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Oakland Raider News 9-30-07: Burn Baby Burn, Daunte's Inferno

In ONLY 4 games, Daunte's Inferno, Son of Monte & The Cable Car offense have brought a new identity to the Oakland Raiders.

The Oakland Raiders ARE Lane Kiffin's (Son of Monte's) team and now his team has rallied around a quarterback that is also looking to work hard and reestablish himself, Daunte Culpepper (Daunte's Inferno).

Last year the offense put up 12 TD's all season and under Lane Kiffin they have now scored 11 in 4 games.

In his first start, Daunte Culpepper accounted for 5, HIMSELF.

Daunte completely took over a leadership role on this team today. He ran for tough yards, put the passes where the receivers could make plays, made good decisions with the ball (Leading to 0 Turnovers) and most importantly showed the ability to lead his team with his momentum changing plays and emphatic charisma for the game.

In his first day back, he looked like the Daunte of 2004. No, I take that back. Today he looked more mature, poised and knowledgeable than in 2004. It is quite possible that Daunte will be better than he was before.

At the very worst he is a great example for JaMarcus to learn from on the field.

At the very best he leads the Oakland Raiders to the playoffs and then a Super Bowl.

Daunte being Daunte, high touchdown to turnover rates and third best running QB of All-Time performances, makes the defense play honestly against the deep ball/passing game in general and let's Tom Cable's offensive line, Zack Miller and Griffith open up holes big enough for Cable Cars to drive through them. Thus, the Cable Car Offense which is currently the #1 rushing attack in the NFL with a 194.2 yards rushing per game average. That is more than double the average from 2006 when the Raiders managed a meager 94.9 yards per game.

Perhaps not so coincidentally, The Cable Car Offense led the League in rushing last year too.

I seem to recall a certain Head coach, Art Shell, who said that the Raiders would be a Smash-Mouth team and then went out to pass more than he ran.

Well, Art was correct, the Raiders would be a Smash-mouth team. It just didn't happen until a year later.

This team has a smash-mouthed identity and is becoming fun to root for again.

When teams prepare their strategies about the Raiders they will now have to look run first and pass later and with Daunte Culpepper at the helm he can pick the secondary apart and the Cable Cars can take over.

I'll take the "Cable Car Inferno" for an identity over "Bed and Breakfast" or "Shell of a Team" any day of the week.

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The person I feel the best for
is the Undertaker.

Robert Gallery has suffered past some really piss-poor coaching decisions regarding the O-Line in his tenure at Oakland. Finally hs is put in as a guard rather than a tackle, and the rest of the line has a new confidence unseen since Lincoln Kennedy lined up in a black jersey.

Kennedy is not a bust as all Raider Haters make him out to be.

This is still pretty much the same line as we had last year, but a whole different battle plan. Let the Cable Car roll, baby. We got the line to do it.

The Oakland Road Warrior Legion of Doom

What a rush!!

Black Battle Axe

by oaklandSMASH on Sep 30, 2007 10:30 PM PDT   0 recs

Well played game - Let's keep perspective - Dante!
The Raiders played a solid game of ball control offense without commiting penalties or turning the ball over.  The improvement over last year is obvious.  The Raiders are playing smart football.  Over the past four years, the words smart and Raiders were rarely used in the same sentence.

That said, we beat the 0-4 Dolphins.  All references to playoffs and super bowls are putting the cart before the horse.  How about winning an AFC west divison game?

References to Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy are indeed an interesting way to define the Raiders.  The Inferno or Hell is but one of the three parts of the comedy, the other two being purgatory and paradise (heaven).  In context with the Raiders, the past four years have been the inferno/hell or at best purgatory for the Randy Moss trade. I suspect yesterdays game was a veritable paradise.

If Saint can begin to get the Raider Nation to begin discussing great literature that will be a more impressive accomplishment than Tom Cable's work with the offensive line!

A registered agent of the Thomas, Morrison & Williams Linebacking Firm

by DoctorDeath on Oct 1, 2007 10:20 AM PDT   0 recs

Did You Say: Litter-A-Sure?
O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention!

The Coliseum for a stage, princes to act,
As Al Davis beholds the sold out scene!

Then should the warlike Daunte, like himself, Assume the port of Mars;

Leashed in like hounds, should Porter, Curry and Bush, crouch for employment.

Pride And Poise!!!

by saint on Oct 1, 2007 10:31 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Be careful Saint!
You'll by lynched as a witch in the Black Hole for using prose or at best submerged into a vat of warm beer by the 66th street Mob to determine if you are mortal.
A registered agent of the Thomas, Morrison & Williams Linebacking Firm

by DoctorDeath on Oct 1, 2007 11:00 AM PDT   0 recs

Not Philly Eagles fans
We don't burn our own at the stake.

Saint lives to fight another day -- way better than the New Orleans Saints.

Black Battle Axe

by oaklandSMASH on Oct 2, 2007 2:28 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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