Roethlisberger lends helping hand to Oakland Police Dept.
By Steve Corkran
Thursday, September 20th, 2012 at 10:36 am in Oakland Raiders.
Raiders fans would just as soon Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger hand out interceptions to the Raiders on Sunday, the way he did the last time he played here, in 2006, when he was intercepted four times.
For now, they will have to make do with Roethlisberger’s generosity in the form of handing out a grant to the Oakland Police Department.
Here’s the release, from the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation:
Pittsburgh, PA – Today, Pittsburgh Steelers’ Super Bowl Quarterback and Findlay, OH native, Ben Roethlisberger, announced the second grant of the 2012-13 season from the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at The Giving Back Fund. The Foundation will be distributing a grant to the Oakland Police Department in Oakland, CA where the Steelers will play the Raiders this Sunday, September 23.
The Oakland PD K-9 unit currently consists of 14 dog teams, 12 of which are used on patrol. All are used to search and apprehend criminal suspects and two are cross trained for narcotics detection. The department is seeking financial assistance to purchase equipment that will be used by their K9 unit both in training and during deployment of the canines.
During the 2012-13 NFL season, The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation will be distributing grants to K-9 units of police and fire departments in the cities and surrounding communities of each regular season away game for the Steelers. The Foundation will also distribute several grants to the Pittsburgh area and will consider grants to any two non-NFL market cities in the United States if the Steelers make the playoffs. The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation invited police and fire departments across the country to submit proposals detailing their needs.
This marks the sixth season that the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation has distributed grants to K-9 units. The mission of the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation is to support K-9 units of police and fire departments throughout the United States with a particular emphasis on support for service dogs in Pittsburgh, PA and to support other charitable organizations, such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Oakland Chief of Police Howard Jordan said, “The Oakland Police Department is grateful for the generous donation for such a vital program.”
In commenting on why the mission of the foundation is so important to him, Roethlisberger said, “We’re very fortunate to be in the position that we are able to help these K-9 units. The work that is performed by the dogs and their handlers as well as the bond that is formed is incredible. We’re just thrilled to do our small part.”
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September 20th, 2012 at 10:37 am
September 20th, 2012 at 10:37 am
Klas beat you to it Steve!
September 20th, 2012 at 10:40 am
Monte Poole on the ball again!
http://www.insidebayarea.com/raiders/ci_21584265/monte-poole-oakland-raiders-might-have-been-better
September 20th, 2012 at 10:45 am
Rooooof!
Big Ben does have a German Sheppard face!
September 20th, 2012 at 10:45 am
You guys remember the Miami game in Oakland 2 years ago ?
Miami sure did.
Was Hartline abusing our left CB repeatedly on the same play eerily reminiscent of Walter McFadden getting toasted over and over on the same play and same side 2 years ago, or what ?
I like what I’ve seen from Tarver so far, but can’t understand how you can get beat over and over by the same play without coming up with some sort of adjustment.
I don’t think the Fins had a positive pass play to their left the entire game (with the exception of one play Spencer got flagged for defensive holding).
I don’t think that right now Tannehill can throw to his left to save his life and other teams will exploit this. We didn’t.
September 20th, 2012 at 10:45 am
I got 5 on it!
September 20th, 2012 at 10:47 am
7-11
September 20th, 2012 at 10:48 am
OK, fine everybody. We’ve all read the drivel from Monte Poole and Michael Silver. You can stop quoting it and linking to it now. If I want that quality of reporting, I’ll go to bleccher report.
September 20th, 2012 at 10:48 am
Interesting story. Lol. Better be watching the dogs in the parking lot, Sunday.
September 20th, 2012 at 10:49 am
Good man, Roethlisberger.
Maybe he has turned over a new leaf?
September 20th, 2012 at 10:49 am
Who’s got 2 tix for me this Sunday?
Player price.
lol
September 20th, 2012 at 10:50 am
We might need one or two of those dogs to help take Rothlessbooger down!!!!!
Go RAIDERS!!
September 20th, 2012 at 10:50 am
If the game gets too bad on Sunday, I may just watch Super Bowl XI highlights
“Holy Toledo! The Oakland line is just wiping out Minnesota’s front!”
“He’s going all the way! Old Man Willie!”
“Jascha Heifetz never played a violin with more dexterity than Kenny Stabler is playing the Minnesota Vikings defense!”
Better days.
But I firmly believe those same sorts of days lie ahead.
September 20th, 2012 at 10:53 am
LMAO !!! one of the women at work just called me a man whore !!! lol lol lol
September 20th, 2012 at 10:54 am
Raiders BEAT UP Steelers 35-10!! 1-2 moving forward!
September 20th, 2012 at 10:57 am
First offensive play for Pitt, Rolando will try to body slam Ben and snaps his back, out for career. Seymour rushes to the rescus and knocks out Ben again, suspended and kicked out! Travis Goethal gets body slammed by Pouncey and Desmond Bryant gets a sack! After 50 yards of penalties, 3-0!
OK, just kidding of course…had to break the monotony here!
September 20th, 2012 at 10:58 am
RaiderDanny Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 10:54 am
Raiders BEAT UP Steelers 35-10!! 1-2 moving forward!
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I see there are still a few drops of kool aid left in the pitcher..
September 20th, 2012 at 11:06 am
More than just a few drops of kool aid. Problem isn’t the amount, it’s that nobody bothered to add any sugar.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:12 am
Good one, Guest!
September 20th, 2012 at 11:14 am
You know, the Gold’s gym I go to was bought out. They left everything the same for about a month. Then slowly, signs started coming off the wall. New paint on the wall one day…. Then I noticed a new piece of equipment here and there, classes changed, a few new employee faces…..
Then one day I walked in and was like “WOAH…This place is TOTALLY different.” All new equipment, new name on the front, new staff.
The transition started slow so they wouldn’t piss off the existing members, then all of a sudden BAM….”This is our new vision and direction.”
I thought to myself “Reggiiieeee”…..(Newman; on Sienfeld)
September 20th, 2012 at 11:17 am
I still keep checking this site and looking for the headline: “Greg Knapp has been fired”. It’s not here yet, so I’ll just check back later. This is ridiculous, nothing will change as long as Knapp is still calling plays. Can you say 0-3?………0-4?…………0-16?
September 20th, 2012 at 11:18 am
The analogy is on target, except in Reggie’s version of the “new Gold’s gym”, the pilates instructors are being forced to be zumba instructors, and the spin cycle instructors are forced to teach yoga.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:18 am
Theghostronin79 Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:14 am
You know, the Gold’s gym I go to was bought out. They left everything the same for about a month. Then slowly, signs started coming off the wall. New paint on the wall one day…. Then I noticed a new piece of equipment here and there, classes changed, a few new employee faces…..
Then one day I walked in and was like “WOAH…This place is TOTALLY different.” All new equipment, new name on the front, new staff.
The transition started slow so they wouldn’t piss off the existing members, then all of a sudden BAM….”This is our new vision and direction.”
I thought to myself “Reggiiieeee”…..(Newman; on Sienfeld)
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Something similar happened at my gym, except the changes weren’t so good and they lost some of the members. Let’s hope that’s not how it goes down.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:18 am
15.RaiderDanny Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 10:54 am
Raiders BEAT UP Steelers 35-10!! 1-2 moving forward!
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You must have failed the concussion test. lmfao
September 20th, 2012 at 11:19 am
I got the sugar baby!
D-line destroys Big Ben this Sunday.
Heard it here 1st!
1-2 baby.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:20 am
Something similar happened at my gym, except the changes weren’t so good and they lost some of the members. Let’s hope that’s not how it goes down.
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1/3 full stadiums by the 12th week? This sounds ominous.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:20 am
We can’t run the Zumba Offense, it’s not compatible with ZBS. We can however use the yoga huddle, and mix in the pilates defense. This team is built for speed, so be sure the spinning cycles are well greased and keep your helmets strapped on.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:20 am
guest123 Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:18 am
The analogy is on target, except in Reggie’s version of the “new Gold’s gym”, the pilates instructors are being forced to be zumba instructors, and the spin cycle instructors are forced to teach yoga.
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The more accurate wording would be..
The new Pilates instructors, hired by management, are forcing the zumba class to do pilates.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:21 am
LOL WTF? Is Big Ben trying to make sure the police don’t put too much effort into investigating his future rapes?
