Oakland Raider's Weekly Red Zone Performance:

by Raymond St. Martin (Saint) on Nov 18, 2009 2:56 PM PST Comment 14 comments

Once again the Oakland Raider Red Zone perfomance was anaemic, to say the least.

After starting the game with THE DRIVE we had been waiting for all year, a 60 yard burst by Michael Bush (Who, inexpli-CABLE-y, only saw the pigskin 15 more times), then a short burst by Fargas and the team was up 7-0.

Unfortunately, that would be the ONLY time that the offense led the team to the Red Zone.

Despite beginning drives from the Kansas City 37 and Oakland's 37 43 and 49, the team would only manage 3 more points.

For a team that has Darren McFadden, Michael Bush and Justin Fargas and averaged 6.1 yards a carry, there is NO excuse for throwing the ball 32 times to receivers who can't catch (Miller only had one catch) from QB's with terrible completion percentages.

One trip to the Red Zone and 10 total points for the game against Kansas City!?!?!

Cable needs to delegate the play calling immediately.

The Defense is doing entirely too much for this clown to be costing us games. That's right Tom, you are a clown of a play caller. Truly. I know you may want to punch me for saying this, but, just look at the facts man, you are a TERRIBLE play caller. Period.

As my old boss used to say, "Fix it".

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I think we were 1 of 1 in the red zone

But that is the last time we got close to it. I wish Seabass made his FG then it would have been 13-16 and we would have kicked a FG on the 26 before DHB made a INT. If we could have won it OT it’s anyone guess.

Wake me up if we win

by nishal26 on Nov 18, 2009 9:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Harsh words but reasonable

you’ve touched the problem with a needle. Poor Tom (cf. King Lear) however, is waking from his half-season slumber and just replaced the naked emperor (pauper) with a decent football player, Gradkowski. Cable has much to gain b/c (I hope) he will show future employer prospects his true capabilities when he drops the “raising the kids” agenda and starts playing the more qualified personnel. As for play calling, I think KC had to have made an impression on him – run the ball and only tactically throw it. I expect a closer game than what many others indicate from the recent blogs.

Son-of-Blanda

by Sons-of-Blanda on Nov 18, 2009 10:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Poor Tom?

Tom Cable would never even be interviewed by any other NFL team to be their head coach and with all the problems he’s had that’s unlikely to change in the future.

He was a failure at Idaho and he’s been a failure so far with the Raiders. His future will be as a offensive line coach either in college or the NFL.

by sirbed on Nov 18, 2009 11:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You guys better act quick if you want a new head coach.

Shanahan is being called in for an interview by the Bills. The field is thinning.

"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn

by Revshawn on Nov 19, 2009 1:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Because Shanahan would ever come back to Oakland

even if Davis swallowed his pride enough to call him.

Win, Lose, or Tie, Raiders til I die!

by mikesd1981 on Nov 19, 2009 5:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I would put the odds of Shanahan coming back to the Raiders at

the highest number ever to 1

by sirbed on Nov 19, 2009 1:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

yep

Tom was just promoted cuz Al knows he needs a head coach to blame since he assumes the GM role. Remember the press conference announcing Tom as head coach? Al didnt even know the guy existed! so his decision to promote someone he knows nothing about to head coach tells you that he is just there to do what Al tells him. Hell, How can you have TOTAL control of your team and not even know shit about one of your coaches!? Then you promote him to head coach? Com’on Al! We know what’s going on! and I beg you to stop so we can play to our potential! You will still have all the power and we will be a winning team if you just let coaches do their j-o-b!

by 211 on Nov 19, 2009 12:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Let's just run ALL the time. Yeah, that will work.

Listen guys, I’m not going to say that Cable is the best head coach in this league but, I don’t know that we can accurately gauge his abilities given the shackles he wears. This is 90% Al.

To my post point, you can’t just run all the time. Didn’t you see that during the Chiefs game? We didn’t run at will all the time. The passing game, however crappy it was opened the running game up. And, in order to win, you have to be able to pass the ball. I know we don’t have the greatest receivers but would you assume that they would drop the ball that many times? Like it or not, we still have to pass and at some point these guys are going to have to catch the ball. It is not wrong for a coach to expect these guys to make plays because if they do make them, they win the game easily. Now, let’s say we run the ball (as much as some of you are suggesting) against the playoff caliber teams we have coming up. What do you think the run game will look like? Awful, and you guys will be harping on Cable again because he calls runs too often.

by Rusty23 on Nov 19, 2009 7:19 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

My point is that we should NOT pass more than we run:

Period.

Use the run to get 8 in the box and then go deep 5 times a game while throwing the ball at other times, maybe 12-15 times. Especially in a close game that you are/were leading.

It is all about coming together as a team. At the end of the day, the team is all we have. - T. Branch 10-14-09

by Raymond St. Martin (Saint) on Nov 19, 2009 8:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

wont work atm

Sure teams may notice we are running the ball and stack the line opening the [pass game but then what? our pass game is crap! Other teams already know they can single cover us and the worst thing that will happen is a dropped pass! Our pass needs to open up the run! Our run game is 20th in the league and could be wayyy better if we had a pass game. when Fargas gained over 1000 yds in half a season did that open the deep ball? no. cuz our pass sucked! if we had a pass game our current run game would be sufficient and quite frankly better!

by 211 on Nov 19, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The Polock is good and so's the small Frye

russell’s spirals are weird.

Son-of-Blanda

by Sons-of-Blanda on Nov 19, 2009 1:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Cable should delegate himself off the sideline

Tom Cable is a miserable failure. There are absolutely no excuses for the performances the Raiders continually put out under his leadership. NONE! His players don’t perform for him. Never have, never will. He’s not a head coach. Not a successful one, at least. I said it when they hired him. Why bring in a guy who was fired by his own Alma Mater for being unable to judge talent and win games? His game plans are horrible, and his play calling leaves much to be desired. Even when he was the O-Line coach, his O-Line was the most penalized in the NFL. Simply put, players do not respect him enough to perform well when he coaches them. It’s not the players, it’s the coach, plain and simple. No two ways around it. This was a lose/lose situation from the moment Tom Cable was named head coach of the Oakland Raiders. You don’t hire a guy who barely won two out of ten games in college and expect him to do any better in the NFL. That’s a no brainer…just like Tom Cable.

by Older_than_Moses_Shaq on Nov 19, 2009 3:54 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

What would you do differently?

I mean besides post he same basic comment over and over again? And since you’re obviously in the locker room and on the sidelines, give me more insight as to the players lack of respect for Cable? Also, tell me which “great” head coach will give up most of his decision making power to come work for kooky Al?

Is your real name John Herrera by the way?

by Rusty23 on Nov 19, 2009 7:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs