Raiders Recap: Raiders Outplayed In Every Facet

by saint on Dec 9, 2007 1:23 PM PST in News Comment 17 comments

There is not ONE facet of this game that the Raiders won.

Special Teams - No way. One fumble on a punt, leading to a TD and another punt returned for a TD.

Coaching - No way. Kiffin showed his wetness behind the ears today. NOT challenging the punt return in the first half was the beginning. Sticking with the hobbled McCown...AGAIN...sealed it.

Running Game - No way. Ryan Grant was running through holes that you could have fit a semi through. Fargas was running into people while Jordan started getting stacked up in the third.

Defensive Line - Raiders, No Pressure. Green bay had McCown running for his life.

Defensive Backs - We have Schweigert...Nuff said.

I bet that even the towel boy on Green Bay's side did a better job at handing out the towels.

This loss is one of those that you have to turn the page on. So, that's what I'm doing.

I'm pulling a Bill Belichick and stating right here and now that we are getting ready for Indy and I will take all Indy questions. ;)

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All the great momentum we had

is down the toilet.

Kiff -- Please tell me how a banged up backup with stitches on his throwing hand is a better choice than your future franchise QB who has super-mobility and pin-point accuracy?

How is Stu-pid Schweigert still playing after many games of missed tackles and blown coverages?

How is any of this possible?

Let JaMarcus learn now so he can pay dividends next year. I will stranggle Kiffen if JaMarc loses games next year and kiff attributes it to being "wet behind the ears."

Black Battle Axe

by oaklandSMASH on Dec 9, 2007 1:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

You're right

That was an asswhippin' Whodda thunk it? Oh, me, that's right.

The Raiders are the cubs of the NFL... The lovable losers.

by packfan on Dec 9, 2007 3:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Congratulations on the playoffs.....

But you should no better than to show this much pride when beating a 4-8 team. We aren't very good yet, and I repeat YET, and the Pack were supposed to kill us. Thats what good playoff teams do at home against teams that NEVER play in the cold, let alone on the frozen tundra. You did not have to be a genius to see that it was gonna take a minor miracle for the Raiders to pull this one out today.

Its all good Raider fans, we still have three weeks left to play spoiler. This is the first time this year we have gotten trounced, and after four years of games just like this, I think one, and only one, had to be coming at some point.

Go Raiders!! I'm STILL In!!
OakFoSho

by OakFoSho on Dec 9, 2007 11:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

There is one measure of a team's

success in the NFL, and that is having a QB. GB has been lucky for 15 years in that they have had Favre who hasn't missed a start. For a brief time the Raiders had Gannon and were successful going to one Super Bowl and being in the playoffs. Look around the league, every team that struggles doesn't have a QB except Cincy which doesn't have a defense and has character issues. All the Raiders need is a QB, hopefully that is Russell. Obviously they have some run defense issues but that can be rectified, and almost masked over if they had a QB that could generate some drives and score some TD's. You cannot win in this league getting 10 pts. a game, and not controlling the ball.

by chinabob on Dec 10, 2007 9:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Good shit-talking

from a guy who probably was the first on and off the "fire Farve" bandwagon last year.

The pack is on borrowed time, buddy. They can't beat the Cowboys and they definitely can't beat the Patriots, and when Farve leavea GB the bottom will drop out of the frozen tundra.

A mark of a true fan is when they are there for the lean years. The question is will you be there for when Aaron Rogers has a couple of Kyle Boller years or will you bail?

Success is fleeting my friend and I salute you in hiding behind your love for your team, but this too shall pass.

Black Battle Axe

by oaklandSMASH on Dec 10, 2007 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Saint, can't blame Kiffin

for not challenging the TD on the punt return, it wasn't called down to the field so he would have no idea that they guy stepped out of bounds. I was more upset after the game when I found out McCown was sick before the game but still was put into the game. Granted after the game I was sick watching that game. When is the McCown era going to be over, not soon enough that is for sure.

by chinabob on Dec 9, 2007 4:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Well the McCown era should now be

over. We have NO chance at the playoffs anymore, so there is no reason to play anyone but Jamarcus. If Kiffin gives any more excuses, he is full of it.

by theblackpearl on Dec 9, 2007 6:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

What I wanna know is......

How is it that the Raiders have had the worst record in the league for the last four years, yet consistently get shafted with the toughest schedules in the league. If this happens again next year....Ahhh who am I kidding, of course it will, the league hates when the Raiders win.

by OakFoSho on Dec 10, 2007 12:02 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

that is not exactly correct

Most of the schedule can be figured out in advance, this year it was the NFC North, we still got Texas and Cleveland, and of course our own division. Some teams who were weak last year made giant strides this year so our schedule seemed more difficult than it appeared it would be. We should have beaten Detroit and Chicago but didn't, and we played terrible in Tennessee. The simple fact is that next year the schedule can be predicted, but importantly the Raiders have to get better in all phases.

by chinabob on Dec 10, 2007 9:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The Fact is....

