Raiders in midst of final practice before bye
By Steve Corkran
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012 at 12:04 pm in Oakland Raiders.
No surprises, or new faces, on the practice field today, as the Raiders get in one last practice before breaking for four days during the bye week.
Cornerback Shawntae Spencer (foot), right offensive tackle Khalif Barnes (groin), defensive tackle Richard Seymour (unknown) and tight end Richard Gordon (hamstring) are the only players not taking part in the proceedings.
Wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey (concussion) is practicing for the second straight day. We spotted him running routes and catching passes, too, which bodes well for a return against the Atlanta Falcons on Oct. 14.
Not sure what’s up with Seymour not practicing. He was here Monday and Tuesday. Best guess is, coach Dennis Allen gave Seymour the day off so that Seymour could fly to Georgia to spend more time with his family. That has been the case in recent seasons.
– Word is circulating that the league will consider moving the Raiders-Jaguars game to Monday night, Oct. 22, if the A’s advance to the American League Championship Series.
The A’s could host Game 6 and or 7 that weekend, depending upon how things play out. Not worth worrying about this early, but be forewarned if you have tickets to that game.
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October 3rd, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Primero
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:05 pm
snake eyes
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Maybe some of these guys should contemplate early retirement.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Big news Knapp is not at practice!!! Oh never mind he was just stuck behind the offensive line and couldn’t get to the open field. My bad!
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Shek Quatro
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:09 pm
I’m feeling Knapptastic baby!
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:09 pm
– Word is circulating that the league will consider moving the Raiders-Jaguars game to Monday night, Oct. 22, if the A’s advance to the American League Championship Series.
The A’s could host Game 6 and or 7 that weekend, depending upon how things play out. Not worth worrying about this early, but be forewarned if you have tickets to that game.
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Speak for yourself Cork i have to put my vacation time in two weeks in advance so i need to know asap! My be one of the only games worth watching.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:09 pm
DMAC Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Seymour Bush Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:02 pm
DMAC Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 11:57 am
Jackson = a great play caller
I would bring em back to run the offense. Thats about it.
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If Jackson was as great a play caller as some of you think, Janikowsky would not have had such a great year. Jackson would set up for FG’s not TD’s. That’s one of the reasons why we lost. And let’s not even start about the goose eggs he kept putting up in the 2nd half of games.
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Who would you have running the offense right about now?
Hue or Knapp?
Its not even close.
Knapp came in wit this BS zone scheme. Totally fked our offense up.
Last year the problem wasn’t the offense, it was the defense.
This year its both.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Knapp may suck, but so did Hue. He had to go. Period. You guys need to move on from that sh!t.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:11 pm
I’m sure the whole country is going to stay up late to watch the Raiders-Jags game.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Who would you have running the offense right about now?
Hue or Knapp?
Its not even close.
Knapp came in wit this BS zone scheme. Totally fked our offense up.
Last year the problem wasn’t the offense, it was the defense.
This year its both.
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I don’t think there is ANY doubt the new regime has come here to put certain systems in place, got rid of some of the very high contracts and are in the process of seeing who fits and who doesn’t in the new org.
This was not about taking an 8-8 team and trying to win a game or two more. This year was about installing the new regimes systems and seeing which players mesh. You don’t blow up a young 11-5 team. An 8-8 team? Yep.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:13 pm
DutchRaider77 Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:05 pm
@YoungAmerican
So you agree with Mistic that all that ails the Raiders offense is a bad QB?
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No. That’s why I’ve repeatedly said that Palmer isn’t the cause of the Raiders’ offensive woes.
But if Geno Smith keeps playing the way he has been (he’s been the best player in CFB thus far), and the Raider scouts consider him the type of player who can carry a team, they’d be insane to pass on him just because they have a 32-year-old Carson Palmer.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Seymour Bush Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Who would you have running the offense right about now?
Hue or Knapp?
Its not even close.
Knapp came in wit this BS zone scheme. Totally fked our offense up.
Last year the problem wasn’t the offense, it was the defense.
This year its both.
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I don’t think there is ANY doubt the new regime has come here to put certain systems in place, got rid of some of the very high contracts and are in the process of seeing who fits and who doesn’t in the new org.
This was not about taking an 8-8 team and trying to win a game or two more. This year was about installing the new regimes systems and seeing which players mesh. You don’t blow up a young 11-5 team. An 8-8 team? Yep.
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You don’t blow up a 8-8 team.
You build on it!
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:14 pm
Awesome news, blog nerds and goobers!
Like I’ve been telling you all year, Farmer’s Field is now a reality and the Silver & Black will soon be packing up to head to their rightful home
Gotta kick my luxury box plans into overdrive, only got 3 more years to design the buffet menu
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nfl/story/_/id/8457561/agreement-signed-build-nfl-stadium-la
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:15 pm
The Beeech Dawg Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:14 pm
Awesome news, blog nerds and goobers!
Like I’ve been telling you all year, Farmer’s Field is now a reality and the Silver & Black will soon be packing up to head to their rightful home
Gotta kick my luxury box plans into overdrive, only got 3 more years to design the buffet menu
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nfl/story/_/id/8457561/agreement-signed-build-nfl-stadium-la
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Good luck w/ your new Dischargers/Rams team
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says: Hue jack started the ball rolling deconstructing davis’s raiders when he brought in palmer, the qb that davis vetoed in the off season. ” palmer and knapp will need to produce big time “=================================So now it’s revisionist history and slander by association. This is freaking hilarious. I’d say you can’t make this kind of sh1t up, except mistic does.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:16 pm
You don’t blow up a 8-8 team.
You build on it!
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Al and Hue should have thought about that when they mortgaged the team’s future with big-money contracts for aging and underperforming players, and by shipping away all their draft picks.
There was no more room to build. They preached “win now” and they didn’t. Time to try something new.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:17 pm
DutchRaider77 Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:05 pm
@YoungAmerican
So you agree with Mistic that all that ails the Raiders offense is a bad QB?
That our running game isn’t the fault of the O-Line or McFadden, but Palmer…
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i have never made these claims
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Raiders RapidReports @CBSRaiders
Darren McFadden ranks 21st in the NFL in rushing with 201 yards on 57 carries, an average of 3.5 per attempt. He averaged 5.4 last year.
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Raiders RapidReports @CBSRaiders
The Raiders rank 28th in total defense, allowing 411.5 net yards per game. They’re 26th against the pass and 22nd against the run.
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Raiders RapidReports @CBSRaiders
The Raiders are on pace to allow a franchise record 500 points, which would snap the mark of 458 set in 1961.
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Raiders RapidReports @CBSRaiders
The Raiders played only 14 games in ‘61 when it allowed a team record 458 points. That team allowed 32.7 ppg. This team is allowing 31.25.
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Nothing to see here, just move along.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:20 pm
12.YoungAmerican Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:13 pm
DutchRaider77 Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:05 pm
@YoungAmerican
So you agree with Mistic that all that ails the Raiders offense is a bad QB?
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No. That’s why I’ve repeatedly said that Palmer isn’t the cause of the Raiders’ offensive woes.
But if Geno Smith keeps playing the way he has been (he’s been the best player in CFB thus far), and the Raider scouts consider him the type of player who can carry a team, they’d be insane to pass on him just because they have a 32-year-old Carson Palmer.
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Cool, just making sure. Always a level-headed poster and drafting a QB like Smith would be very nice.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:23 pm
Gotta run peoples!
Go A’s! (lets get it)
Go Dubs!
Go Cal Bears! (fire Tedford)
Go Raiders!
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:23 pm
defensive tackle Richard Seymour (unknown)
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LOL. This is what it’s come with Seymour. Unknown, and it’s a chronic condition.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Richard Seymour talks a good game but half the things he says he could recite in his sleep. I am so over Dick.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Purvisman/Intrepid/ Full Disclosure Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says: Hue jack started the ball rolling deconstructing davis’s raiders when he brought in palmer, the qb that davis vetoed in the off season. ” palmer and knapp will need to produce big time “=================================So now it’s revisionist history and slander by association. This is freaking hilarious. I’d say you can’t make this kind of sh1t up, except mistic does.
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That’s how trolls roll.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Cool, just making sure. Always a level-headed poster and drafting a QB like Smith would be very nice.
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Appreciate that.
Yeah, the way I see it, the QB is the most important player on the field. So if you find a guy who you think can be elite, you’ve got to take him unless you already have a guy who is young and clearly elite. You just don’t know when another player like that is going to fall into your lap.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Word is circulating that the league will consider moving the Raiders-Jaguars game to Monday night,
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That game should draw a big audience.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Maybe Seymour should just stay in Georgia.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Just talked to my contractor, turns out he’s going to need a city permit to put a mini mud wrestling pit in my Farmer’s Field luxury box
Something about all those stripper va-jay-jays mixing with mud being a health hazard
I’m sure it’ll pass when they hear we’ll clean down the ladies’ privates with Sierra Mist & bleach
Dang, our buffet menu will be straight POPPIN’
Working on a new Kobe beef slider with prosciutto and minced serrano chilis that’ll make Mario Batali weep in his swim trunks
PLAYAS BEIN’ PLAYAS
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Can Houdini inject some life into this Knappy offense?
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:29 pm
Raiderbuck Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Raiders RapidReports @CBSRaiders
Darren McFadden ranks 21st in the NFL in rushing with 201 yards on 57 carries, an average of 3.5 per attempt. He averaged 5.4 last year.
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Raiders RapidReports @CBSRaiders
The Raiders rank 28th in total defense, allowing 411.5 net yards per game. They’re 26th against the pass and 22nd against the run.
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Raiders RapidReports @CBSRaiders
The Raiders are on pace to allow a franchise record 500 points, which would snap the mark of 458 set in 1961.
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Raiders RapidReports @CBSRaiders
The Raiders played only 14 games in ‘61 when it allowed a team record 458 points. That team allowed 32.7 ppg. This team is allowing 31.25.
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Nothing to see here, just move along.
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These aren’t the droids your looking for.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:29 pm
So I hear some suckas in here think I’m good?!
Listen, I couldn’t pass for stink at OSU, I couldn’t do it in practice, and I don’t even want TO FIND OUT how bad I would be vs #1s.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:30 pm
Seymour missed practice today after he overdosed on kool aid and proceeded to say the defense was on the verge of turning the corner, soon after he was treated and put on bed rest(by that i mean sleeping though half of every game).
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:32 pm
In pre-season, everytime I took the snap and dropped back, all I saw was a large swarm of bodies running around the field with no rhyme or reason.
Confusing as heck.
I needed a roll-out with a ONE-WR route option to make sense of it all.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:32 pm
11.Seymour Bush Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Who would you have running the offense right about now?
Hue or Knapp?
Its not even close.
Knapp came in wit this BS zone scheme. Totally fked our offense up.
Last year the problem wasn’t the offense, it was the defense.
This year its both.
============================================
I don’t think there is ANY doubt the new regime has come here to put certain systems in place, got rid of some of the very high contracts and are in the process of seeing who fits and who doesn’t in the new org.
This was not about taking an 8-8 team and trying to win a game or two more. This year was about installing the new regimes systems and seeing which players mesh. You don’t blow up a young 11-5 team. An 8-8 team? Yep.
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That depends if you are coming DOWN to 8-8 from let’s say, 12-4 for a couple of seasons, or you have come UP to 8-8 from 5-11.
Good thing they didn’t blow up Gruden’s team when he went 8-8.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:34 pm
I’d take a one legged EJ Henderson right about now.
McSlow has got to go.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:35 pm
Where’s Jarvis Moss?
cut Crawford?
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Yo, we went 8-8 last year with a 30th-ranked D and 4 different QBs.
Dats called smoke n mirrors.
We beat the Caleb-Hanie-led Bears, the Chiefs, Kyle-Orton’s Broncos, and lost to EVERY good team we played.
We wasn’t legit.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Try Some Reality Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Purvisman/Intrepid/ Full Disclosure Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says: Hue jack started the ball rolling deconstructing davis’s raiders when he brought in palmer, the qb that davis vetoed in the off season. ” palmer and knapp will need to produce big time “=================================So now it’s revisionist history and slander by association. This is freaking hilarious. I’d say you can’t make this kind of sh1t up, except mistic does.
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That’s how trolls roll.
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why are you so upset with me?
you dont remember people saying that hu jack wanted carson all along? this may have been rumor but it was clear from jacksons presser on trade day that carson was not an option as long as jc was healthy.
are you upset about palmer and knapps, try out status?
dont blame me that is how rebuilds go
why so butt hurt?
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Losing Spencer was a big fk’n blow to our D.
We need him healthy after the bye week.
Cut Hanson
Move Lee to cover the slot
Huffy back to safety
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:37 pm
18.Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:17 pm
DutchRaider77 Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:05 pm
@YoungAmerican
So you agree with Mistic that all that ails the Raiders offense is a bad QB?
That our running game isn’t the fault of the O-Line or McFadden, but Palmer…
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i have never made these claims
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Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
October 2nd, 2012 at 3:47 pm
i think he would make dmac and reece better as his boot leg threat would suddenly open running lanes for the stretch play, that dont exist with mr instant up grade at the helm
Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:08 pm
…I know you and 99% of the rest made the excuse the palmer needed dmac and moore then we would be light years ahead of the team we had last year.
well it hasnt happend we have scored 13-14 and 6 in the losses, we are one of the worst 3rd down teams in football and that is where the qb makes his living.
sorry the palmer trade is shaping up to be a major flop, just short of herschel walker
Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:12 pm
who the hell cares about jc?
but since you brought it up the jc led 4-2 raiders were hands down the best team and with the best qb we have had since gannon. 12-7 undefeated in the division and number one in the division. the team has gone backwards ever since, 5-9 yes backwards
That team was far far far better than what palmer has led.
how can this be argued?
Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:17 pm
…as of now he is leading our silver and black pirate ship straight to davey jones locker.
The qb touches the ball on every offensivessnap he deserves much of the credit and blame. he has been pedestrian this season and he stunk last year
Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:15 pm
bra your excuses are making me dizzy. Lats year it was the health of the surrounding team no dmac and moore no off season this year its all this other stuff. When does it end?
We won with that awful defense last year and the same o-line
Palmer has not delivered it is that simple
the trade to this point is a bust
The trade is a flop at this moment, no matter how deep your love for him runs
Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:37 pm
….i said palmer would not lead an offensive juggernught, evn with a healthy dmac and moore and full off season, he hasnt
i sadi he would lead us strait a rebuilding status… he has
dont shoot the messenger
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That is only two posts…
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:37 pm
You definitely build on an 8-8 season!!! Especially if you had the same or a lessor record the season before. Most all owners would tell you that!!! Most all fans will tell you that. Continuity is what is preached all over the NFL. Now we here from the few that will abandon that concept with coach Hue Jackson and apply it with an unproven Reggie and DA. What hyporites!!
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:38 pm
As long as there aren’t any Calvin Johnson types in the draft, I’m cool with taking a flyer on Geno Smith if our scouts think he’s the real deal.
FTR, I wanted Calvin back in 97. Much safer pick, and I side with lower risk over greater upside. Russell was a swing for the fences and a pop up to the shortstop.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:38 pm
DutchRaider77 Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:20 pm
12.YoungAmerican Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:13 pm
DutchRaider77 Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:05 pm
@YoungAmerican
So you agree with Mistic that all that ails the Raiders offense is a bad QB?
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No. That’s why I’ve repeatedly said that Palmer isn’t the cause of the Raiders’ offensive woes.
But if Geno Smith keeps playing the way he has been (he’s been the best player in CFB thus far), and the Raider scouts consider him the type of player who can carry a team, they’d be insane to pass on him just because they have a 32-year-old Carson Palmer.
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Cool, just making sure. Always a level-headed poster and drafting a QB like Smith would be very nice.
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dont put words in my mouth dutch i can speak for myself and i have never made these outlandish claims you accuse me of
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:39 pm
taking callers’ questions here:
Caller: “Pryor, these cats be dissing your OSU 65% completion rate. What you say to that?”
