Weekly Raider Issue #4
by KA1Z3R on Jun 30, 2009 1:41 PM PDT
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Author's note- Sorry for the late post. Had a long week and was going to have a draft of this beforehand but just couldn't get to it.
Welcome one and all to the fourth issue of the Weekly Raider. There's a lot of things in-store for you in this issue. Michael Bush, my thoughts on 50 years of glorious Raider football, the featured fan, and some announcements below. Enjoy, and go Raiders!!!
-Weekly Raider: RB #29 Michael Bush-
Once a superstar running back out of Louisville, Bush is now a member of the most talented Raiders' backfields since the days of Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson. However Bush's story is not all glory and sunshine.
Back in his days at Louisville, Bush was an instant college star. His combination of tough running, surprising speed for his size, and great hands made him arguably the best running back in the NCAA. But then came a grim day.
One evening at the University of Kentucky, Bush's 13th. ranked Louisville team was set to face off against in-state rival Kentucky. Bush takes the handoff but gets stuffed in the backfield and is leg moves in a very awkward manner. Bush fails to get up and fans stare down awestruck at the sight before them.
Michael Bush Injury (via mgoblog)
Bush's broken leg would keep him out the rest of the season. After which Bush would apply for the draft. A sure-fire first round pick, Bush would fall all the way down to the fourth round where an eager and rebuilding Raiders team would immediately snatch him up.
Bush wouldn't see action his first year as his leg still needed to heal up. But when the 08 season rolled around, Bush would prove he still had first round talent. Bush's hard running and speed would serve him wel through the season despite very limited carries. His stats week by week:
Week 2 vs. Chiefs- 16 rushes, 90 yards, 1 touchdown
Week 3 vs. Bills- 14 rushes, 55 yards, 0 touchdowns
Week 4 vs. Chargers- 14 rushes, 48 yards, 0 touchdowns
Week 6 vs.Saints- 3 rushes, 9 yards
Week 8 vs. Ravens- 6 rushes, 10 yards, 0 touchdowns
Week 9 vs. Falcons- 3 rushes, -2 yards, 0 touchdowns
Week 10 vs. Panthers- 8 rushes, 30 yards, 0 touchdowns
Week 12 vs. Broncos- 2 rushes, 0 yards, 0 touchdowns
Week 14 vs. Chargers- 2 rushes, 4 yards, 0 touchdowns
Week 17 vs. Buccaneers- 27 rushes, 177 yards, 2 touchdowns
So when given carries, Bush can really rack up the yardage. Worth noting, he was injury free all year.
My expectations this year for Michael Bush; I personally think he should be the starting back because he's the most complete back. If he doesn't start though, I'm positive he'll see plenty more carries than he did last year.
I say he'll have about 850 rushing yards, 350 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns in total as he should be the short-yardage and redzone running back.
-Random Thoughts: 50 years of Raiders Football-
I'm not a guy who likes to live in the past, but since this the Raiders 50th. season, let's reminise a bit.
Things would start rough for Oakland in their first few years. But form the late 60's to the mid 80's, the Raiders would post the highest win percentage of nay team in the AFL/NFL. In this timespan, Raiders fans were privileged to watch legends such as Ken Stabler, Dayle Lominica, Jim Plunkett, Cliff Branch, Dave Casper, Fred Biletnikoff, Todd Christiansen, Marcus Allen, Mark Van Eeghen, Art Shell, Gene Upshaw, Jim Otto, Howie Long, Willie Brown, Lester Hayes, Michael Haynes, Jack Tatum, George Atkinson, Ray Guy, George Blanda, and many more dominate the sport of football.
With three Super bowl blowout victories, the Raiders of the modern day have been lacking. In the late 90's and early 2000's, the Raiders would make a bit of a comeback with players like Rich Gannon, Jerry Rice, and Tim Brown, but would be decimated against the Bucs in the latest Super Bowl appearence. Since then, the Raiders have been in a tailspin of epic proportions. But you all are more than aware of that so I won't go in detail.
However, through it all, Raider fans have stayed devoted and hopeful. The Raiders have been slowly improving and the future is looknig bright. May this 50th. year be the beginning of another great 50 years of Raiders football.
-Featured Fan: Toozak-
via www.kudemus.com
Another one of the Raiders most well-dressed fans, Toozak is covered in spikes, skulls, studs, and of course Raider patches and logos. I know if I was a fan of the opposing team, I wouldn't want to run into this guy in the parking lot after the game. However, Toozak is one of the most well-mannered and polite Raiders fans. Though his appearence doesn't show it. As our featured fan, he's your random picture.
via musicfillstheair.files.wordpress.com
-Announcements-
A couple announcements for the Weekly Raider. Once training camp and preseason begins, the weekly raider will no longer be a player chosen by you, but a player that I think is worth watching for in preseason and camp. You know, someone who training camp will be major for. Whether that be for a battle for a starting role, or to see if they'll even make the roster.
Last announcement, once fall rolls around, I might not be able to post the Weekly Raider some weeks. Basketball season will be starting up at my school in November. Practices and games might not allow me to be able to post the Weekly Raider. In which case I'll either ask RaiderWay to post the Weekly Raider, or appoint one of you to.
That is all. Thank you for reading and go Raiders!
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hoping for Gerard Warren.
Randy Blythe, Singer of Lamb of God- "Words can be broken, so can bones....." Omerta by Lamb of God
What? Why?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 30, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
he's my favorite DT
Randy Blythe, Singer of Lamb of God- "Words can be broken, so can bones....." Omerta by Lamb of God
what about the team's real MVP
Shane Lechler?? or have we done him already…
Don't confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up!!
I'm not doing special teams
though I think I will with issue #6 now that you’ve brought that up. Thank you.
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i wanna see Trevor Scott
He deserves it
Amazing, Jamarcus Russell hands off to McFadden who pitches it back to Russell who finds Darrius Heyward Bey in the Middle of the Field wide open 30, 20,10,5 Touchdown Raiders! Amazing. This telecast is Brought to you by Cable.
What's-up with Tommy Kelly
Doesn’t he realize how much he causes a negative “change of momentum” when he does the boneheaded ‘offsides’ penalties. It is time for a return on the ‘props’ Sapp gave him and the trust Al Davis paid for!
Doesn’t he realize how much he causes a negative "change of momentum" when he does the boneheaded ‘offsides’ penalties.
It’s only June yet and he has already started.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 30, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Kwame Harris on D
Amazing, Jamarcus Russell hands off to McFadden who pitches it back to Russell who finds Darrius Heyward Bey in the Middle of the Field wide open 30, 20,10,5 Touchdown Raiders! Amazing. This telecast is Brought to you by Cable.
Ha, and that is not in any way a good thing.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 30, 2009 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I never turned off a game
Until we were down like 40 to 3 in the home opener last year.
Amazing, Jamarcus Russell hands off to McFadden who pitches it back to Russell who finds Darrius Heyward Bey in the Middle of the Field wide open 30, 20,10,5 Touchdown Raiders! Amazing. This telecast is Brought to you by Cable.
i stuck through that one
but mid way through the season and kwame was still starting, every false just got more and more frustrating.
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I missed a Touchdown
One time the score was like 10-3 and Miller made the TD 60 Yards from J-Russ and the play before I had to take a shit sooo bad so I was like alright and my Room and bathroom are pretty close to each other and I had the TV really loud then all of a sudden The announcer Greg Papa starts screaming and I am like ho shit what happened I went outside and I missed the replay so that is why I very strongly encourage a small Plasma in the Bathroom so you won’t miss a snap.
Amazing, Jamarcus Russell hands off to McFadden who pitches it back to Russell who finds Darrius Heyward Bey in the Middle of the Field wide open 30, 20,10,5 Touchdown Raiders! Amazing. This telecast is Brought to you by Cable.
Trevor Scott
Show him so love cuz he could have a monster year D linemen usually come along in thier second year.
I think the DE’s copuld be big for us this year. Ellis has got somethin to prove, Burgess is in a contract year so hes playing to get paid, Scott is an up and comer and Shaughnessy is gonna be a surprise.
John Marshall’s defensive shemes usually get great production out of th LB’s (think Lofa Tatupu, Leroy Hill, Julian Peterson) so its all up to Kelly to produce hopefully he will be fully healed form the ACL injury that cud be responsible for a down year and the other DT’s Sands and Warren will have to step up on running downs
"The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else."
He had huge impact
On our best stretch last season and especially the last two where I believe it wasn’t him but, the Texans game Burgess blasted the QB for the last play and next week I think Trevor Scott sacked Jeff Garcia for the last play of the game. I have noticed that when we have a strong running game though out and I mean strong like pick up a 10 yard run followed by a 11 yard run and then a 8 yards you know we win games like that example Broncos. When our D-Line plays good example Bucs and Texans
Amazing, Jamarcus Russell hands off to McFadden who pitches it back to Russell who finds Darrius Heyward Bey in the Middle of the Field wide open 30, 20,10,5 Touchdown Raiders! Amazing. This telecast is Brought to you by Cable.
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by i love sports101 on Jun 30, 2009 10:20 PM PDT reply actions
Golden Girls is such an amazing show
a show which should be on Nick-at-Nite but instead we get the epic shit that is Malcom in the Middle.
