Falcons a blueprint for Raiders
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Saturday, October 13th, 2012 at 10:29 pm in Oakland Raiders.
There’s a lot to like about the Atlanta Falcons, and Raiders coach Dennis Allen is OK with admitting it.
Atlanta’s method of operation _ a collaborative general manager-coach relationship, selective free agency and building through the draft _ is precisely what Reggie McKenzie and Allen hope to achieve in Oakland.
A win over the Falcons Sunday would be a nice step toward that goal.
Here’s a link to a story on how the Raiders view the Falcons from afar . . .
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October 13th, 2012 at 10:34 pm
Raiders 30
Falcons 27
I miss AL.
October 13th, 2012 at 10:43 pm
I was an Al supporter. Miss Al as well. Im not to sure the way this org is going. However I still have faith in Reggie. Allen IDK.. time will tell. NAP being back here is wack.
IF Al could talk to Allen tonight he would say Just Win Baby!
October 13th, 2012 at 11:07 pm
I hate sharing everything this time of night only to find out I’m at the end of a post that almost no one will ever read. I guess it’s kinda like a diary, and on occasion my diarrhea. It is always beech’s diarrhea, but that’s beside the point.
October 13th, 2012 at 11:07 pm
Falcons 35
Raiders 13
or if by the grace of ethereal forces we compete
Raiders 27
Falcons 24
October 13th, 2012 at 11:09 pm
yay…just what we all wanted…to become like the falcons…how many super bowl wins do they have again?
October 13th, 2012 at 11:20 pm
The worst thing that happened to the Raiders was Al passing away. The second worst thing that happened to the Raiders was Al getting very old and ill.
October 13th, 2012 at 11:21 pm
The sun never sets on Raider Nation
October 13th, 2012 at 11:22 pm
So Reggie flunked the GM interview at Atlanta.
Wonder how many other GM interviews he flunked?
Lucky for him he was the only one interviewed…
October 13th, 2012 at 11:24 pm
Falcons.
Draft franchise QB.
Smart free agents (Michael Turner, Tony Gonzalez, John Abraham, Ray Edwards)
Solid coach/GM relationship.
Aggressive spread passing OC hire.
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The Blueprint
October 13th, 2012 at 11:24 pm
The running game will awaken and the mad Palmer will have his weapons. Our “D” won’t do much and the Raiders win, 34–27.
October 13th, 2012 at 11:26 pm
Kiwi_Blade Says: So Reggie flunked the GM interview at Atlanta.=============How? When?
October 13th, 2012 at 11:29 pm
GG Says:
October 13th, 2012 at 11:20 pm
The worst thing that happened to the Raiders was Al passing away. The second worst thing that happened to the Raiders was Al getting very old and ill.
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Al needed to hire a GM 10 years ago before he lost his marbles
October 13th, 2012 at 11:31 pm
Purvisman/Intrepid/ Full Disclosure Says:
October 13th, 2012 at 11:26 pm
Kiwi_Blade Says: So Reggie flunked the GM interview at Atlanta.=============How? When?
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Follow the link in the story above – it’s in there
October 13th, 2012 at 11:33 pm
Coincidentally, when the Falcons hired Dimitroff away from the New England Patriots, where he was director of college scouting, one of the other candidates whom owner Arthur Blank interviewed was McKenzie, then director of operations for the Green Bay Packers.
October 13th, 2012 at 11:39 pm
>land a top 5 pick
>trade down to 10
>draft Keenan Allen with 10th pick (there’s your Julio Jones)
>draft Tyler Bray with the acquired 2nd round pick (there’s your Matt Ryan)
>Boom.
October 14th, 2012 at 12:02 am
REALLY?? Compare this bad news Bears staff to the undefeated Atlanta Falcons!
October 14th, 2012 at 12:08 am
Going back to what dj said earlier about DA sound like he dont care if he wins or loses? Disturbing? We’ll play the game and live with the outcome? Whoa! This maybe our worst Coach to date or the whole plan is to be the top5 pick and scrap the rest for whatever they can get? These idiots are gonna dump everyone! Denarius, palmer, DHB, DMC etc etc
October 14th, 2012 at 12:08 am
so why would a Matt Ryan last until the 2nd round? I’m thinking in the last 10 years there haven’t been more than…a single 2nd round QB become a star.
October 14th, 2012 at 12:09 am
We lose tomorrow? Season over!!!
October 14th, 2012 at 12:09 am
“what dj said earlier about DA sound like…”
For you non-English majors out there, this is simply called an opinion and should be regarded as much as a magic 8-ball.
October 14th, 2012 at 12:10 am
Danny
I’m not sure where you’ve been the last 2 months, but most of us have known we’d be 6-10 this year…
so what’s new? Nada.
October 14th, 2012 at 12:12 am
The red rifle?
October 14th, 2012 at 12:13 am
If i knew we would suck this bad i would have saved my 2k going to first game
October 14th, 2012 at 12:15 am
We lose tomorrow, i dont think this team has the heart to win another game!
October 14th, 2012 at 12:17 am
Whatever! Peace
October 14th, 2012 at 12:20 am
For luck! RRRAAAAAIIIDDERS!!
October 14th, 2012 at 12:24 am
Not only is our GM and Head Coach losing their common sense by building up their competition…but so our are writers….
Last time I checked, the Falcons had never won a Super Bowl….
And who by copying the blueprint laid by other teams Jerry ever wins the big dance?
October 14th, 2012 at 12:25 am
are/our
October 14th, 2012 at 12:57 am
We suck this year. We had a decent team last year. Far from perfect, but the offense was good, special teams was good as well. All I hear is that Reggie was left with a salary cap mess, but however Al worked around that every year. Jerry used to write that the salary cap was always doable. Now everyone acts like Reggie knows what Al doesn’t, I think that’s bullcrap. Now we’re gonna get our asses kicked. We suck so bad now, it’s hard to watch.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:01 am
From PFT…
Carson Palmer struggling on the deep ball
Posted by Evan Silva on October 13, 2012, 12:18 PM EDT
Carson Palmer Pic Getty Images
Oakland Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer has done well to cut down his interceptions this season. Through four starts, Palmer has compiled five touchdowns compared to two picks and is completing 61.1 percent of his throws.
A heavy majority of Palmer’s completions are coming on checkdowns to running backs and tight ends, however, and he is struggling to get anything going deep. According to numbers compiled by Vic Tafur of the San Francisco Chronicle, Palmer is just 1-of-14 on throws of longer than 20 yards downfield this season. He failed to connect on each of his first dozen 20-plus-yard pass attempts.
Palmer’s deep-ball efficiency should pick up going forward. The Raiders opened the season trying to nurse back top deep threat Denarius Moore from a hamstring injury. Moore is 100 percent now. Fellow wideout Darrius Heyward-Bey is also returning from a scary neck/concussion injury, suffered before Oakland’s Week Five bye. Heyward-Bey is listed as probable on the Week Six injury report and fully expected to start Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons.
The Raiders’ offense is ideally vertical in nature. They want to use a high-volume running game to set up deep shots to their speedy receivers. With Moore and Heyward-Bey back, Oakland has the firepower to make good on the plan.
Now, they just need Palmer to execute.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:01 am
backstageatapuppetshow Says:
October 14th, 2012 at 12:24 am
Not only is our GM and Head Coach losing their common sense by building up their competition…but so our are writers….
Last time I checked, the Falcons had never won a Super Bowl….
And who by copying the blueprint laid by other teams Jerry ever wins the big dance?
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Copy-cats, and look at us. Every championship team was built upon a unique concept. And now we get Reggie from GB, the success of which has come and gone already. Then we have DA who seems to have teamed up with Knapp, riding upon lack of success by Knapp.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:08 am
RAIDERS WIN 27-24! BIGGEST UPSET TODAY YEAA GO RAIDERS!
October 14th, 2012 at 1:23 am
As a Raider fan I was saddened by the death of Al Davis. He was the Raiders. However he is gone now so we carry on. RM/DA/MD have a tough job in re-moulding the Raiders. I am confident they can achieve sucess and turn us around BUT it takes time. I am prepared to give them the time the job needs and if that means another losing season then so be it. I think MD/RM’s work will make us a more robust organisation so it’s down to DA and the players to give us more wins than losses.
Go Raiders!
October 14th, 2012 at 1:32 am
I know this is just my heart talking probably, but I have this feeling we will win today. I don’t know, call it a hunch.
Maybe it’s all that pollo loco I just ate as well….
GO RAIDERS!
October 14th, 2012 at 2:21 am
EMRaiders Says:
October 14th, 2012 at 1:32 am
I know this is just my heart talking probably, but I have this feeling we will win today. I don’t know, call it a hunch.
Maybe it’s all that pollo loco I just ate as well….
GO RAIDERS!
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If we can get a lot of pressure on Matt Ryan and knock him down a few times I think we have a good chance of winning. So c’mon DL
October 14th, 2012 at 3:19 am
33.LondonAl Says:
October 14th, 2012 at 1:23 am
As a Raider fan I was saddened by the death of Al Davis. He was the Raiders. However he is gone now so we carry on. RM/DA/MD have a tough job in re-moulding the Raiders. I am confident they can achieve sucess and turn us around BUT it takes time. I am prepared to give them the time the job needs and if that means another losing season then so be it. I think MD/RM’s work will make us a more robust organisation so it’s down to DA and the players to give us more wins than losses.
Go Raiders!
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Agreed.
October 14th, 2012 at 4:53 am
I feel 10 times more confident we’ll win today against ATL than next week against JAX
thats been our issue for the past 10 years. We compete or find a way to beat the good teams … then get blown out by equal or lesser teams
the team is only hungry, motivated & prepared when they think we’re playing a team we have no chance at defeating
October 14th, 2012 at 5:14 am
The Raiders will look across the field Sunday at the team they aspire to be.
“They’ve got the right formula for winning football games,” Raiders coach Dennis Allen said of the Atlanta Falcons. “They understand their personnel, they understand what they’re looking for and what it takes to win. In some respects, that’s a team we try to emulate.”
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in other words,
the Raiders don’t have the right formula for winning football games. We don’t understand our personnel, we don’t understand what we’re looking for or know what it takes to win.
October 14th, 2012 at 5:18 am
new post
October 14th, 2012 at 7:32 am
45-3, not the Raiders.
October 14th, 2012 at 10:21 am
The Prediction Board:
Dedicated to Al Davis, Raider duct tape (boy does it hold) and the Coliseum rodents
Week 1: Alex7: Chargers 27 Raiders 20 (22/14)
Week 2: R8eray: Dolphins 20 Raiders 13 (35/13)
Week 3: Plunketthead Raiders 30 Steelers 27 (34/31) R
Week 4: Amysincharge: Denver 48-7 (37-6)
303Raider Says: falcons 31 Raiders 17
AmysInCharge Says: Atlanta 54 Oakland 7
Area man Says: 45-3, not the Raiders.
arkraider Says: Raiders 27-Dirty Birds 23
blackandsilverside Says: Atlanta 41 Raiders 14
Custom Raider Says: Oakland 38 Atlanta 10
davidon Says: ATL 35 Raiders 10
GG Says: Falcons 35 Raiders 13 or if by the grace of ethereal forces we compete Raiders 27 Falcons 24
JLofty Says: Raiders 31 – Falcones 27
Kiwi_Blade Says: Raiders 6 Falcons 32
Klas Tjorborn Says: Falcons 35, Raiders 20
Plunketthead Says: Raiders 37-35
PlunkforHOF Says: My beloved Raiders 31 Cuckolds 28 wait for it……in OT!
qodrn Raiders 27 Atlanta 24
Raidergil650 Says: RAIDERS WIN 27-24!
Raider O Says: Raiders 30 Falcons 27
RaiderRockstar Says: Raiders 37 Falcons 35
realtruraider Says: Raiders 34 Drunken Chickens 24
Zwarte Piet Says: Malosos 20 Halcones 13…