Well…
It’s kinda embarrassing to admit, but I played well vs teams like the Ohio Bobcats, Indiana Hoosiers, and Western Michigan. I didn’t even know there was a Western Michigan football team. It was like playing vs high schoolers.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:39 pm
Hey Roger
Do us all a favor and suspend McDummy already!
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:39 pm
this team should have to
practice thru the bye….
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:39 pm
I hate losing to the Donkey’s before the bye week. Especially like that. Almost no way in the world (as a married family man that is) to wash the stink outta my mouth….
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:40 pm
Hey Mistic
I’m not very good.
Hue trusted Boller over me. Think about that with all deez rookie QB cats out here balling already.
And this regime says I have the accuracy of a sprinkler.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:41 pm
JLofty Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:39 pm
I hate losing to the Donkey’s before the bye week. Especially like that. Almost no way in the world (as a married family man that is) to wash the stink outta my mouth….
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Thank God for the A’s and weed!
Eases my pain.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:41 pm
In honor of the new Farmer’s Field, I’ve invited 2 totally wasted strippers over to the Beeeech Pad to get their va-jay-jays eaten clean out
The Beeeech Diggity is in the mood for a little light lunch, whut whut
Brahs, totally pumped about the Lake Show & Silver & Black both playing downtown, only minutes away from Spearmint Rhino
This means I’ll save tons of jack on stretch limos, holla
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Yo, this one time I played a legit NCAA defense, deyz called Wisconsin.
I was 14-28 for only 156 yards, 0 TDs, and 1 INT.
And dat was one of my better games vs good teams.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Most all fans will tell you that.
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And after all, fans always know what they’re talking about.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:42 pm
You don’t blow up a 8-8 team.
You build on it!
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8-8 is not very good. I am absolutely positive that the new regime said, 8-8 is not very good. Let’s install our systems and see who fits at the end of year one.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Al_is_theraiders Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:39 pm
this team should have to
practice thru the bye….
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I second that!
So much work to be done!
How much of a break can you possibly need after 4 games.
sheesh.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:43 pm
37.terrell_pryor Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Yo, we went 8-8 last year with a 30th-ranked D and 4 different QBs.
Dats called smoke n mirrors.
We beat the Caleb-Hanie-led Bears, the Chiefs, Kyle-Orton’s Broncos, and lost to EVERY good team we played.
We wasn’t legit.
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8-8 isn’t bad with a 30th ranked D, although NE had the 32nd ranked D and went 12-4(?), and GB gave up most passing yds. in league history and went 15-1.
It’s hard to make sense of it all sometimes.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:43 pm
Dem big boys in Wisconsin.
The other time I played them, I was 5 for 13, whoa homie, slow your roll! 5 for 13 with an INT.
Scared scouts away.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:43 pm
Again -
If you “build” on an 8-8 season, Al and Hue should have thought about that when they mortgaged the team’s future with big-money contracts for aging and underperforming players, and by shipping away all their draft picks.
There was no more room to build. They preached “win now” and they didn’t. Time to try something new.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:43 pm
DutchRaider77 Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:37 pm
18.Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:17 pm
DutchRaider77 Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:05 pm
@YoungAmerican
So you agree with Mistic that all that ails the Raiders offense is a bad QB?
That our running game isn’t the fault of the O-Line or McFadden, but Palmer…
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thanks for reposting my takes dutch but where in there does it say ‘ all that ails the Raiders offense is a bad QB?”
or
“That our running game isn’t the fault of the O-Line or McFadden, but Palmer”?
they dont exist because i never said them.
i did say that the running game would improve with mobility at qb. i made no claims about palmer being the only reason for anything
in order to have respect lets not make things up
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:44 pm
@Mistic
See above, that is only a small sample…
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:45 pm
That depends if you are coming DOWN to 8-8 from let’s say, 12-4 for a couple of seasons, or you have come UP to 8-8 from 5-11.
Good thing they didn’t blow up Gruden’s team when he went 8-8.
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Normally teams that are on an upward swing don’t change regimes.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:45 pm
you cant build on 8-8 when you fire the coach and dismiss the starting qb.
ill say it again new owner + new gm+ new hc+ new qb = REBUILD ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:46 pm
try something new as in 1-3?
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:47 pm
You don’t climb up half a mountain, just to jump off!
You continue to climb!
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:47 pm
DutchRaider77 Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:44 pm
@Mistic
See above, that is only a small sample…
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NO WHERE IN THOSE POST DID I SAY
‘ all that ails the Raiders offense is a bad QB?”
or
“That our running game isn’t the fault of the O-Line or McFadden, but Palmer”
so dont lie on me thanks
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Most NFL coaches owners will tell you that. I though maybe you had trouble reading that part.
52.YoungAmerican Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Most all fans will tell you that.
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And after all, fans always know what they’re talking about.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:48 pm
I can’t see blowing up the #7 running game, and the #5 Oline in the name of rebuilding.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Holla! Chargers back in 1st place were they belong biotches! Feels good to be back on top (that’s what she said). Hooha! I almost feel sorry for you chumps. Year after year you come back hoping for wins and it never comes. Maybe you will eventually recover from the spanking we gave you Monday night. In the meantime, cure your ills to the smooth sounds of my band Divebomber!
http://www.divebomber.org/
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:50 pm
2romes Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Most NFL coaches owners will tell you that. I though maybe you had trouble reading that part.
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Most NFL coaches and owners will tell you that every situation is different – especially the one that the Raiders are in. Most NFL coaches and owners also have a lot of respect for Reggie McKenzie and Dennis Allen.
So you’re basically talking a bunch of s***.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:50 pm
KoolKell Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:48 pm
I can’t see blowing up the #7 running game, and the #5 Oline in the name of rebuilding.
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Why do some of you keep insisting we had the number five oline and that it is the same? The only player in the same position is Veldheer at LT. Everything else is different. Why can some of you not quite get that?
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Why would you rebuild the #5 Oline?
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:50 pm
The Raiders are on pace to allow a franchise record 500 points, which would snap the mark of 458 set in 1961.
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Raiders RapidReports @CBSRaiders
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That’s awesome, but we have a “defensive minded” HC that’ll fix that…right?
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Hey KookyKell, what do you think will happen first? You sell a house or Raiders have a winning season? Holla, city of ballers!
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Seymour Bush Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:45 pm
That depends if you are coming DOWN to 8-8 from let’s say, 12-4 for a couple of seasons, or you have come UP to 8-8 from 5-11.
Good thing they didn’t blow up Gruden’s team when he went 8-8.
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Normally teams that are on an upward swing don’t change regimes.
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losing 4 of your last 5 games including 12 , 20, and 30 point blowouts is an upward swing?!?!?!?!
we lost our mojo in the cleveland game and never recovered
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:45 pm
you cant build on 8-8 when you fire the coach and dismiss the starting qb.
ill say it again new owner + new gm+ new hc+ new qb = REBUILD ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT
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That’s the way I see it. And frankly the way this franchise has played the last 10 years? Good! Blow it the fu** up!
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:53 pm
I have to go soon. Have some San Diego hotties coming over to play some naked volleyball. Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World!
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Fool can’t even spell Terrelle Pryor. Try re-enrolling in elementary school.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:54 pm
I not talking Sh**. Ask Norv Turner.
bomber.org/68.YoungAmerican Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:50 pm
2romes Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Most NFL coaches owners will tell you that. I though maybe you had trouble reading that part.
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Most NFL coaches and owners will tell you that every situation is different – especially the one that the Raiders are in. Most NFL coaches and owners also have a lot of respect for Reggie McKenzie and Dennis Allen.
So you’re basically talking a bunch of s***.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:55 pm
Charged Up’s! bonafide stone cold Super Bowl pick!
Chargers 30
Vikings 20
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:57 pm
Where is my bro Beeech Dawg at? He was partying hard at our last show.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:58 pm
You absolutely are talking s***. You’re thinking like a fan. Short-term. Impatient. Unaware of the business side of football. Unable to comprehend the circumstances the Raiders found themselves in. Unwilling to recognize what it takes to build a consistently successful team, and the fact that the Raiders did not have those elements in place last season.
Sorry, I don’t enjoy interacting with fans who have no grasp of reality.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:58 pm
…And the precentage of losing coaches that lost the77.2romes Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:54 pm
I not talking Sh**. Ask Norv Turner.
bomber.org/68.YoungAmerican Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:50 pm
2romes Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Most NFL coaches owners will tell you that. I though maybe you had trouble reading that part.
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Most NFL coaches and owners will tell you that every situation is different – especially the one that the Raiders are in. Most NFL coaches and owners also have a lot of respect for Reggie McKenzie and Dennis Allen.
So you’re basically talking a bunch of s***.
ir job were?
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:00 pm
YoungAmerican Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:58 pm
You absolutely are talking s***. You’re thinking like a fan. Short-term. Impatient. Unaware of the business side of football. Unable to comprehend the circumstances the Raiders found themselves in. Unwilling to recognize what it takes to build a consistently successful team, and the fact that the Raiders did not have those elements in place last season.
Sorry, I don’t enjoy interacting with fans who have no grasp of reality.
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Truth. Raiders need to take lessons from the Chargers. Spanos has built a solid foundation here. One of the most successful teams of the last decade.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Man, some of you guys are just play silly. OK, let’s say by some miracle that Almighty God waves a magic wand and appoints some of YOU to run the Joke-sonville Jackoffs. Well, as crazy as this sounds, even with some of you guys, you are not going to say, “OK, we went 5-11 last year. There are some good things here. let’s just keep everything the way it is, or tinker with one or two things and next year, and we will be 14-2″. It is not going to happen that way. You are going to dismantle what is here, and put in your systems, beliefs and players. Over time.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Whats crackin “bras”? <—- (keyboard style in effect)
I cant wait for the Angels to start buzzing the loft this afternoon, my favorite time of the year, fo sho.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:01 pm
palmer Dmac and the oakland running game.
So someone in here is trying to lie on me, i must now recount my take. pay attention dutch.
1. Dmac is a poor fit for the zone scheme. he did run zone in college but it was mainly out of a wild cta package, where he would fake to felix jones. that play fake bought dmac a split second and forced him to slow down and find the crease. felix did most of the outside zone runs, and dmac would routinly go between the tackles or the first gap. he has never been very good runnig to sidline with his shoulders parallel to the los. Dmac is not suited for the outside zone.
2. plamer is ill suited to run the zone bootleg offense as well. his lack of athleticism means the defense does not respect or even notice his boot leg fakes. as soon as they see the o-line turn side ways they know to sell out to dmac because palmer will not van not keep it. This is one of the main reasons dmac is getting hit in the back field on the outside zone, too many defenders to block.
I have also stated that knapp can counter this with a little mis direction and creativity. jet sweeps ghost motions and reverses would easily help dmac find running lanes and slow down the pursuit to the outside zone.
This is a combination of knapps lack of creativity and ability to maximize players talenst, dmacs strength of down hill running being taken awy, and palmer’s inability to threaten the edge in the boot leg game.
I hope this clears up the confusion cuased by others trying to speak for me.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:02 pm
You don’t climb up half a mountain, just to jump off!
You continue to climb!
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I struggled with this for awhile, but think about it….
Some old dude that loves building cars, passes away and leaves behind a half built “Hot Rod”. Along comes a person who wants to purchase it. He brings it home and tears stuff off, throws some things away and builds HIS vision. He ain’t gonna continue building the “Old Man’s car” who died.
Know what I’m sayin? I dunno, maybe I’m full of Sh*t too. Just trying to make some sense.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Raiders just fired the Head coach that gave them two decent seasons and you used impatient and consistant in your sentence. Interesting!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:06 pm
I struggled with this for awhile, but think about it….
Some old dude that loves building cars, passes away and leaves behind a half built “Hot Rod”. Along comes a person who wants to purchase it. He brings it home and tears stuff off, throws some things away and builds HIS vision. He ain’t gonna continue building the “Old Man’s car” who died.
Know what I’m sayin? I dunno, maybe I’m full of Sh*t too. Just trying to make some sense.
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No I know what you’re saying. It’s not completely on the mark though. The dude who built the car likely put so much more time and effort and part of his soul to obtain the vision of his dream car. The guy that is buying it has little or no appreciation of the custom fenders he had to special order and took 6 months to get on back order. The new owner just tears them off with a prybar like they were junk.
That’s kind of the way I see Mark Davis’s view of the franchise. He didn’t build it, runs it now as a businesse venture only, and it wouldn’t kill him to see it die on the vine if it secured his independent wealth. He didn’t create it so it’s easier to destroy.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:07 pm
Dmac is a poor fit for the zone scheme.
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Prior to this season, the best season McFadden had as a pro was in the zone system. So, once again, whoever keeps saying this just does not know what they are saying. But hey, we have the same Oline as last year.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:07 pm
2romes Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Raiders just fired the Head coach that gave them two decent seasons and you used impatient and consistant in your sentence. Interesting!
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hue was inexperienced and it cost him. he painted himself into a corner, and his actions made him far too untrustworthy. His statments and actions made him lose the trust of players , current and perspective assistant coaches, and most important his boss mark davis and big mck.
Hue was about as diplomatic as the unibomber, and that cost him his job
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:08 pm
The last few times we had back to back 8-8 seasons we then went on to have a pretty good run, never going backwards. Its different now because of the new regime thing, but it just fkin sucks that we finally had a good offense. Hue fixed this same krapp we are seeing now, this is the same damn offense Hue changed and for some reason DA wanted to bring the schit back, fkin depressing
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Dive Bomber couldn’t open for Rasta Ganja’s underwear
If our underwear booked the lamest show EVER
The only reason we party in SD is to bag your women and smoke your weed, Charged Down
Last time we were there I got a hella dope hummer from an up and coming porn star on a mega yacht and had to sign a confidentiality agreement
Guess that’s why they call it the blues
RAIDERS REPRESENT FARMER’S FIELD 2015
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Seymour Bush Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:07 pm
Dmac is a poor fit for the zone scheme.
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Prior to this season, the best season McFadden had as a pro was in the zone system. So, once again, whoever keeps saying this just does not know what they are saying. But hey, we have the same Oline as last year.
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???????
2010 was his best year, wasnt hu jack the oc that year?
regardless he was having by far his best season last year until he got injured, he clealry far better in the gap power scheme
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:13 pm
beechy there you are! have you found a penile enlargement pill that works yet
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Reggie should force the entire Raiders team to come and fetch balls for the A’s in BP. Go AAAAAAA’sssss
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:14 pm
???????
2010 was his best year, wasnt hu jack the oc that year?
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Yes. But they were still running Cables offense. ZBS. They didn’t go into the power scheme til the next year.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:14 pm
theghostronin79 Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:02 pm
You don’t climb up half a mountain, just to jump off!
You continue to climb!
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I struggled with this for awhile, but think about it….
Some old dude that loves building cars, passes away and leaves behind a half built “Hot Rod”. Along comes a person who wants to purchase it. He brings it home and tears stuff off, throws some things away and builds HIS vision. He ain’t gonna continue building the “Old Man’s car” who died.
Know what I’m sayin? I dunno, maybe I’m full of Sh*t too. Just trying to make some sense.
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The difference is their removing perfectly fine parts that already are on the car.
If aint broke, don’t fix it.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:14 pm
Yeah Guest, you put it a bit more descriptively and accurately. Not to mention the “Old Man’s” freinds and family who were already excited about the finished product to come, and now feeling sick watching it get towed off while the buyer is rubbing his hands together feverishly.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:15 pm
The truth is the truth. Hue brought two respectful seasons to the Raiders and fans. A few can try to downgrade that truth because of their own reasons but the truth is 9-7 get many teams in the playoffs That is the truth!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:16 pm
2romes Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Raiders just fired the Head coach that gave them two decent seasons and you used impatient and consistant in your sentence. Interesting!
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Hue wasn’t the right guy to preside over a rebuild. And no matter what, it was going to be a rebuild. The Raiders lost the one guy who was in charge of all things football operations since the 60s.
The Raiders needed a quiet, business-like approach to teach these players discipline and accountability – which for the young players drafted into the organization would be the first time they are taught these things.
Hue Jackson and Al Davis both preached “win now”. To do so, they traded away the top 3 draft picks the Raiders had, and created an unsustainable salary cap situation. And it wasn’t enough for the Raiders to “win now”.
And you wanted Hue Jackson to “build” on last season? With what? He’d still have to find a way to shed nearly $30 million to get under the salary cap. And he’d have no draft picks to restock the cupboard. And Hue Jackson is the guy you want to preside over those decisions? Laughable.
The Raiders needed a real GM with actual front office experience. With a new GM comes new personnel – people who mesh with the GM’s vision of where the team needs to go. THIS is consistency – a consistent philosophy throughout the organization. The only way teams succeed in this league is when their front office, scouting department, coaching staff, and roster are all on the same page. This wasn’t going to happen with Hue Jackson running the show.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:16 pm
Yo, Mistic. Quit being racist.
Palmer is athletic enough. Did you not WATCH last game? Dude was ballin, moving around the pocket, buying time in the end zone, boot-legged just fine.
I can out-run him but he can out-athleticize me inside the pocket and on the move. Dude keeps his eyes down the field.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:16 pm
89.Seymour Bush Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:07 pm
Dmac is a poor fit for the zone scheme.
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Prior to this season, the best season McFadden had as a pro was in the zone system. So, once again, whoever keeps saying this just does not know what they are saying. But hey, we have the same Oline as last year.
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What?
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Yeah DMAC, I hear ya!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Paul Gutierrez @PGutierrezCSN
Seymour excused for personal reason
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This is a perfect example of the entire regime…
This team does not care about the little things….the little things affect the big things…
Seymour obviously wants to get an early start on his vacation….or maybe he wanted to watch the A’s game today….
Either way….this is indicative of the lack of leadership throughout this organization…
No accountability…..it started in Spring Training with Seymour taking days off…
Lets not mention he is the highest paid player on the team….
No one in the building wants to stand up to the man….and this is the result!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:18 pm
WOOOO HOOOO !!!!
ITS 420… PUFF PUFF PASS !!!!
GreenParty rules !!!!!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:19 pm
All this talk about DMAC fitting ZONE or POWER better, Excelling / Regressing, and his skill being brought into question……..
I don’t know how many times I’ve seen him getting contact on the exchange from Palmer, or having 3-4 defenders in persuit as soon as he takes the pitch. Seems to me that it has more to do with SH*T A$$ blocking than anything else.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:20 pm
backstageatapuppetshow Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Paul Gutierrez @PGutierrezCSN
Seymour excused for personal reason
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This is a perfect example of the entire regime…
This team does not care about the little things….the little things affect the big things…
Seymour obviously wants to get an early start on his vacation….or maybe he wanted to watch the A’s game today….
Either way….this is indicative of the lack of leadership throughout this organization…
No accountability…..it started in Spring Training with Seymour taking days off…
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Didn’t you watch the last game where early in the game Seymour knocks down two consecutive passes and then partially blocks the FG attempt? Seymour is not the problem. The other 10 guys are. But you knew that right?
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:22 pm
beechy dawg takes a handful of viagra and still can’t get it up
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:22 pm
Ask the Patriots if they would choose an almost undefeated season rather than winning the Superbowl. That year I would rather be 9-7 and a Superbowl winner than almost undefeated. One game more does not sound unacceptable season.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Seymour Bush Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:20 pm
backstageatapuppetshow Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Paul Gutierrez @PGutierrezCSN
Seymour excused for personal reason
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This is a perfect example of the entire regime…
This team does not care about the little things….the little things affect the big things…
Seymour obviously wants to get an early start on his vacation….or maybe he wanted to watch the A’s game today….
Either way….this is indicative of the lack of leadership throughout this organization…
No accountability…..it started in Spring Training with Seymour taking days off…
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Didn’t you watch the last game where early in the game Seymour knocks down two consecutive passes and then partially blocks the FG attempt? Seymour is not the problem. The other 10 guys are. But you knew that right?
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I don’t give a chit what he did….and neither should anyone else….
We lost that game 37 to 6….but you knew that right?
He should be at practice…
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:24 pm
I don’t give a chit what he did….and neither should anyone else….
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You sound like an idiot.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:25 pm
Seymour Bush Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:24 pm
I don’t give a chit what he did….and neither should anyone else….
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You sound like an idiot.
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Thanks, is that all you got in reply? Surely you can do better than that?
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:29 pm
Vic Tafur@VicTafur
Offense coordinator Greg Knapp said run game “made good strides last week” — in terms of scheme consistency & being in right assignments
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Don’t worry folks we made “good strides” last week so be “patient”. What a joke this is turning out to be with this guy
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:29 pm
Seymour Bush Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:14 pm
???????
2010 was his best year, wasnt hu jack the oc that year?
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Yes. But they were still running Cables offense. ZBS. They didn’t go into the power scheme til the next year.
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Hue added power scheme into the fold and they wer runing both that season. However the only reason that became dmacs best is because he manged to stay healthy for 13 games, he was blowing that season away last season.
why argue about this but dont take my word for it, try nfl offensive line guru BOB WYLIE
I thought that Darren was a back that ran downhill and off tackle,” Wylie told SiriusXM NFL Radio. “He is so fast, he out runs the zone block. … Sometimes your better off just pitching him that ball and letting him run around the corner and around the D. He can do that.” – BOB WYLIE
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:30 pm
One guy has played well all season, and played well in the last game. He is a vet. The team rewarded him by giving him one day off. Seems to make sense to me…So #111.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Mistic is right about how it went down with Hue and the power running game in 114.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:33 pm
A’s are asleep at the wheel, 4 runs with two outs and still going.
Not looking good for the home team “bras”. :/
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:34 pm
The problem with the heavy breathing you expressed is Hue did prove to be worthy. Hue, not Reggie, not DA showed progress that was not made in years. You keep saying Hue did not and could not but he did. What are you happy about when it come to Reggie/DA. Just hope right? They have not proved anything to me yet.
100.YoungAmerican Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:16 pm
2romes Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Raiders just fired the Head coach that gave them two decent seasons and you used impatient and consistant in your sentence. Interesting!
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Hue wasn’t the right guy to preside over a rebuild. And no matter what, it was going to be a rebuild. The Raiders lost the one guy who was in charge of all things football operations since the 60s.
The Raiders needed a quiet, business-like approach to teach these players discipline and accountability – which for the young players drafted into the organization would be the first time they are taught these things.
Hue Jackson and Al Davis both preached “win now”. To do so, they traded away the top 3 draft picks the Raiders had, and created an unsustainable salary cap situation. And it wasn’t enough for the Raiders to “win now”.
And you wanted Hue Jackson to “build” on last season? With what? He’d still have to find a way to shed nearly $30 million to get under the salary cap. And he’d have no draft picks to restock the cupboard. And Hue Jackson is the guy you want to preside over those decisions? Laughable.
The Raiders needed a real GM with actual front office experience. With a new GM comes new personnel – people who mesh with the GM’s vision of where the team needs to go. THIS is consistency – a consistent philosophy throughout the organization. The only way teams succeed in this league is when their front office, scouting department, coaching staff, and roster are all on the same page. This wasn’t going to happen with Hue Jackson running the show.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:34 pm
You dont need probowers at every pos to moce the ball or score tds.. the regression is the direct result of poor coaching.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:34 pm
Epic fail by Griffin and the A’s fielders. Wow.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:34 pm
Score one for Reggie: Kevin Boss ($9M contract with the Queefs) out for year with another concussion: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/nfl/10/03/kevin-boss-ir.ap/index.html?xid=si_nfl
Somebody on here called that one but I can’t remember who…
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:35 pm
Holla!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Hue added power scheme into the fold and they wer runing both that season. However the only reason that became dmacs best is because he manged to stay healthy for 13 games, he was blowing that season away last season.
why argue about this but dont take my word for it, try nfl offensive line guru BOB WYLIE
I thought that Darren was a back that ran downhill and off tackle,” Wylie told SiriusXM NFL Radio. “He is so fast, he out runs the zone block. … Sometimes your better off just pitching him that ball and letting him run around the corner and around the D. He can do that.” – BOB WYLIE
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Again as I have said in here many times before, the zone system is not just a zone system it is a combination of zone and power. If it is lst and goal from the one, teams are going to power block not zone block. It has always been that way, so defenses can’t get comfortable.
With regards to Wylies comments, those comments kind of concern me. And what I mean by that is, when McFadden first got here, I thought the exact same thing Wylie is saying: you can just pitch the ball to McFadden he will scoot around the edge for five yards every time. And basically he can. But you can’t run your offense that way. To be a RB in the league, you have to be able to run between the tackles. That is what the new regime is trying to do with McFadden.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:37 pm
That was an ugly inning “bras”. Reminded me of the Raids last Sunday.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Wake the fk up A’s!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Bad News A’s.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Vic Tafur @VicTafur
Offense coordinator Greg Knapp said run game “made good strides last week” — in terms of scheme consistency & being in right assignments
Vic Tafur @VicTafur
Knapp: “Darren McFadden is running very well, very hard.”
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This is beyond me … how does this guy retain a job. Promte Saunders during the bye week would have been smart to trun this whole thing around.
total BS
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Knapp time!
I’ll b back!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Lotta baseball left in that game.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:40 pm
If you failed to watch McFadden run between the tackles over the past two seasons, then I seriously question your eyesight.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:40 pm
We ran that stupid àss zone from our own goaline… fùcking retarded. Near saftey.. of course.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Knapp was a bad pick at OC. With a defensive minded GM and HC, you need a damn good OC. That being said, Hue was not the guy either. Hue’s better than Knapp, but not so good as to where Reggie should have put off long term plans in order to keep him.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:42 pm
FU KNAPP!!!!!!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Knapp needs to go. Saunders would be a good choice, IF he’s willing to be a part of what McKenzie and Dennis Allen are trying to do. I have no reason to believe he’s not.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Dakota Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:40 pm
If you failed to watch McFadden run between the tackles over the past two seasons, then I seriously question your eyesight.
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I know right, not sure what some people watch sometimes because its not the same game Im watchin, I though we put this DMC couldn’t run between the tackles to bed years ago.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:46 pm
113.realtruraider Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:29 pm
Vic Tafur@VicTafur
Offense coordinator Greg Knapp said run game “made good strides last week” — in terms of scheme consistency & being in right assignments
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Don’t worry folks we made “good strides” last week so be “patient”. What a joke this is turning out to be with this guy
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Omg…See…this is the schytt….aaargh…somebody shoot that guy…Damn him.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Are you hybernating ticket oak?
Im reggie mackenzie not a tree ben
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:46 pm
raiderinparadise Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Vic Tafur @VicTafur
Offense coordinator Greg Knapp said run game “made good strides last week” — in terms of scheme consistency & being in right assignments
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This guy is some sort of a cruel joke being perpetrated on the nation “bras”, fo sho!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:46 pm
I’ve stood up for Knapp out of loyalty to this new system, but I myself expressed doubts toward him being the top offensive guy in this organization back when this staff was put together. Loyalty makes you stupid, and I’ve fallen victim to it myself. Knapp is not a good OC. Runs a WCO and always winds up at 3rd and long. Inexcusable.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Listen,
I know bad. I am bad. I know Knapp is bad.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:47 pm
If that was making good strides what does knapp consider sucking cock?
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Am I on a Pop Warner team? We made good strides? We had some assignments right? Yay, orange slices for not looking lost out there!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Knapp is bad. But Reggie shouldn’t be faulted for firing Hue Jackson. That’s a long term move that had to be made.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Hue Jackson is fkn Vince Lombardi compared to this scrub staff,bottom lip included!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:49 pm
Knapp sounds like he has a four year iron clad contract in his pocket with this ish.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:49 pm
Why don’t they just come out and say they don’t care about this season and everything is just prep for NEXT year?
No. They won’t do that cuz they already came out and said it was NOT that way AND they don’t wanna see a half empty stadium the rest of the way and an angry fan base.
“Making strides”???? Are you f’ing kidding me?
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:50 pm
The A’s look sluggish. I’d hate to think they still have cobwebs from tying one on monday night. Some of them were hitting that champagne pretty hard, right on live t.v., and acting like it. I hope they didn’t overdo it and are finally feeling it today.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:51 pm
This Hue had to go sht These people keep saying around here makes me repeat myself” Dumbest football fans in the world are on this blog!”
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:52 pm
Hue Jackson is not Vince Lombardi next to anyone on the planet. Hue’s better than Knapp, which isn’t hard to be. But that’s as far as it goes. Hue Jackson is not the long term answer for this team at head coach. Hue belongs on a team with a weak minded GM, and that’s not us, whether our GM is Reggie or Al.
News flash: Had Al not passed away, he and Hue would be clashing by now. You’d have to be a fool not to believe it.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Dakota Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:40 pm
If you failed to watch McFadden run between the tackles over the past two seasons, then I seriously question your eyesight.
“He is so fast, he out runs the zone block. … Sometimes your better off just pitching him that ball and letting him run around the corner and around the D. He can do that.” – BOB WYLIE
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That’s Wylie’s comment, not mine.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Why are they torturing us with this friggin goofball.
I’d rather have my testicles put in a vice than see, listen to, or hear about this guy doing or saying ANYTHING.
This is some bizarre, cruel joke.
“MAKING F’ING STRIDES”???
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:55 pm
oakfoshow Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:51 pm
This Hue had to go sht These people keep saying around here makes me repeat myself” Dumbest football fans in the world are on this blog!”
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A buddy of mine moved into the loft Hue vacated after he was let go, found a dirty NFL white sweatband in the closet, must have known he wouldn’t need anything that wasn’t orange in his next gig.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Look how fast Hue started to undo Al’s system immediately after he passed. If Al’s still with us, he’s dusting off the overhead projector right about now.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:56 pm
Your a fkn fool for not relizeing the difference between last year and now. People like you are the reason this blog is full of idiots. 9th in total offense last year.Can you fkn read or what.just shut up and dont bother to respond.Wasteing my time discussing football with a complete dumba$$!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:56 pm
A’s are creeping back into this thing with a no out rally, btw. 5-2
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:57 pm
later Nation !!!
have a good night and never forget
GreenParty rules !!!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:58 pm
A’s coming back. Let’s Go Oak-land!!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:58 pm
9th in total offense.
Is there a trophy for that?
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Fk the A’s. Do you not understand this a Raider blog Reggie lover?
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Greg Knapp said run game “made good strides last week” — in terms of scheme consistency & being in right assignments
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So Mr. Knapp how come McFadden is still struggling in the system and you only scored 6 pts. on Sunday?
Knapp: “Hahahahaha. Let’s keep this in perspective for a minute here…we need to have patience”.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Let’s go A’s!!!!!!!!!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Peace ODB!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Let’s go A’s!
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:00 pm
I bet sullivan44 is a complete failure in life.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Sullivan44 Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:58 pm
9th in total offense.
Is there a trophy for that?
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Yeah there is. In the NFL, It’s called a pink slip.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:00 pm
We should get some “9th in total offense!” t shirts made to mock these guys saying Hue Jackson shouldn’t have been fired.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:01 pm
Gregg Knapp is a nightmare and DA is not absolved for hiring this freaking idiot.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:01 pm
Dumpster knocked out in the bottom of the fourth, me likey!
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:01 pm
While your at it change sports cuz you really suck at learning football.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:01 pm
Dempster is headed to the dumpster.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:02 pm
“I bet sullivan44 is a complete failure in life.”
You would win that bet every time!
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:02 pm
Well, I work and pay taxes. If that makes me a failure, fine. I can live with it.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:02 pm
The only strides Knapp is making is from behind on DA…..that’s the only way he hasn’t been demoted yet.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:03 pm
#172. I bet you can live with it,thats what makes failures failures.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:03 pm
Knapp needs to go. So did Hue.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:03 pm
“We should get some “9th in total offense!” t shirts made to mock these guys saying Hue Jackson shouldn’t have been fired.”
too bad you cant grasp what people are saying in here maybe its selective reading or just a dysfunctional way you go about things.