Randy Blythe, Singer of Lamb of God- "Words can be broken, so can bones....." Omerta by Lamb of God
I don’t even tune into that network now. Night time television for me consists of The-N or something to do with sports if at all I even do watch television. Maybe I’ll catch a glimpse of Roseanne on TV Land, but that’s about it.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 1, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
lol, I love Roseanne
my nightly TV routine is Scrubs from 7:00 to 8:00. Scrubs from 10:00 to 11:00, then Friends at 11:00, and finally Roseanne from 11:30 to 12:00.
Randy Blythe, Singer of Lamb of God- "Words can be broken, so can bones....." Omerta by Lamb of God
One of my fav shows is the Fresh Prince of Bel-air
Nick-at-Nite should change the schedule……… The nanny is a terrible show, why did they bring it to Nick-at-Nite???
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by i love sports101 on Jul 1, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I got all the seasons of Fresh Prince
Amazing, Jamarcus Russell hands off to McFadden who pitches it back to Russell who finds Darrius Heyward Bey in the Middle of the Field wide open 30, 20,10,5 Touchdown Raiders! Amazing. This telecast is Brought to you by Cable.
dude
i avoid the nanny on nick at nite. that show sucks biggidy balllssss..
ill try to watch fresh prince or george lopez. if the nanny is on i chuck my remote at the tv.
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lol me to
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by i love sports101 on Jul 1, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Nanny is a television abortion gone wrong
Fresh Prince isn’t too shabby though I’m not a big fan of it.
All of the good nick-at-nite shows are on TV Land now so I never watch nick-at-nite. Roseanne and Cosby’s are a-ma-zing.
Randy Blythe, Singer of Lamb of God- "Words can be broken, so can bones....." Omerta by Lamb of God
last sack wasnt trevor scott
that was actually the kid outa washington state, gunhiem, who was gettin bear hugged the whole time if anyone remembers??
yep
the sack that ended the game and ended the Bucs’ comeback effort.
Randy Blythe, Singer of Lamb of God- "Words can be broken, so can bones....." Omerta by Lamb of God
And the bucs' season
Amazing, Jamarcus Russell hands off to McFadden who pitches it back to Russell who finds Darrius Heyward Bey in the Middle of the Field wide open 30, 20,10,5 Touchdown Raiders! Amazing. This telecast is Brought to you by Cable.
The Buccaneers were 9-3 at one point. The Eagles ended up getting into the playoffs with a 9-6-1 record. All Tampa Bay had to do was win one of their final four games, really, and they couldn’t even do that. It ultimately led to Jon Gruden’s firing. On paper, the Buccaneers look like one of the two or three worst teams in the entire league right now. They’re really going to have to start over.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 1, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
If we played like that the whole season who knows what we could have done
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by i love sports101 on Jul 1, 2009 5:06 PM PDT reply actions
Micheal Bush
is a starter on so many teams in this league. I think he starts the game but you gotta give DMAC the majority of the carrys. As far as fargas goes….
well i really dont kno what we do with him lol.
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Personally, I’d like to move Fargas for an outside linebacker because I’m very skeptical about Jon Alston holding down a starting spot.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 1, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
fargas
i think they are keepin him for some kind of insurance. i think they want to start bush but also want to see how he’ll hold up with over ten to fifteen carries on a consistant basis. even if fargas gets hurt alot he still manages a pretty decent half season stretch. and i think we need to keep dmac on the field as much as possible this season. slot reciever at least 5 snaps a game. also moving bush down to FB and lettin em’ both be on the field at the same time is a good idea i thought. both of em can catch pretty well.
Bush is a beast and DMac needs to get multiple opportunities
but imagine for a minute Fargas wasn’t the third to complete the trinity; we wouldn’t be the same team for whom teams would have to prepare despite the guy behind the blockers. Fargas deserves some loyalty—he put up some huge yardage games last year. The great thing about all of it is we don’t really know who’s gonna start. Most are really impressed with Bush, probably having something to do with his most recent showings. Darren can explode the game open, but he needs to get touches to do it. Most of today’s most knowledgable experts will agree you’ve got to have multiple backs who can get it done so your team can get it done down the stretch. I love that idea of getting Bush on the field as an FB too. He scored 99 on my Madden teams at fullback before he was even close at RB. He looks as wide as two guys from the seventh row, too. Dude’s ginormous.
thats what i said
i think theyd like to trade him and everything but they just dont know how bush ur dmc are gonna fair when they get the extended carries. hes just gonna be there in case somethin bad happens and if anyone gets tired. thats great too with a rotation and keepin them all fresh
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