The Crystal Balls: Predict The Score: Oakland Raiders @ Denver Broncos
by Rich Langford on Oct 22, 2010 12:11 AM PDT
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PrintMy how quickly things change. I made the now familiar trek out to the Great One's cave, only to find it ransacked and barren--except for a few battered and bruised Sibyls.
Confident in his visions and hoping to upgrade the cave, Damus took the Raiders and 6.5. It appears he may have wagered beyond his means. RaiderDamus owes some money to some bad people. That's right, he made a bet with Robert DeNiro. It took a while to piece this together. All I could get out of the shell-shocked Sibyls was, "the little devil with the baseball bat!"
Luckily, my years of gangster film watching paid off. I knew they were talking about Joe Pesci. Desperate to find RaiderDamus, I tracked and followed Pesci, in hopes he would lead me to him. Let me just say, following Joe Pesci is not for the faint of soul or those weak in character. Apparently, I am the later.
With all hope lost, I partied with Pesci and DeNiro. Things are a little fuzzy at that point, but I do know I woke up in a field, naked, covered in blood and fur and I had a note beside my head.
Here is the note in its entirety:
RaiderDamus has been sequestered in his cave for many days now, grumbling about the Raiders' making him look bad and embarrassing themselves and their fanbase against the Niners. The future has been seen. Let's get to it.
Who knows who starts at QB? It doesn't really matter. If Robert Gallery plays, they will be alright. If he does not, they will struggle. DMC will probably not play, so whatever. Michael Bush is what he is. DHB and Murphy are above average and just scratching their potential. The defense is a total liability, as it has been for years.
It's hard to win in Denver. The Jets had a difficult time with it, and they are an elite team. The Raiders are far from elite. I see Orton with 350+ yds passing and 4 TDs, at least one to Eddie Royal. The Donks don't have much of a running game, but Maroney will probably plow into the end zone once. I expect to see Tim Tebow score as well.
This game will be a comedy of errors, a travesty and an outrage. Raiders will lose by at least two touchdowns. Donkeys 34, Raiders 16.
How did the Great One find me? Is he safe? Can he make his way back to the top? Will this burning sensation go away on its own? Can you even get that from animals? These are all questions that are now perculating in my mind.
What I do know is this: It is dark days my friend and fellow followers. Let's hope RaiderDamus has lost favor with the Gods for trying to profit on his visions and they are now feeding him false sights and for the love of Al, if Ray Liotta asks you...you know nothing! Oh, and let your predictions roll below.
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The world will witness the rise of Kyle "Baller." We will win.
We will Intercept Orton and get fumbles. Just like we did SD. I notice the team plays hard versus divisional opponents. The difference between SD and Denver is that SD has a better run game because of Mathews. Denver’s run game is non-existent I sure as hell hope Branch and Huff stop biting on run fakes like a dumbass especially vs the very bad Denver run game. This should make the players avert their attention to the pass and we will intercept Orton. Morena and Macaroony are bums, they will be contained by our line and Ro.
Overall, Boller should be an upgrade over JC, he will probably get a pic but he can move the ball and should get 200+ yards on air.
The RaiderLaker
Actually
Denver got a little more creative in their run game last wee—and it paid off. We rushed for 145 yards against the Jets.
"I used to fight the pain, but recently this became clear to me: pain is not my enemy; it is my call to greatness."--Henry Rollins
"Victory belongs to the most persevering." --Napoleon.
by Dustin Maul on Oct 22, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
*week
"I used to fight the pain, but recently this became clear to me: pain is not my enemy; it is my call to greatness."--Henry Rollins
"Victory belongs to the most persevering." --Napoleon.
by Dustin Maul on Oct 22, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Kind of a funny slip though.
If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!
by Trinidad Jack on Oct 22, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
lol, so did I. :)
"I used to fight the pain, but recently this became clear to me: pain is not my enemy; it is my call to greatness."--Henry Rollins
"Victory belongs to the most persevering." --Napoleon.
by Dustin Maul on Oct 22, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Dustin, but it was a comitte between six players.... Which means not one of your guys are dangerous.
Orton and Tebow got 20+ yards a piece… If they want to risk injury then be my guest. By watching film, we will get the trick plays down (Royal, etc). Moreno is not that good and his stats show it, plus he had a lost fumble last week, expect the same to happen this week more often.
The RaiderLaker
That might be a good call Jagger, But ....