The Raiders have been in the top three as far as strength of schedule, for 5 straight years. I can understand the schedule after the Superbowl appearance, but not ALL the other years. As far as predicting the schedule, we played both Superbowl teams twice, on the road, two of the last five seasons. That has never happened to any other team in history for even one year let alone two. There is much more to this schedule thing than most would like to admit. The Raiders get shafted every year by the schedule, and I have no doubt that it will happen again next season.

by OakFoSho on Dec 11, 2007 12:15 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

The League Hates Al Davis:

Period.

The adversity that they so unabashedly pile upon this team makes the victories THAT much sweeter.

Pride And Poise!!!

by saint on Dec 11, 2007 8:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

This year we got both Super Bowl

teams at home, the only reason we played Chicago is due to the NFC North schedule on the AFC WEST schedule. I believe we get the NFC East next year (not sure) if we do we get Dallas which looks like it might get to the Super Bowl so next year we would again be playing a Super Bowl team. I think you read too much into it, the last place team in a division gets the #1 and #4 team from the year before. We probably get New England next year also unless we win another game or two and KC loses out.
We probably play Miami again next year, surely you are not complaining about that. The teams change so rapidly from year to year getting a soft schedule is not always easy. I thought playing the NFC North this year was a break but every team up there made dramatic improvements and the team I thought would be the strongest was the worst (Chicago). The simple fact is the Raiders have to improve, we are losing to bad teams, and the softest schedule isn't going to change.

by chinabob on Dec 11, 2007 10:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Strengthens my case.....

I forgot about this season. That makes for of the last five years that we have had to play both superbowl contenders from the previous season. Not only that but we had the most difficult road schedule this season due to the travel distances and combined records of opponents. You will never convince me that the Raiders aren't getting shafted by the league, because the only team that even comes close to the struggles of the Raiders over the last four years in the Bungles of the 90's, and they consistently had one of the easiest schedule in the league.

In Kiff We Trust!! Go Raiders!! I'm STILL In!!
OakFoSho

by OakFoSho on Dec 12, 2007 1:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

One of the things I like about Kiffin

is that he has gotten away from the conspiratorial arguments we always make as Raiders fans. God knows we have been screwed tons of times by officials, I understand that, but Kiffin has tried to stay away from that, and I like that. How many times does a team get penalized on offense on a crossing pattern, almost never, but last week in GB we lost a 30 yd. gain because they called Porter for a pick. I was enraged but admire Kiffin because he didn't scream and yell about it, I think it is his plan to quit complaining about everything, with the thought that eventually the league will quit screwing the Raiders. By and large the penalties are down this year which is a good sign. There have been less games where afterwards we have reason to complain, we are going in the right direction. I thought we got screwed big time in GB, but I give credit to Kiffin that he steered away from any criticism of the officials, and focused on general bad play of the Raiders.

by chinabob on Dec 11, 2007 9:57 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Agreed....

But i am still gonna bitch about it anyway. I do like that he is not really shouting about the Bullshit that the Raiders have to put up with, but if you read or listen to the post game/day after press conferences, he did mention three calls and one non call that were bogus. Of course he did not say they were bogus, but showed his displeasure and left it at that. Needless to say, but the refs had a shitty day on Sunday.

In Kiff We Trust!! Go Raiders!! I'm STILL In!!
OakFoSho

by OakFoSho on Dec 12, 2007 5:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

HEY SAINT!!!

You lazy Tamale eating blogger!! HAHA JKJK!! (I am in China and when you mentioned Tamales during the game chat I almost cried. I am stuck with noodles out here!) Could you get up the Colts pre-game already so we can move on from this debacle of a week. I wanna talk about how we are gonna pull off this weeks miracle, AND WE WILL DAMN IT!!

In Kiff We Trust!! Go Raiders!! I'm Still In!!
OakFoSho

by OakFoSho on Dec 12, 2007 5:20 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

'Sup Fo Sho?

It kills me when we get killed.

One thing about Blogging every day is that there are days when you just really don't want to write. That is one of beauties of being a blogger as opposed to someone who HAS to write something that day.

Today is the day though.

I'm going to dissect the upcoming game and then come back with some thoughts.

Keep the Faith, and Hope that they call up the practice squad defensive players who can stop the run.

Pride And Poise!!!

by saint on Dec 12, 2007 8:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs