Giordano returns to Raiders
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Monday, April 16th, 2012 at 9:11 pm in Oakland Raiders.
The Raiders announced the signing of unrestricted free agent safety Matt Giordano Monday, who led the team with five interceptions and is coming off the best season of his career in Oakland.
Giordano’s interceptions accounted for 130 yards in returns, and he also had 70 tackles and his first career sack after playing from 2005 through 2008 with Indianapolis, five games in 2009 with Green Bay and nine games in 2010 with New Orleans.
Aside from Giordano’s production last season with Oakland, Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie was with the Packers’ personnel department in 2009 and head coach Dennis Allen was the defensive backs coach in New Orleans for the nine games Giordano played there in 2010.
A Cal product, Giordano started nine games as starting free safety Michael Huff struggled with injuries.
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April 16th, 2012 at 9:11 pm
Go Raiders
April 16th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
IMHO, this latest addition puts the kibosh on any plans to draft a safety, and possibly any DBs at all.
We’ve got a ton of DBs now, and too many needs elsewhere.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Yeah! Love it! Thanks Jer.! Good looking out!
April 16th, 2012 at 9:13 pm
No brainer.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:14 pm
Sullivan44 Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Romney is so unlikeable I don’t see him beating John Kerry, let alone O b a m a.
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Kerry is running for prez again? Wierd. No way he beats the O man.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
No, this election will give us a choice between the failed Trickle Down economic theory, and the successful Keynisan economics, which built the largest economy in the World, and this great country.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
Huge Gio fan! Yeah Baby! We have a “hard worker”! We also know that Reggie was familiar with Gio(he played with the Packers in 2009). Just a matter of time and being patient before we snagged our guy. Super duper. Thanks Reggie.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
YoungAmerican Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Yeah, because the reason people are unemployed is that they’re lazy. Nobody wants a better life than the one they have. People LOVE living hand to mouth.
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Umm, you could argue that, yeah. Lazy welfare moms popping bastard kids for a bigger check = More taxpayer dollars diverted to both welfare and crime fighting = Less money in the hands of consumers and employers = weaker economy = less jobs. Hello?!
Quit looking to the government to feed your family!
April 16th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
The Raiders announced the signing of unrestricted free agent safety Matt Giordano Monday, who led the team with five interceptions and is coming off the best season of his career in Oakland.
Giordano’s interceptions accounted for 130 yards in returns, and he also had 70 tackles and his first career sack after playing from 2005 through 2008 with Indianapolis, five games in 2009 with Green Bay and nine games in 2010 with New Orleans.
Aside from Giordano’s production last season with Oakland, Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie was with the Packers’ personnel department in 2009 and head coach Dennis Allen was the defensive backs coach in New Orleans for the nine games Giordano played there in 2010.
A Cal product, Giordano started nine games as starting free safety Michael Huff
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YYYYYEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bout time. YEAH BABY! The G man rules.
Code Black Gio is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 16th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
The Ghost Of Al Davis Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Quit looking to the government to feed your family!
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Who’s doing that, you?
April 16th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
The money given to the poor, goes straight back to small business. Not to secret accounts abroad.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:22 pm
KoolKell Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
No, this election will give us a choice between the failed Trickle Down economic theory, and the successful Keynisan economics, which built the largest economy in the World, and this great country.
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Thats deep man. You need to go to an philisophical and economics blog man. This is a Raider blog and we’re just to excited with the Gio signing. As long as the Raiders are gonna win, thats all I got man. That’s all I know. Raiders Baby! Code Black.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:23 pm
Anyone who thinks understands economics or the Constitution is someone who is willingly blind. You’re clueless.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:23 pm
Ever notice how white mid-level players are described in here as “hard-working character guys”.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Giordano returns to Raiders
By Jerry McDonald – NFL Writer
Monday, April 16th, 2012 at 9:11 pm in Oakland Raiders.
The Raiders announced the signing of unrestricted free agent safety Matt Giordano Monday, who led the team with five interceptions and is coming off the best season of his career in Oakland.
Giordano’s interceptions accounted for 130 yards in returns, and he also had 70 tackles and his first career sack after playing from 2005 through 2008 with Indianapolis, five games in 2009 with Green Bay and nine games in 2010 with New Orleans.
Aside from Giordano’s production last season with Oakland, Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie was with the Packers’ personnel department in 2009 and head coach Dennis Allen was the defensive backs coach in New Orleans for the nine games Giordano played there in 2010.
A Cal product, Giordano started nine games as starting free safety Michael Huff struggled with injuries.
http://www.ibabuzz.com/oaklandraiders/2012/04/16/giordano-returns-to-raiders/
April 16th, 2012 at 9:24 pm
April 16th, 2012 at 9:25 pm
Easy Raider, ever notice how some conversations are acceptable in here and other’s aren’t.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
Can somebody tell me where I can get an invite to the next Secret Service party. Maybe Mark Davis can host a draft party in the West Side Club and have the boys provide security. Just “sign in please.”
April 16th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
KoolKell Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:23 pm
Ever notice how white mid-level players are described in here as “hard-working character guys”.
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Ever notice how some posters in here are constantly race-baiting?
April 16th, 2012 at 9:28 pm
Ever notice how white players getting paid is just wunnerful, and every nickel paid to a black player is begrudged in here?
April 16th, 2012 at 9:28 pm
KoolKell Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
The Ghost Of Al Davis Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Quit looking to the government to feed your family!
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Who’s doing that, you?
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Yes, of course. Me. The very guy complaining about it. Tell me, does it hurt being that stupid?
April 16th, 2012 at 9:30 pm
KoolKell Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:25 pm
Easy Raider, ever notice how some conversations are acceptable in here and other’s aren’t.
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I know that non Raider topic is off topic cause the blog guy who made this blog wants it to be a forum for Raider talk so when things get off Raider, folks can’t agree on stuff like politics and stuff. It’s got to be Raider to be acceptable. Other blogs for other topics. Its all good.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:30 pm
Tyvon Branch.
Some like him, some think he’s trash, I’m in the first group and so are McKenzie and DA, you don’t just hand out Franchise tags.
He’s no Ronnie Lott but Safeties are getting harder to find and we have a young one who can play, why weaken that position?.
Here’s an article from profootballfocus.com about free agent safeties, our boy is # 1.
“It’s easy to forget about safeties in the NFL.
They’re not on the TV screen as often as other players, and plenty of times when you do see them it’s because they’ve done something wrong.
Similarly, it might be easy to forget about this free agent class of safeties. No one on the list is a household name, and none had an excellent 2011 season. However, there are very few teams who wouldn’t benefit from having one of these players on the roster.
There are only five teams that have two safeties currently under contract with positive overall ratings in 2011.
As the league becomes even more pass-happy, the coverage skills of the safeties have become more important. However, there is still a need for the run-stuffing safety, and we find more of those available. There could be plenty of movement, so now it’s time to find out who these mystery men are.
- 1) Tyvon Branch, Oakland Raiders.
Age (as of September 1st, 2012): 25.
2011 Grade: +1.7.
Behind the numbers:
For the last three years, Branch has been starting at safety for Oakland and has seen his play evolve.
He emerged as the highest-rated safety in terms of run defense in the league this past year thanks to positive run D ratings in each of the last 10 games of the season. In 2010, his coverage skills were a liability, but all of his metrics improved in 2011.
Given his combination of youth, three years of starting experience, and potential, he was clearly the best choice to top this list.
His pass rush rating greatly hurt his overall rating in 2011, but he led safeties in that department the year before.
- 6) Dashon Goldson, San Francisco 49ers.
Age: 28.
2011 Grade: -8.4
Behind the numbers:
For the last three years, Goldson has been starting in San Francisco with mixed results.
Typically allows a high percentage of passes thrown his way for a high yards per catch, but in 2011 he countered with some big plays. He hasn’t made much of an impact in the run game, but hasn’t been a liability there. Goldson doesn’t have the numbers that others have, but he has experience and no major injury history.”
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Kept the stuff on Goldosn for comparison’s sake as he got the Franchise tag as well.
Look around, top Safeties are rare, the best are older players like Ed Reed, Troy Polamalu and Adrian Wilson, younger studs like Eric Berry and Earl Thomas were top 10 picks.
Branch is a fine player about to enter his prime, I trust that Dennis Allen will make him a Pro Bowler.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
Ever notice how it’s always Black people are always called Race Baiters, considering the racial history of this country?
April 16th, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Who in here complained about the Wheeler signing, Ron Bartell, Barnes? Instead, when a white guy gets signed, you b1tch about it. Have you had your snickers today, Betty White?
April 16th, 2012 at 9:34 pm
Don’t bogart that joint, my friend,
pass it over to me
April 16th, 2012 at 9:35 pm
You’re called a race-baiter quite simply because you are. It’s really not that complicated.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Nice post, Bob.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Lets just all be friends now and know the Raidahs are goin legit. Legit man, Raidah Nation is gonna be shakin. We are all fans of the Silver and Black. Yeah. What else is there to discuss. Nothin but Raidah Raidah.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:37 pm
Ghost of Al Davis, everything is simple for the simple-minded.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:39 pm
Am I the only that thinks we are drafting an O linemen?
April 16th, 2012 at 9:39 pm
Oh, you’re simple minded. I get it now. That explains why you can’t refute my welfare comment and instead choose to make the asinine assertion that I’m the one looking to the gov for assistance. Congratulations, you are a grade A boob.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:41 pm
Wow never realized he had 130 int yards and 70 tackles thats impressive im glad he is back. I remember the int he had in the first donk game, 2 seconds later he became a trending topic on twitter. Raiders!!!!!!
April 16th, 2012 at 9:41 pm
Your welfare statement, didn’t deserve a response.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:42 pm
This is one small step for man,
One giant leap for mankind.
-Neil Armstrong
Go ReggieMac
Code Black!
April 16th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
I’m glad Reggie isn’t racist.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:46 pm
Me too.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
Even tho Reggie McK has upgraded the facilities with the latest technologies, I’m glad to see he is keeping with the Al Davis tradition of putting together a good ball club. For some who don’t realize this, Al Davis put good clubs on the field, he just had a few meatballs who wrecked it for everyone else. Keep up the good work Reggie, Amy and Mark.
April 16th, 2012 at 9:55 pm
KoolKell Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Nice post, Bob.
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Never thought I’d see the day Kelly would say something positive about Bob!
Your thoughts…Norco?
April 16th, 2012 at 9:57 pm
Krappy!
You’re still on the blog 6 hours later!
How’s that “getting a life” thing coming along, anyway?
Love it
April 16th, 2012 at 9:59 pm
The Ghost of Al Davis Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
YoungAmerican Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Yeah, because the reason people are unemployed is that they’re lazy. Nobody wants a better life than the one they have. People LOVE living hand to mouth.
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Umm, you could argue that, yeah. Lazy welfare moms popping bastard kids for a bigger check = More taxpayer dollars diverted to both welfare and crime fighting = Less money in the hands of consumers and employers = weaker economy = less jobs. Hello?!
Quit looking to the government to feed your family!
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Uh, didn’t Clinton sign welfare reform in the mid 90’s? That was almost twenty years ago.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Umm, you could argue that, yeah. Lazy welfare moms popping bastard kids for a bigger check = More taxpayer dollars diverted to both welfare and crime fighting = Less money in the hands of consumers and employers = weaker economy = less jobs. Hello?!
Quit looking to the government to feed your family!
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How about, instead of fictionalizing scenarios to support your argument, you address my legitimate points about real things that actually happen?
For instance, trade agreements such as NAFTA(that pass with widespread bipartisan support, mind you) destroying the American workforce – particularly in terms of dramatically reducing the amount of blue-collar or “unskilled” jobs available.
And of course, our little unspoken War on Education doesn’t help. The government would rather give massive subsidies to the Halliburtons, Boeings, Monsantos, Cargills, BPs, Exxons, Bank of Americas, and Chase Banks of the world than invest in a real education system. Which, of course, is why Japan, India, and most of the other “developed” nations (and many undeveloped ones) are kicking our asses in the fields of science, mathematics, engineering – and at this point, they’re even starting to provide more mid-level white collar jobs than we can here in terms of call centers, tech support, etc.. All because US corporations can pay them a pittance in comparison to the wages they’d have to pay American workers (in order to cover a continuously rising cost of living).
All the while, American children are getting dumber by the generation – especially in low-income areas, where parental involvement is low. Sometimes because of drugs or violence. Other times because each parent (or a single parent) needs to work three jobs just to keep the lights on.
Even the students who graduate high school are extorted into a for-profit higher education system, and turned into debt slaves for the rest of their lives. While the ones who can’t afford such a luxury are left in the dust, competing for work that largely does not exist because those jobs were already shipped out of the country.
But yes – let’s get rid of the public education system, instead of bothering to improve it. Why even attempt to teach our children REAL science, competitive mathematics, a non-fantasy version of world history? Why bother to provide access to the arts and physical education to make them better, more well-rounded people? And certainly we don’t want our children exposed to sex education – god forbid they even learn about contraceptives, much less have access to them! If we don’t tell them about it, they’ll never even know about sex until we’re ready to tell them… right?
Instead of making sure that everyone who lives in America has access to the same opportunity, let’s drive a wedge in between the castes in our society. Let’s create haves and have-nots. Let’s funnel money back to those who already have the power – the people who make the decisions on what kind of energy we deserve, what kind of food we deserve, what kind of education we deserve, what kind of medical care we deserve, who gets to live comfortably and who gets shipped off to some resource-rich country to die in the name of the military industrial complex.
After all, it’s not like this is a democracy. It’s not like this country was meant to, above all, protect freedom and opportunity for ALL people – regardless of income level, skin color, or gender. It’s not like this is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. No, this is an oligarchy.
And in any good oligarchy, the status quo MUST be protected above all. No, let’s not worry about creating a competitive economy where innovation is encouraged. Let’s make sure that the people at the top never have to answer to anyone. They can gamble away our retirement funds. They can destroy our environment. They can choose what kind of crops we’re allowed to grow. They can decide what’s in our food, and they don’t have to tell us. They can make up reasons to get us involved in perpetual wars that serve no one else but them. Let’s insulate them from accountability. Let’s make sure their slice of the pie grows exponentially every fiscal year, while that of the people they feed off of shrinks. They can take our tax money, and instead returning OUR INVESTMENT in the form of schools, roads, health care, defense (not endless, pointless war-making) they can just line the pockets of their opulent cronies.
Yeah, that sounds like a country I want to live in. Who says feudalism is dead?
April 16th, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Post #31, We better draft a olinemen or two
April 16th, 2012 at 10:10 pm
Start Giordano an either trade Huff for some picks or make him a CB.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:12 pm
R8ray, that was Bob Marley. Not Boob. Big diff.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
Nice post YA.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:27 pm
Gio still seemed real suspect to me all last season
April 16th, 2012 at 10:33 pm
REALLIONAIREB Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 10:27 pm
Gio still seemed real suspect to me all last season
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He makes for good depth. Huff and Branch are your starters.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:46 pm
Speaking’ the truth, young american, speaking’ the truth!
Now, let’s get back to Raider’s football!
I like Tyvon and I think a long term deal is in the works. These things take time, everything is just posturing for leverage. It’s the way of the business.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:50 pm
17 hours 10 minutes til draft time.
95th pick: sean spence
April 16th, 2012 at 10:51 pm
Yeah I kno…
Just had a flash back of gio coming up to make a tackle
Scary stuff TrySomeReality…
Scary stuff…
April 16th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
Glad my co-worker didn’t wanna take da clippers tonite…
My pockets wld hav been 20 bucks lighter
April 16th, 2012 at 10:56 pm
Matt Giordano is the best thing for the Raider since sliced bread. I was completely shocked to know he had 5 INT’s last season. That should put a crimp in all you Nnamdi lovers who claim Nnamdi is a so-called “shut down” corner, and was God’s gift to the Raiders. In my book that’s called a “no shut down, shut down corner.” As I recall Nnamdi only has 11 INT’s in 9 season, notwithstanding the fact that Gio is a linebacker and not a corner.
The fact that Gio almost eclipsed the sub-moron Slowando in tackles, while playing very sparingly, tells all.
Gio might be very talented and just never got a real chance, which he may under Allen and Tarver, with a proper defense scheme.
With his type of attitude I am sure he will do well this season.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:58 pm
“This is the season to let the real mother f’in G’s in”
-EASY e-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsdLn46UXnA
April 16th, 2012 at 10:59 pm
Having depth guys like Matt Gio is what pushes good teams over the edge from good to very good. We may just be a piece or two away from greatness.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:00 pm
Sorry, he’s no longer sub-moron Slowando, but jelly azz and thunder thighs, # 55.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Hardline; Gio is a S… No?
Was he a LB in college?
April 16th, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Depth….LOL…Huff won’t make it to the bye week before he is banged up….
Matty “G” starts the first playoff game at safety in 1o years this season….
April 16th, 2012 at 11:04 pm
Gio had 70 tackles in 15 games last year….Huff only 38 in 12 games…
Any Questions
First round draft pick my ass (7th overall)…Huff better wake up and recognize!
April 16th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
The days where your contract dollar amount determining playing time is almost over….
Time to make these boyz compete!
April 16th, 2012 at 11:11 pm
I can only hope that the new coaching staff watches film of the 2010 season to see how John Marshall used Huff.
On a similar note, if Tarver and Allen carve out a role for Tyvon Branch that involves him doing a lot of the things Roman Harper did for Allen with the Saints? Branch will have a big year.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:13 pm
YOUNGAMERICAN…
I thought we were talking about HUFF?
Why change the subject?
Are you trying to say the Huff should start over Gio?
April 16th, 2012 at 11:21 pm
Who cares about Huff and his 94 tackles 2 years ago….
Remember the first play of the Packer game last season…
I would have cut Huff based on this one play alone!
No excuse for this.
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2011121101/2011/REG14/raiders@packers#menu=highlights&tab=recap
Can you say WHIFF?
April 16th, 2012 at 11:23 pm
tackles arent the best way to grade a safety. Didn’t Gibril wilson have a ton of tackles in his first year here?
April 16th, 2012 at 11:26 pm
Actually, tackles are a great way to grade a safety….
If the Safety can’t tackle then you end up with Ryan Grant, the 2nd slowest TB (behind Michael Bush) in the NFL going 47 yards on the first play of the game….
April 16th, 2012 at 11:26 pm
The Ghost Of Al Davis Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
KoolKell Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:23 pm
Ever notice how white mid-level players are described in here as “hard-working character guys”.
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Ever notice how some posters in here are constantly race-baiting?
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So is the point White players are only mid-level and hard working, or that black ones arn’t, or are you just trying to start a race conversation?
April 16th, 2012 at 11:30 pm
MB,
Romney is less likeable than Marxism and debt.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:32 pm
Huff’s on the roster, and there aren’t any better alternatives out there in free agency or the draft.
Find a project player with one of the late-round picks, and try to get the most out of Huff. The only season where Huff looked like anything near an above-average safety was 2010.
Since Huff is the Raiders’ best option as a starter at FS this year, they might as well get the most out of him. Let him do what he does best. For now, carve out a role for him on defense, and upgrade at the position when a viable option comes along.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:32 pm
“Good kid”. Another term typically applied to young white players. A young black player has to be next to perfect to get this label. A young white player just needs to have a good game.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:33 pm
Where you boyz @….
Night before the schedule comes out and this is the BUZZ on the BIG RAIDERS BLOG site….
I can hear a pin drop in here!
April 16th, 2012 at 11:35 pm
Leak has Tampa at Raiders week one, MNF.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:36 pm
Which would suck. Of course they want to get Denver and Peyton on a bigger stage week one, though. Don’t know why we can’t just get SD, though. Tampa just has zzzz all over it. Sounds boring even for week one of NFL football.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:38 pm
Who cares what color anyone is….they are all Silver and Black anyways….not White and Black…
Back to Huff….
He needs to be motivated…he needs to be criticized….he needs to be “COACHED”…what a concept….
Huff was a first round pick….. the 7th selection overall….he deserves first round criticism….
April 16th, 2012 at 11:40 pm
If we play on Monday night it will be a division game…not Tampa Bay…
April 16th, 2012 at 11:44 pm
Monday night vs. Tampa? makes no sense…
April 16th, 2012 at 11:46 pm
Huff, Branch, and Gio all seem like good kids.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:46 pm
First game will be against Peyton Manning and the rest of the politicians….BANK IT!
Assuming this is the game….who wins and why?
April 16th, 2012 at 11:48 pm
Huff Branch and Gio are great kids….I agree….but it’s time Huff got his share of the blame for the lack of defense the past few years…
I mean its draft time….and 6 years ago this time we had a first round pick….and we took Huff….
Has he performed well enough to skate by without being judged….based on what he is paid…I say HELL NO!
April 16th, 2012 at 11:49 pm
I do think that’ll be the game but, unfortunately I’m not liking our team’s chances. Especially if it’s in Denver. All the buzz around Peyton, the NFL wanting to protect their QBs with this – a game against a now fragile NFL golden boy – taking center stage? Man, hate to say it but I see us losing that one with some potentially ugly penalty numbers.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:50 pm
Matt Giordano was going to be resigned….the only reason the organization took so long to do the deal was to show Huff that they had his back….if they sign him too early…Huff gets his little ole feeling hurt…..I get it….I’m, hear to let HUFF know his play isn’t good enough….in-spite of how our NEW ownership decided to handle the situation….
April 16th, 2012 at 11:51 pm
Gio….another good move by Reggie.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:52 pm
KoolKell Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
No, this election will give us a choice between the failed Trickle Down economic theory, and the successful Keynisan economics, which built the largest economy in the World, and this great country.
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KK, you really ought to stop lecturing on economics.
Keynes wrote his treatise in the 1930’s so it’s extremely unlikely that his theories-long since disproved-infuenced the economic growth of the USA from 1776.
Even current British governments dismiss his theories and anyway, I have it on good authority that Keynes couldn’t play football worth a shi$.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:54 pm
and anyway, I have it on good authority that Keynes couldn’t play football worth a shi$.
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LMAO!
April 16th, 2012 at 11:56 pm
I love the Peyton game in week 1…..and I say we knock him outta the game for a series or two….
This Raider squad is going to be INTELLIGENT defensively…and with intelligence comes the ability to strike where their opponent is weak….Denver has a QB who had neck surgery last season….
Peyton hasn’t played a game in 2 years….that’s a long time…
He won’t get quality snaps in the pre season that will compare to what our Defensive Line can generate early on in the season.
Do I have to remind you how relentless our Defensive Line was last year in week 1 against Orton….with only a 4 man rush…..Our D-Line were Monsters the first 3 or 4 games…and they will be again this year…
I say we win that game….if it happens!
April 16th, 2012 at 11:57 pm
Check it out folks. A place for your political banter:
http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/
And it looks like they need more hits.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:58 pm
Who is John Galt?
April 16th, 2012 at 11:58 pm
#84 – Hope you’re right about that!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:01 am
If we knock him out of the game, look for someone to get tossed. We’re still the Raiders. And Peyton is well…the golden boy.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:03 am
Peyton is great. No doubt about that.
He will question himself after this injury….and those questions will not start until he gets hit in the first game…
How he responds will tell the tale!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:07 am
Peyton’s greatest strength may very well be his biggest weakness….his EGO….
Some might say a neck injury severe enough to knock a player out for a season is a big deal in a sport where the QB doesn’t get to see a blitzing defender…
Something tells me the Denver Broncos and their treatment of a QB named Tebow have some karma to pay for in their search for a new situation….
The story isn’t over!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:10 am
Backstageatapuppetshow, # 63
Backstage,
You are correct. Huff is trash, but we are stuck with him for another season.
I played the Raider/GB highlights from your link and 2 others stood out as being terribly incompetent: Jelly
Azz and Thunder Thighs #55, and Carson Palmer: pure unadultered trash……garbage.
CP will never be better than last year. The guy is a F-up, throwing all those INT’s.
Let’s develop Pryor quickly and if he doesn’t work, find another.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:14 am
Huff played like trash…but he isn’t trash…just needs to be coached up….
These million dollar athletes do not respect the men who coach them…..and why should they….their coaches just talk them up to the media and never confront them….which starts a cycle of non performance….
How many coaches has Huff seen come and go?
Huff knows he makes more then the entire defensive staff by himself….
These players have been coddled…and it’s time to put an end to this type of behavior…or the same result will ensue!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:17 am
One of the best moves of the offseason, in my opinion. Was a big Gio fan, and he provides much needed depth at safety. Not to mention, he’s a great ST guy and locker room presence. Nice Job McKenzie!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:23 am
Backstageatapuppetshow, # 92:
Okay Backstage, I will take you at your word. I used the word “trash” because I just watched highlights on Huff’s, Jelly Belly and Thunder Thighs #55, and CP’s underperformances against GB.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:28 am
The coaching staff was the main reason we lost the Green Bay game…..and didn’t make the playoffs….but I won’t get into why I feel this way….it’s in the past….
April 17th, 2012 at 12:29 am
Schedule comes out in 15 and a half hours…see ya then boys!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:33 am
Good signing, for depth. Great backup, has athletic limitations but he’s a proven dependable player, and affordable. Wish we had more like him at other areas, like linebacker…
April 17th, 2012 at 12:39 am
Agreed. This is exactly the kind of player I want on our team; good locker room guy, hard worker, sometimes tries to do too much and isn’t especially talented but still brings it every game.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:44 am
Also, there’s no worry in Branch or Reece not showing up for OTAs; it’s just lifting weights. Every other franchise tagged player seems to be doing the same thing.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:56 am
La Milicia Negra Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:21 pm
ENGLANDRAIDER Says:
April 15th, 2012 at 11:04 pm
Hey LMN! You out there?
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yup!
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April 17th, 2012 at 12:58 am
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” -Abraham Lincoln-
April 17th, 2012 at 12:58 am
As far as the political thread, I’d urge “Ghost of Al D” to go get some facts, not the junk food news diet of FoxNews & Limbaugh that sparked that sketchy chain of pseudo-logic. BTW I’m a Republican. But go look at a pie chart of govt budgets and you will clearly see that welfare spending is a negligible part of the picture, it’d be like saying “Woo Hoo the Giordano signing is the KEY move that will lock the Raiders in as a dynasty for the next decade.” That would be a purely emotional statement that maybe Giordano’s mom would say but has NO basis in reality. Right Wing Inc makes billions catering to people’s emotions, not their minds. I too am annoyed by the very slim percentage of lazy people, but most unemployed/welfare recipients are NOT that, and anyway it’s a blip on the budget. Entitlements, Defense, a recession both parties helped create, two giant wars and ill-advised tax cuts are the root of the problem. I feel your anger, I bet you work hard and are annoyed by people who don’t. But that ain’t a license to pop off with no facts. As a guy who worked in construction, if you came to my house and built a half-ass garage built on a styrofoam foundation, I’d call you on it and say start over cause that won’t support anything. So I’ll say the same thing about that argument. Go read The Economist or some other SMART conservative publication and I doubt you’ll be grousing about some non-existent army of breeding welfare moms anymore. Lazy in the workforce is no virtue, but neither is lazy in the thinkforce. At the very least, more thoughtful and informed comments will limit the snarky back and forth.
Go, Raiders.
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The Ghost of Al Davis said:
Umm, you could argue that, yeah. Lazy welfare moms popping bastard kids for a bigger check = More taxpayer dollars diverted to both welfare and crime fighting = Less money in the hands of consumers and employers = weaker economy = less jobs. Hello?!
Quit looking to the government to feed your family!
April 17th, 2012 at 1:04 am
I only watched the Green Bay loss (debacle) intermittently, but my impression wasn’t that we were merely outcoached. It was that we were an injury depleted *decent* team that couldn’t play the gameplan we wanted, playing a pretty healthy *excellent* team that could play the offense they wanted, and they flat-out whipped our asses.
I was just happy we were relevant in December this year. But I thought that we were a year away (or two years away, given our salary cap woes) from having serious aspirations on a 4th Lombardi Trophy.
April 17th, 2012 at 2:50 am
If y’all insist on debating politics, the budget, the economy & corporate downsizing all one has to do is look @ Apple’s fortunes in the aftermath of the release of the new IPad.
Corporate downsizing (sending technologically innovative products invented in the US overseas to be manufactured by lower cost & mistreated labor)fed by NAFTA & other trade agreements (backed by a bipartisan effort to maximize corporate profits @ the expense of the dwindling middle class) substantiated by a flimsy PR campaign blaming politicians (actually employed by corporations) of creating loopholes corporations can drive a ship through to create a profit margin that drives the stock sky high (Apple was trading @ $580.13 AFTER a 4.2% decline today. Apple has enjoyed a 43% increase in value this year. Thank you cheap labor). . .
An Apple spokesperson went on to say the IPad was assebled overseas to encourage those in that market to purchase their products, gaining a toehold in said market. Well, I guess one has to sell their wares where the economy is burgeonoing forward. . .
So; the “dummying down” of the US public school system (ranked sixth or seventh in the world, while our universities are ranked first or second. did you know Japan has contracts with many US universities to engage in proprietary research for them? Cheap undergrad research done for the sake of foreign companies for their benefit, save to be sold in American markets) engineered to create a substandard, delusional entitlement society ill equipped to grasp anything but so-called, uninformed “entertainment news” & “reality tv” as the US moves closer to the 1% against the 99%?
Not to mention pitting the citizenship against each other as immigrants the worldwide dot the horizon (with the ability to procure cheap loans to generate ownership in convenience stores & the such & obtain jobs our youth feel “beneath” their efforts) as we debate “entitlements” when the true gouging of taxpayer dollars occur with the defense budget (have to support the war industrial complex), social security & health insurance. here’s the breakdown. . .
Policy Basics: Where Do Our Federal Tax Dollars Go?
PDF of this policy basics (4pp.)
Updated April 2, 2012
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The federal government collects taxes in order to finance various public services. As policymakers and citizens weigh key decisions about revenues and expenditures, it is instructive to examine what the government does with the money it collects.
In fiscal year 2011, the federal government spent $3.6 trillion, amounting to 24 percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). While the level of 2011 expenditures – as a share of GDP – remains high due to the economic downturn, the composition of the budget largely resembles the patterns of recent years. Of that $3.6 trillion, $2.3 trillion was financed by federal tax revenues. The remaining $1.3 trillion was financed by borrowing; this deficit will ultimately be paid for by future taxpayers. Three major areas of spending each make up about one-fifth of the budget:
Defense and international security assistance: In 2011, 20 percent of the budget, or $718 billion, paid for defense and security-related international activities. The bulk of the spending in this category reflects the underlying costs of the Department of Defense and other security-related activities. The total also includes the cost of supporting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, funding for which totaled $159 billion in 2011.
Social Security: Another 20 percent of the budget, or $731 billion, paid for Social Security, which provided retirement benefits averaging $1,229 per month to 35.6 million retired workers in December 2011. Social Security also provided benefits to 2.9 million spouses and children of retired workers, 6.3 million surviving children and spouses of deceased workers, and 10.6 million disabled workers and their eligible dependents in December 2011.
Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP: Three health insurance programs – Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) – together accounted for 21 percent of the budget in 2011, or $769 billion. Nearly two-thirds of this amount, or $486 billion, went to Medicare, which provides health coverage to around 48 million people who are over the age of 65 or have disabilities. The remainder of this category funds Medicaid and CHIP, which in a typical month in 2011 provided health care or long-term care to about 60 million low-income children, parents, elderly people, and people with disabilities. Both Medicaid and CHIP require matching payments from the states.
Two other categories together account for another fifth of federal spending:
Safety net programs: About 13 percent of the federal budget in 2011, or $466 billion, went to support programs that provide aid (other than health insurance or Social Security benefits) to individuals and families facing hardship. Spending on safety programs declined in both nominal and real terms between 2010 and 2011 as the economy continued to improve and initiatives funded by the 2009 Recovery Act began to expire.
These programs include: the refundable portion of the earned-income and child tax credits, which assist low- and moderate-income working families through the tax code; programs that provide cash payments to eligible individuals or households, including Supplemental Security Income for the elderly or disabled poor and unemployment insurance; various forms of in-kind assistance for low-income families and individuals, including food stamps, school meals, low-income housing assistance, child-care assistance, and assistance in meeting home energy bills; and various other programs such as those that aid abused and neglected children.
Such programs keep millions of people out of poverty each year. A Center analysis shows that five existing federal income assistance programs, plus Recovery Act expansions and the now-expired Make Work Pay tax credit, kept nearly 20 million people out of poverty in 2010. Without any government income assistance, the poverty rate would have been nearly double in 2010 (28.6 rather than 15.5 percent).
Interest on the national debt: The federal government must make regular interest payments on the money it has borrowed to finance past deficits – that is, on the national debt held by the public, which reached $10 trillion by the end of fiscal 2011. In 2011, these interest payments claimed $230 billion, or about 6 percent of the budget.
So the underlying question is; is the budget ratio fair? Do we need so much spent on defense (probably not); what about social security? (well, those who realize retirement & are the spouses of retirees, yes. Those on disability? That’s a debate that could be encouraged on a case by case basis); health care? (with administrative costs 75% higher than the next closest country & with subjective treatment & fueled by the health insurance monster, this could be much more efficient & overall more beneficial to all of us). . .
All this fueled primarily by a dwindling middle class. . .or their offspring in future years. . .
April 17th, 2012 at 3:44 am
hmmmmmm it sucks to be sick in USA, I rather be a car in the USA you treat them fairly good :/
April 17th, 2012 at 4:23 am
Well, with technology one only has to regulate (and add as required) coolant & oil levels. After a car (or those older than 2004 models) reaches five years only then (in my state) do you have to go through the emissions test in order to renew license tabs. . .
However, while seeing many older models trudge along while emitting smoke one realizes keeping a car’s health up is a subjective matter; but I do love & indulge my car. . .
April 17th, 2012 at 4:38 am
Welcome back Gio!
Like I said yesterday, highly unlikely a DB is drafted. LB, LB, DT, DE, OT/OG.
April 17th, 2012 at 4:41 am
Good signing bringing that slow white Italian guy back. It will make it easier for Phillip to burn you guys again next year.
April 17th, 2012 at 4:57 am
Bawitdaba-da bang-da bang-diggy-diggy-diggy
Said the boogie-said up jump the boogie
MY NAME IS CHARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGED UP!!!
April 17th, 2012 at 5:29 am
I’m very happy that Gio is back. He solidified the position when Huffy was injured, and more than held his own. I’m a little surprised Reggie didn’t show him more love. 5 interceptions/70 tackles of production back in the fold. I would not be surprised to see MM34 shown the door. Still think they might draft a DB in the draft. Reggie is going with his BPA plan, and I think he sticks to it. It’s a total wildcard what position he picks at 95. I really believe that. He’s not worried about need at all. Just looking for players.
April 17th, 2012 at 5:30 am
Anyone know when Raider minicamps start? They are starting minicamps in Tampa today.
April 17th, 2012 at 5:31 am
NFL Schedule to be released today at 7:00PM EST.
woo hoo!
April 17th, 2012 at 5:31 am
Forget who the poster was who railed on endlessly on Gio a month or so back, but he must be pissed
April 17th, 2012 at 5:36 am
Early schedule rumors/leaks?
SF at GB week 1
Hou at Det – turkey day
April 17th, 2012 at 5:37 am
More Raiders + Less political discourse = Better Blog
April 17th, 2012 at 5:38 am
My source tells me Raiders vs Chargers week one.
April 17th, 2012 at 5:41 am
Charged Up! Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 5:38 am
My source tells me Raiders vs Chargers week one.
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Will they open up at OA Coliseum or down in OA Coliseum south? TIA Charred up!
April 17th, 2012 at 5:42 am
Guest123, perhaps Reggie’s draft board doesn’t have many DB’s on it for the latter rounds, hence all the signings in FA. On the other side of the coin (And I see it this way) he may have a lot of LB’s on his board as the best available, coincidentally, our greatest position of need.
This years LB draft class looks deep in my eyes.
April 17th, 2012 at 5:48 am
Raiders and Chargers will play in the L.A. Coliseum
April 17th, 2012 at 5:49 am
GOOD MO0RNING SPORT’S FAN’S..GIORDANO=DEPTH
April 17th, 2012 at 5:51 am
Good Morning Nation!!!
Low risk bringing him back…he did lead the team in INTs last year…
And Charged Up…Giordano intercepted Rivers in the end zone…you may want to change your tune about that one…
April 17th, 2012 at 5:52 am
CW, I agree about the deep LB class, and I think that Reggie will be able to get some unexpected talent in rounds 5 and 6 as well. Maybe a TE that slips or even a WR that tumbles for whatever reason. Reg is going to let the draft come to him, while the other GM’s are sweating it out reaching for ‘their’ guy.
April 17th, 2012 at 5:56 am
The Raiders announced the signing of unrestricted free agent safety Matt Giordano Monday, who led the team with five interceptions and is coming off the best season of his career in Oakland.
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great news. are the Raiders still looking at safeties in the draft?
goodbye Tyvon !!!
April 17th, 2012 at 6:01 am
no, more like goodbye MM34
April 17th, 2012 at 6:04 am
For the last three years, Branch has been starting at safety for Oakland and has seen his play evolve.
He emerged as the highest-rated safety in terms of run defense in the league this past year thanks to positive run D ratings in each of the last 10 games of the season. In 2010, his coverage skills were a liability, but all of his metrics improved in 2011.
Given his combination of youth, three years of starting experience, and potential, he was clearly the best choice to top this list.
His pass rush rating greatly hurt his overall rating in 2011, but he led safeties in that department the year before.
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@Marley
Branch is good versus the run, but our run defense sucks
He was awful in coverage prior to last season, when his play “improved” to average – thanks Chuck & Rod!
he can get after the QB, when given the opportunity.
There is nothing that separates this guy from Mike Mitchell.
You basically want to make him one of the league’s highest paid safeties based on youth & starting experience?
LOL, Reggie isn’t that stupid. Given the same opportunity, Mitch might even outplay him
TB = Gibril Wilson
MM = Derrick Gibson
April 17th, 2012 at 6:08 am
tackles arent the best way to grade a safety. Didn’t Gibril wilson have a ton of tackles in his first year here?
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Guy = smart
April 17th, 2012 at 6:10 am
SO WHO IS GIO? STUART SCHWEIGERT?
April 17th, 2012 at 6:12 am
still awaiting votes for #95 pick (alpha)
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April 17th, 2012 at 6:12 am
SO WHO IS GIO? STUART SCHWEIGERT?
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@ Dirt Lot
close!
Gio = John Lynch
April 17th, 2012 at 6:14 am
Forget who the poster was who railed on endlessly on Gio a month or so back, but he must be pissed
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@JFB
that would be DeuceDeuce aka DennisAllensVisor
April 17th, 2012 at 6:15 am
GOD DAY ROCKSTAR..HOW’S THE FAMILY?
April 17th, 2012 at 6:17 am
GOOD HE MEANT TO SAY..
April 17th, 2012 at 6:17 am
doing well, Dirt
thanks. hows yours?
wifey and I just celebrated 5 years of marriage on Saturday
my son is now 17 months old and his mission right now is to destroy everything!
terrible 2’s came early?
April 17th, 2012 at 6:19 am
Baby Rockstar is all Raider.
he loves to raid, pillage & steal
April 17th, 2012 at 6:23 am
I need to have a sign at work that reads “rather be turkey hunting”
season opened yesterday. I have to work all week and then try to bag a bird on Saturday
April 17th, 2012 at 6:24 am
133.RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 6:17 am
doing well, Dirt
thanks. hows yours?
wifey and I just celebrated 5 years of marriage on Saturday
my son is now 17 months old and his mission right now is to destroy everything!
terrible 2’s came early?
Congrats Rockstar! 5 years on Saturday? It was also my niece’s birthday that day…the day after, my son tested for black belt…great weekend for everyone I say!
April 17th, 2012 at 6:27 am
DRANK SOME WILD-TURKEY IN MY YOUNGER DAYS..
April 17th, 2012 at 6:28 am
Reading thru some of Marley’s other posts in defense of TB, I think he makes some solid points about TB’s focus and preparation to become the player is now. I agree. He’s proven himself on the field with production. I don’t think that Woodson or Bresnahan had anything to do with it. Give TB credit for making his impact on his own.
April 17th, 2012 at 6:30 am
my son tested for black belt
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@hwnrdr
I don’t know how old your son is, but I’m guessing he’s already tougher & more disciplined than our starting middle linebacker!!
April 17th, 2012 at 6:30 am
my son is now 17 months old and his mission right now is to destroy everything!
terrible 2’s came early?
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that’s a myth that it starts at 2 yo. It starts even earlier for boys. And just wait for the terrible 3’s.
April 17th, 2012 at 6:33 am
140.guest123 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 6:30 am
my son is now 17 months old and his mission right now is to destroy everything!
terrible 2’s came early?
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that’s a myth that it starts at 2 yo. It starts even earlier for boys. And just wait for the terrible 3’s.
exactly!
April 17th, 2012 at 6:34 am
139.RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 6:30 am
my son tested for black belt
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@hwnrdr
I don’t know how old your son is, but I’m guessing he’s already tougher & more disciplined than our starting middle linebacker!!
LOL…he’s 9, going on 10 in September…I hope he ain’t tougher than a 23 year old starting MLB, but… I hear ya!
April 17th, 2012 at 6:34 am
I don’t think that Woodson or Bresnahan had anything to do with it. Give TB credit for making his impact on his own.
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@G123
he played “ok” in a contract year and now he wants to break the bank
we’ve seen this before. Seymour, Routt, Huff, Wimbley, etc
all 4 regressed after getting a huge payday from Al Davis
reminds me of Nnamdi in Philly & Haynesworth in Washington
April 17th, 2012 at 6:35 am
…Maybe…more disciplined!
April 17th, 2012 at 6:37 am
RRS
Bwahahahhaahha… Hardly, but try though
April 17th, 2012 at 6:44 am
Curious to think what JFB says about this..
Branch is average at best in coverage and he’s known according to that article and some bogus stats for his ability to stuff the run.
Do we break the bank for a SS like this?
JFB is always talking about how it’s a “passing league” when we have Bartell, Spencer & DVD (or Chekwa – pick one) as our Top 3 CB’s
Maybe we should go after Andre Goodman in FA and then trade Branch for another CB??
If Branch is one of the hottest safeties in the league right now i’m sure he has some trade value, right?
April 17th, 2012 at 6:44 am
LMN…what’s up man? Been awhile…
April 17th, 2012 at 6:44 am
GOOD MORNING NATION !!!
time to WAKE and BAKE !!!
April 17th, 2012 at 6:45 am
RRS, agree to disagree about Branch. I hope the next news we get is that Branch signs his new contract extension, and that Reece comes in and signs his tender. We need all hands on deck!
April 17th, 2012 at 6:45 am
@ LMN
still need your pick for OAK at #95 bro
please & thank you
April 17th, 2012 at 6:46 am
What’s up Mike? I think I’m Baked by stuffiness! Ugghhhh!
April 17th, 2012 at 6:48 am
I hope the next news we get is that Branch signs his new contract extension, and that Reece comes in and signs his tender. We need all hands on deck!
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Agreed, G123
I think we need to get these guys in the facility. get them around their coaches & teammates. get a playbook in their hands. get them in the film room. get them in with the trainers.
but at the end of the day, it’s their decision to stay away. sign the tag. sign the tender. get to work!
if you want a better deal, leave that to your agents and Raiders GM Reggie McKenzie
April 17th, 2012 at 6:49 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
For the last three years, Branch has been starting at safety for Oakland and has seen his play evolve.
He emerged as the highest-rated safety in terms of run defense in the league this past year thanks to positive run D ratings in each of the last 10 games of the season. In 2010, his coverage skills were a liability, but all of his metrics improved in 2011.
Given his combination of youth, three years of starting experience, and potential, he was clearly the best choice to top this list.
His pass rush rating greatly hurt his overall rating in 2011, but he led safeties in that department the year before.
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@Marley
Branch is good versus the run, but our run defense sucks
He was awful in coverage prior to last season, when his play “improved” to average – thanks Chuck & Rod!
he can get after the QB, when given the opportunity.
There is nothing that separates this guy from Mike Mitchell.
You basically want to make him one of the league’s highest paid safeties based on youth & starting experience?
LOL, Reggie isn’t that stupid. Given the same opportunity, Mitch might even outplay him
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Rosckstar.
Looks like Reggie IS that stupid.
He put the Franchise tag on Branch, you know?.
In an off-season with extreme cap-issues, Reggie had no need to franchise Branch, it’s a move that’s gonna cost us 6.2 million, if Reggie and DA didn’t think he was worth it, they would not have tagged him.
Simple as that.
“We are pleased that Tyvon will return to the Raiders in 2012,” Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie said in a statement.
“Tyvon is a talented, productive player who we hope will be wearing the Silver and Black for many years to come. We will continue to work on a long-term deal to make that happen.”
Now you agree that Branch can play the run, get to the QB and is improving on coverage, right?.
What else do you expect from your SS?.
Branch is the least of our problems on defense and yes, youth (25) counts when talking about a long-term deal and so does the fact that he’s gotten better every year.
April 17th, 2012 at 6:49 am
Words to live by:
beer before liquor, never been sicker
liquor before beer, you’re in the clear
April 17th, 2012 at 6:51 am
Hwnrdr, lol lol …
good to hear your son is going for his black belt !!
my boy got his when he was 10 also !! and yes discipline is the key !!!
April 17th, 2012 at 6:51 am
#153, say no more, I’m sold. Lock him up long term.
April 17th, 2012 at 6:52 am
guest123 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 6:49 am
Words to live by:
beer before liquor, never been sicker
liquor before beer, you’re in the clear
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man made booze and
God made grass… now who do you trust !!
April 17th, 2012 at 6:57 am
9 year old black belt??????
Damn!
I thought I was starting my daughter off early at 7, lol.
April 17th, 2012 at 6:59 am
@ Marley
you don’t pay big money to a player thats “getting better” or has potential. those days are (hopefully) over!
Branch hasn’t had any more of an impact versus the run at SS than Michael Huff or Gibril Wilson did. Plus he’s far worse in coverage than both players.
going after the QB depends on your system/scheme and the number of opportunities.
how many tackles for a loss did Branch have? how many INT’s? how many forced fumbles? how many passes defensed?
not nearly enough to be considered “elite” or deserving of a franchise tag imo, which is partially why I stated yesterday that tagging TB was Reggie’s first bonehead move as Raiders GM.
Branch is not a playmaker or difference maker. in 4 years in Oakland, you guys can give me maybe 3 great plays he made. Fewer than Giordano made last season after we signed him off the street!
if all you want at SS is a guy that makes a bunch of tackles.. don’t fix the front seven on Defense and certainly retaining TB is priority #1
April 17th, 2012 at 6:59 am
I’m thinking of taking my 5 yo son to martial arts class. He tried and doesn’t get baseball. Lack of focus. I hope that getting into a few scrapes on the mat can help him focus more.
April 17th, 2012 at 7:00 am
KoolKell Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:23 pm
Ever notice how white mid-level players are described in here as “hard-working character guys”.
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KK
Regarding your comment that white guys are always reported as character hard working types… You mean like Cartwright when he was here??? Leave it alone man. Also Heyward Bey is reported to be a strong character person as well.
By the way with all the economic “information” you are passing out you may want to read the other side of the coin. Thomas Sowell, a fellow at the Hover institute at Stanford, has some really good introductory books on economics. If you read them you would learn that all Keynesian economics does is rob Peter to pay Paul, it does not create wealth but simply redistributes a shrinking pie, creates moral hazards, and lowers productivity (efficiency) and thus overall wealth. By the way for your interest (not mine), Sowell is black if that will help you read the books. His books are usually available for free at your local library.
April 17th, 2012 at 7:03 am
What else do you expect from your SS?.
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Ryan Clark was on First Take yesterday, and he was making some good points about critics not really knowing what they are looking at. Used the example of a TD againt GB in some big game where folks thought he was the one who got beat as an example.
Made a lot of sense.
Branch was asked to play a lot of corner last year. As a SS, as you point out, his coverage will be just fine.
April 17th, 2012 at 7:04 am
158.J Hill Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 6:57 am
9 year old black belt??????
Damn!
I thought I was starting my daughter off early at 7, lol.
LOL, he started when he was 7…it was a long 27 month journey to get there…acheived his black belt this past Sunday! I’m proud that he wants to continue because there are many who gets there and quits!
April 17th, 2012 at 7:04 am
wasn’t that the knock on Kirk Morrison?
all the haters said “yeah, he makes a bunch of tackles, but they are all 5-7 yards downfield”
now they are using the same reasoning they used to get rid of Capt Kirk as to place the friggin FRANCHISE TAG on Branch and pay him like a Top 5 NFL safety?
RRS = not easily fooled
April 17th, 2012 at 7:05 am
mikep562 Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 10:17 am
3rd FS markelle martin OSU
then trade huff for osi or blount straight up.
4th depth c/ilb/dt/ol
5th depth
6th depth
then resign matt dog, qroves and moss and look into getting vollek and if da likes goodman at all he may give him a look also though we are pretty deep at cb already.
this?
April 17th, 2012 at 7:05 am
160.guest123 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 6:59 am
I’m thinking of taking my 5 yo son to martial arts class. He tried and doesn’t get baseball. Lack of focus. I hope that getting into a few scrapes on the mat can help him focus more.
My son was the same way…tried throwing a baseball, football….even tried basketball…but when I took him to watch a karate class, he never looked back…now he wants to play sports, just don’t know what he wants to try yet!
April 17th, 2012 at 7:07 am
155.R8ER MIKE Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 6:51 am
Hwnrdr, lol lol …
good to hear your son is going for his black belt !!
my boy got his when he was 10 also !! and yes discipline is the key !!!
Thanks Mike! it even brought up his grades and continuously does well in school now!
April 17th, 2012 at 7:07 am
157.R8ER MIKE Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 6:52 am
guest123 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 6:49 am
Words to live by:
beer before liquor, never been sicker
liquor before beer, you’re in the clear
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man made booze and
God made grass… now who do you trust !!
Like Chris Tucker says on Friday…”God put this on the earth for me and you…I told ya!”
April 17th, 2012 at 7:09 am
Ryan Clark was on First Take yesterday, and he was making some good points about critics not really knowing what they are looking at. Used the example of a TD againt GB in some big game where folks thought he was the one who got beat as an example.
Made a lot of sense.
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@Jhill
Clark broke down some film to make excuses for himself all the while throwing said teammate who was supposed to be covering the guy who scored under the bus?
Classy move!
April 17th, 2012 at 7:10 am
Tyvon Branch seems to give up a lot of yards in pass coverage, and I don’t care too much for his finger-pointing and dancing around.
He is very physical however, solid on the blitz and tackling in the box.
I think this franchise tag at around 4-5 million for one year is very reasonable compensation. Go make some plays for a winning defense, and than he will really make some money.
The Reggie got it right; par for the course.
April 17th, 2012 at 7:12 am
Clark broke down some film to make excuses for himself
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LOL
April 17th, 2012 at 7:12 am
Gio is going to get another opening night INT.
Print that!!
April 17th, 2012 at 7:15 am
I think Gio will be fine…another year, (hopefully) a stronger system…he’ll be fine guys!
April 17th, 2012 at 7:15 am
Print this.
April 17th, 2012 at 7:18 am
and I don’t care too much for his finger-pointing and dancing around.
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First play that comes to mind is the Detorit game where Johnson ran right past MM34, lol.
Don’t tell me you weren’t dancing and pointing the finger at MM34 too in your living room, lol.
April 17th, 2012 at 7:19 am
Printed
April 17th, 2012 at 7:20 am
Don’t tell me you weren’t dancing and pointing the finger at MM34 too in your living room, lol.
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Tyvon should leave the semi-proing to the Semi’s.
April 17th, 2012 at 7:20 am
Gio will be fine?
Hopefully, Huff doesn’t get another concussion and force Gio to start 9 games.
And we still need another S. Or are we going to resign Boyd too?
April 17th, 2012 at 7:24 am
post #42 so sad but thats “Tha Truth” well put YA
f*cking cannibals
April 17th, 2012 at 7:26 am
We need Huff to start at FS!
We need Branch to start at SS!
We don’t need either of those guys playing corner. And we damned sure aren’t looking forward to the backups to start 9 games, at ANY position.
April 17th, 2012 at 7:26 am
Hey ChargedUp, are you a permanent fixture in Slower?
April 17th, 2012 at 7:30 am
That is true J Hill…
April 17th, 2012 at 7:38 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
wasn’t that the knock on Kirk Morrison?
all the haters said “yeah, he makes a bunch of tackles, but they are all 5-7 yards downfield”
now they are using the same reasoning they used to get rid of Capt Kirk as to place the friggin FRANCHISE TAG on Branch and pay him like a Top 5 NFL safety?.
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Rockstar.
I didn’t get that.
Is Branch to blame for making too many tackles? or for making them down the field?.
Most of the time, for Branch to make a tackle the ball-carrier must get past the DL and LB’s first.
It’s not about how many tackles he has, it’s about him being a secure, solid tackler when the guy reaches his level, I think he’s good at it.
As far as the finger pointing issue, it looks to me like he was the only guy who knew where he and everyone else had to be on every play, the fact that the other DB’s didn’t even argue with him makes me think Branch was right and they screwed up.
Gotta go, later.
April 17th, 2012 at 7:41 am
damn i didnt relize how many takles gio had i bet that he had more than wimply
happy to see that reggie didnt sleep on ol gio cuz he might not have the size and speed but he made some plays
April 17th, 2012 at 7:41 am
You’re wasting your time Marley… they watch football a little differently in Podunk. Branch and Cam Newton are over-rated. Mike Mitchell is a superstar in waiting and JLH is a hall of famer who just never got a chance.
April 17th, 2012 at 7:46 am
Pondunk is inbred.
April 17th, 2012 at 7:47 am
166.hwnrdr Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 7:05 am
160.guest123 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 6:59 am
I’m thinking of taking my 5 yo son to martial arts class. He tried and doesn’t get baseball. Lack of focus. I hope that getting into a few scrapes on the mat can help him focus more.
My son was the same way…tried throwing a baseball, football….even tried basketball…but when I took him to watch a karate class, he never looked back…now he wants to play sports, just don’t know what he wants to try yet!
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My son wanted nothing to do with sports and was having trouble with his grades until I put him in a Taekwondo course when he was about 8….after that his grades shot up and he played football and joined wrestling (didn’t like football but loved wrestling).
Now he is a first degree black belt in Taekwondo.
April 17th, 2012 at 7:50 am
Good job, Dakota! My son found his calling…he will play around with sports…hopefully he catches on to something. If not…I’m fine with him being a “Karate Kid”!
April 17th, 2012 at 7:50 am
lol lol ,, same story with my son !!
April 17th, 2012 at 7:52 am
Carl Weathers Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 4:38 am
Welcome back Gio!
Like I said yesterday, highly unlikely a DB is drafted. LB, LB, DT, DE, OT/OG.
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Agree…
April 17th, 2012 at 7:54 am
The best part about this is… my son completed something that I didn’t…and I’m ok with that! Now, I train with him, having him teach me…lol, and I’m ok with that also! Still have some of it based on memory, but…lol, if he wasn’t still that young, he will kick my a**!
April 17th, 2012 at 7:54 am
What’s up Ray?
April 17th, 2012 at 7:55 am
Another back up.. Yay..
April 17th, 2012 at 7:55 am
Mike Mitchell is a superstar in waiting and JLH is a hall of famer who just never got a chance.
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LOL @ Bcz
no comments about my boys Huff, Morrison, Pryor, Palmer, DMAC, Houston or ShoNasty?
I even made a few comments in favor of Travis Goethel last two offseasons!
CJ37 was my vote on Ted’s MUP list
April 17th, 2012 at 7:56 am
Pondunk
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@ Hunter
Who ??
April 17th, 2012 at 7:57 am
The draft plans havent changed. Best player available.. Pos doesnt matter cause they wont play much anyway..
April 17th, 2012 at 7:58 am
after my son got his black belt he lost interest it and quit. i wouldnt let him just sit around and made him find something else to put his mind to. he started playing guitar and got damn good at it. now he teaches it !!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:00 am
Lakers!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:01 am
I didn’t get that.
Is Branch to blame for making too many tackles? or for making them down the field?.
Most of the time, for Branch to make a tackle the ball-carrier must get past the DL and LB’s first.
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@Marley
Branch gets credit for the amount of tackles he makes. Problem is, none of them are at or near the line of scrimmage. So how 90% of Raider Nation and a handful of media douches think he’s a top notch run defender remains a mystery to me
If we’re going to blame the D-Line and LB’s for not getting it done in run support, well then I’m puzzled why you want to draft a Tight End
is stuffing the run important in today’s game?
April 17th, 2012 at 8:01 am
197.R8ER MIKE Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 7:58 am
after my son got his black belt he lost interest it and quit. i wouldnt let him just sit around and made him find something else to put his mind to. he started playing guitar and got damn good at it. now he teaches it !!
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Weird, that is what is happening with my son. He got his black belt last summer, and now he only sporadically goes to his Taekwondo classes….well, he is now more worried about cars and girls and graduation…..guess I can’t blame him for that.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:04 am
Branch is a safte. His tackles are supposed to be on our side of the line of scrimmage.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:05 am
Same old Hawaiian….another day, another dollar!
Just wishing next week (Draft) was here already…wondering if if Steve or Jerry will write up some type of Mock Draft!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:07 am
Reading about kids is even worse than the political talk…
April 17th, 2012 at 8:07 am
so far this offseason we’ve chopped Henderson & Wimbley from the defensive front seven and added Tollefson & Wheeler
lost Trev Scott to N.E. , but getting Matt ShoNasty back healthy helps.
do those moves alone make us a better run defending team?
I think Reggie, Dennis & Jason are banking on the fact that these same players will play better in a 2012 defense instead of a 1970’s one
problem is, what if they don’t?
what if it really is a personnel issue?
as BCZ so astutely points out, out biggest issue in this area is consistancy. Are we gonna be more disciplined? quit taking plays off? quit with the bonehead penalties and finger pointing?
April 17th, 2012 at 8:08 am
I was flipping through channels last night and watched a little of the OKC-Clipper game, and OKC was up 64-59….later I checked the bottom line and saw that OKC lost like 92-77!
lol, wtf happened okc? Can’t believe I have to keep track of the Clippers now….
April 17th, 2012 at 8:08 am
Reading about kids is even worse than the political talk
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@Mark
only because you don’t have any!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:08 am
I didnt even realize the draft was so close.. Im just not excited about our picks I guess.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:09 am
The worst move of the off-season..
Players i’d take today over Giordano:
Derrick Gibson
Stuart Schwiegart
Adam Archuleta
April 17th, 2012 at 8:10 am
Thank you Mark’s Hair.
Dakotex, no one cares about your hick family. Not even you.
Go Raiders!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:10 am
Some of you guys think this like Madden… Like Reggie can just run out and sign a 90 or above rated player at EVERY position.
Gio played decent football last year and is being rewarded for his effort with a chance to make the squad again. Nothing wrong with that.
Now, on to the draft…
April 17th, 2012 at 8:10 am
And if you think this signing means that were not drafting a safety now, please turn in your semi-pro blogger liscense..