You might want to add on a couple of more FG’s if Jano’s on his game !!! That light air, he might go for 4 50+ yarders, maybe a couple 60’s !!!
lets get somthing straight
this is the raiders and the broncos, anything can happen in this game, they usually play each other very tuff, so whatever happened last week is out the door. this is the raiders and the broncos, a rivalry me and the pops have lived for a couple of decades now, so being the die hard RAIDERS FAN that i’am, it hurts to say , that I think DAD’s going to get this one.
BUT, BUT thinking and knowing are two (2) diffrent things, THIS IS RAIDERS , BRONCOS WEEK anything can happen!!!!!!!
Good thing is we don't have to fear the run as much this week.
The bad thing is we’ll only win by 10. RRRAIDERS!
The RAIDERS pull one out of their ASS
We win there, they win here. So, in my pretzel logic ways,we will take this one. The RAIDERS play OK against good teams and bad against bad. It doesn’t matter who starts @ QB. The O-line outright SUX! Shane will throw a TD on a fake FG try. We win on the ensuing Xtra point.
RAIDERS 13-12.
WIN ONE FOR THE RIPPER!
I have no idea how Boller will play.
Our win or loss will depend upon that.
I’ll take 11 players with heart on the field over 11 guys with just talent. Talent is fleeting, it goes away over time. Heart is what drives you to be better. To push yourself beyond what you think your capabilities are. To show us that when you strive, all things are possible.- SMP
These players, a lot of other people didn't believe in them, but they believe in themselves. And that is all that matters."- Bill Belichick
I'm also a Raider Fan dammit!!! RAIDER NATION!!!!
Divisional rival....anything can happen.
But I would lay my money against the dog and clock.
It pains me to say that, so I’m not going to bother with a score.
Oakland doesn't want to go down 2-5 but then again neither does Denver and they're the home team. Broncos 31-17.
"I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong"
- Benjamin Franklin
Shane Lechler
is preparing to be the #2 qb behind Boller. That’s right, our punter is taking snaps in practice, all hope is lost, the D has mailed it in…
Donks 27, Raiders 9
"We can't stop here... This is bat country."
The note is clearly a forgery, for Raiderdamus would not go so far as to say...
The defense is a total liability, as it has been for years.
… (unless he was referring to the failure of Snowy Egret, his misuse and abuse of them.)
On the contrary, the D has kept it close while playing past 30 minutes. This, like all other games, depends on which O shows up. The one with WRs involved, variety, adequate blocking and QB leadership OR the other with it’s dreary performances all around, no imagination from the OC and a craven Cretan QB.
If leaders emerge on D (and take it out of the incompetent hands of Marshmallow Egret) and if JaJason doesn’t take a snap – Oakland 21 Donkeys 20.
But, if JaJa starts and Asomugha and Seymour continue being Marshmallow’s lackeys …
Oakland 13 Denver 28
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
Perhaps I should have specified
Run defense. The pass defense is pretty okay, but Gore had a couple heartbreaking runs against us last week. We stop a guy and suddenly he’s 60 yards downfield? It’s just bad tackling technique.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
24-21 Raiders win
Run DMC comes back and leads this team as a back up. Then pulls off the game winning TD and a muscle. The hero and villan all in one play.
by $73.27 on Oct 22, 2010 7:11 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Raiders, 23-20
Failure builds character; success reveals it
I am only a neophyte
and often my emotions cloud my jugdement, as well as my perdictions for the outcomes of the RAIDER games. not to mention, i hate, and despise the silly team of donkeys from denver. not to mention (so i’m actualy not, not mentioning another thing) , how i would like to paint the silly donkey with red eyes, one sees after they fly into the denver airport, a nice shiny silve and black coat.
My heart (which is nicely shiny silver and black cardiac tissue) screams," Raider victory, some how, some way, they will be victoriors." then my gut and liver, which are bud-light- yellow, say, “whoa, easy man.”
I do see us, scoring a touchdown, maybe two, and Seabass is still pumped that FSU is putting together a winning season (so he’s still drinking late into the sat. night – early sun morning and nerves are satiated) going 2 – 2.
However, i see the herd of donkeys scoring just a tad more. Orton has another good game, so it hurts me to say it but donkeys win:
Raiders 17 – Donkeys 31
GO RAIDERS AND LETS WIN, and prove me wrong
opps math isn't my strong suit
Raiders 20 – Donkeys 31
i did say 2 FG by Seabass
Unbiased prediction!