The issue is not that we are proud of being ranked 9th the issue is that we should be improving on that ranking not regressing.
You seriously could not figure that out?
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:03 pm
DJ Johnny Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:01 pm
Gregg Knapp is a nightmare and DA is not absolved for hiring this freaking idiot.
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While I agree, if you remember correctly McKenzie took his time making a decision on his head coach. That caused a lot of good candidates to be gone by the time we needed a staff. So the pickings were slim. Remember, the Raiders are married right now to McKenzie and Allen. But they are not married to Knapp.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:04 pm
Fair enough. I’m cool with making enough money to live on and know I’m paying my share. There’s a lot of people doing worse than me.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:04 pm
To tell a fanbase after just getting humiliated by your biggest rival in a game where castrated our best player with his retarded play calls and bullschytt system, and only scored two fg’s, that “we made strides” in that game…
I don’t even know what to say…it’s beyond any words I can come up with at the moment.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:04 pm
Even DMAC himself is giving the company line about NOT being frusterated about the lack of rushing success this year, Just gotta keep grinding right? (Of course, what’s he supposed to say? He’s a good soldier)
BULLSH*T, I think he’s frusterated as HELL. Just look at his face and body language when he picks himself up off the ground after a gang tackle for LOSS.
Dude is PISSED the FU*K OFF. He just Claps the ball real hard with both hands in effort not to punch it into the stands.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Silverandblack666 Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:03 pm
“We should get some “9th in total offense!” t shirts made to mock these guys saying Hue Jackson shouldn’t have been fired.”
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Exactly. And on the back of those shirts it should say, “And 16th in Scoring!!!!!
Sponsored by Sookies Nail Salon
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:05 pm
TIED UP BICHES!!!
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:05 pm
There you go!
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Deehanm! The A’s are manufacturing runs ala the Giants, me likey!!
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Remember, the Raiders are married right now to McKenzie and Allen. But they are not married to Knapp.
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So the burning question is…….How stubborn are they gonna be about staying the course?
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:06 pm
For all of you upset at our offensive struggles, I got an idea. Lets send Knapp a care package…by the name of
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Jeff Galooly
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:06 pm
Coco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:07 pm
Tex-ASS sucks!
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:08 pm
theghostronin79 Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Remember, the Raiders are married right now to McKenzie and Allen. But they are not married to Knapp.
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So the burning question is…….How stubborn are they gonna be about staying the course?
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Very stubborn.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:08 pm
A’s have tied the game at 5!!!
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:09 pm
I do believe I just saw Breins mug on the Tee Vee, that dude gets more face time than any kat I know!
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:09 pm
175.Sullivan44 Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:03 pm
Knapp needs to go. So did Hue.
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Yeah. We can argue about Hue all we want but he’s not coming back, but something needs to be done about this Knapp guy.
I’m so mad right now that I literally want to punch him in the face…
Anybody know where I can a good voodoo doll made of this jamoke?
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:10 pm
Last game was an L one way or another, with Manning’s back against the wall. I’m really not faulting the team for that. Weeks 1 and 2 are a bigger concern. And Knapp should be on the hot seat. Although that doesn’t mean we’re missing Hue, either.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Seymour Bush Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Again as I have said in here many times before, the zone system is not just a zone system it is a combination of zone and power. If it is lst and goal from the one, teams are going to power block not zone block. It has always been that way, so defenses can’t get comfortable.
With regards to Wylies comments, those comments kind of concern me. And what I mean by that is, when McFadden first got here, I thought the exact same thing Wylie is saying: you can just pitch the ball to McFadden he will scoot around the edge for five yards every time. And basically he can. But you can’t run your offense that way. To be a RB in the league, you have to be able to run between the tackles. That is what the new regime is trying to do with McFadden.
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SB I
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Im A Bra Says: I’m a pissy little troll.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Even DA said that “nothing positive can be taken away from this game” in regard to the Denver debacle.
But Knapp insults us by telling us that “we made strides”.
Is there a sniper out there we can hire?
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Josh Hamilton must have thought the ball was a huge piece of crack cocaine.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Wooo hooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:13 pm
A’s leading!!! Tex-ASS sucks.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:13 pm
You guys have the A’s….I’ve got the friggin White Sox…imagine my misery.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:15 pm
Seymour Bush Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Again as I have said in here many times before, the zone system is not just a zone system it is a combination of zone and power. If it is lst and goal from the one, teams are going to power block not zone block. It has always been that way, so defenses can’t get comfortable.
With regards to Wylies comments, those comments kind of concern me. And what I mean by that is, when McFadden first got here, I thought the exact same thing Wylie is saying: you can just pitch the ball to McFadden he will scoot around the edge for five yards every time. And basically he can. But you can’t run your offense that way. To be a RB in the league, you have to be able to run between the tackles. That is what the new regime is trying to do with McFadden.
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SB I dont follow. macfadden is getting killed running the outside zone plays, running between the tackles is what hue brought for macfadden and that is where he has been spectacular going all the way back to college.
Knapp is forcing the outside zone and it is not working.
Dmac hasnt been in very many short yardage or goal line plays this season, he is struggling with the out side zone plays.
The zone scheme only uses power blocking in short yardage and goal line mainly at least the way knapp runs it.
we are not talking zone scheme in general but zone according to knapp.
Knapp needs to send dmac between the tackles he hasnt and that is the big issue i have with him and his use or vision for dmac.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:15 pm
For your guys sake…i’m rooting for the A’s.
They play in the same stadium my football team plays in and the same town so….what the heck…GO A’s.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:16 pm
Bad News Rangers.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:17 pm
Goo A’s….soon to be the only team in Oakland….sad.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:17 pm
KoolKell Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Im A Bra Says: I’m a pissy little troll.
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Don’t hate, regenerate “bra”.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:18 pm
Vic Tafur@VicTafur
Asked about lack of deep passes thus far, Carson Palmer said, “We’re going to be more aggressive. We’ve talked about it.”
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Vic Tafur@VicTafur
Allen: “We’ve got lot of work to do. Have to evaluate what we’re doing.” Asked if use of zone blocking was one of those things, he said yes
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Sounds like they will change up the offense, hopefully its not to late, not sure what took them so long most fans could see there was a problem since preseason, but “we are just fans” right
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:18 pm
Omg I can’t believe Hamilton just whiffed that….
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:19 pm
Knapp has to go. I’m with everyone on that. But I’m not signing on to this talk that firing Hue was a bad idea. That’s a slight on Reggie. Here is a 1 year coach who took a team from 8-8 to 8-8, and clearly had a personality in which he would not be willing to be a part of a system, as opposed to running a system. Hue’s got a powerful personality, and that’s not altogether a bad thing. But it is in this system
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Hamilton and Washington were just caught on camera arguing in dugout.
We gonna get a Reggie Jackson/Billy Martin moment today?
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Seymour Bush Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Dakota Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:40 pm
If you failed to watch McFadden run between the tackles over the past two seasons, then I seriously question your eyesight.
“He is so fast, he out runs the zone block. … Sometimes your better off just pitching him that ball and letting him run around the corner and around the D. He can do that.” – BOB WYLIE
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That’s Wylie’s comment, not mine.
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sb you are missing the point of what wylie is saying here. This means let dmac run around the edge while the line man blocks for him, instead of waiting for crease to appear on the stretch play.
toss sweep ( aka power sweep) and outside zone stretch are two totally different things.
you may be confusing them
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:24 pm
My beloved green and gold doing the impossible….AGAIN!!!!!
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:25 pm
Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:15 pm
SB I dont follow. macfadden is getting killed running the outside zone plays, running between the tackles is what hue brought for macfadden and that is where he has been spectacular going all the way back to college.
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Basically I completely agree with your entire post. I think the issue is teams are REALLY keying on McFadden. The first few weeks we did not have Moore. Last week we did not have Heyward-Bey. The TE’s are a work in progress so teams have been ganging up on the run game, and rightfully so.