April 17th, 2012 at 8:10 am
well RR i think thats what reggie wants to find out too so he can get rid of them when the time comes
April 17th, 2012 at 8:12 am
Giordano back on the team is a good move man. He just has a nose for the ball, he stepped up big time. They move Huff to a corner position now. Nah!!!!!!!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:12 am
damn dudes , sorry , some of us are proud of our kids !!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:12 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 7:04 am
wasn’t that the knock on Kirk Morrison?
all the haters said “yeah, he makes a bunch of tackles, but they are all 5-7 yards downfield”
now they are using the same reasoning they used to get rid of Capt Kirk as to place the friggin FRANCHISE TAG on Branch and pay him like a Top 5 NFL safety?
RRS = not easily fooled
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first a LB is closer the line than the SS, so its logical that the SS tackles further downfield..
and you say Reggie isnt stupid, but you say its stupid to franchise Branch – doesnt compute matey…
whats about all the hat on Branch.. and whats about the love for MM??? MM hasnt done much, Gio was hired to push MM, not to push Branch
April 17th, 2012 at 8:13 am
203.Marks hair Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:07 am
Reading about kids is even worse than the political talk…
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Romney leading Ob@ma in 3 recent polls. CNN poll has Ob@ma beating Romney by 9 points….but that poll was a poll of people listed in the address books of Farik Zakaria, Wolf Blitzer, Candy Crowley and Anderson Cooper.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:13 am
Go play with you kids.
Go Raiders!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:14 am
G’morning fellas.
I can’t wait for the schedule release tonight. Are the Raiders going to keep their customary spot in the second half of the MNF doubleheader? Seems like a tradition.
Manning and the Broncos seem like a no-brainer, doesn’t it?
The league knows they need to schedule Oakland in prime time early in the season to insure Darren McFadden will still be healthy and likely to be playing.
Unfortunately.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:15 am
208.DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:09 am
The worst move of the off-season..
Players i’d take today over Giordano:
Derrick Gibson
Stuart Schwiegart
Adam Archuleta
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Are you serious? I was no big Gio fan but he played better than the three guys you listed above. Gio played better than a healthy Huff actually. Not to mention a lot cheaper price tag.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:16 am
CJ Legend 34 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:15 am
208.DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:09 am
The worst move of the off-season..
Players i’d take today over Giordano:
Derrick Gibson
Stuart Schwiegart
Adam Archuleta
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Are you serious? I was no big Gio fan but he played better than the three guys you listed above. Gio played better than a healthy Huff actually. Not to mention a lot cheaper price tag.
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No im not that serious..
No he didnt play better than those guys in their respective years..
And, No, He didnt play better than a healthy Huff..
Put the Gio flavored kool-aid down and step away from the keyboard..
April 17th, 2012 at 8:18 am
hope we land the brown kid from houston he had a bunch of takles in the backfield so he takes good angles and can takle
but just not with our first pick
April 17th, 2012 at 8:18 am
The key to the defense is DA and Tarver working to knit a solid unit of teammates. No more finger pointing or glares on the field or off. It’s all about accountability; guys having each other’s backs. Raising their hand when they mess up, taking the heat. This is not blue chip talent on defense, so it’s going to have to be a group of overachievers. Like they had in Denver last year.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:19 am
Somebody will be elected president… gas and groceries will still be overpriced, men will still get strippers and hookers, people will still go drink after work, poor people will still be poor and rich people will still be rich, and so on and so on…
I’ve lived through 3 Repub and 3 Dems now and nothing really changes.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:19 am
Clippers thumped OKC again last night. hilarious
Clips are getting hot, right on the heels of the Lake Show
just like a predicted, right Hwnrdr?
Mark Davis & Raider O should be very proud. Hopefully they snag that #3 seed from the purple & p1ss yellow drama queens
April 17th, 2012 at 8:20 am
RoMac can make as many tackles as Brown as long he doesn’t have to take any good angles or fight through the scrum. He’s even better when he’s unblocked.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:20 am
206.RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:08 am
Reading about kids is even worse than the political talk
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@Mark
only because you don’t have any!
They are the next generation of Raider Nation!!! One day they will be arguing over who the Raiders are drafting and what not!
And Mike is right, we are proud of our kids…something that no one can take away!!!
Yes. Go Raiders!!!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:20 am
What’s up LMN? Go easy on Rockstar. He is one of the special kids.
Speaking of Rock Stars, do yourself a favor and check out the Alabama Shakes.
You’ll be the coolest dude in that so called country of yours.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:21 am
The end.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:21 am
bible thumpers get all wet when rep are prez and all salty when its a dem
April 17th, 2012 at 8:22 am
224.RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:19 am
Clippers thumped OKC again last night. hilarious
Clips are getting hot, right on the heels of the Lake Show
just like a predicted, right Hwnrdr?
Mark Davis & Raider O should be very proud. Hopefully they snag that #3 seed from the purple & p1ss yellow drama queens
LOL, doesn’t matter…how many said that we wouldn’t make it to the playoffs after Mike Brown took over? LOL…like I said, really don’t expect much from them this year but will stick by them until the final buzzer!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:23 am
DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:16 am
CJ Legend 34 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:15 am
208.DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:09 am
The worst move of the off-season..
Players i’d take today over Giordano:
Derrick Gibson
Stuart Schwiegart
Adam Archuleta
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Are you serious? I was no big Gio fan but he played better than the three guys you listed above. Gio played better than a healthy Huff actually. Not to mention a lot cheaper price tag.
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I’m wit you on that…CJ!
Good signing with little investment…will go a long way.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:23 am
226. Zzzzzzz……
April 17th, 2012 at 8:23 am
One day our kids will be arguing over who the Raiders are drafting and what not is PRICELESS!
Dare to dream.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:23 am
505raiders Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:21 am
bible thumpers get all wet when rep are prez and all salty when its a dem
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I hope your not as ignorant as that statement.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:24 am
It’s all about accountability; guys having each other’s backs. Raising their hand when they mess up, taking the heat.
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@G123
couldn’t agree more, however, didn’t we hear these same things from the last 2 Head Coaches Cable & Jackson?
whats the difference? new sheriffs in town (Reggie & Dennis) actually have the authority to do something about it if certain players don’t get with the program?
April 17th, 2012 at 8:24 am
505raiders Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:21 am
bible thumpers get all wet when rep are prez and all salty when its a dem
….
yeah, and gays & lesbians, women’s rights groups, and certain minority groups get all wet when a dem is prez and all salty when its a dem.
Somebody’s always gonna be mad…
April 17th, 2012 at 8:24 am
so what if am what u gonna do
April 17th, 2012 at 8:25 am
The offense will be much better with Palmer getting to work with the tools he has now….injury free for now…
And the Defense.. They couldn’t possibly be as pitiful as they were last year….
Just the fact that Bresnahans gone should make them much improved…
April 17th, 2012 at 8:25 am
r8eray Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:23 am
DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:16 am
CJ Legend 34 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:15 am
208.DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:09 am
The worst move of the off-season..
Players i’d take today over Giordano:
Derrick Gibson
Stuart Schwiegart
Adam Archuleta
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Are you serious? I was no big Gio fan but he played better than the three guys you listed above. Gio played better than a healthy Huff actually. Not to mention a lot cheaper price tag.
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I’m wit you on that…CJ!
Good signing with little investment…will go a long way.
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Agreed on that. Very little investment, will yield very little return.
Main thing is, if he makes the team we have problems in the safety area of the secondary.
And if by long way you mean all the way to the 3rd pre-season game, then..sure.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:25 am
RoMac can make as many tackles as Brown as long he doesn’t have to take any good angles or fight through the scrum. He’s even better when he’s unblocked.
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LOL!
come on, G123.
I know you’re fishing but i’m not going to take the bait!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:25 am
*all salty when its a repub
April 17th, 2012 at 8:25 am
R.I.P. Dwayne Schintzius
April 17th, 2012 at 8:26 am
The Lakers are turning it on.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:27 am
Routt actually thought the defense was pretty good?… Really ?
April 17th, 2012 at 8:29 am
What’s not to like about the Gio signing? He’s not the second coming of Rod Woodson or anything, but he provides good quality depth. I’m sure it was at or near the league minimum. Didn’t break the bank.
The guy has a knack for making plays, 5 int’s in limited playing time. He’s not a great open field tackler but will be valuable in dime packages and such.
He also does show a knack for timing his blitzes and delivering some pop. He knocked the snot out of Colt McCoy couple of times. Hopefully Dennis Allen and Tarver can better utilize those talents better than Chucky B did.
Much like Tollefson, this is the type of solid if unspectacular player that you fill out a roster with. Not a superstar, but just good quality depth.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:29 am
Did you guys see this last night? I kind of felt bad for Bob Beckel at first….until he started blaming everyone else for his fk up:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/17/fox-news-bob-beckel-f-bomb_n_1430863.html
April 17th, 2012 at 8:29 am
244.fingers Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:27 am
Routt actually thought the defense was pretty good?… Really ?
When?
April 17th, 2012 at 8:30 am
244.fingers Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:27 am
Routt actually thought the defense was pretty good?… Really ?
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Routt is an overrated one year wonder who was vastly overpaid and who was part of one of the worst pass defenses I can recall.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:31 am
Agreed ..Gio is a team guy… Not a huge talent but like Tollefson makes the Raiders better .. IMO
April 17th, 2012 at 8:31 am
Dakota …agree..Routt was in over his head… Way over
April 17th, 2012 at 8:32 am
Buckeyeraider Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:29 am
What’s not to like about the Gio signing? He’s not the second coming of Rod Woodson or anything, but he provides good quality depth. I’m sure it was at or near the league minimum. Didn’t break the bank.
The guy has a knack for making plays, 5 int’s in limited playing time. He’s not a great open field tackler but will be valuable in dime packages and such.
He also does show a knack for timing his blitzes and delivering some pop. He knocked the snot out of Colt McCoy couple of times. Hopefully Dennis Allen and Tarver can better utilize those talents better than Chucky B did.
Much like Tollefson, this is the type of solid if unspectacular player that you fill out a roster with. Not a superstar, but just good quality depth.
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Funny how as Raider fans we tend to only remember what we want.
He played as much as any Safety on the team if not more than others.. Nothing limited about his PT..
He was a terrible blitzer, always getting picked up easily by the RB, but what do you remember? The 1 time he laid out the QB (Orton)
Knack for making plays? 5 INTs.. DeAngelo Hall has how many each year?
How bout all those TDs he gave up due to his 5.3 40 time, poor angles & inability to tackle..
April 17th, 2012 at 8:33 am
I call gio – guito and it kind of stuck, every time he made a play me and my small Raidernation crowd would yell out guitooo. He made the most plays on d so I definitely think this is plus resigning the guito. With a good d scheeme and better coaches they will put the guito in places to make more plays.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:33 am
Routt was overrated compared to his salary, but that doesn’t mean he stunk up the field. It’s the retarded ufl coach that had him on an island that AD wanted him on. I’m still trying to erase that defense of last year from my memory.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:34 am
fingers Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:31 am
Agreed ..Gio is a team guy… Not a huge talent but like Tollefson makes the Raiders better .. IMO
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Better during the pre-season, yep.
He couldnt hold Tollefson’s jock when it comes to hustle, intangibles & importance to a team.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:36 am
Routt is an overrated one year wonder who was vastly overpaid and who was part of one of the worst pass defenses I can recall.
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@Dakota
next year we might be saying that about Branch !?!?
hopefully Reggie doesn’t make him a $5-6 million per year guy between now and then
one year tag won’t bother me too much. It’ll give him a chance to PROVE he belongs. Tarver & Allen are both former DB’s so I think expectations will be high
April 17th, 2012 at 8:37 am
How bout all those TDs he gave up due to his 5.3 40 time, poor angles & inability to tackle..
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Link?
April 17th, 2012 at 8:37 am
Why are we ripping Gio? It’s a great “depth” move. I’m hanging my hat on the new strength and conditioning coaches getting Huff and Branch out there ready to go for 16 games apiece.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:38 am
depth signing
ddddddddddeeeeeeeppppptttthhhhhh for the slow and ignorant
April 17th, 2012 at 8:38 am
How much did Tollefson play LB in NY? We need all the depth at LB we can get.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:38 am
255.RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:36 am
Routt is an overrated one year wonder who was vastly overpaid and who was part of one of the worst pass defenses I can recall.
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@Dakota
next year we might be saying that about Branch !?!?
hopefully Reggie doesn’t make him a $5-6 million per year guy between now and then
one year tag won’t bother me too much. It’ll give him a chance to PROVE he belongs. Tarver & Allen are both former DB’s so I think expectations will be high
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I certainly have my doubts about Branch.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:39 am
Routt was overrated compared to his salary, but that doesn’t mean he stunk up the field. It’s the retarded ufl coach that had him on an island that AD wanted him on. I’m still trying to erase that defense of last year from my memory.
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@G123
you mean the same coach & defensive system that transformed Branch from a turd to an All-Pro?
TB was a CB at UConn drafted in the 4th round. Al Davis made him a starting calibur strong safety in the NFL. Branch should be thankful. Never bite the hand that feeds you
April 17th, 2012 at 8:39 am
J Hill Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:37 am
How bout all those TDs he gave up due to his 5.3 40 time, poor angles & inability to tackle..
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Link?
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You can come over and watch the games on my DVR?..
April 17th, 2012 at 8:41 am
guest123 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:37 am
Why are we ripping Gio? It’s a great “depth” move. I’m hanging my hat on the new strength and conditioning coaches getting Huff and Branch out there ready to go for 16 games apiece.
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Weird..
why didnt any of the other 31 teams think that?
April 17th, 2012 at 8:41 am
Deuce,
I don’t think we are going to see too much Cover 2 this year. Gio ended up in a lot of one on one matchups that he had no chance of winning. No problem with him as a backup.
I think we still need to have S as a draft priority. I think Branch can play FS, so someone to step in at SS is what I had in mind. We’ll see if MM34 can come in healthy and do his thing, but I haven’t been impressed with him so far.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:42 am
Giordano’s $ and roster spot would be better used on someone with either potential, talent, youth or a combo of all 3.
Thats why 31 other teams havent sniffed his way the past 2 years.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:42 am
Is this a slow day on the blog or are you guys always so BORING?
April 17th, 2012 at 8:43 am
GO ALABAMA SHAKES!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:43 am
You can come over and watch the games on my DVR?..
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Florida???
Not any time soon, bruh.
Next great invention will be the ability to send saved DVR stuff to other users, so to speak.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:43 am
How much did Tollefson play LB in NY?
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@G123
none, to my knowledge. mainly DE or DT
but he did it in college and the Packers were reportedly interested in seeing if he could play OLB in their 3-4 alignment this offseason
April 17th, 2012 at 8:44 am
So if our head coach and d coach are former db’s then do you think they will beef up DVD and chekwa. I wonder how our tackling will be this yr, its been terrible past decade. Tarver better have better tackling drills then bresnahan.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:44 am
We’ll see if MM34 can come in healthy and do his thing, but I haven’t been impressed with him so far.
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Me neither. He’s had his moments, but I think the novelty experiment is done. MM34 will never rise to meet his draft status. Wouldn’t surprise me to see him outta of the league in 2 years.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:45 am
J Hill Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:41 am
Deuce,
I don’t think we are going to see too much Cover 2 this year. Gio ended up in a lot of one on one matchups that he had no chance of winning. No problem with him as a backup.
I think we still need to have S as a draft priority. I think Branch can play FS, so someone to step in at SS is what I had in mind. We’ll see if MM34 can come in healthy and do his thing, but I haven’t been impressed with him so far.
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I understand that angle..
I just dont think we can waste a roster spot on someone who shouldnt see the field & doesnt play ST anymore..
Younger, faster, more talent, potential & plays ST’s is what we need at the backup safety spot.. IMHO..
April 17th, 2012 at 8:46 am
J Hill Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:43 am
You can come over and watch the games on my DVR?..
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Florida???
Not any time soon, bruh.
Next great invention will be the ability to send saved DVR stuff to other users, so to speak.
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Nah, Califas brethren.. Im of the Palm Tree state..
April 17th, 2012 at 8:47 am
DEATHROW 55 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:44 am
So if our head coach and d coach are former db’s then do you think they will beef up DVD and chekwa. I wonder how our tackling will be this yr, its been terrible past decade. Tarver better have better tackling drills then bresnahan.
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Gonna be hard with the new CBA no matter who the coach is..
Just cant practice ‘live’ much anymore..
April 17th, 2012 at 8:47 am
palm trees are weeds
April 17th, 2012 at 8:48 am
Tarver better have better tackling drills then bresnahan.
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@ DR55
Chuck B was just doing what was asked of him from Al Davis. Same could be said for Marshall & Ryan before him.
If they didn’t agree to carry out the orders from “Coach” Davis, they wouldn’t have been hired to coordinate the defense – print that
April 17th, 2012 at 8:49 am
Gio! Gio! Gio!
That’s whats up!!
Oh, yeah
Morning/afternoon peoples!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:50 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:48 am
Tarver better have better tackling drills then bresnahan.
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@ DR55
Chuck B was just doing what was asked of him from Al Davis. Same could be said for Marshall & Ryan before him.
If they didn’t agree to carry out the orders from “Coach” Davis, they wouldn’t have been hired to coordinate the defense – print that
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But Bresnehan had 80% of a season with no Al..
April 17th, 2012 at 8:50 am
The difference is now Tarver can effectively ‘light a fire’ under someone who’s not following marching orders. And he’s got the backing of a strong level headed GM (also accountable) who makes the final call. The players know that there’s a new order and the attitudes will change overnight.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:51 am
274.DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:47 am
Gonna be hard with the new CBA no matter who the coach is..
Just cant practice ‘live’ much anymore..
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Guess Roger Goodell must have attended the 2009 Oakland Raiders training camp and liked what he saw when The Wife Beating Buffoon had our team playing patty-cake and learning synchronized line dancing instead of practicing and hitting each other.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:52 am
Guess Roger Goodell must have attended the 2009 Oakland Raiders training camp and liked what he saw when The Wife Beating Buffoon had our team playing patty-cake and learning synchronized line dancing instead of practicing and hitting each other.
LMAO!!!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:52 am
BSPN is putting on a 3 hour show to announce the schedule. They are gonna make money any way they can. No thanks, I’ll check the internet story tommorow.
April 17th, 2012 at 8:53 am
Tom Cable practice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGgJxf99DG0
April 17th, 2012 at 8:54 am
Dakota Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:51 am
274.DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:47 am
Gonna be hard with the new CBA no matter who the coach is..
Just cant practice ‘live’ much anymore..
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Guess Roger Goodell must have attended the 2009 Oakland Raiders training camp and liked what he saw when The Wife Beating Buffoon had our team playing patty-cake and learning synchronized line dancing instead of practicing and hitting each other.
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I thought about that lol..
Its about out-smarting your opponent now a days..
Good thing we have the smartest man in the NFL as our DC
April 17th, 2012 at 8:57 am
According to ESPN…The Patriots have the easiest schedule in the 2012 season!
WTF….?
April 17th, 2012 at 8:58 am
Umayae! Umayae!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:58 am
Tackling drills were a great memory . I like when there was 2 lines 15 yards apart at a angle and a cone in the middle. I WAS a wlb so I loved contact, like Greg Williams said I would affect and touch the head naturally and it always faired well for me. The rb always expected a text book tackle break doewn wrap up but I put my dome in his facemask and exploded go to the other line and run a Motha fukka over my team mates kind of hated me in practice.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:00 am
Bresnehan had 80% of a season with no Al
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@ DAV
by then it was too late!
Chuck B was named DC on 03/07/11. Davis passed away on 10/08/11. already 7 months into this thing. basically 5 games into the season. You can’t change your entire defense on the fly like that man. Look at what Chuck had to deal with. Asomugha (#1 CB in the NFL) gone. Rod Woodson with ZERO coaching experience at any level as your DB Coach. ShoNasty, Seymour, Henderson, McClain, CJ37, Chekwa & Huff injured. you got Lito Sheppard & Matt Giordano signed off the street starting games. Also, Chuck B inherited this god forsaken run defense. he didn’t create it, he just couldn’t get it fixed in 1 year playing by Al’s rules – with a shortened offseason due to the lockout
April 17th, 2012 at 9:01 am
You can change who you play & the plays you call.. Which he did.. and it didnt work..
April 17th, 2012 at 9:02 am
Article on Shawnte Spencer – Talks about time in SF and new play book. Not much one-on-one Al Davis style anymore.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/11/SPHU1O1JV2.DTL
April 17th, 2012 at 9:04 am
The difference is now Tarver can effectively ‘light a fire’ under someone who’s not following marching orders. And he’s got the backing of a strong level headed GM (also accountable) who makes the final call. The players know that there’s a new order and the attitudes will change overnight.
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@G123
I sure hope you’re right. Players like Seymour, Kelly, McClain, etc on defense basically have Reggie by the balls. They know he can’t afford to cut them due to the cap hits and they know he has no cash or picks to find replacements & bench them
April 17th, 2012 at 9:06 am
DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:49 am
Gio! Gio! Gio!
That’s whats up!!
Oh, yeah
Morning/afternoon peoples!
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Have hit u guys up w/ this one in a while.
Wel then…………
Fk you guys 2 on this gloomy morning.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:07 am
You can change who you play & the plays you call.. Which he did.. and it didnt work..
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@DAV
you’re right, he did try to mix it up at Hue’s demand.
turns out that was the wrong move. the players didn’t have enough experience or versatility to do something completely different than what they’ve always done in Oakland when Al Davis was around. Can’t blame that on Chuck B. He was obviously Hue’s “fall guy” , but Reggie was able to see thru Hue’s b.s. and effectively canned both men
April 17th, 2012 at 9:08 am
Chuck B was coaching in the UFL for a reason!
Nuff said!
April 17th, 2012 at 9:09 am
as BCZ so astutely points out, out biggest issue in this area is consistancy. Are we gonna be more disciplined? quit taking plays off? quit with the bonehead penalties and finger pointing?
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Did you catch Gutierez on PFT yesterday? He said he felt that if we were more disciplined last year and didn’t set the NFL record in penalties we would easily have been a 10+ win team. He also thinks that with disicipline this year we wont have any drop off from last year, and should be better.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:09 am
Hey Guys, don’t worry about the freaking schedule who we are playing.. No team stays the same a year after… Some good teams become great, some become bad.. some stay the same..some bad teams from year before .. become good, or great.. or some go 0-16 Lions .. nobody will know if any team got weaker opponents or stronger until the season is over
April 17th, 2012 at 9:11 am
CODE BLACK … Hope to see a nice Update, this afternoon, Bring on the NFL DRAFT.. Lets see who will be our Denarius Moore this year
April 17th, 2012 at 9:13 am
CODE NECK SNAPPER!
April 17th, 2012 at 9:13 am
Ah yes, I knew THAT guy would be pissed off about the Gio move.
He makes plays…..period
April 17th, 2012 at 9:14 am
We still dont have an edge rusher..
April 17th, 2012 at 9:14 am
Did you catch Gutierez on PFT yesterday? He said he felt that if we were more disciplined last year and didn’t set the NFL record in penalties we would easily have been a 10+ win team. He also thinks that with disicipline this year we wont have any drop off from last year, and should be better.
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@bcz
I didn’t catch that, so thanks for posting. I agree with PG
However (I gotta know) how does that make you feel as a Hue Jackson apologist?
April 17th, 2012 at 9:14 am
Just Fire Baby Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:13 am
Ah yes, I knew THAT guy would be pissed off about the Gio move.
He makes plays…..period
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He gets burned, more than he makes plays… period.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:15 am
CODE NECK SNAPPER!
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@DMAC
Bounty-Gate continues with Allen in Oakland ??
April 17th, 2012 at 9:16 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:15 am
CODE NECK SNAPPER!
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@DMAC
Bounty-Gate continues with Allen in Oakland ??
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I won’t tell, if you don’t tell.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:16 am
285.r8eray Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:57 am
According to ESPN…The Patriots have the easiest schedule in the 2012 season!
WTF….?
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The schedule is determined on a formula, you play each team in your own division twice (6 games) you play 1 afc and 1 nfc division (this is on a rotation, easy to figure out) 8 games, the final 2 games are determined by the 2 teams in the divisions in your conference that you arent playing that finished in the same position as you. So for us we play the west twice, the NFC south, the AFC north and Miami and Jacksonville because they both finished 3rd in their division. The rotation the Patriots got this year gave them the teams with the lowest winning percentage from 2011, hence the ‘easiest’ schedule. It is also worth noting that each of the last 5 years, the team with the ‘easiest’ schedule in the league did NOT make the playoffs.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:16 am
Have the Raiders worked out that 3 year lease extension for O.o stadium yet?
April 17th, 2012 at 9:17 am
1st bounty : take out blind Giordano lovers.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:20 am
However (I gotta know) how does that make you feel as a Hue Jackson apologist
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Apologist? I don’t know about that. I supported Hue because I feel that NO rookie head coach could have succeeded with the conditions he had to work with last year, and I feel that all things considered, finishing 8-8 was pretty admirable. I never disagreed with anyone that the team lacked discipline. I have also moved on from this, and haven’t even mentioned his name in months. IT’s pointless, he isn’t a Raider anymore, and isn’t worth debating IMO.
I like everything that Reggie has done since terminating Hue, and I certainly hope that DA and the gang can instill that much needed discipline and consistancy that has been lacking from this team for decades.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:22 am
DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:17 am
1st bounty : take out blind Giordano lovers.
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2nd bounty : slap some reality into the haters
April 17th, 2012 at 9:22 am
Giordano is a quality depth player, and he showed more leadership on our defense than any other player out there. He is our version of Rudy. You know he will never be an all-star, but if our whole defense played with his heart, we wouldn’t hardly get scored on.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:24 am
bcz24 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:22 am
Giordano is a quality depth player, and he showed more leadership on our defense than any other player out there. He is our version of Rudy. You know he will never be an all-star, but if our whole defense played with his heart, we wouldn’t hardly get scored on.
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Ditto
April 17th, 2012 at 9:24 am
Chuck “UFL” Bresnahan was the DC last year. The defense will be better, Gio or no Gio
April 17th, 2012 at 9:24 am
Good day Nation.
Gio is Back!!
April 17th, 2012 at 9:26 am
Man I can’t understand all the hate for picking up Gio to add depth. Once again, the guy did figure out how to get 5 INTs. He is a good situational football player to add depth.
Gio was the 3rd leading tackler on the whole team. Lead in INTs. Why would you not want this guy back? We got more bang for the buck than ANY other player on our defense. Don’t just disagree either, name another player with his price tag that played a better role on our sorry brick head of a defense?
Look at the stats? The numbers don’t lie!!!!
http://www.nfl.com/teams/statistics?team=OAK
April 17th, 2012 at 9:27 am
He is our version of Rudy
$$$$$$$$$$
LOL Bcz.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:27 am
Players like Seymour, Kelly, McClain, etc on defense basically have Reggie by the balls. They know he can’t afford to cut them due to the cap hits and they know he has no cash or picks to find replacements & bench them
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@RRS,
Seymour restructured right? He has a carrot to end his career on a high note. Kelly has a very reasonable deal actually makes him a valuable trade bait if Reggie doesn’t like his attitude. Only RoMac could conceivably give Tarver fits, and then it could be they keep him as a 16 game healthy scratch. I don’t see Seymour dogging it for a disciplinarian coach. I think he would welcome it if anything. So really it’s only a problem for RoMac. And in a couple of years, it’ll go away on its own.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:27 am
311.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:24 am
bcz24 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:22 am
Giordano is a quality depth player, and he showed more leadership on our defense than any other player out there. He is our version of Rudy. You know he will never be an all-star, but if our whole defense played with his heart, we wouldn’t hardly get scored on.
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Ditto
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Third dat!!!
April 17th, 2012 at 9:28 am
Our offense should be as good or better than last year.
Our defense should be better as well.
We should be a better team all around, in spite of what the pundits are saying.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:30 am
O, DMAC.. Good day sirs !!!
April 17th, 2012 at 9:31 am
bcz24 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:22 am
but if our whole defense played with his heart, we wouldn’t hardly get scored on.
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lol
April 17th, 2012 at 9:32 am
What up Mike!
Another day, another $
April 17th, 2012 at 9:33 am
TB was a CB at UConn drafted in the 4th round. Al Davis made him a starting calibur strong safety in the NFL. Branch should be thankful. Never bite the hand that feeds you
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
RR,
Al Davis found him, but TB made himself. If Al can make players better, he would have done it with JaBustus. Give the young man credit for what he did.
Btw, I’m sorry for arguing, and I will try to agree more with you in the future.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:35 am
307.DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:17 am
1st bounty : take out blind Giordano lovers.
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Who played better on last years roster?
How can you not love a guy who was supose to be a non-factor and out played his contract and everyone elses and gets 5 ints and is not limping with little pissy injuries every week.
If you paid most of these clowns on defense Gio money they would not even make it off the bench, they would just look for a trade. I make no bones about it I think 70-75% of our starters are way overrated. Al, RIP spoiled to many of these players with contracts they do not deserve. So, heck yes! Give me Gio’s 5 INTs, tackles and production any day.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:35 am
Mike,
Good day my friend. Are you excited about Gio? Good player, adds depth, and he is an overachiever. Great move.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:36 am
318.Kirk Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:28 am
Our offense should be as good or better than last year.
Our defense should be better as well.
We should be a better team all around, in spite of what the pundits are saying.
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Key players must stay helthy to win. Not enough depth as of yet.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:37 am
Gotta luv dem’ overachievers who get paid peanuts compared to the rest.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:37 am
DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:08 am
Chuck B was coaching in the UFL for a reason!
Nuff said!
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Yep! I don’t know what the old man was thinking, but we could have done much better.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:37 am
323. agree!
April 17th, 2012 at 9:39 am
DMAC,
Did you get that job?
April 17th, 2012 at 9:39 am
Raider O Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:37 am
DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:08 am
Chuck B was coaching in the UFL for a reason!
Nuff said!
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Yep! I don’t know what the old man was thinking, but we could have done much better.
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I’m sure one of our great semi’s could of called better plays than Chuck.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:41 am
Raider O Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:39 am
DMAC,
Did you get that job?
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All of a sudden, there’s a hiring freeze.
Spoke w/ the school principal who interviewed and she said there still trying to interview people.
I’ll just kick back and wait and stay in contact w/ her.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:42 am
Raider O Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:35 am
Mike,
Good day my friend. Are you excited about Gio? Good player, adds depth, and he is an overachiever. Great move.
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agreed !! might have to pick him as my MUP this year !!
April 17th, 2012 at 9:44 am
should have told her you have tigers blood DMAC !!
lol lol lol
April 17th, 2012 at 9:44 am
Kelly has a very reasonable deal actually makes him a valuable trade bait if Reggie doesn’t like his attitude
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@G123
Really ??
Tommy Kelly
Contract: 7 yr(s) / $50,500,000 Signing Bonus $13,000,000 Average Salary $7,214,286 End Year: 2014 Free Agent: 2015 / Unrestricted
Base Salary S. Bonus Misc. Bonus Cap Hit
2008 625,000 1,857,142 285,714 2,767,856
2009 2,500,000 1,857,142 1,035,714 5,392,856
2010 4,500,000 1,857,142 1,035,714 7,392,856
2011 5,500,000 1,857,142 1,035,714 8,392,856
2012 6,000,000 1,857,142 1,035,714 8,892,856
2013 6,500,000 1,857,142 1,035,714 9,392,856
2014 7,000,000 1,857,142 1,035,714 9,892,856
2015 UFA
- spotrac
April 17th, 2012 at 9:44 am
DMAC,
Good move to call back and show your commitment and interest. You will get it, if they want the best man for the job.
Hire DMAC!!!
April 17th, 2012 at 9:46 am
LMAO Mike. How long did it take you to find a job? Guessing a long time.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:47 am
CJ Legend 34 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:35 am
307.DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:17 am
1st bounty : take out blind Giordano lovers.
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Who played better on last years roster?
How can you not love a guy who was supose to be a non-factor and out played his contract and everyone elses and gets 5 ints and is not limping with little pissy injuries every week.
If you paid most of these clowns on defense Gio money they would not even make it off the bench, they would just look for a trade. I make no bones about it I think 70-75% of our starters are way overrated. Al, RIP spoiled to many of these players with contracts they do not deserve. So, heck yes! Give me Gio’s 5 INTs, tackles and production any day.
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So you just ignore all the plays he blew? TDs he gave up? Tackles he missed?
I get that he tries hard, he has good character. Cool.
Your defense is he was the best player on our defense cuz he caught 5 balls?..
to quote Barkley… “thats just turrible”
April 17th, 2012 at 9:48 am
Did you get that job?
All of a sudden, there’s a hiring freeze
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@DMAC
in other words, they drug tested you??
April 17th, 2012 at 9:48 am
Spurs due to receive their late night ass whooping tonight. Bynum is a beast that is regulating all other big men.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:53 am
@G123
let me clear that up.. just posted TK’s contract #’s
I would love nothing more than to trade the guy, but you’ve got to find a team with plenty of cap room. I asked this question to you semi pro’s and you gave me two teams Tampa Bay & Kansas City. He’s certainly not gonna be traded to KC and you guys ruled out the Bucs last week when I listed the DT’s on their roster. Gotta find that willing & able trade partner who is also willing to part ways with a 2nd or 3rd rounder. Good luck, Reggie!
April 17th, 2012 at 9:54 am
lollol..O i have been doing the same job since 1989. and i have only worked in two diffrent dealerships !!
hell i am a partsman for $hit sakes. other than being a weatherman it was the only job i could find where they still pay you even if you are wrong !!!
April 17th, 2012 at 9:58 am
If a team wants him, cap room wont be an issue. First, the 1,857,142 prorated signing bonus wont be a cap hit for a team trading for him, it will come due immediately upon trade to us because it is money already paid. Second, any team interested in trading for him could work out a more reasonable deal for if they felt 7, 7.5 and 8 million were too much for his services.
April 17th, 2012 at 9:59 am
RR,
What about the Eagles?
Btw, there are stuff you take that helps you pass the drug test. I think DMAC is an experienced smoker, so he knows all about those things.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:00 am
LMAO Mike. You are killing me bro.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:00 am
is whwt it is O !!
April 17th, 2012 at 10:00 am
Btw, there are stuff you take that helps you pass the drug test. I think DMAC is an experienced smoker, so he knows all about those things.
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Depends on the test, I test for dilutants on my testing here.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:00 am
*what
April 17th, 2012 at 10:01 am
other than being a weatherman it was the only job i could find where they still pay you even if you are wrong !!!
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LOL @ Mike
you should have been a weather man in Missouri.
weather forcast changes every hour!
Wifey and I caught the weather just before we went to bed a few months ago. Called for scattered thunderstorms, but ruled out a tornado in my neck of the woods. We didn’t have anything prepared and then we wake up 3 hours later to tornado sirens and it actually did some damage to our little Podunk town. Not a worse feeling in this world trying to gather crap together, wake up your little one and run across the road in the pouring rain & strong winds with the sirens blaring to the nearest basement (my wife’s grandmas house).
Point is, if the jackwads at our local news station can find employment doing what they do … maybe you SHOULD have been a weather man??
April 17th, 2012 at 10:03 am
Bcz,
Is that your policy or is it the company’s?
I don’t understand it. I rather hire a weed smoker over an alcoholic.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:05 am
RR. true enough, but i dont have to work weekends !!
and i think you have to have a college education to screw up a weather forcast !! lol lol lol
April 17th, 2012 at 10:07 am
Weathermen get a bad rap. The aren’t ‘wrong’ in their predictions, based on the information they are fed by the computer models and radar patterns the give you the forecast. They can’t help it if the weather randomly changes or does something that cant be predicted by the models. People get angrier at the weatherman for being wrong, but when their fortune cookies or the local psychic is wrong they brush it off. Both are trying to predict the future, only the weatherman ain’t trying to rip you off while he does it.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:07 am
If a team wants him, cap room wont be an issue. First, the 1,857,142 prorated signing bonus wont be a cap hit for a team trading for him, it will come due immediately upon trade to us because it is money already paid.
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@bcz
exactly my point. Reggie is broke. It would cost us $1.8 million to get rid of Kelly
Not to mention the cost of finding his replacement
April 17th, 2012 at 10:07 am
While watching Jeanette Thompson do interviews…I’ve always wondered how many players have banged her!
April 17th, 2012 at 10:07 am
very true O. a weed smoker wont show up or call in sick with a hangover and if you put his deck close to the snack machine he wont leave the office !!!
April 17th, 2012 at 10:09 am
349.Raider O Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:03 am
Bcz,
Is that your policy or is it the company’s?
I don’t understand it. I rather hire a weed smoker over an alcoholic.
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Federal policy, my guys have to go through DOT testing because they are either drivers, or they are handling large quantities of hazardous chemicals in my warehouse. I am not against someone smokin reefer (as long as they aren’t doing it on the job) but dammit if you can’t quit for 28 days to get a job I don’t want you working for me anyways.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:09 am
by that same token Bcz. i never sell the “wrong ” parts, they are just working on the wrong car !!!
April 17th, 2012 at 10:10 am
@bcz
exactly my point. Reggie is broke. It would cost us $1.8 million to get rid of Kelly
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Well not exactly. It would cost us roughly 5.6 mill in a cap hit to move Kelly which would actually be about a 3 million savings towards the cap versus keeping him
April 17th, 2012 at 10:11 am
I am not against someone smokin reefer (as long as they aren’t doing it on the job) but dammit if you can’t quit for 28 days to get a job I don’t want you working for me anyways.
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no arguemant there !!
April 17th, 2012 at 10:12 am
People get angrier at the weatherman for being wrong, but when their fortune cookies or the local psychic is wrong they brush it off. Both are trying to predict the future, only the weatherman ain’t trying to rip you off while he does it.
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@bcz
is that what JaMarcus is doing these days?
check it out, folks … this palm reader can throw a crystal ball 70 yards from his knees!!
April 17th, 2012 at 10:14 am
It would cost us roughly 5.6 mill in a cap hit to move Kelly which would actually be about a 3 million savings towards the cap versus keeping him
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@bcz
you messing with me? dont do that man. you serious?
is this if we cut him, too?
If so, cut that dude like yesterday!!
April 17th, 2012 at 10:15 am
a weed smoker wont show up or call in sick with a hangover and if you put his deck close to the snack machine he wont leave the office !!!
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
ROFLMAO
April 17th, 2012 at 10:16 am
Sweet I am gonna buy me a Gio Jersey if i can find one. The whole team needs to play with his heart!
BOOK IT!!
April 17th, 2012 at 10:17 am
Bcz,
You make a great point. I agree with you.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:17 am
353.r8eray Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:07 am
While watching Jeanette Thompson do interviews…I’ve always wondered how many players have banged her!
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I wonder the same thing about Rachel Nichols of ESPN.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:18 am
Keynesian economics advocates a mixed economy — predominantly private sector, but with a significant role of government and public sector — and served as the economic model during the later part of the Great Depression, World War II, and the post-war economic expansion (1945–1973), though it lost some influence following the tax surcharge[2] in 1968 and the stagflation of the 1970s. The advent of the global financial crisis in 2008 has caused a resurgence in Keynesian thought.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_economics
April 17th, 2012 at 10:19 am
KoolKell Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
No, this election will give us a choice between the failed Trickle Down economic theory, and the successful Keynisan economics, which built the largest economy in the World, and this great country.
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Hahahaha! You must think money grows on trees KK! What an absolutely stooopid statement.
Money for nothing. What a country.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:22 am
@bcz
you messing with me? dont do that man. you serious?
is this if we cut him, too?
If so, cut that dude like yesterday!!
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Well technically yes.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:23 am
KK can I axe you a question?
Do you know that our economy is built on “debt” and nothing else?
April 17th, 2012 at 10:24 am
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/17/roman-harper-will-smith-facing-bounty-discipline/
Saints defense will look much different in 2012!
April 17th, 2012 at 10:24 am
I wonder the same thing about Rachel Nichols of ESPN.
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Yep, wonder how many college studs have pumped and dumped Erin Andrews too.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:25 am
353.r8eray Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:07 am
While watching Jeanette Thompson do interviews…I’ve always wondered how many players have banged her!
Isn’t she also the Director of the Raiderettes?
April 17th, 2012 at 10:26 am
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:19 am
Hahahaha! You must think money grows on trees KK! What an absolutely stooopid statement.
Money for nothing. What a country.
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Hahaha, Hahaha. What an informative dumbass response.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:26 am
Saints defense will look much different in 2012!
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I hope we get ‘em early, when Vitt and the players are still suspended, and maybe Brees is a little rusty from a lengthy hold out.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:26 am
Money for nothing. What a country.
And the chicks for free…even better country
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:30 am
Would rather have had Jim Leonhard..
Better all around and returns punts.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:30 am
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
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You’re a sad perfect example of the dumbing down of America.
Why don’t you try your google machine before making stupid comments?
April 17th, 2012 at 10:32 am
And the chicks for free…even better country
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Nothing is free. Everything has a price my friend.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:32 am
I like the Gio signing. Good vet, makes plays, doesnt pout while seating on the bench waiting for an opportunity.
…Still with the politics? could we give it a break for a couple of days? … cant we all just get along?
April 17th, 2012 at 10:33 am
cutting Kelly saves $3 million
why hasn’t this been done already??
DT’s = Seymour, Bryant, Ivey & Franklin (FA)
DE’s = ShoNasty, Houston, Tollefson, Roth (FA)
April 17th, 2012 at 10:36 am
PRE-DRAFT NEEDS:
- Edge pass rusher.. Either at DE or OLB
- Center.. Depth
- Guard.. Depth
- LB.. Depth
- Safety.. Youngster who plays ST also
- Veteran WR..
- Veteran QB.. for 2nd or 3rd string
April 17th, 2012 at 10:37 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:48 am
Did you get that job?
All of a sudden, there’s a hiring freeze
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@DMAC
in other words, they drug tested you??
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Not at all and they won’t.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:38 am
Good move by the board to recommend AEG to work on developing and managing Coliseum City potentially. AEG has their crap together.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/top-stories/ci_20411072/selection-committee-recommends-aeg-operate-oakland-coliseum-complex
April 17th, 2012 at 10:38 am
All of a sudden, there’s a hiring freeze
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@DMAC
they found out you were a W’s fan ??
April 17th, 2012 at 10:39 am
Good move by McK keeping Gio around for depth and special teams purposes.
Gio is a hard worker and plays smart. Good character guy as well.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:40 am
Gio is a hard worker and plays smart. Good character guy as well.
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Lol.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:41 am
370.bcz24 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:24 am
I wonder the same thing about Rachel Nichols of ESPN.
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Yep, wonder how many college studs have pumped and dumped Erin Andrews too.
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Erin Andrews been tossed around by many. That’s how she got to where she is.
I think she is overrated. Just the same ole..same old looking blond white girl, who slept her way up.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:42 am
Actually, if they aren’t going to be suspended I would bring in both UFA DT’s Shaun Rogers and Aubrayo Franklin
thats quality depth & rotation with Seymour & Bryant imo
April 17th, 2012 at 10:42 am
Darknight007
ALL white mid-level players, are “hard working, good character guys” didn’t you know?
April 17th, 2012 at 10:43 am
386.KoolKell Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:40 am
Gio is a hard worker and plays smart. Good character guy as well.
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Lol.
^^^^^^^^^
At least Gio made some plays last year. The only one who did in that secondary besides Branch.
Gio is good for depth purposes and special teams.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:44 am
Speaking of women reporters, why are they allowed in the locker room?
April 17th, 2012 at 10:44 am
I’m joinin the Gio fan club officially as of now. Getting my jersey A.S.A.P
April 17th, 2012 at 10:45 am
Damn You know it been bad around the Raids when Matt Girodono is getting this much celebration. People are like”oh yeah!” “Code Black!”
We should not celebrate anyone from that Defense last year. Even Corkran admits that there are NO playmakers on this Defense.
As for Tyvon Branch, he may be getting better but he did not stand out on a piz-poor Defense the way C. Woodson or even Nnamdi did.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:45 am
DKnight007. Totally agree, just having fun off a conversation last night.
I’m glad Gio’s back. He made plays last year.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:45 am
jesusraiderjim Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:44 am
I’m joinin the Gio fan club officially as of now. Getting my jersey A.S.A.P
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After the 3rd pre-season game that jersey will be a “throw back”..
April 17th, 2012 at 10:46 am
376.DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:30 am
Would rather have had Jim Leonhard..
Better all around and returns punts.
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Leonard would cost far more than Gio too. Plus if I am not mistaken he has had some pretty severe injuries the last few years.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:46 am
Great Days are ahead Raidertalk Says. Code Black fo sho!!!
April 17th, 2012 at 10:48 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:38 am
All of a sudden, there’s a hiring freeze
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@DMAC
they found out you were a W’s fan ??
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No
They found out I was a Raider,s A’s, and Dubs fan.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:48 am
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After the 3rd pre-season game that jersey will be a “throw back”..
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Will be fun to see who is right on this one. I kow it will be me and Raider Nation!! Code Black
April 17th, 2012 at 10:48 am
“He made plays”… “Hes a playmaker”…
I guess were just ignoring the fact he gave up almost twice as much as he made..
He tries hard though. Cool.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:48 am
Nnamdi stood out? Nnamdi could stand around and eat spaghetti on the field if he felt like it the amount that he was ignored… I wouldn’t say he stood out. Giordano had 5 Ints last year, Nnamdi had 5 in the last 4 seasons combined!
April 17th, 2012 at 10:49 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 9:53 am
@G123
let me clear that up.. just posted TK’s contract #’s
I would love nothing more than to trade the guy, but you’ve got to find a team with plenty of cap room. I asked this question to you semi pro’s and you gave me two teams Tampa Bay & Kansas City. He’s certainly not gonna be traded to KC and you guys ruled out the Bucs last week when I listed the DT’s on their roster. Gotta find that willing & able trade partner who is also willing to part ways with a 2nd or 3rd rounder. Good luck, Reggie!
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I still think Tampa will listen to an offer for TK. They are running a 4-3 and they have nothing but raw young players and could use an old vet to implement the NY Giants style of rotational attacking LBs. TK is pretty much the perfect guy for the job. Okoye is another depth guy, $2M/one year deal is nothing but a stopgap similar to what Reggie Mac is doing. TK would a big upgrade for that defense.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:49 am
ALL white mid-level players, are “hard working, good character guys” didn’t you know?
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you’re right, Kell
sign Matt Jones & Todd Marinovich!!
April 17th, 2012 at 10:49 am
Gio intercepts the ball. Turnovers win games. If he could keep up with Palmer giving it away we would have had a better record.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:50 am
bcz24 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:46 am
376.DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:30 am
Would rather have had Jim Leonhard..
Better all around and returns punts.
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Leonard would cost far more than Gio too. Plus if I am not mistaken he has had some pretty severe injuries the last few years.
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Dont think he would cost much more..
And after severe injuries he is still head & shoulders above “Gio”..
April 17th, 2012 at 10:51 am
Macho Man Randy Savage Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:49 am
Gio intercepts the ball. Turnovers win games. If he could keep up with Palmer giving it away we would have had a better record.
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Last time I checked TD’s win games..
April 17th, 2012 at 10:51 am
Really? hating on Gio? hmmm. why? dude plays his role, unlike some of the expensive kids.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:51 am
Gio seems to have a nose for the ball. That, is a great talent to have for a Safety. I don’t think there’s anybody else on the roster, currently, that can I can that about.
Dude makes interceptions and recovers fumbles.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:52 am
Macho Man Randy Savage Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:49 am
Gio intercepts the ball. Turnovers win games. If he could keep up with Palmer giving it away we would have had a better record.
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Last time I checked TD’s win games..
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tell that to the 2000 ravens
April 17th, 2012 at 10:54 am
Leonard is done.
Dude never recovered from those injuries.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:54 am
378.Raider O Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:32 am
And the chicks for free…even better country
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Nothing is free. Everything has a price my friend.
hey man…just quoting the song…lol
April 17th, 2012 at 10:56 am
400.DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:48 am
“He made plays”… “Hes a playmaker”…
I guess were just ignoring the fact he gave up almost twice as much as he made..
He tries hard though. Cool.
^^^^^^^^^
At least when he had chances at picks…he caught the ball and he did something in that chicken with their heads cut off defensive secondary with a piece of crap Chuck B as the DC.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:56 am
Macho Man Randy Savage Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:52 am
Macho Man Randy Savage Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:49 am
Gio intercepts the ball. Turnovers win games. If he could keep up with Palmer giving it away we would have had a better record.
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Last time I checked TD’s win games..
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tell that to the 2000 ravens
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How many TDs did they give up?.. my point exactly.. Thanks though..
April 17th, 2012 at 10:57 am
hwnrdr Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:54 am
378.Raider O Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:32 am
And the chicks for free…even better country
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Nothing is free. Everything has a price my friend.
hey man…just quoting the song…lol
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Don’t we freeload oxygen from trees for free?
April 17th, 2012 at 10:57 am
408.KoolKell Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:51 am
Gio seems to have a nose for the ball. That, is a great talent to have for a Safety. I don’t think there’s anybody else on the roster, currently, that can I can that about.
Dude makes interceptions and recovers fumbles.
^^^^^^^^
Yeah and him and hopefully the whole secondary will be on the same damn page, now that competent defensive coaches like Allen and Tarver are around.
Hopefully.
April 17th, 2012 at 10:59 am
@G123
Kelly next to last year’s 1st rounder McCoy might be something special in TB’s eyes and if it only costs them a 2nd or 3rd rounder?? all the better. they did trade for Fat Albert last year and that experiment failed so they cut him
Kelly is a veteran who has worked with Seymour, Henderson, Washington, Ellis, Warren, Burgess and other noteable D-Liners … could certainly help McCoy along I would think
April 17th, 2012 at 11:00 am
414.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:57 am
hwnrdr Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:54 am
378.Raider O Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:32 am
And the chicks for free…even better country
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Nothing is free. Everything has a price my friend.
hey man…just quoting the song…lol
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Don’t we freeload oxygen from trees for free?
Man, if they start charging for oxygen like in Total Recall…
April 17th, 2012 at 11:01 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:59 am
@G123
Kelly next to last year’s 1st rounder McCoy might be something special in TB’s eyes and if it only costs them a 2nd or 3rd rounder?? all the better. they did trade for Fat Albert last year and that experiment failed so they cut him
Kelly is a veteran who has worked with Seymour, Henderson, Washington, Ellis, Warren, Burgess and other noteable D-Liners … could certainly help McCoy along I would think
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Didn’t TB draft that DT from UCLA last year?
Forgot his name.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:02 am
lets bring in Fat Albert Hanesworth !!!!! lol lo lol
April 17th, 2012 at 11:02 am
Hwnrdr
I might go home and download Total Recall.
I’ll send you a pic of that chic w/ all the titties.
lmao
April 17th, 2012 at 11:03 am
Wonder what TK would look like on the Bears playing next to Peppers and infront the Bears LBs?
April 17th, 2012 at 11:04 am
TK might look like a stud playing next to Alameda T.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:04 am
420.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:02 am
Hwnrdr
I might go home and download Total Recall.
I’ll send you a pic of that chic w/ all the titties.
lmao
LOL, no need to…I have it on Blu-ray!
“Baby, you made me wish I had three hands!”
April 17th, 2012 at 11:04 am
Don’t we freeload oxygen from trees for free?
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we get oxygen from trees? damn i have been doing it all wrong. i get high from trees !!!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:05 am
Now lets me honest here.
How many of you would have sex w/ a chic that has extra tits?
lol
April 17th, 2012 at 11:05 am
Kelly next to last year’s 1st rounder McCoy might be something special in TB’s eyes and if it only costs them a 2nd or 3rd rounder?? all the better. they did trade for Fat Albert last year and that experiment failed so they cut him
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Actually Fat Albert played pretty good for them after Price went down, Price was sucking anyway. He was at least clogging the run lanes a bit. Not that it mattered, the other guys on defense all gave up last year for Tampa.
But you’re right. Gerald McCoy is going to be a stud. He just needs to work on his conditioning and the bicep injury was all about the shortened offseason and conditioning program. It’s hard at this level to get leverage, but McCoy was getting there. And then the bicep tear took him down. With TK, the Bucs could be on to something harrasing the QB. It would be well worth a 2nd rounder. They can afford it and the cap room is no issue.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:05 am
Didn’t TB draft that DT from UCLA last year?
Forgot his name.
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Gerald McCoy, 2010 draft…?
April 17th, 2012 at 11:06 am
Didn’t TB draft that DT from UCLA last year?
Forgot his name.
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@DMAC
yes, Brian Price
and he sucks. he makes Des Bryant look like Haloti Ngata
April 17th, 2012 at 11:06 am
bcz24 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:48 am
Nnamdi stood out? Nnamdi could stand around and eat spaghetti on the field if he felt like it the amount that he was ignored… I wouldn’t say he stood out. Giordano had 5 Ints last year, Nnamdi had 5 in the last 4 seasons combined!
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Ha! Nnamdi was ignored so much that he stood out!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:06 am
sign me up DMAC !!!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:06 am
R8ER MIKE Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:04 am
Don’t we freeload oxygen from trees for free?
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we get oxygen from trees? damn i have been doing it all wrong. i get high from trees !!!
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Trees are part of my family.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:07 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:06 am
Didn’t TB draft that DT from UCLA last year?
Forgot his name.
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@DMAC
yes, Brian Price
and he sucks. he makes Des Bryant look like Haloti Ngata
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Really?
I sure liked him coming outta UCLA.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:07 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:06 am
Didn’t TB draft that DT from UCLA last year?
Forgot his name.
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@DMAC
yes, Brian Price
and he sucks. he makes Des Bryant look like Haloti Ngata
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Dez Bryant is actually good so maybe you should say.. he makes Giordano look like Ed Reed
April 17th, 2012 at 11:07 am
Didn’t TB draft that DT from UCLA last year?
Forgot his name.
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David Price, the cerebral looking four-eyes who is too light in the shorts and gets pushed around like a rag doll. Overrated early 2nd round bust imo.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:09 am
Looking at film of him coming out of UCLA, actually reminded me of TK.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:09 am
guest123 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:07 am
Didn’t TB draft that DT from UCLA last year?
Forgot his name.
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David Price, the cerebral looking four-eyes who is too light in the shorts and gets pushed around like a rag doll. Overrated early 2nd round bust imo.
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Brian.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:09 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:06 am
Didn’t TB draft that DT from UCLA last year?
Forgot his name.
***
@DMAC
yes, Brian Price
and he sucks. he makes Des Bryant look like Haloti Ngata
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Yup, remember watching him at Ucla. Dude had to be “preserved” for certain moments in games. If he didn’t have the stamina or athleticism to play 10 games at full-speed, could you imagine 16 games at pro level. Nope.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:09 am
David is the young pitching phenom in Tampa..
April 17th, 2012 at 11:10 am
Mike
You horny azz animal.
lol
April 17th, 2012 at 11:12 am
David is the young pitching phenom in Tampa..
****
your right, he’s been sucking too lately.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:12 am
#7 pick
Here we come
April 17th, 2012 at 11:12 am
DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:09 am
David is the young pitching phenom in Tampa..
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wouldn’t quite call him a phenom.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:13 am
Demaryius Thomas underwent surgery on his left pinkie finger last month to remove a pin inserted after a practice injury last September.
Unlike Eric Decker, Thomas hasn’t been able to take part in recent workouts with new quarterback Peyton Manning. The good news is that the surgery was minor and Thomas is in attendance for this week’s team workouts.
Source: ESPN.com
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CODE PINKIE CRACK!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:14 am
Adrian Claiborne and Da’qwan Bowers were excellent picks for the Bucs in 2011. So they took 4 DL in the top 2 rounds of the draft in consecutive years and got 3 good ones. Not a bad deal. Adding TK would make a solid unit.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:14 am
DAV
Gio only made nine starts last year, a lil over half the season. That IMO qualifies as limited playing time. And,those were due to injuries to Huff. He made the most of his opportunities. Five int’s can’t be ignored. His sideline pick in Denver was a thing of beauty and helped win a close game.
He wasn’t intended to be a starter, and he’s not being resigned to start. Just to provide good quality depth.
So, he made as many plays last year as a cb drafted in the top five, and who’s been paid countless millions…not including AD’s lavish deal…and you’re complaining?
Sounds like a good deal for Reggie and the Raiders to me.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:15 am
Matt Moore is Tampa’s pitching phenom. David Price is more established now in his 3rd full season.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:17 am
420.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:02 am
Hwnrdr
I might go home and download Total Recall.
I’ll send you a pic of that chic w/ all the titties.
lmao
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New version of Total Recall is coming out this summer. Looks pretty good, the director said that the chick with 3 titiees will be in it too!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:18 am
KoolKell Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:42 am
Darknight007
ALL white mid-level players, are “hard working, good character guys” didn’t you know?
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This is a fked up way of thinking, is all you see is the color of someones skin? Doesn’t matter if there black or white, people use those same terms for alot of athletes, jeeeesh. I mean Im sure you have heard people talk about DHB in this same light, no? Cartwright? Branch? Seymour? Curry? I could go on and on, the Raiders have drafted and brought in alot of high character guy’s the last few years, both black and white. Open your fkin eyes man, or maybe you should close your eyes and open your mind
April 17th, 2012 at 11:18 am
he makes Giordano look like Ed Reed
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@DAV
or Branch look like Polamalu!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:21 am
Giordano is Italian anyways… he is barely white.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:23 am
Giordano is Italian anyways… he is barely white
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@bcz
what about JFB or Bruce Gradkowski?
April 17th, 2012 at 11:27 am
bcz24 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:17 am
420.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:02 am
Hwnrdr
I might go home and download Total Recall.
I’ll send you a pic of that chic w/ all the titties.
lmao
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New version of Total Recall is coming out this summer. Looks pretty good, the director said that the chick with 3 titiees will be in it too!
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Arnold?
April 17th, 2012 at 11:27 am
Ahhhh yeah, Bruce Gradkowski, was a “hard working character guy” for sure.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:28 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:18 am
he makes Giordano look like Ed Reed
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@DAV
or Branch look like Polamalu!
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Or Blackstock look like Ray Lewis
April 17th, 2012 at 11:28 am
I mean, doesn’t Gio still have to check the box that states “Caucasion non-hispanic, island pacific or latino” ???
that always cracks me up
April 17th, 2012 at 11:29 am
DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:12 am
DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:09 am
David is the young pitching phenom in Tampa..
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wouldn’t quite call him a phenom.
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But you call Giordano good so.. lol
April 17th, 2012 at 11:29 am
April 17th, 2012 at 11:27 am
bcz24 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:17 am
420.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:02 am
Hwnrdr
I might go home and download Total Recall.
I’ll send you a pic of that chic w/ all the titties.
lmao
******************
New version of Total Recall is coming out this summer. Looks pretty good, the director said that the chick with 3 titiees will be in it too!
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Arnold?
__________________________________________________
Colin Farrell (sic)…
April 17th, 2012 at 11:30 am
447.bcz24 Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:17 am
420.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:02 am
Hwnrdr
I might go home and download Total Recall.
I’ll send you a pic of that chic w/ all the titties.
lmao
******************
New version of Total Recall is coming out this summer. Looks pretty good, the director said that the chick with 3 titiees will be in it too!
