Gave me a little more confidence for sat’s game

Gradkowski proved at the end of last season with the Browns that he should not even be in this league. The Browns set a record for most consecutive quarters without scoring an offensive touchdown. Bruce had a lot to do with that. Charlie Frye should most definently be the third string behind Garcia.

hope they play better against them than they did during practice i.e. stopping the run, red zone offense.

god i love NFL Network

Unfortunately Chaz "C-Chill Schilens won’t be avaialbe for at least 6 to 8 weeks, meaning L. Murphy and the others will have to step up. It’s a real blow to our receiver corps because J-Russ has chemistry with C-Chill. Now its an opportunity for the others to step up.

Raiders have signed safety Rashad Baker and waived fullback Lorenzo Neal. I knew it could happen read my post on the Silver and Black Pride’s Sunday Community Poll: The Running Back Logjam blog dated Aug 16th. The Raiders cut Neal to add some strength in the defensive backfield. Our running game has shown up and I am ok with this move. As you all know we need better tackling at Safety, not just hitting, but tackling and hopefully Baker can provide help in that area. There are going to be other casualties as well very soon, and I must say I am happy to see moves are being made to make the team better. There will be plenty of D Tackles available soon, some teams are stacked, and many times a released player would make another team if he wasn’t on a team stacked at his position. So, the saga continues….Lets whip on these 49ers Saturday, we need all the preseason wins we can get to build momentum.

And let’s see who will shine now that C-Chill is out for a while.

Hes a beast and is going to be hard to stop so i hope they do well and it also gives us a preview of what to look foward to for the season..good/or bad hopefully good..

That the Raiders website has been updated in the transactions part. It says Lorenzo Neal was placed on injured reserve. So apparently there’s more to the situation than we know about. I thought there was something strange about us releasing him this soon but I guess he just got hurt with an undisclosed injury.

It’s unfortunate that he got injured, however, it basically seals his fate with the team.

The Raider Beat staff have their own preview for this Saturday’s game against the 49ers.

An excerpt:

Things to watch for: Justin Fargas received the starting nod in Oakland’s first exhibition game. Now it’s Darren McFadden’s turn to show what he can do as the featured back. It’s all part of Cable’s grand plan to get extensive looks at all three of his starting-caliber backs so that he can make an informed decision about which is the best option as the starter for the regular-season opener. McFadden likely will get a handful of carries early on, before Michael Bush makes an appearance. Bush will start next Saturday.

I didn’t want to start another thread for this, but, has anybody else noticed how bad the Raiders announcers are?

Plunkett spent all last week calling Gradkowski “Gradowski”
Last night he said “Shillman broke his ankle and will be out 8 weeks”! That’s not the report I heard, or the name of the player. Flores several times referred to the 9ers QB as “Date Navis”! He also made mention several times to our “Defensive Defenders”! Greg Papa is invariably wrong on every call. Calls guys out of bounds when they’re not, calls passes incomplete when they’re not, calls penalties the wrong way every time, gives the wrong players name almost every time, and I love ol’ George Atkinson, but somebody please take the microphone away from him!

Are the announcers sitting in “obstructed view” seats?

Are they aware that the players DO have names and numbers on their jerseys?

Did Jim Plunkett really go to college? Does he speak or read English?

I used to think the Washington Capitals had the world’s worst announcers with Craig Laughlin and Joe Beninatti, but the crew the Raiders have in the booth are even worse.

Guess I’ll just turn the sound off.