So, what do you do? Well, McKenzie is a run guy. Allen is a run guy and Knapp is a run guy. These guys want to pound the rock. But they are going to have to heave it probably 10 times in a row at the beginning of games to open up the run game, instead of trying to run it to no avail. But that is going to be harder than it looks when your wides’s are Streator and hagan.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:28 pm
There’s something wrong with Hamilton. The game last week against the A’s on ESPN he was misjudging everything…two times during a 5 run 1st I believe.
Then he struck out a few times that same game…BADLY; missing by like a foot.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:28 pm
Don’t you all wish you had Norv back?
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:28 pm
toss sweep ( aka power sweep) and outside zone stretch are two totally different things.
you may be confusing them
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Exactly. I understand what he is saying and you are right. Again, the problem is you have the two guys running the org that are going to run certain systems. If for whatever reason the players are not system fits, they will find players who are. Not change their system beliefs.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:29 pm
DJ Johnny Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:28 pm
There’s something wrong with Hamilton.
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Rocking the pipe? Again?
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:30 pm
206.realtruraider Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:18 pm
Vic Tafur@VicTafur
Asked about lack of deep passes thus far, Carson Palmer said, “We’re going to be more aggressive. We’ve talked about it.”
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Vic Tafur@VicTafur
Allen: “We’ve got lot of work to do. Have to evaluate what we’re doing.” Asked if use of zone blocking was one of those things, he said yes
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Sounds like they will change up the offense, hopefully its not to late, not sure what took them so long most fans could see there was a problem since preseason, but “we are just fans” right
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That’s great news. Still not enought to beat Atlanta (unless Matty Ice slips and breaks his arm in the bathroom or something) but still…it’s good news.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:31 pm
Norv’s too far on the other end of the spectrum. Doesn’t take enough control. Relies on players’ talent too much. Worked fine when he was with Dallas and had practically a pro bowl team.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:31 pm
A’s must have brushed that 48 hour hangover off.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:31 pm
Tex-ASS SUCKS!!
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:31 pm
216.Seymour Bush Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:29 pm
DJ Johnny Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:28 pm
There’s something wrong with Hamilton.
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Rocking the pipe? Again?
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Could be…seriously.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:32 pm
San Diego Chargers team of the decade.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:32 pm
Yeah, I think both teams aren’t used to the sun after playing so many night games.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:34 pm
It’s funny because whenever I get drunk, I’m usually fine the next day. It’s like I’m still a little drunk. Then the day after that I’m tired as hell and can’t do anything. lol. That’s what I was thinking at first when the A’s were making those errors. But I’m sure those guys would drink me under the table anyway.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:36 pm
I wonder why the Pitt game was so different from the Denver game offensively for the Raiders.
They were throwing mid range strikes, throwing to the sticks on 3rd…….
Did they experiment with Al Saunders?
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:40 pm
They used more no-huddle and benifited because they played at home.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:41 pm
KoolKell Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:36 pm
I wonder why the Pitt game was so different from the Denver game offensively for the Raiders.
They were throwing mid range strikes, throwing to the sticks on 3rd…….
Did they experiment with Al Saunders?
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To me McFadden was running harder in the Pitt game. He kind of looked like the lst two games last Sunday.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Kell, Denver was coming off a loss, facing 1-3 in the first year of their Manning era. Whole team was jacked up, including the defense. Steelers were coming off a win, thought they were going to roll right over us. I think those were the primary factors.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Bob Melvin should give a motivational speech to the Raiders. How about them A’s. Suck it Texas.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:44 pm
Denver saw us beat Pittsburgh. They figured they’d have to give us the best game of their lives to prevent 1-3. Meanwhile we went into Denver coming of a win and full of steam, thinking we were going to roll over them.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:55 pm
DMAC Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Seymour Bush Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Who would you have running the offense right about now?
Hue or Knapp?
Its not even close.
Knapp came in wit this BS zone scheme. Totally fked our offense up.
Last year the problem wasn’t the offense, it was the defense.
This year its both.
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I don’t think there is ANY doubt the new regime has come here to put certain systems in place, got rid of some of the very high contracts and are in the process of seeing who fits and who doesn’t in the new org.
This was not about taking an 8-8 team and trying to win a game or two more. This year was about installing the new regimes systems and seeing which players mesh. You don’t blow up a young 11-5 team. An 8-8 team? Yep.
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You don’t blow up a 8-8 team.
You build on it!
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A weak 8-8 team (only real win coming against a reeling Chargers team and Palmer playing in front of La Jolla – his backyard. – us barely being able to beat the Bears and backup Caleb Hanie….us eking out a win v. the Texans, who were a playoff team. ….we should’ve blown out the Vikings, and kept them in it.
The reality is the roster is a culmination of picks that should have been there and have long since been traded, with a number of former players barely hanging on as subs or out of the league. The draft is the key and picks were traded, the coaching staff had little if any input – and you see the result.
Arizona is back primarily due to drafted players like O’Brien Schofield, Patrick Peterson, Calais Campbell and keeping their coaching staff (Ken Whisenhunt, who we could’ve had, if Davis let him pick his staff) – top notch assistants like Bones Fassel left due to the uncertainty of coaching, the ST struggle YET AGAIN.
I shudder to think that Allen could be Kiffin II. Someone here using our situation as a stepping stone to a BCS head coaching gig…has it come to that?
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:57 pm
KoolKell Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:36 pm
I wonder why the Pitt game was so different from the Denver game offensively for the Raiders.
They were throwing mid range strikes, throwing to the sticks on 3rd…….
Did they experiment with Al Saunders?
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Carson got the call to change plays at the line, and was a bit more familiar with facing the Steelers from his NFC North days?
It was like night and day – facing Peyton Manning will do that. – really wondering if Allen had growing pains, and why couldnt he get a DC with a little more experience? Why didnt he know the previous Knapp led OC struggled?
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:59 pm
McFadden, Palmer, McFadden, Palmer blah blah blah
IT’S THE O-LINE AND KNAPP STUPID!
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Seymour Bush Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:28 pm
toss sweep ( aka power sweep) and outside zone stretch are two totally different things.
you may be confusing them
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Exactly. I understand what he is saying and you are right. Again, the problem is you have the two guys running the org that are going to run certain systems. If for whatever reason the players are not system fits, they will find players who are. Not change their system beliefs.
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This is what blows my mind. Allen was on the same team that adjusted its offense to match Tebow’s strengths, the defense rallied and they went to the playoffs. Allen MUST see the similar issue and modify – how embarrassing was it to watch the Niners pull out the wild cat successfully v. the Jets – and we have a similar player, Terrelle Pryor -and he’s INACTIVE?!
Either Allen has a heap of ego, or its just the growing pains of a young, stubborn coach? Its bizzarre, because don’t young people change and innovate?!
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Dakota Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:59 pm
McFadden, Palmer, McFadden, Palmer blah blah blah
IT’S THE O-LINE AND KNAPP STUPID!
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Yeah, Dakota. Its only too obvious – were just trying to rationalize Allen doing the same thing over and over again – maybe the bye week will have him see the obvious. It really seems like these guys didnt have the contingency plan in place following the pre-season struggles.
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:05 pm
ullivan44 Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Hamilton and Washington were just caught on camera arguing in dugout.
We gonna get a Reggie Jackson/Billy Martin moment today?
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Sweet revenge as Ron Washington was once with the A’s – sweep would be perfect.
I dont know what Hamilton is arguing over -their batters were dominated by Grant Balfour.
Not speaking too soon, but I think the Rangers simply folded – and the A’s have been accustomed to winning one run games with clutch performances…low payroll underdog triumphing over gazillion dollar rosters – Aint it grand?
Moneyball.
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:11 pm
Cook just broke the Texans back “bras”!
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:22 pm
8-5 A’s …. just looking at old footage of the Bay Bridge Earthquake series….
Giants-A’s World Series again?
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:47 pm
Gregg Knapp + Jeff Gillooly = Better days
October 4th, 2012 at 10:10 am
Sigh..