That is what I heard…I heard it looks pretty good as well…LOL, they have to bring her back…
April 17th, 2012 at 11:31 am
455.RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:28 am
I mean, doesn’t Gio still have to check the box that states “Caucasion non-hispanic, island pacific or latino” ???
that always cracks me up
At least they finally gave “us” a box of our own to check!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:32 am
Ahhhh yeah, Bruce Gradkowski, was a “hard working character guy” for sure.
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@Kell
might as well add Frye, Boller, Losman, Edwards, Garcia & Otis to that list
oddly enough – Jeff George & Andrew Walter don’t match the description, but Jason Campbell & Marques Tuiasosopo (sp?) do!!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:32 am
I always like the schedule release each year just to see how many (if any) national prime time games the Raiders are going to be featured in, as well as how many trips they’re going to make to cold weather cities in Dec and Jan.
Although we all like to do it, like somebody said earlier, it’s almost impossible to predict a record for this season in April. Injuries play a huge role and some teams just naturally regress, while others improve dramatically.
It was about this time last year I believe that Alex7 climbed up on his soap box and declared that Oakland would regress from their 8-8 record the previous season and finish no better than 5-11. They played the Packers and Bears Patriots and Jets, Vikings and Texans. That’s six GUARANTEED losses right there.
Nothing in the NFL is GUARANTEED. I believe Oakland went 4-2 in those six games.
Can’t wait for tonight. I’m sure our schedule will look formidable with games against Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Atlanta and New Orleans, as well as an improved AFC West.
Trying to predict a record is good, clean fun, but ultimately pointless. THAT’S WHY THEY PLAY THE GAMES! LOL.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:33 am
Giordano facts :
-He can catch footballs thrown in his direction
-He can successfully dive on a fumbled football
-If blitzing he will be picked up by ANY RB immediately
-If opponent is running, he will not catch him
-If opponent makes a move, he will not make the tackle
-He tries really hard
April 17th, 2012 at 11:34 am
hwnrdr Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:31 am
455.RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:28 am
I mean, doesn’t Gio still have to check the box that states “Caucasion non-hispanic, island pacific or latino” ???
that always cracks me up
At least they finally gave “us” a box of our own to check!
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I always check Latino, but my Grandpa was Arabic. Grandma from Chile. Moms from Mexico and pops from Peru.
I’m a mut.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:36 am
DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:29 am
DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:12 am
DennisAllensVisor Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:09 am
David is the young pitching phenom in Tampa..
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wouldn’t quite call him a phenom.
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But you call Giordano good so.. lol
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He’s not good.
He’s great at what he does. (He’s a back-up who is ready to give 110% effort and make picks and also be a leader.)
That’s all.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:37 am
Yes, he is great at getting blown by in coverage or in the open field, leading to a TD.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:40 am
I always check Latino, but my Grandpa was Arabic. Grandma from Chile. Moms from Mexico and pops from Peru.
I’m a mut.
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@DMAC
german, welsh, irish & scottish right here
might as well call me casper the friendly ghost, lol. or powder
moms from oregon. dads from texas. i’m from cali. my son in missouri
April 17th, 2012 at 11:41 am
So can I officially call you Powder, now?
lol
April 17th, 2012 at 11:41 am
Rockstar, there are exceptions to everything. Theres’s a lot of gray areas of life, which the people with a lack of gray matter, are unable to understand.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:42 am
466.RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:40 am
I always check Latino, but my Grandpa was Arabic. Grandma from Chile. Moms from Mexico and pops from Peru.
I’m a mut.
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@DMAC
german, welsh, irish & scottish right here
might as well call me casper the friendly ghost, lol. or powder
moms from oregon. dads from texas. i’m from cali. my son in missouri
take out the Welsh, and add Hawaiian and Chinese…that’s me! I’m from Hawaii along with mom and dad, my kids are Californians!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:46 am
So can I officially call you Powder, now?
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@DMAC
I don’t care man. Kell started the whole “Podunker” thing and i’m not phased by it.
my name in Dell’s FF league is actually Podunk Express
April 17th, 2012 at 11:46 am
We’re diverse Semi’s.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:46 am
DMAC (my brother from another mother)
Your grandpa was Arab. Arabic is a language.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:47 am
german, irish, scottish, Hawaiian and Chinese ??
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dang Hwnrdr!!
no native american?
lol
April 17th, 2012 at 11:50 am
Raider O Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:46 am
DMAC (my brother from another mother)
Your grandpa was Arab. Arabic is a language.
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My bad.
Wish I knew the whole story, but my grandpa was a fugitive on the run, when he migrated to Peru and met my grandma.
He also changed his last name.
(At least thats the story my pops gave me.)
April 17th, 2012 at 11:52 am
my grandpa was a fugitive on the run
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@DMAC
knew you had a little bad boy in ya!!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:55 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:52 am
my grandpa was a fugitive on the run
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@DMAC
knew you had a little bad boy in ya!!
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lol lol .. if not,you want some ??? lol lol lol
April 17th, 2012 at 11:55 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:46 am
So can I officially call you Powder, now?
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@DMAC
I don’t care man. Kell started the whole “Podunker” thing and i’m not phased by it.
my name in Dell’s FF league is actually Podunk Express
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There will be better competition in Dell’s FF this season, cuz DMAC’s joining the crew.
Watch out!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:55 am
me i am 100% pure redneck !!!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:56 am
Time for a Hot Pocket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:57 am
R8ER MIKE Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:55 am
me i am 100% pure redneck !!!
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After smoking so much weed, are you sure your not 100% purpleneck?
April 17th, 2012 at 11:57 am
DMAC,
No worries. Arab culture considers you an Arab since your grandfather was Arab. for example I consider myself a Palestinian/American, but I never lived in Palestine, and my other citizenship is Jordanian, and I still use my Grandfather’s last name as my last name.
If he was a refugee, odds are he was Palestinian.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:57 am
There will be better competition in Dell’s FF this season, cuz DMAC’s joining the crew.
Watch out!
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seriously? bring it on!
You must be taking Jhill’s spot?
or he’s expanding the league to add more users?
April 17th, 2012 at 11:58 am
lol lol.. could be DMAC !!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:58 am
Mike,
You are 109% ODB!
Long live ODB!!!!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:59 am
LMFAO !!!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:59 am
If he was a refugee, odds are he was Palestinian.
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Probably.
I did hear a few stories of him being Palestinian.
Wish I knew more.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:00 pm
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:57 am
There will be better competition in Dell’s FF this season, cuz DMAC’s joining the crew.
Watch out!
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seriously? bring it on!
You must be taking Jhill’s spot?
or he’s expanding the league to add more users?
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I was suppose to play last season, but I forgot to respond to his Email.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Ooooooooooooooh baby I like it raw!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:03 pm
GM Reggie McKenzie indicated that Terrelle Pryor is “absolutely” a viable candidate to open the season as the Raiders’ No. 2 quarterback.
“Hopefully, our quarterback coach and offensive coordinator, the staff, can work him starting (in) next week’s voluntary minicamp,” said McKenzie. “And see if we can get him rolling.” If the coaches determine during workouts that Pryor isn’t ready, a veteran such as Matt Leinart could be added after the draft.
Source: CSN Bay Area
April 17th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
473.RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:47 am
german, irish, scottish, Hawaiian and Chinese ??
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dang Hwnrdr!!
no native american?
lol
LOL, no but I am Native Hawaiian! Only a hand full of us can say that!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:05 pm
I’m a Native East Oaklander.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
GM Reggie McKenzie indicated that Terrelle Pryor is “absolutely” a viable candidate to open the season as the Raiders’ No. 2 quarterback.
“Hopefully, our quarterback coach and offensive coordinator, the staff, can work him starting (in) next week’s voluntary minicamp,” said McKenzie. “And see if we can get him rolling.”
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booyah, suckas!!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
491.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:05 pm
I’m a Native East Oaklander.
LOL
April 17th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
TP!
TP!
TP!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
TP needs to change his # back to 2 asap..
6 doesnt look right..
April 17th, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Hwnrdr
Do you go to the pre season games 2?
April 17th, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Kell,
Discussing race is a touchy, sensitive topic. It seems like you’re offended when a white players is lauded for getting by on hustle, or smarts… then it’s insinuated that the flip side MUST be black athletes are just born that way, don’t have to work hard, or are lazy and stupid. A few people might think like that, but not most.
Look at this blog. Even guys who weren’t big fans of Jason Campbell as a QB praised his leadership and work ethic. Nobody questioned his character.
Same thing with DHB. A lot of fans were disappointed with his lack of early production, but talked about his work ethic and how hard he was striving to improve.
In a way, it’s almost reverse discrimination, IMO. There are so few white guys that are RB’s or DB’s or Boxers or even basketball players that they can’t be good “Athletes”. That sort of thinking goes that white guys can’t run as fast or jump as high, then they must’ve made it to the pros on hard work, smarts, and hustle or by being good “locker room character guys”. It’s stereotypes and over simplification.
It’s all kinda silly if you think about it. IMO. That’s my two cents, anyways.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:09 pm
496.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Hwnrdr
Do you go to the pre season games 2?
I usually only go to one a year…but as far as I know as of now…I’m going to both the Monday nighter against Dallas and Saturday against Detroit!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
KoolKell Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:27 am
Ahhhh yeah, Bruce Gradkowski, was a “hard working character guy” for sure.
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Next to Jamarcus ANYBODY would be considered a hard-working character guy, regardless of race!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
hwnrdr Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:09 pm
496.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Hwnrdr
Do you go to the pre season games 2?
I usually only go to one a year…but as far as I know as of now…I’m going to both the Monday nighter against Dallas and Saturday against Detroit!
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We might have to hook up on the opener, unless I can pickup some tix dirt cheap.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
How much are those season tix you purchase at your section?
April 17th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
There will be better competition in Dell’s FF this season, cuz DMAC’s joining the crew.
Watch out!
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You can have my spot. I hate the scoring format. All you need is an elite qb, the rest of your team doesn’t mean squat.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
501.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
How much are those season tix you purchase at your section?
All 10 tickets is $610 + that $2 fee
April 17th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
You can have my spot. I hate the scoring format. All you need is an elite qb, the rest of your team doesn’t mean squat.
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Really, bcz?
I made the playoffs, beat Marley 3 times and got my butt kicked by JFB (who started Tebow at QB)
Also got beat by Craig (Ryan) who started Matt Hasselbeck at QB!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
hwnrdr Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
501.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
How much are those season tix you purchase at your section?
All 10 tickets is $610 + that $2 fee
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I think I might purchase some this season.
I should do it fast, huh.
You think there’s still some good sections available?
April 17th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
You can have my spot. I hate the scoring format. All you need is an elite qb, the rest of your team doesn’t mean squat.
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Really, bcz?
I made the playoffs, beat Marley 3 times and got my butt kicked by JFB (who started Tebow at QB)
Also got beat by Craig (Ryan) who started Matt Hasselbeck at QB!
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So you saying I can win it all w/ CP3 throwing all those INT’s?
lol
April 17th, 2012 at 12:22 pm
All 10 tickets is $610 + that $2 fee
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Last time the Raiders played in Baltimore i paid $250.00 for two tix on the 30 yard line about 3/4 of the way up !!!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:22 pm
Really, bcz?
I made the playoffs, beat Marley 3 times and got my butt kicked by JFB (who started Tebow at QB)
Also got beat by Craig (Ryan) who started Matt Hasselbeck at QB!
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Well aside from QB I had a damn good team and could barely compete on a week to week basis.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
Bcz
Who was your QB?
April 17th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
505.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
hwnrdr Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
501.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
How much are those season tix you purchase at your section?
All 10 tickets is $610 + that $2 fee
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I think I might purchase some this season.
I should do it fast, huh.
You think there’s still some good sections available?
Yes…there probably saome by us too! Sec 130
April 17th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
On a completely different topic….
Somebody the other day published a list of names of the plaintiffs in the concussion lawsuit vs the NFL. Out of the list of former players, one name grabbed my attention. Todd Marinovich. Really???
How many starts did Todd have in his brief career…20?
His brain has probably suffered more trauma from all the drugs he’s taken or from falling off his surf/skate boards than hits he took in the NFL.
However, If you haven’t seen that year of the QB special on Marinovich, it’s a must see. His is a sad story indeed. I rooted like hell for that kid when he was a young Raider QB, and I’m pulling for him to get his life together, now. I hope the best for him. And JaMarcus too.
I don’t know why, but I was just surprised to see him on that list.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
hwnrdr Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
505.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
hwnrdr Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
501.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
How much are those season tix you purchase at your section?
All 10 tickets is $610 + that $2 fee
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I think I might purchase some this season.
I should do it fast, huh.
You think there’s still some good sections available?
Yes…there probably saome by us too! Sec 130
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Imma check it out
thanx
April 17th, 2012 at 12:25 pm
No problem, DMAC!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
I’m in 130, row 31
April 17th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
KoolKell Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:30 am
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
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You’re a sad perfect example of the dumbing down of America.
Why don’t you try your google machine before making stupid comments?
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Hey MF’er I didn’t see anything here but hot air. And since you have no f’ing clue where ‘money’ comes from STFU!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:27 pm
hwnrdr Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
I’m in 130, row 31
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The only problem that I have is, I know the wifey is going to want to come to a few games + my patnas.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:29 pm
516.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:27 pm
hwnrdr Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
I’m in 130, row 31
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The only problem that I have is, I know the wifey is going to want to come to a few games + my patnas.
True…if you’re looking for season, they are available now…for tix for single games…I think they go out to the public in July, I think…???
April 17th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
Gotta run.
Later peoples.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
How much are those season tix you purchase at your section?
All 10 tickets is $610 + that $2 fee
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Raiders haven’t been to the playoffs in 9 years.
Now we have a brand spanking new GM, HC, OC & DC
salary cap hell. no draft picks. lost a handful of key players. McFadden still isn’t 100%
Davis, Trask & McKenzie should do Raider fans a solid and charge a flat fee of $500
April 17th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Hey MF’er I didn’t see anything here but hot air. And since you have no f’ing clue where ‘money’ comes from STFU!
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???????? If you’re too stupid to discuss economics, why don’t you just pass on the conversation?
April 17th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
519.RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
How much are those season tix you purchase at your section?
All 10 tickets is $610 + that $2 fee
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Raiders haven’t been to the playoffs in 9 years.
Now we have a brand spanking new GM, HC, OC & DC
salary cap hell. no draft picks. lost a handful of key players. McFadden still isn’t 100%
Davis, Trask & McKenzie should do Raider fans a solid and charge a flat fee of $500
That would have been nice, but oh well…at least they don’t have that stupid $1000 PSLs anymore!
April 17th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
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You’re a sad perfect example of the dumbing down of America.
Why don’t you try your google machine before making stupid comments?
April 17th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
509.DMAC Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
Bcz
Who was your QB?
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I ended up with Flacco and Orton to start, but Orton was terrible last year, and flacco had a few games where he put up #s, but for the most part he sucked, plus even though I was at or near the bottom of the league I never seemed to get a decent waiver position so I couldn’t pick up any qbs who were getting starts due to injury. There were 14 teams and everyone had at least 2 qbs so the pickings were damn slim
April 17th, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Have we improved at any starting pos this offseason? Cb maybe? This year will be interesting. We’re gonna see just how important coaching is..
April 17th, 2012 at 12:45 pm
Orton & flacco? What were you thinking?
April 17th, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Marks Hair Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Have we improved at any starting pos this offseason? Cb maybe? This year will be interesting. We’re gonna see just how important coaching is..
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Yep, it will be interesting to see that defense, without Al Davis’ bony fingers around it’s throat.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Anybody else see this Bullsh!t???
New England Has the easiest schedule in 2012…
F()(king Ridiculous. GOD I HATE THOSE K0KSU(Kers!
1 N.Y. Giants* 140-116 .547 7
2 Denver* 139-117 .543 7
3 Cleveland 135-121 .527 7
4 St. Louis 134-122 .523 5
4 Baltimore* 134-122 .523 7
6 San Diego 133-123 .520 6
7 Philadelphia 132-124 .516 8
8 Minnesota 131-125 .512 7
8 Arizona 131-125 .512 6
10 Carolina 130-126 .508 5
11 Seattle 129-127 .504 5
11 Dallas 129-127 .504 7
11 New Orleans* 129-127 .504 5
14 Jacksonville 128-128 .500 8
14 Cincinnati* 128-128 .500 5
14 Pittsburgh* 128-128 .500 6
14 Indianapolis 128-128 .500 7
18 Oakland 127-129 .496 5
18 Miami 127-129 .496 6
20 N.Y. Jets 126-130 .492 6
20 Kansas City 126-130 .492 5
20 Chicago 126-130 .492 7
20 Detroit* 126-130 .492 6
24 Washington 125-131 .488 7
24 Atlanta* 125-131 .488 4
24 San Francisco* 125-131 .488 5
27 Tampa Bay 124-132 .484 5
28 Tennessee 123-133 .480 6
29 Houston* 121-135 .473 6
29 Buffalo 121-135 .473 5
31 Green Bay* 120-136 .469 7
32 New England* 116-140 .453 4
April 17th, 2012 at 12:58 pm
525.Marks hair Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:45 pm
Orton & flacco? What were you thinking?
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It wasn’t a choice. I had trouble getting logged in to the draft (I picked last, 14th) so I missed my first to picks, and didn’t get to actually select a player until the bottom of round 3. At that point Flacco was the best QB available, so I drafted my team to be very strong everywhere else to compensate, but by week 3 I realized that without the QB you can’t compete consistantly. Mind you, I was the defending league champion. I am no fantasy slouch. I actually placed 8th in the nation in a salary cap league 1 year.
April 17th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
MikieG Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Anybody else see this Bullsh!t???
New England Has the easiest schedule in 2012…
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Please refer to comment #305 where I clearly detail the scheduling process.
April 17th, 2012 at 1:03 pm
Didn’t see that post, it takes forever to scroll through everything in order to make sure its not a repost..
But yes, I understand the process, and I still think it is absurd that these a$$holes have played nobodies every single year for the past 10 years…
April 17th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
I heard that Scott Fujita was the whistleblower on the whole “bountygate” scandal. Is this true?
April 17th, 2012 at 1:09 pm
He’s the one who gave the NFL the tapes of the speech, anyway.
April 17th, 2012 at 1:10 pm
But yes, I understand the process, and I still think it is absurd that these a$$holes have played nobodies every single year for the past 10 years…
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That is a post clearly displaying where perception does not meet reality. They play the same schedule as everyone in their division, aside from the 2 teams that finish in the same position as them. They have played EVERY team in the NFL at least twice over the last 10 years. They have absolutely NO control over their schedule and how their opponents fared last year, and last but not least, each of the last 5 seasons, the team with the “easiest” schedule has not made the playoffs.
April 17th, 2012 at 1:14 pm
531.Just Win Baby Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
I heard that Scott Fujita was the whistleblower on the whole “bountygate” scandal. Is this true?
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I don’t know that he blew whistle, but I think he was approached by the NFL, and cooperated with them.
April 17th, 2012 at 1:22 pm
The goal is to win The AFC West. Our schedule is easier on paper than SD’s and Denver’s, and virtually the same as KC’s. Take care of business within the division and the rest is moot.
New England’s schedule strength isn’t part of some sinister plot. Not their fault (nor is it the league’s) that the AFC East is terrible.
April 17th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Well aside from QB I had a damn good team and could barely compete on a week to week basis.
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@bcz
scoring was flawed due to the fact a QB could get blown out a lose 42-0, but playing catch-up and going pass happy throw for 400 yards, no TD’s and 3 INT’s and net a FF user like 80 points while other guys maybe had a RB run wild for 200 yards & 3 TD’s and only net 40 points
April 17th, 2012 at 1:34 pm
The goal is to win The AFC West. Our schedule is easier on paper than SD’s and Denver’s, and virtually the same as KC’s. Take care of business within the division and the rest is moot.
New England’s schedule strength isn’t part of some sinister plot. Not their fault (nor is it the league’s) that the AFC East is terrible.
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co-signed, blackbeard
April 17th, 2012 at 1:44 pm
The player rep for Ryan Grant suggests the free agent could have a new team “as early as next week.”
Grant has interest from at least one team (Oakland), although it’s not clear just how strong that interest is. Asked if there was a chance Grant would play outside of Green Bay in 2012, the agent replied, “That’s a strong possibility, more than a strong possibility.” We wouldn’t expect a guaranteed roster spot for the 29-year-old no matter where he lands.
Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette Apr 17 – 3:59 PM
April 17th, 2012 at 1:46 pm
pass on Ryan Grant.
I’ll take Lady Tomlinson @ vet minimum
April 17th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
how much did Dennis Allen pay Scott Fujita ??
April 17th, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Aaron Schatz @FO_ASchatz
B.Orakpo and L.Houston were tied for second place with 7. C.Wake forced more holds on passes (8) than any other player had total run+pass.
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Valdemar Lindekrantz @NFLindekrantz
@FO_ASchatz Raiders was the most penalized team in ‘11. They where also #1 in causing opp. penalties. Is there a correlation between the 2?
@NFLindekrantz … (cont) Although the Raiders were actually 6th in opposing penalties, not 1st, if you count offsetting and declined.
April 17th, 2012 at 1:50 pm
@YA
Houston = beast
April 17th, 2012 at 1:51 pm
sorry RR i cant and wont root for that little cry baby Tomlinson.
April 17th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
i cant and wont root for that little cry baby Tomlinson
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@ Mike
I would like to see him stick it to Sandy Eggo twice this season. McFadden, Jones & Goodson all have injury concerns
wouldn’t ming Thomas Jones replacing Bush with Goodson more of a ST guy like Cartwright
April 17th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
*mind*
April 17th, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Why take ryan grant when we have goodson and jones along with the two reggie signed this offseason? They really dont have confidence in dmc? Is jones not ready to be number 2? What about goodson? I dont see why should we add grant but if thats what reggie wants then so be it im stickin with his decision either way Raider on
April 17th, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Damn, Brandon Weeden is 28 years old?
April 17th, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Jones , yes .. but i just say no to Tomlinson !!
April 17th, 2012 at 1:59 pm
With DMAC talking that ‘if i get hurt i get hurt’ crap they better bring another soild rb. It sounds like DMAC is almost done. Too many foot problems.
April 17th, 2012 at 2:01 pm
546. Goodson does not hold on to the ball. He fumbles to much. Thats why he did not play in carolina
April 17th, 2012 at 2:02 pm
RaidO Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 2:01 pm
546. Goodson does not hold on to the ball. He fumbles to much. Thats why he did not play in carolina
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With any luck, Skipper can coach that out of him.
April 17th, 2012 at 2:07 pm
Raiders have a run heavy OC with a bunch of ?? RBs. Could be a disaster.
April 17th, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Raiders have a run heavy OC with a bunch of ?? RBs. Could be a disaster.
***
@ Raid
Knapp did fine with Jordan, Fargas, Rhodes & Echemandu
we’ll be ok
April 17th, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Albert Elias @AlbertEliasMGMT
ESM client, Josh Chapman, has been cleared by Dr. Andrews for full activities by the beginning of training camp…. http://fb.me/HO1rqY8y
April 17th, 2012 at 2:15 pm
Josh Chapman, has been cleared by Dr. Andrews for full activities by the beginning of training camp
***
bye JC!!
would have been nice if you dropped to pick #95
April 17th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
You guys forget that we are taking Turbin if he’s still there at #95. Don’t listen to Corkran and all his “they’re set at RB” business. If he’s there, Reggie takes him.
April 17th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
bye JC!!
would have been nice if you dropped to pick #95
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Yep. Might even be gone before the end of the 2nd round, depending on how badly a team feels that they need a NT. Jets or Chiefs seem like likely landing spots, if not the Steelers.
April 17th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
@JWB
if Turbin is the BPA at #95, I have no doubt in my mind he’ll be the pick (regardless of the fact he’s a RB)
April 17th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Just Win Baby Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
You guys forget that we are taking Turbin if he’s still there at #95. Don’t listen to Corkran and all his “they’re set at RB” business. If he’s there, Reggie takes him.
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Not if Chapman and/or Ta’amu are still on the board.
April 17th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Wouldn’t surprise me if Turbin was still around at the end of the 4th round.
His teammate Michael Smith is also a strong prospect – may even be a better prospect than Turbin. Could be a late-round sleeper for some team.
April 17th, 2012 at 2:24 pm
question is, who is the BPA in Reggie’s mind?
just because Turbin is available, doesn’t mean he’ll be the pick.. Reggie might have 10 other guys ahead of him all available at pick #95
April 17th, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Not if Chapman and/or Ta’amu are still on the board.
***
@ Duck & YA
agreed, if both guys are gone (which they likely will) I think Reggie will draft the best available pass rusher
April 17th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
YO YO YO, BLOG NERDOS REPRESENT
Sorry to all you 2 Kewl 4 Skool fans, The Beeech Diggity has been so busy with rehearsal that I haven’t been able to hit the blog until now.
To answer all of your questions, yes, we did finish choreography for our future multi-platinum hit “Makin’ The Grade (Gettin’ Totally Laid)”.
And thankfully this new styling cream we’re all using on our pubes is holding up great. I don’t think a tropical hurricane could sway these friggity fresh pube-dos.
Now’s your lucky chance to check out some unreleased lyrics from Makin’ The Grade, get set to party serious
Hey Teacher, Chemistry ain’t no page turner
Maybe you can check the heat on my Bunson Burner
Say what? You want to miss the faculty luncheon?
Yeah, I can stay after class for some private instruction *
* The “private instruction” refers to the teacher pleasuring the student’s weiner
April 17th, 2012 at 2:34 pm
I’m sure Reggie has a pretty extensive big board. Kinda need to have a ton of contingencies with the first pick coming at #95. I kind of expect to be surprised by the name Goodell announces when the Raiders hand in their card.
April 17th, 2012 at 2:42 pm
Kinda Interesting…ESPN Williamson Blog,
where would Pryor be drafted?
http://espn.go.com/blog/afcwest/post/_/id/42772/where-would-pryor-fit-in-this-draft
April 17th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
I kind of expect to be surprised by the name Goodell announces when the Raiders hand in their card
***
Me too, YA
OT Andrew Datko (Florida State) at #95
somebody who will make the Nation say “what the BLEEP?” “who is that?” and then he’ll be a productive player, but not a real superstar
April 17th, 2012 at 2:46 pm
where would Pryor be drafted?
***
@Dutch
I’ll take Pryor ahead of Weeden, Osweiler & Cousins
thank you
April 17th, 2012 at 2:50 pm
RaiderRockstar Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 2:46 pm
where would Pryor be drafted?
***
@Dutch
I’ll take Pryor ahead of Weeden, Osweiler & Cousins
thank you
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Here’s SI’s take (and they have TP listed as our first 3rd-rounder):
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/draft-2012/players/80178.html
April 17th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
KoolKell Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Hey MF’er I didn’t see anything here but hot air. And since you have no f’ing clue where ‘money’ comes from STFU!
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???????? If you’re too stupid to discuss economics, why don’t you just pass on the conversation?
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KK why don’t you do me a favor and describe to me exactly how money in this country is produced. Tell me that and I’ll leave you alone. Until then you’re my beyotch MF’er.
April 17th, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
KK why don’t you do me a favor and describe to me exactly how money in this country is produced. Tell me that and I’ll leave you alone. Until then you’re my beyotch MF’er.
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Why don’t you go ask your mother what a beyotch is, first. I’m sure she could give you a detailed answer.
April 17th, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Can’t Kell mom’s been gone about four years now. If I want to ask a woman what it’s like to be a woman I can axed you b*tch ass son Anal Pro 24.
April 17th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Can’t tell me where money comes from…just as I expected. Stooopid azz MF’er!
April 17th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Can’t Kell mom’s been gone about four years now.
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Was it syphilis?
April 17th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Krappy, this would be a great time to remind us all how much you hate name calling
And try not to mention your wife on the blog – remember, you hate that also
April 17th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Don’t know sh*t about money or football…you sure you ain’t a Whiners fan in disguise Kell?
April 17th, 2012 at 3:01 pm
still awaiting votes for #95 pick (alpha)
Attn:
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April 17th, 2012 at 3:02 pm
KoolKell Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Can’t Kell mom’s been gone about four years now.
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Was it syphilis?
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As a matter of fact….she got it from your dad.
Don’t know sh*t about money or football and it shows.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:03 pm
Kell do you know what FRN’s represent?
April 17th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Enthrall us with you acumen for money Kell.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
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Dumbass.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
C’mon Kell….tell us…what do FRN’s represent?
April 17th, 2012 at 3:05 pm
KoolKell Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
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Dumbass.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Different sides of the same coin. C’mon Kell….tell us…what do FRN’s represent?
April 17th, 2012 at 3:05 pm
Krappy, didn’t know you have a linkedin page!
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-kelly/a/617/43b
Nice to know folks can contact you to discuss “business deals”. Too hilarious, old timer!
April 17th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
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Ignorant ass.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
CooCooKell getting hammered again today. He’s like a 2 yr old that keeps sticking his finger in the light socket.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:14 pm
Krappy, what’s the deal with Jerry Nussbaum? Is he a good boss or what?
Bet he freaks out every time he catches you napping in the lunch room
Bet he has no idea you spend all day, every day, getting humiliated in a football blog
That would be pretty embarrassing, yes?
April 17th, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Blah, blah, blah……yawn.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:18 pm
KoolKell Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
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Ignorant ass.
+++++++++++++++++++++
It’s OK Kell. I know you have to do things like that to save face but most folks around these parts already know you don’t know Sh*t.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:19 pm
Krappy, I’m sorry to say I wouldn’t hump any of the realtors in your office
Marilyn Oliver might’ve had a chance 20 years ago, but only if I had been on a 3 day ecstacy binge and she paid me $600
And bro, please tell Renee Thomas that if she really wants to get clients, she should pose with a cheetah instead of a poodle
April 17th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
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Dumbschit.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:21 pm
Kell….you know the letters I used? F R N. Right?
Stands for Federal Reserve Notes. Any freshman economics student could tell you that. Any idea where they come from or how they are produced? Of course you don’t. Dumb beyotch.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:22 pm
You’d have to smack me over the head with a Louisville Slugger before I’d make out with Allison Sullivan
April 17th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
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Wrong, Dumbschit.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Kell…say sumthin’ else stooopid! Please…you are very entertaining.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
KoolKell Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
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Wrong, Dumbschit.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Could you expand on that thought wise one? Splain it to me Lucy.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
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Wrong, Dumbass.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Krappy, you ever hook up with Sally Rudloff?
She seems like your type. I can see you two getting flirty over a couple double Whoppers at BK, then getting a room at the Quality Inn for “afternoon delights”
April 17th, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Of course you can’t…..what’s a matter Kell….your HS teacher not there to hold your hand beyotch.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
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Wrong, Dumbschit.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Could you expand on that thought wise one? Splain it to me Lucy.
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Google it dumbass, so you’ll know next time.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Kell in an argument.
“Nuh uh”
“Is too”
“My dad can beat your dad up”
“dumbass”
April 17th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
Breaking News:
Bronocs and Steelers on first Sunday night game!
Dammit!
April 17th, 2012 at 3:30 pm
Donkeys got lucky!
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/17/peyton-manning-hosts-the-steelers-in-sunday-night-opener-on-nbc/
April 17th, 2012 at 3:33 pm
How Do Says:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
Even tho Reggie McK has upgraded the facilities with the latest technologies, I’m glad to see he is keeping with the Al Davis tradition of putting together a good ball club. For some who don’t realize this, Al Davis put good clubs on the field, he just had a few meatballs who wrecked it for everyone else. Keep up the good work Reggie, Amy and Mark.
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You’re deluded.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:33 pm
Understanding Supply-Side Economics
May 14 2010 | Filed Under » Economics, Entrepreneur
Supply-side economics is better known to some as “Reaganomics”, or the “trickle-down” policy espoused by former U.S. president Ronald Reagan. He popularized the controversial idea that greater tax cuts for investors and entrepreneurs provide incentives to save and invest and produce economic benefits that trickle down into the overall economy. In this article, we summarize the basic theory behind supply-side economics.
Like most economic theories, supply-side economics tries to explain both macroeconomic phenomena and – based on these explanations – to offer policy prescriptions for stable economic growth. In general, supply-side theory has three pillars: tax policy, regulatory policy and monetary policy.
However, the single idea behind all three pillars is that production (i.e. the “supply” of goods and services) is the most important determinant of economic growth. The supply-side theory is typically held in stark contrast to Keynesian theory, which, among other facets, includes the idea that demand can falter, so if lagging consumer demand drags the economy into recession, the government should intervene with fiscal and monetary stimuli.
Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/articles/05/011805.asp#ixzz1sL7uB2xr
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Dumbass.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:38 pm
However, the single idea behind all three pillars is that production (i.e. the “supply” of goods and services) is the most important determinant of economic growth. The supply-side theory is typically held in stark contrast to Keynesian theory, which, among other facets, includes the idea that demand can falter, so if lagging consumer demand drags the economy into recession, the government should intervene with fiscal and monetary stimuli.
Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/articles/05/011805.asp#ixzz1sL7uB2xr
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Dumb, Lazy assz.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Keynesian theory means government primes the pump to jump start consumer demand. Supply side economics theory argues that more money in the hands of the affluent/business owners will lead to job creation, hence “trickling down” to those who would presumably get the jobs.
April 17th, 2012 at 3:46 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
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What up dumbass?
April 17th, 2012 at 3:49 pm
Wow, Krappy “The Troll King” Kelly sure is trolling hard today!
Poor old fool probably got in trouble for stealing paper clips from Anita Wong’s desk, then got slapped for goosing Karen Kellenberg.
Mr. Nussbaum sure is going to tear the old dog a new one
April 17th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
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From now on, talk what you know, and let the rest go.
Later.
April 17th, 2012 at 4:02 pm
schedules been leaked we play bucs on monday night then saints then pitts if i remember correctly
April 17th, 2012 at 4:02 pm
Monday night Opener versus the Dischargers!!!
April 17th, 2012 at 4:02 pm
at home at least
April 17th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
And a Thursday Night game here versus the bunco’s. This is gonna be sweeet!
April 17th, 2012 at 4:04 pm
what serious? my sources where bs’ing me?
April 17th, 2012 at 4:05 pm
Krapster, how come you’re only a lowly realtor?
All those years in real estate, and you’ve never gone for your broker’s license? I’ve banged dumb 20 year old chicks with broker’s licenses.
That’s kinda lame, old fool. Just keeping it real
April 17th, 2012 at 4:05 pm
Discharge here, in Miami, Shi**sburgh here, in Denver. Tough way to start…
April 17th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
Damnable shame James Harrison and Lamar Woodly get first shot at Frankstines monster aka Manning
April 17th, 2012 at 4:09 pm
damn thats a brutal start of the schedule
sd
@ miami
pitt
@den
@atl
April 17th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Sorry cant spell tonight. too many beers and buds!!!
April 17th, 2012 at 4:12 pm
what week will Manning make it to before being placed on injured reserve?
Let’s set the line at week 9
April 17th, 2012 at 4:13 pm
Week 1: Sept. 10, 10:15 PM, San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders
Hosting MNF at the House of Thrills, opening night! Let’s get it!!!!
April 17th, 2012 at 4:13 pm
Looks like a 5 and 0 start!!!
April 17th, 2012 at 4:14 pm
The Raiders will play 5 games in the Eastern time zone in the regular season for the 1st time in team history.
April 17th, 2012 at 4:15 pm
Inoneword. I say he wont make it to half time. Game one
April 17th, 2012 at 4:15 pm
And of course Manning and Dungver play 3 of their first four at home.
April 17th, 2012 at 4:19 pm
Payback time for the Chokers…..didn’t get to Rivers last time…. And this time our offense will be healthy ….
April 17th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
Understanding Supply-Side Economics
May 14 2010 | Filed Under » Economics, Entrepreneur
Supply-side economics is better known to some as “Reaganomics”, or the “trickle-down” policy espoused by former U.S. president Ronald Reagan. He popularized the controversial idea that greater tax cuts for investors and entrepreneurs provide incentives to save and invest and produce economic benefits that trickle down into the overall economy. In this article, we summarize the basic theory behind supply-side economics.
Like most economic theories, supply-side economics tries to explain both macroeconomic phenomena and – based on these explanations – to offer policy prescriptions for stable economic growth. In general, supply-side theory has three pillars: tax policy, regulatory policy and monetary policy.
However, the single idea behind all three pillars is that production (i.e. the “supply” of goods and services) is the most important determinant of economic growth. The supply-side theory is typically held in stark contrast to Keynesian theory, which, among other facets, includes the idea that demand can falter, so if lagging consumer demand drags the economy into recession, the government should intervene with fiscal and monetary stimuli.
Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/articles/05/011805.asp#ixzz1sL7uB2xr
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Dumbass.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ah, how cute! KK knows how to copy n paste things from the internet. That’s progress. Soon he’ll be on solid food and struggling to hoist himself on his own two legs.
Of course KK fails to mention the one thing Keynes and Reagan had in common.
And just what pray tell is that Raidernationdave?
Debt MF’er.
April 17th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
KoolKell Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:27 am
“Trickle down” and Keynesian (if you can’t spell it right you don’t know it KK)are the same fricken thing.
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Wrong, Dumbschit.
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Could you expand on that thought wise one? Splain it to me Lucy.
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Google it dumbass, so you’ll know next time.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ah, that’s the ticket KK!
Do you have a t-shirt that says: “I got this stooopid t-shirt when I graduated from Google State University”?
Just read Google!!!!!!! How funny!
April 17th, 2012 at 4:29 pm
Kell, so the gov’t can get that welfare check to you in time to support those 5 kids from 5 different baby mama’s, who do they borrow the money from?
Tell us o’ wise sage.
“Nuh uh”
“Is too”
“My dad can beat your dad up”
“dumbass”
April 17th, 2012 at 4:32 pm
KK – “It’s, it’s true! I knew it! Santa Claus is reeeeeaaaaall! I read it on Google!”
“Mom! Get the milk and cookies!”
April 17th, 2012 at 4:46 pm
KK – “The gubmint borries mo’ney? Well I do declare I’s a never knew dat.”
April 17th, 2012 at 4:47 pm
Kell where’d ya go homeslice?
Served and owned just like the major beyotch you are!
April 17th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Kell, something major has to happen before the U.S. Treasury can borrow money from the Federal Reserve Bank.
What is that one thing?
April 17th, 2012 at 5:01 pm
Raidernationdave Says:
April 17th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Kell, something major has to happen before the U.S. Treasury can borrow money from the Federal Reserve Bank.
What is that one thing?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The Treasury has to sell “bonds” to dumb-asses like KK so it can then borrow a whopping 90% of the actual assets they sell.
Anything resembling “money” in the system Raidernationdave. Nope. Just air.
April 17th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
Oh, and Kell, if you can’t find any actual “books” that explain this charade to you in depth – provided you can read more than an occasional sentence scribbled on the bathroom wall at your local Denny’s – there’s always…..Google MF’er!
What a beyotch!
April 17th, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Hey Kell I wanted to axe you another questions homeslice.
When those five guys that pulled a train on your mom “so she’s can pay the rents mo’ney” for $20 bucks each who’s “debt” is “yo mama” in possession of?
April 17th, 2012 at 5:25 pm
There is an old Roman maxim that says, “He who leaves the battlefield first loses.”
KK I guess that means you’re a loser. STFU beyotch! Served and owned!
April 17th, 2012 at 8:39 pm
No economic geniuses on here that’s for sure.
April 20th, 2012 at 1:47 am
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