were in the wrong formation but officials did not see him. When asked if the quarterback (Campbell) should have seen that it was the wrong formation and called time, Cable said yes, he should have.
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Cable has been reading the posts. lol.
September 20th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Campbell hasn’t taken to Hue’s offense and it shows.
September 20th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
How could the refs miss Cable jumping up and down yelling for a TO??
September 20th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Cable has been reading the posts.
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John Henderson
Veldheer at LT
Satele back at C
feed the beast McFadden
Stevie Brown off the ps
Pears sucks
yes he has !!!
September 20th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
5pm in Podunk – later gents
Go Pierre Thomas, Jeremy Shockey & Mike Divatree!
September 20th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Cable stinks out loud!!!! The sooner he flames out the better!! Go ahead, start j.c and yank him or start grads, either way the true gradkowski will eventually show up. A marginally talent with a huge heart. This is not a formula for nfl qb succeed. Doug Flutie, and jeff Gracia, are 2 guys that are what grads hopes to be, but he doesnt have their amount of talent. That is bad news, flutie and garcia were not good enough in the long run either.
September 20th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
no controversy means no Gradkowski …
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You need to work on your reading between the line skills.
No controversy = Gradowski.
Fans go crazy if Campbell starts = controversy.
September 20th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
# J Hill Says:
September 20th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
no controversy means no Gradkowski …
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You need to work on your reading between the line skills.
No controversy = Gradowski.
Fans go crazy if Campbell starts = controversy.
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MY MAN! lol..
September 20th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
There is controversy no matter what, Cable is just a moron.
I think Campbell gets the start at Arizona, but will have a very short leash. Unless we win by a significant margin, they find an excuse to bring Grads back as starter for the Houston game at home. Nothing worse than the home town fans booing your starting QB and chanting for the back-up. The team feeds of that negative energy as well.
Campbell’s best opportunity to get his act together will be on the road, behind a McFadden-heavy game plan in Phoenix.
September 20th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
So far I haven’t been impressed with J Campbell. It seems as if he is not ready to “make his stand” as an NFL quarterback. Sliding on that first down vs. Tenn., being tenative on passing downs. He looks like hes dipping his toe in cold water out there instead of jumping in.
September 20th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
“Cable said he’d ideally like to have a standard five man line, but in this situation, a rotation system brings up the level of both players.”
Brings up the level of both players? The only thing I saw w/ the LT rotation was bringing up the number of whiffs and resulting hits on our QBs. If it weren’t for Gradkowski’s quick legs and getting the ball out in 2 seconds or less, we’d be 0-2. Go Bruce! Please start Bruce!
September 20th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Also for anyone that thinks Campbell should start, look at the TD throw that Burce threw to Murphy and also the clutch 3rd down throw to Murphy to avoid punting the ball back to the Rams on the final possession. I don’t think Campbell can make throws in less than 2 seconds on his back foot with a blitz in his face. Also bonus points for Bruce’s acting job to earn the roughing the passer call to keep the final drive alive.
September 20th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
# mistic1 Says:
September 20th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Cable stinks out loud!!!! The sooner he flames out the better!! Go ahead, start j.c and yank him or start grads, either way the true gradkowski will eventually show up. A marginally talent with a huge heart. This is not a formula for nfl qb succeed. Doug Flutie, and jeff Gracia, are 2 guys that are what grads hopes to be, but he doesnt have their amount of talent. That is bad news, flutie and garcia were not good enough in the long run either.
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You’re an idiot. What’s your problem anyways?
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September 21st, 2010 at 7:25 am
Is cable off his rocker? How can he do LT by committiee? he should either go with Henderson or Veldheer, just like any other position you need to establish a rhythm.He is going to get both of these QB’s killed.