September 20th, 2012 at 11:22 am
Raiders vs Steelers..
2 of the worst running games in the NFL.
Similar passing games.
Injuries at key positions on defense.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:25 am
post 28. touche
September 20th, 2012 at 11:25 am
Your morning Greg Knapp Chuckle:
http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o525/JB6427/greg-knapp_zps28b46806.jpg
September 20th, 2012 at 11:27 am
The analogy is on target, except in Reggie’s version of the “new Gold’s gym”, the pilates instructors are being forced to be zumba instructors, and the spin cycle instructors are forced to teach yoga.
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It sure seems like it. But what do I know really? I’m still teetering between “NOW” mode, and future building. I think I was in denial about the team rebuilding. But I had to think…..
When we bought our house, it was offered fully furnished. I looked at all of it…I said, I’ll take the dishwasher, everything else can GO….
My wife was like “This table is nice, I like these chairs.”
I go “Yeah but I want MY stuff…I wanna bring in my own Sh*t.”
It probably would piss off the previous owners that I tore down their crappy fence -that they were pretty proud of- and built a new one. But hey, it ain’t their house anymore, it’s MINE….
I’m starting to make a correlation.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:29 am
For all of Big Ben’s pragmatism, I think it’s pretty childish and self-absorbed to make a big deal about saying he’s on call for the birth of his first child, willing to bail on the Steelers at the drop of a hat.
Why does he like to attract attention to himself like that? This is the ultimate, “LOOK AT ME! I’m having a kid, aren’t I special” moment. What is he trying to prove and to whom? That he’s no longer the dooshbag he’s been all his life? That he’s now more socially responsible than thou?
LMAO at Big Ben
September 20th, 2012 at 11:30 am
Only thing about the house comparison is that you don’t have 20,000 neighbors who’s property value is attached to your houses condition…
We HAVE got to win Sunday….
September 20th, 2012 at 11:34 am
The Steelers will be without SS Troy Polamalu (calf) and OLB James Harrison (knee) again in Week 3 versus the Raiders.
It only makes sense to rest the veterans with the bye week looming in Week 4. Safety Ryan Mundy will start for the third consecutive week while Chris Carter and Jason Worilds form a solid tandem to replace Harrison.
Related: James Harrison
Source: Sporting News
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Si se puede!!
September 20th, 2012 at 11:35 am
Head coach Dennis Allen said he will not implement changes to the Raiders’ zone-blocking scheme.
Back in 2010, Darren McFadden’s career took off in 2010 when Hue Jackson installed a power-blocking system. Through two games under Gregg Knapp’s finesse techniques this year, McFadden is averaging 2.07 YPC and doesn’t have a run longer than eight yards. “I’ve seen it work. It’s been successful in this league, and we’ve got the right personnel to get it done,” Allen said. We’re also confident McFadden will eventually get in a groove, resulting in a “buy low” opportunity for fantasy owners.
Source: San Jose Mercury News
September 20th, 2012 at 11:36 am
This has all been said before, but not by me. So I claim no originality for this. But the REGGIME put the cart before the horse on this REBUILD. Can we call it that yet. Are we allowed? Do we have consensus that it is indeed a REBUILD?
But back to the cart before the horse. Why on God’s green earth did they attempt to switch systems without a complete overhaul and transformation of the roster? Why force old dogs to learn new tricks? What is the point? This should have been a slow transition to the ZBS and WCO and it should have followed a complete transformation of personnel. All this has proven is that the coaches have an easy out by pointing at the personnel that can’t adapt. It’s their fault they would say (hypocritically). They got the transition of power backasswards and upsidedown.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:37 am
I know this doesnt have anything to do with anyone’s post, but I really hate to see grown men with face paint on and in costumes. They look like clowns even in silver and black.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:38 am
DMAC Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:35 am
Head coach Dennis Allen said he will not implement changes to the Raiders’ zone-blocking scheme.
–Because of this:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1340925-breaking-down-darren-mcfaddens-early-struggles
September 20th, 2012 at 11:39 am
I haven’t seen anything yet that makes me think we’ll win 1 game this year… let alone this weekends game.
I hope they do, don’t get me wrong but until we get rid of Knapp I’m almost certain we’ll see a lot of the same ish we’ve seen the last two weeks this season.
