Post Game Poll: Raiders vs 49ers

because I am most concerned about my mental health.

the possibility they just don’t want to win bad enough>

Would you guys rather have Branch slide to FS while Mitch starts at SS or Brown in at FS?

Eight years of the same shitty loss and failure. Get rid of one qb, you get another just as bad. Get rid of one coach (or playcaller), just get another one doing the same thing. Beat a rival one week, and the next week get beat by one almost as bad as you the next. As the saying goes…“The more things change…”

As I write this 44% of the poll responders have stated that the QB situation is most concerning to them. I must disagree, mostly because we have other immediate options at QB that can obviously play better than Jason Campbell. I feel that the coaching is most concerning at this point, because their decisions reflect the poor performance on the field.

Coach Cable said in his postgame interview that he didn’t consider removing Campbell from the game. Why the change of heart since the Rams game? Campbell had absolutely no confidence in his decision-making, and now we’re hearing that he actually injured his knee and needs an MRI. As the only semi-funny Dane Cook would say “Um….hello?” Where was Kyle Boller? You know, the guy you keep touting as one who’s always prepared and is of starter-quality?

Oh, and don’t think you got away clean either Coach Jackson. The initial gameplan may have been sound in theory, but when it wasn’t working you didn’t do enough to adapt. You take less blame because I can recall several plays, such as the bootlegs and bubble-screens where Campbell’s execution ruined those plays, but it’s still up to you to put our players in a position to make plays and it didn’t happen.

I anticipate Gradkowski being healthy enough to play next week @ Denver and believe that Boller will back him up, with Campbell shown the bench to try and get his head straight. Even if Gradkowski is still hurt, I’d give the ball to Boller over Campbell at this point. But that’s the decision that Cable and Jackson need to make – and likely cost us a game because they didn’t on Sunday.

This game isn’t the bad news. The bad news is that this game is what would have passed for an “easy game”. It gets tougher from here. Ram, Cardinals, 49ers, some of the weakest teams we have to play this year. Only other “weak” teams we have left are the ones in our division.

He doesn’t care….about the team or “maybe a win”…he is like his “buddy” J.Russell (another NO BRAINS)…..Thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooooo much Mr.Alzheimers (Al) Davis

This was a must win if we were to contend at all. Those who point to the other teams in our divisions records and say we are still in contention for a division title drank the Kool-Aid. Yes, we are 1-0 in Div. play,but are likely to be 1-1 this time next week. I agree with your take on benching Branch and Huff. We know what we get with those two -severe gas, why not see what the new guys can do while the “pepto twins” get their shit together on the bench,or better yet ,special teams.
The coaching is horrible,on all levels and that comes under one man’s watch, Tom the cable guy. I felt before the game that both coaches were playing for their jobs(Singletary perhaps a little more). Mr. Davis HAS to feel this one in a big time way,and if he does nothing I would be shocked. I’m not saying he will let Cable go but a head ,somewhere has to roll. R.F.F.R.

QB: Soupman is a joke. A FEW FUCKING COMPLETIONS WOULD HAVE WON US THIS GAME!!
WR: Thanks for confirming why Crabtree is so much better than any of the guys we have. Have a direct pass bounce off your chest into Takeo Spikes hands, ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!!
SAFETY: On long situations toward the end of the game, we kept on getting burned. Why are the Safeties playing on the line? One break from Gore is all they needed to almost take it to the house!! ISN’T THE DEFINITION OF SAFETY TO ACT AS THE LAST RESORT FOR THE DEFENSE TO SAVE POINTS?!!
COACH/PLAY CALLING: Is Cable even doing anything? And where is your creativity, Hue? Are you so clueless to keep the one trick pony of Soupman and Company on one or two PREDICTABLE plays?

When the announcers are circling blunders on offense and defense, you know it’s time to cut bait!

What is it going to take to change this almost DECADE LONG bullshit? Do I gotta wear one of these at the game?

WE OUT SUCKED THE NINERS IN THE SUCKBOWL!! I HOPE THE TEAM, THE COACHES AND AL DAVIS IS WEARING THIS ONE TODAY!!

The 9ers game plan was the same as the raiders force the QB’s to win the game and we saw the result. 9ers force Campbell to win this game and they knew he would fail due to inconsistancy in our WR’s, and Campbell being clueless. Stop the raider run game and force them to win by air= disasters when Campbell is in. When Campbell is in, teams will only have to game plan in stopping the run and not worry about the pasing game. What the worst thing than Campbell can do even with Mcfadden is back checkdown to him all day long. I know HJ is committed to the run but common man switch it up.

If you think about what makes a GOOD QB; Leadership, Accuracy, Pocket Presence, READING THE DEFENSE and making necessary changes. Cable, and Hue, can’t necessarily coach Campbell, or even Grad, these things. These are things they must improve from themselves.

Our OL is okay. It can give our QBs time. We need a QB the most.

We need a QB who knows how to audible, who has good pocket presence, and makes solid decisions. Campbell has good pocket presence, but lacks:

1) Audibling
2) decision making
3) accuracy

Grad, if he stays healthy, can do these things, but his decision making throwing the ball, and reading the defense, are questionable. With a team like ours, Grad is the best we have, but might that MIGHT not be enough(reckless play, and getting injured due to it, won’t help this team in the log run).

We need a QB who has good pocket presence, accuracy, decision making, and knows how to audible. We need a guy who these guys can rally around, and depend upon. How do we get this QB? I don’t know. I just know we need one.

At this moment, Grad is the best we have, and he can’t stay on the field. And judging from how we play with the best QB we have(Grad) and stay in the game, vs. who appears to be the backup(Campbell), it’s clear our team, offensively is worse, or doesn’t perform as well, when our best QB is not in the game.

This leads me to believe that, QB is the problem. And like I said:

Grad, if he stays healthy, can do these things, but his decision making throwing the ball, and reading the defense, are questionable. With a team like ours, Grad is the best we have, but might that MIGHT not be enough(reckless play, and getting injured due to it, won’t help this team in the log run).

Campbell being hurt will force Cable to pick up a QB (Colt Brennan), since Bruce is injury prone. Boller is not great but could make more completions than Campbell which is all we needed to win these game. I say for the rest of the season Cable should do the same thing with the QB as he is doing with Jario Velderson. If one cant do anything in the first half make the switch in the 2nd half .So far is has worked for us against the Rams, and StD.

We got less than 200 yards offense and lost to Alex Smith. Next week could be very, very ugly.

I gua-ran-tee that JaSon Campbell is thanking his lucky stars this isn’t a home game, and probably also praying that his knee is really hurt so he won’t have to play.

As I wrote this we just handed off up the middle again and then Jason checked it down and threw a 95 mph fastball at a running back’s feet….

Our WR’s are not the best but can a make a difference and change the outcome of a game if given the chance. The only way for to have our WR’s become more consistant is that teh QB has to get them more involve ealry in the game. The more you throw at a wr ACCURATELY and give them a chance to catch it boosts up their confidence. You cant expect a WR to catch a pass on a crucial passing down play when he hasnt been thrown to at all day. He probably wasnt expecting to come his way in the first play. Jasucko the 2nd inconsistancy makes our wr’s inconsistant.

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We drafted a QB 1st pick in the 1st round and it didn’t work. We need to draft a QB with a good arm and potential. Get a Vet, a QB who needs a new system, and the guy we drafted. Chad Pennington, Leftwich, Volek, Vick, or somebody like that. Then sign Quinn, Troy Smith, Pat White, maybe T.Jackson. Let 2 of those guys be the QB while the guy we drafted developes like Arron Rodgers and Matt Cassel.

We drafted a QB 1st pick in the 1st round and it didn’t work. We need to draft a QB with a good arm and potential. Get a Vet, a QB who needs a new system, and the guy we drafted. Chad Pennington, Leftwich, Volek, Vick, or somebody like that. Then sign Quinn, Troy Smith, Pat White, maybe T.Jackson. Let 2 of those guys be the QB while the guy we drafted developes like Arron Rodgers and Matt Cassel.

And we aren’t going to take it anymore! Oh, wait, yes we will, lol. We’re Raider fans, we’ve seen performances this bad many times, sadly.

I hope Boller starts at Denver (I still can’t believe I’m saying that!) unless Bruce is 100% healthy. As for Campbell, unless he really changes his mindset (like he SAID he did after he was benched), I really don’t want to see him out on the field again. Sometimes it takes a QB time, even if he’s a vet, when he switches teams—but man, he has not played well. Not everyone can handle being a Raider. Bruce can—he loves just getting a chance to play. I think Campbell could do OK as a dropback passer on a team with a good O-line, but that ain’t the Raiders. Our QB needs to think on his feet—heck, I wouldn’t mind having a QB audible plays on the line of scrimmage because they couldn’t be any worse than the ones coming in from the sidelines and at least we might surprise the defense once in a while that way.

He played really well in the preseason, even though it was just preseason. He hasn’t really figured it out, but hopefully he can click with us. He’s got a great arm and has shown the ability to make big plays. Let’s hope we can turn it around this week.

just watched it on nfl total access.

Campbell is a pro style offense QB, and needs time to throw the ball, although there has been times that hes had it, his lack in confidence in himself to put the ball where it needs to be its was causing his failure. Unless he sees a wide open WR he wont throw it. Grad had been succesful because he fits our style offense west coast quick releases, and his confidence to throw the ball in expecting a WR to be where ther suppose to helps their confidence knowing Bruce will throw at them. The thing that has been helping our offensive line is our successful running game run to the edges that Mcfadden brings, bush is not a threat to out run LB to the sidelines so all they have to do is stuff the middle this is why mcfadden is needed because he has the speed to out run LB’s to the edges. Kkeeping defenses honest from bltizing up the middle and stuffing Bush up middle like the 49ers did will help the passing game. 9ers knew that all they had to do was just stay home when bush was in and stopping the run would be easy. Zach miller is a great tight and a threat over middle but when you have LBs sitting in the middle makes it hard to get the ball to him.

Grad doesnt have what it takes to be successful. arm strengh, injury prone but he has heart, attidtude to win , confidence in himself to make something out of nothing. This is why he offfense plays for him and we see that fire out there when hes out there. This is what the team needs a leader that takes command and makes beleivers out of non beleivers. When you have a clueless QB with no heart makes the rest of the offense clueless as to whats going on.

I thought with this horrible group of AFC West we would have a chance of winning it! Damn, it sucks to see JC as QB. Bruce come back! Maybe we have to roll JC out of the pocket so he can decide to throw or run. Lets work a little to his advantage.