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Are the Raiders going to be able to run the ball consistently
- Starting RT Menelik Watson out for season with ruptured achilles. He has still underperformed as a 2nd round pick from 2013, but had finally gotten a hold of the starting gig and at least looked like a decent, competent starter. He will be replaced by Austin Howard who was supposed to be a big FA signing last summer but disappointed. He had played RT for the Jets, we tried him at RG last year and it was a disaster. He will be starting at RT.
- WLB Sio Moore is supposedly on the trade block, which I don't understand. He's a very good player, but has been out of most of camp/preseason with injury. Malcolm Smith has taken the starting role, but Moore is still absolutely worthy of being on the team. He'd probably be starting had he not been hurt.
Are the Raiders going to be able to run the ball consistently
the ground game looked fine in the first 2 games. i'd chalk this one up to the Cards just being a really stout run D.
i dont think having Howard in at RT instead of Watson will make or break the ground game. murray should be fine, and he'll catch some passes too
that throw by carr was so embarrassing
that throw by carr was so embarrassing
left side, right side... unblockable. will be getting DPOY votes this year
wtf is happening
Getting back to that Raiduhhhhssss of the old mentality I see.
the league still hasn't made a suspension decision yet, they're waiting for the authorities to clear up their side of things. he's te ally cleared to play as of this moment, but i doubt he's anywhere near game shape. i really dont get the move. i mean yeah, the visions of Aldon and Mack rushing the passer are insane, but i dont think this move ends well
Great pick up
He's already on the practice field
Carr will discipline him with Jesus lolHe's already on the practice field
Carr is Jesus therefore carr will discipline him with carr
now it sounds like he's gna play week 1. i wonder how quick the NFL will act to hand him a suspension. they might also be gun-shy after the brady case
so you're telling me the nfl will not punish him for something that has 0 to do with his job? how dare they!
i didnt say that. pretty sure he's going to get suspended. its a question of how long the league will wait
Raiders defense has some serious potential now, no?
corner group is probably a big liability. All young unproven guys.
One starter is TJ Carrie, a 7th round pick last year. He played well given his draft slot. The other starter is DJ Hayden, a first round pick 2 years ago who hasn't lived up and has missed as many games as he's played. The reserves are equally inexperienced
The front 7 already looked to be really stout, particularly against the run. Only real liability out there was ray-ray Armstrong at OLB and we probably did need another edge rusher to complement Mack. Smith could theoretically fill both needs, but I'm not expecting heavy contributions this year.
They'll have the inside track on re-signing him next year, and if he signs for big money elsewhere after getting clean we'd get a comp pick
Last edited by spurraider21; 09-12-2015 at 03:05 PM.
Good to see the team show up after the -show last week. By no means a perfect game (no pass rush, can't cover TE's, too many penalties, and that one horrid pick thrown by Carr), but they battled after getting their asses handed to them by the Bengals.
Most eye-popping thing as a fan was seeing the passing game thrive.
Carr - 30/46 for 351, 3 TD's, 1 INT, QB Rating of 101
Crabtree - 9 catches, 111 yards, 1 TD
Cooper - 7 catches, 109 yards, 1 TD
can't remember the last time we had that kind of production from our QB, WR1, WR2... might have to go back to Gannon-Brown-Rice.
Opening up with games against the Bengals and Ravens seemed daunting, even with both games being at home, but getting 1 of 2 is better than anybody expected. Next tow games are both winnable (Browns and Bears). This isn't the year the Raiders are going to make a big push, but it would be nice to get to 7-8 wins and just to continue to see progress from the young guys. Last year after our first win against Kansas City (after an 0-10 start) we followed it up with a 52-0 loss to the Rams. While i'm not expecting the club to rack up long win streaks, games like that are inexcusable (see: week 1 this year). As long as they're battling, there won't be many complaints.
first win streak since October 2012... first time we've had a winning record at any point since December 2011
Carr
Meanwhile bortles and Lee sucks
I was right about Cooper
Good start to the Raiduuuhssss year.
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