Blowouts. If I could cancel my sunday ticket, believe me I would.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:41 am
I agree L.A. Raider Dave
I never felt comfortable with those fans or being associated with them on TV. They look like walking poster children for birth control.
Back in the day, the Raider fans that I knew were blue collar, flannel shirts over jeans and hardhats and lunchpails. Rough and tumble types who worked over at the loading docks and shipyard as longshoremen and pipefitters. They didn’t dress like freaks, they left the gey halloween makeup to the 49er grey poupon jetset fans.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:41 am
Of Course, Then you Have this:
“Former Raider O-Line Coach Bob Wylie…
His thoughts on McFadden’s struggles…
Eddie Borsilli @Borsilli
Former Raiders O line coach Bob Wylie was on MTC today with Mills and Pat and had some thoughts on Darren McFadden and the ZBS
Eddie Borsilli @Borsilli
Wylie “I thought that Darren was a back that ran down hill and off tackle. He is so fast, he out runs the zone block”
Eddie Borsilli @Borsilli
More Wylie “Sometimes your better off just pitching him that ball and letting him run around the corner and around the D. He can do that”
Eddie Borsilli @Borsilli
Can McFadden be taught to be more patient? Wylie “You have to fit what he does, not what you want to do as a coach”
September 20th, 2012 at 11:41 am
I’m just glad the Chiefs are really bad too or that’s all I’d hear about at work is how pathetic and inept the Raiders are.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:42 am
Head coach Dennis Allen said he will not implement changes to the Raiders’ zone-blocking scheme.
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Like hanging on to a life jacket filled with rocks.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:44 am
It bothers me that at all the away games they’ll show some dork fan dressed like a goth clown.
I dont know anyone that does this sort of nonesense but I see it all the time. Costumes are for women during sex and children on Halloween.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:44 am
Goddamit! Why couldn’t we have kept Bob Wylie? That guy was awesome.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:45 am
Thank God we got Big Dummy Reggie running this team into the ground,..Gruden I predicted would be back in 2014,..thanks to Big Dummy, Gruden on track to come home next year,..Bruce Allen will join him. Bring on the 0-16,..ya heard me?
September 20th, 2012 at 11:45 am
Paul Gutierrez @PGutierrezCSN
Rolando McClain practicing
September 20th, 2012 at 11:46 am
Paul Gutierrez @PGutierrezCSN
Francies also back…no sign of Barnes or Spencer
September 20th, 2012 at 11:46 am
Anyone mourning our current state of affairs and looking to last year as some kind of lost haven of potential would do well to remember that–offensive acumen aside–Hue Jackson was and always will be in it for HIMSELF. As demeaning as “Hubert” is as a moniker, it doesn’t come close to being as appropriate as the nickname “Huebris”. Remember the tears he shed after the last-minute victory in Houston? We all saw the footage in the locker room. Those tears weren’t shed for Mr. Davis; they were shed because Hue had just managed to make himself the center of the world for a day. They were shed because reality was matching the narrative he had scripted for himself with the help of his massive ego. It was and is sickening, as was his conduct and demeanor when reality started branching away from his narrative.
As frustrated as I am with how our team is playing right now, I’m certain that Reggie suffers from no such delusions of grandeur. He may or may not become the GM we need him to be, but he has a plan and he knows how to put in the work. We won’t get tantrums or posturing from this man; we will get all of his effort. The results may not ever match our expectations, but he will be accountable for every move he makes. He’ll own it because he’s someone who understands the qualities that make football players.
So go ahead and quote Silver and Poole and cite all the statistics then rant all you want–just try to remember that the coach you’re reminiscing about was and is a self-promoting fraud. I’m glad he’s gone.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:46 am
I heard Gruden was in line for a College head coaching gig in the next couple of years… is this not correct?
September 20th, 2012 at 11:47 am
Costumes are for women during sex and children on Halloween.
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1000% agreed. Dork Goth costumes for men are by default men who either aren’t getting any or taking it from behind.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:47 am
Raider fans are the Juggalos of the sports world:
http://pepwilliams.shockmansion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/juggalos.jpg
September 20th, 2012 at 11:47 am
Rich Gannon ranks #Raiders 30 in APPro32 poll. “If they can’t get McFadden going, they have no chance.”