Bush has always had good games against the broncos when they had solid players on the d. Now with them hurting broncos are extremely vulnerable. I expect the raiders offense to get into early rythm with screens and shorts passes. The defense will contain the run game and mark my words!! Huff and branch will finally show some good plays!! For every big play the give in the air they will make up for in crucial plays. Stats are as follow:
Boller: 17/28 218 yds 2 tds 2 int
bush: 26 carries 127 yds 1 td
miller: 12 rec 145 yds 2 td
defense: Total PYA: 275 yds, 2 int. Total RYA: 105yds to 3 rb’s. 4 sacks and 2 ints
FINAL SCORE: Raiders 30, Broncos 28
by 3XSBCHAMPS.OAK. on Oct 22, 2010 9:42 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Halftime score
Raiders 16, Broncos 21
by 3XSBCHAMPS.OAK. on Oct 22, 2010 10:36 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Keeping positive (wishfull) thinking...
Raiders win 20 – 17, up 10 – 7 at the half. Orton is a decent but unspectacular QB but if he still has the neck beard, its itchyness causes the distraction that gives Nnamdi a pick. Tebow to cry like a girl when nobody is fooled into thinking he will pass and gets nailed for a loss. Hopefully.
by AllyRdr on Oct 22, 2010 10:48 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
With Boller in at QB...
Jackson opens up the playbook(Al’s wrath be damned)DMC will play and The Raiders will drop a 50 on the donkey’s.
50-17 Raiders.
I’ll take 11 players with heart on the field over 11 guys with just talent. Talent is fleeting, it goes away over time. Heart is what drives you to be better. To push yourself beyond what you think your capabilities are. To show us that when you strive, all things are possible.- SMP
I'm also a Raider Fan dammit!!! RAIDER NATION!!!!
No homo. Haha. But that’s a bold, bold score. Literally. Anyone else noticing the all bold comments? Trippy. Back to the point, I like this guess. And am going to adjust mine a little to yours.
Boller comes in, and runs shit. Bush will have 180 yards, Zach and Louis each have 7 catches, and Darrius has 5. Shit gets real, the fly is in the oinment, the lion will speak. RAAAAIIIDDDUUUHHZ!
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
I totally agree....
if j.c. is the qb I’d say
us-13donks-9
Death is coming for everyone, and that makes living fun.
by bojackson34 on Oct 22, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
amazing prediction, paralleled only by Raideramus himself
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
by Sons-of-Blanda on Oct 24, 2010 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Raiders 22- Broncos 16
Run Defence plays a complete game, Nick Miller returns a 99 yard kickoff return in OT to give the Raiders a victory.
I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.
-Jack Tatum
by R.I.P. JACK TATUM RAIDER D GOAT on Oct 22, 2010 10:55 AM PDT reply actions
Raiders win 24-21
Boller will have a decent game since the only video they have on Boller is from the preseason (Ravens, Rams dont count different team chemistry). So they just cant perepare for the run cause is given the chance and the same amount of time to throw the ball that Campbell had against the 9ers he will complete passes. Bush has a great game +150 yds from scrimmage rushing & 1TD. DHB and Murphy get decent numbers with Murphy having a TD. Miller has another pro bowl game with a TD, and SeaBass has the game winning field goal.
Anyone can be a fan of a winning team, supporting your team when its down is what makes you a true honest fan.
41 - 16 Broncos
I can’t fathom being beat by Oakland, let alone the game being close…
That said I didn’t think the SD game you had would be close and you one it. Hopefully my team doesn’t overlook you guys as much as I do.
"Bombs dropping down overhead. Underground. It's instilled to want to live." -EV
This is such a happening tailpipe of a party.
Like sugar the guests are so refined.
Here’s my prediction for sadaraine on Sunday
How quick (your delusions will), drop away
And now (your) bitter hands
Cradle broken glass
Of what was everything
All the pictures had
All been washed in (silver and) black
Tattooed everything
All the love gone bad
Turned (your) world to (silver and) black
I can’t say much for you taste in teams, but music…well, that’s another story.
It's not what you know, but what you're thinking half the time.
by Rich Langford on Oct 22, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
Anyone can be a fan of a winning team, supporting your team when its down is what makes you a true honest fan.
by 818Raiderguy on Oct 22, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Well....as "I's got's no's brains" Campbell doesn't start or plays any part of the game...
The Raiders will win (hopeful, wish…maybe ????)
by Raiderfanaddict on Oct 22, 2010 2:41 PM PDT reply actions
but will Boller play?
I’m hearing I’m hearing JaJa crapypants might start! fuck i hope not! I still say it should be QB by committee until one of them proves he can stay healthy with our shitty line AND consistantly perform! until then none of them should be starter! But I’m sure that the neutered Tom Cable wanted to put Boller in But all cut off his nuts and told him to keep JC in! even 8 – 8 is starting to seem like a strech much less an actual winning season. I dont mean to wish ill on anyone but a lot of these problems would clear up if Al were to finally kick the bucket.
"Just Win Baby" is not a philosophy, it is a way of life!
Or, Cable (assuming he's more competent than the record shows) does what he thinks is best
… and let’s the chips fall.
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
by Sons-of-Blanda on Oct 23, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
my 2 cents
24-21 DEN
okay i have cerebral palsy arthris and chronic fatigue as well i have a great life and loveing folks some days are better than other days i got a make-a-wish in 2001 and saw my favorite team the broncos it was the trip of a lifetime i wish everyone couild have gotten to enjoy that with me i know some of u hate the broncos and that okay but i bleed organ and bule for my mnr fans but i bleed orange and blue denver will rise again resident broncos fan for every blog resident broncos for stampede bule thanks shvd98z24 real name jeremy woodard nettleton high class of 02 yes i am a raider
I'll be surprised if it's that close .. unless Boller plays and has a good game
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
by Sons-of-Blanda on Oct 23, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
me 2
but i want show resept to u blog
okay i have cerebral palsy arthris and chronic fatigue as well i have a great life and loveing folks some days are better than other days i got a make-a-wish in 2001 and saw my favorite team the broncos it was the trip of a lifetime i wish everyone couild have gotten to enjoy that with me i know some of u hate the broncos and that okay but i bleed organ and bule for my mnr fans but i bleed orange and blue denver will rise again resident broncos fan for every blog resident broncos for stampede bule thanks shvd98z24 real name jeremy woodard nettleton high class of 02 yes i am a raider
This, from the man who never pulls his punches?(!)
Save your charitable words Donkey follower – tomorrow (if the coaches don’t fuck it up again) we shall bring pain to the mountain tops.
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
by Sons-of-Blanda on Oct 23, 2010 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Difficult to predict the outcome not knowing the status of the RB and QB
If McFadden plays and is in the same form as before he was injured the Raiders have a shot at winning , Prediction: Raiders 24 Broncos 17
If McFadden does not play or is gimpy: Predication Raiders 6 Broncos 24
by Oceanside Raider on Oct 23, 2010 9:36 PM PDT reply actions
I think McFadden is used sparingly regardless. They’re not going to overload him when he’s not completely 100% yet and risk losing him for much longer.
by johnnyphoenix on Oct 24, 2010 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Can't see this one ending well ... or starting well, for that matter
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
by Sons-of-Blanda on Oct 24, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
im being negative.. wanted to get a response
maybe we can pull it out maybe. still fuck al tho. i bet u campbell will get pulled
He shouldn't even play, but being pulled again is the next best thing - hope it's well before halftime
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
by Sons-of-Blanda on Oct 24, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I told you all we would drop a 50
Yea,i was wrong about Boller starting and the Raiders scored 9 more than i thought and donkeys got 3 less,but i was right about the Raiders putting up 50.
I’ll take 11 players with heart on the field over 11 guys with just talent. Talent is fleeting, it goes away over time. Heart is what drives you to be better. To push yourself beyond what you think your capabilities are. To show us that when you strive, all things are possible.- SMP
I'm also a Raider Fan dammit!!! RAIDER NATION!!!!
Wait! That signature is Patrotguy's ...
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
by Sons-of-Blanda on Oct 24, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
sorry
I really loved that signature and borrowed it..since it is from another regulary poster and is caussing problems i will change it.
I’ll take 11 players with heart on the field over 11 guys with just talent. Talent is fleeting, it goes away over time. Heart is what drives you to be better. To push yourself beyond what you think your capabilities are. To show us that when you strive, all things are possible.- SMP
I'm also a Raider Fan dammit!!! RAIDER NATION!!!!
Having a unique one of your own is the better way to go (at any rate, definately eliminate the last sentence)
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
by Sons-of-Blanda on Oct 25, 2010 6:39 AM PDT up reply actions
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