September 20th, 2012 at 11:48 am
Wonder if Roethlisberger will make a donation to the OPD’s rape investigation unit.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:48 am
hey, i didn’t say I wanted Hujax back, I just want Al Saunders offense back… that’s all.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:49 am
Guest123 Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:41 am
I agree L.A. Raider Dave
I never felt comfortable with those fans or being associated with them on TV. They look like walking poster children for birth control.
Back in the day, the Raider fans that I knew were blue collar, flannel shirts over jeans and hardhats and lunchpails. Rough and tumble types who worked over at the loading docks and shipyard as longshoremen and pipefitters. They didn’t dress like freaks, they left the gey halloween makeup to the 49er grey poupon jetset fans.
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Yep,
September 20th, 2012 at 11:50 am
Still got faith in this season.
We need our O-line to step the fk up! (Especially our Guards)
September 20th, 2012 at 11:50 am
36.DMAC Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:34 am
The Steelers will be without SS Troy Polamalu (calf) and OLB James Harrison (knee) again in Week 3 versus the Raiders.
It only makes sense to rest the veterans with the bye week looming in Week 4. Safety Ryan Mundy will start for the third consecutive week while Chris Carter and Jason Worilds form a solid tandem to replace Harrison.
Related: James Harrison
Source: Sporting News
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Si se puede!!
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Also, Mike Wallace has a groin injury and “Jason La Canfora reports that Pittsburgh running back Rashard Mendenhall won’t make his season debut until Week 5.” Wonder if Wallace will play. Steelers might be resting some players, like it is a preseason game…
Maybe this was like the year after I graduated high School and my High School football got their @$$E$$ handed to them by the School for the deaf.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:52 am
Guest123,
Look at all of those old NFL highlight reels from Raider games in the ’70s. No costumes. Just blue collar east bay residents in the stands. The costume stuff definitely started in LA in the 1980s.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:52 am
Cops are heroes.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:53 am
DMAC Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:50 am
Still got faith in this season.
We need our O-line to step the fk up! (Especially our Guards)
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Brisel, our BIG FA acquisition is the weakest link. Right behind him is Cooper Carlisle. I suggest the following line-up:
Veldheer-Wiz2.0-Parsons-Barksdale-Barnes
September 20th, 2012 at 11:54 am
Cops are pigs and only a few are heroes.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:54 am
Sullivan44 Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:52 am
Guest123,
Look at all of those old NFL highlight reels from Raider games in the ’70s. No costumes. Just blue collar east bay residents in the stands. The costume stuff definitely started in LA in the 1980s.
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I was trying to explain Raider fans to my GF, and finally she says, “So it’s like Halloween?”
I said, “Exactly.”
September 20th, 2012 at 11:54 am
GRUDEN 2013
September 20th, 2012 at 11:54 am
I agree Sullivan44, LA trashed the Raiders culture and poisoned it. After ahwile, it got to the point that it permeated the culture and it transcended to what it is today. There’s a whole new generation that thinks that freak costumes and monkey suits are all about being a Raiders fan. It’s embarrasing, but that’s all the younger set know.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:54 am
I remember Raider Gorrilla, Darth Raider, and the dude with the bandana and shoulder pads. That was it. I dont even see those guys anymore.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:54 am
JB Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:53 am
DMAC Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:50 am
Still got faith in this season.
We need our O-line to step the fk up! (Especially our Guards)
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Brisel, our BIG FA acquisition is the weakest link. Right behind him is Cooper Carlisle. I suggest the following line-up:
Veldheer-Wiz2.0-Parsons-Barksdale-Barnes
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Brisiel is not the weakest link.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:55 am
Amy Trask…Bruce Allen…Jon Gruden…2013,..the return of the good times. Bring on the 0-16.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:55 am
JB Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:53 am
DMAC Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:50 am
Still got faith in this season.
We need our O-line to step the fk up! (Especially our Guards)
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Brisel, our BIG FA acquisition is the weakest link. Right behind him is Cooper Carlisle. I suggest the following line-up:
Veldheer-Wiz2.0-Parsons-Barksdale-Barnes
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WTF is up w/ Brisiel?
I thought he was a zone blocking specialist?
Maybe the Texans knew something we didn’t know.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:57 am
Brisel is getting pushed around like a rag doll. He’s terrible in pass blocking. IMO, he IS the weakest link.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:57 am
Raider fans I knew back then (I was just a kid), would stick together and show great love and respect to their team. It was common for them to meet players like Sistrunk and Hendricks at the local bar and buy them beers. It was truly Oakland’s community team. That was before they went Hollywood.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:58 am
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September 20th, 2012 at 11:58 am
Hey guest, you really use cliches like “went hollywood”?…really?…that the best you got?…loser.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:58 am
Go to the games and the amount of costumes are a very small percentage of the crowd…
The costume face paint crowd are all about a second of fame IF they get on TV.
Don’tmlet the TV coverage fool you, the crowd is still a blue collar/lunchpail crowd for sure…
Now we just need some LunchPail types on the field to win us a game.
September 20th, 2012 at 11:58 am
36.DMAC Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:34 am
The Steelers will be without SS Troy Polamalu (calf) and OLB James Harrison (knee) again in Week 3 versus the Raiders.
It only makes sense to rest the veterans with the bye week looming in Week 4. Safety Ryan Mundy will start for the third consecutive week while Chris Carter and Jason Worilds form a solid tandem to replace Harrison.
Related: James Harrison
Source: Sporting News
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Si se puede!!
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Dámn!! I can read this one!
Thanks DMAC for throw me a bone!. LOL
September 20th, 2012 at 11:59 am
It’s not even Briesel. It’s the damn scheme. It’s all wrong for this team and these players. But DA is going to bullheadedly stick to it come hell or high water. God help us all!
SMH
September 20th, 2012 at 11:59 am
Wiz was beasting last season at guard and Center.
He’s clearly struggling at Center thus far. WTF is up? Is he not cut out for this zone blocking?
September 20th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Sullivan44 Says: The costume stuff definitely started in LA in the 1980s.////////////////// Wrong, went to most games thru’ ‘89. Didn’t see any of it. Try again.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Hey guest, you really use cliches like “went hollywood”?…really?…that the best you got?…loser.
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yawn…
September 20th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Gotta run peoples!
Peace!
Go A’s!
Go Dubs!
Go Cal Bears! (fire Tedford)
Go Raiders!
September 20th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Lol how would Duckie know what went down in LA?…too funny.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:03 pm
guest123 Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:54 am
I agree Sullivan44, LA trashed the Raiders culture and poisoned it. After ahwile, it got to the point that it permeated the culture and it transcended to what it is today. There’s a whole new generation that thinks that freak costumes and monkey suits are all about being a Raiders fan. It’s embarrasing, but that’s all the younger set know.
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I hear you…don’t like all the costume BS. Other teams do it as well but I have seen some pretty random get ups people throw together that dont even make sense. Just wear your teams colors, jerseys etc. and leave it at that.
I cringe everytime I hear an announcer say its like “halloween” at the black hole every weekend. It just paints us as a whole bunch of clowns wearing clown suits.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:03 pm
DMAC Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:59 am
Wiz was beasting last season at guard and Center.
He’s clearly struggling at Center thus far. WTF is up? Is he not cut out for this zone blocking?
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He’s had 10 practices & 1 game to learn it.
Not really enough to form judgement on right?..
September 20th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Our OL can’t practice their cut blocking in practice, so they are having to perfect it during the games, which begs the question.
How can they have ANY idea what the team is actually like since we can’t practice it full tilt…seems a bit of a long transition at this point…
Probably the reason ONLY 7 teams employ it and only 2 run it well.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
I went to the games in LA, the only significant difference was the crowds were sparser and disconnected from the game compared to Oakland crowds. Fans in Oakland were much more intense. In LA they were just looking to go to a place to look cool and show their colors. Walking to the parking with limited security was always an adventure.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Brahs, it’s your best blog buddy, The Beeeech Diggity Dawg
buddy is what gay men call each other. right buddy?
September 20th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Post # 78…………… EXACTLY!
September 20th, 2012 at 12:05 pm
KoolKell Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:49 am
Guest123 Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:41 am
I agree L.A. Raider Dave
I never felt comfortable with those fans or being associated with them on TV. They look like walking poster children for birth control.
Back in the day, the Raider fans that I knew were blue collar, flannel shirts over jeans and hardhats and lunchpails. Rough and tumble types who worked over at the loading docks and shipyard as longshoremen and pipefitters. They didn’t dress like freaks, they left the gey halloween makeup to the 49er grey poupon jetset fans.
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Yep,
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I bet the costumed fans aren’t the ones getting in fights and acting like drunk idiots.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:05 pm
Why would any team go with a scheme that you can’t practice, IN PRACTICE???
Way to go Dennis! WAY. TO. GO!
September 20th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
L.A. Raider Dave Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:54 am
I remember Raider Gorrilla, Darth Raider, and the dude with the bandana and shoulder pads. That was it. I dont even see those guys anymore.
Darth Raider still goes, but not in costume. He does sell some cool stuff though
September 20th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Seeing how the Raiders power ranking is 32nd in the league, and they have an illiterate dummy for a GM,..lets say we talk about what fans wear in the stands. Lol,..these poor blog losers,..sinking lower and lower. Poor babies. LMAO
September 20th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
You got the Raider fans who look like rejects from Rob Zombie video and then you got the dumb ass thugs looking for fights. I’m sure most Raider fans are just normal dudes like Klas.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Darth Raider at every game,..section 127,…his name is Charles.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Why would any team go with a scheme that you can’t practice, IN PRACTICE???
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Impossible to evaluate until thrown into the fire, but by then it’s too late. Maybe the entire season is just one big extended preseason for next year?
September 20th, 2012 at 12:08 pm
The costumes started With the original ‘Darth Raider’…
Back when he started, he’d walk around the coliseum all game, instead of posting up on the rail like the modern macabre crew…regardless of what I think about the get ups, those folks lay their money down and attend the games and support the team.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:09 pm
GRUDEN 2013 GRUDEN 2013
September 20th, 2012 at 12:09 pm
post 93.
And you have the temerity to join us blog losers. So what does that make you?
September 20th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Seems like Raider fans are the only ones in sports who come with preconceived notions about what type of person they are.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Not a loser like you babe. GRUDEN 2013
September 20th, 2012 at 12:11 pm
Which media’ outlets “power rankings” determines who gets in the playoffs?
September 20th, 2012 at 12:11 pm
Yo, all you blog dorks get set for some hella cool new jams by the Beeeech Diggity’s island-cool reggae band Rasta Ganja
We’re rehearsing pretty soon for our huge show this weekend at an upscale seafood restaurant in San Diego
You know the party will be POPPIN’ after we get our free after-show scampi appetizer and teriyaki glazed mahi mahi
Then its back to the suite for a mad smoke out session and then finger bang whatever groupies are lucky enough to get invited
THAT’S JUST HOW THEM BIG DAWGS BARK, MEOW
September 20th, 2012 at 12:11 pm
AmysInCharge Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Darth Raider at every game,..section 127,…his name is Charles.
That’s right! I was thinking of Dark Raider!
September 20th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Oh who cares Duckie,…I say theyre ranked 32nd,..that is good enough for you.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
And the Gorilla still goes! Even on the road!
But yes, the vast majority of us are jeans, jersey/shirts, hats crew…
September 20th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
there you are beeechy! still trying to pass yourself off as a hetero? every one knows about us now
September 20th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Gotcha Hawaiin bro,.my bad,..I know that old dude too,..he stayed away recently cause his wife died,..but hes remarried and back,..he sells his old original dark raider shirts in the parking lots.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:14 pm
Since our OLine is leaking like a sieve, ow out we run some traps, misdirections, or even a pitch to the edge?
I saw the pitch left against SD early on, and it gained good yards.
Seems like it’s disappeared since…
Got to use the Pitt D aggressiveness against them early, but to sure if we will.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:14 pm
beechy dawg has a chippendales calender. he really does
September 20th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
hwnrdr Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
And the Gorilla still goes! Even on the road!
But yes, the vast majority of us are jeans, jersey/shirts, hats crew…
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Hwnrdr,
That’s great to know. I don’t doubt it. But it’s not what the TV cameras focus in on. Did you see the replay of the Charger game when late in the 4th quarter and camera pans to idiot Raider fans mugging for the camera and smiling while we are getting our butts kicked? Those fools made Raider fans in general look like clowns. I know that’s a miniscule % of the fanbase, but on TV that’s all we see.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
Gotta roll,..lunch at the Arbys on Sunrise/White Rock today,…cya peeps. #HorseySauce
September 20th, 2012 at 12:17 pm
AmysInCharge Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
Gotta roll,..lunch at the Arbys on Sunrise/White Rock today,…cya peeps. #HorseySauce
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Choke on your sandwich and die.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:17 pm
AmysInCharge Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Gotcha Hawaiin bro,.my bad,..I know that old dude too,..he stayed away recently cause his wife died,..but hes remarried and back,..he sells his old original dark raider shirts in the parking lots.
Yup. Haven’t seen him in a couple years though! Good to know he’s back!
September 20th, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Back to the team…our WR depth right now is sorely lacking. Trading Murphy might not have been the smartest thing to do.
IMO…after Moore and DHB the talent drop off is steep. Streater and Criner are still learning the pro game.
And speaking of WRs…do any of you remember the year that James Jett had like 12 of 13 TDs? I think that was the year we had George as our QB.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:18 pm
guest123 Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
hwnrdr Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
And the Gorilla still goes! Even on the road!
But yes, the vast majority of us are jeans, jersey/shirts, hats crew…
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Hwnrdr,
That’s great to know. I don’t doubt it. But it’s not what the TV cameras focus in on. Did you see the replay of the Charger game when late in the 4th quarter and camera pans to idiot Raider fans mugging for the camera and smiling while we are getting our butts kicked? Those fools made Raider fans in general look like clowns. I know that’s a miniscule % of the fanbase, but on TV that’s all we see.
That’s always though!
September 20th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Just to give all you Goobers a taste of what you’ll be missing this weekend, here’s a brand new jam we’re busting out
Imagine these sweet lyrics over wafting steel drums, rockin but smooth bass and a bunch of Jamaican babes with huge knockers chanting Ooooo La La LaLa
It’s called “How Grand Be Thy Beeeech Lawg”
In Kingston, Mon, there be nothing meaner
Than the length and width of the Beeech Dawg weiner
Stand back, pray to Jah and then applaud
To the magnificence, Mon, of the mighty Beeech Lawg
SHOUT OUT TO SNOOP LION< RASTA BRAH 4 LIFE
September 20th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Guest123 Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 11:57 am
Raider fans I knew back then (I was just a kid), would stick together and show great love and respect to their team. It was common for them to meet players like Sistrunk and Hendricks at the local bar and buy them beers. It was truly Oakland’s community team. That was before they went Hollywood.
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That was before Free Agency when players lived in the neighborhood.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
amy is choking on horsey sauce. that happens all the time with her especially with the bigger guys
September 20th, 2012 at 12:28 pm
L.A. Raider Dave Says:
I remember Raider Gorrilla, Darth Raider, and the dude with the bandana and shoulder pads. That was it. I dont even see those guys anymore.
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Probably drank themselves to death after the 2006 season. That or in San Quentin.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Ive finally stopped vomiting from the miami fückfest……no wait..
September 20th, 2012 at 12:45 pm
694.VanHeathen30 Says:
September 20th, 2012 at 10:34 am
The ads we are running right now make me ill….
Hearing ‘Mumbles’ and the ‘Boy Wonder’ speak makes me cringe.
Neither ofmthesentwo have done Jack squat and hearing the phrase,
“get us to where we want to be” sounds so vague and hallow…
Loser BS all the way…
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That is explained away as “coach speak” and everyone does it i’ve been told.
Some coaches actually do say something that means something…
It seems that DA has memorized every lame azz cliche that can possibly said…so utterly meaningless.
“Uhhhh we’re just trying to get better every day and grow as a football team”. “Uhhh… we’ll look at the film and see where we can improve and make some adjustments”.
Really? Wow! That’s awesome. Now I feel better.
Instead of memorizing the “Coach’s Hanbook of Meaningless Mind Numbing Cliches for Every Occassion”, he should be thinking of realistic ways he can win football games…Not ways of demoralizing the fan base by defiantly adhering to some “system” that has created nothing but shameful and embarrassing football on the filed.
The cliche’s would be tolerable if he wasn’t trotting out the worst football team in the NFL.