Raiders Post Game Poll

 This is a funk. Something has to happen to make this haze of failure go away. The players are pretty good, the coaching staff is at least half-assed NFL caliber. It has turned into a culture of failure. I truly believe that players come to Oakland with an expectation of failure.

Effects the coaches gameplan. It something the coaches have to deal with every day. But the oline play Is all them.

But answer me this Batman, why the fuck did it take so long to go to a 5 man front? They kept running it to the same side… Stretch, pitch, or whatever. It was like the Coach was sitting on his hands!!! Until he said FUCK it! He knew how to handle sitiuation… But he had to go along with the hand he was dealt.

And any other coach who comes here will have to deal with it too. I mean if branch, huff, McClain, all make a play… We don’t have this discussion. But they didn’t. And I’m still hung over either way.

1-3 is not good but it doesn’t mean we’re out. The next few games are important with SD, SF, and Denver coming up but I think it will all be competitive games that I hope can win.

The raiders have a lot envested in this season with our 1st round pick tide into this mess. Hopefully there won’t be 2011 draft without the CBA. Lol.

FML x3

and crappy safety play have been crippling us against the run . The reason I say O-line is because without ball control the D is out there way too much . And if I see Tyvonne Branch miss another tackle I am going to puke (more missed tackles and bad angles then anyone) Huff sucks at tackling too! Mitchell is our best tackling safety but he is a liability in pass coverage. I think Stevie Brown may be the best out of the bunch! Hopefully the Raiders get it together and kick butt on the Chargewhores.
GO RAIDERS!!!!!!

We have run the same 4-3 lack of blitzing since ever. If you never add anything or adjust teams will figure you out

The run defense is not going to be fixed as long as we are using the same approach we have been using for the past 20 years. That goes back to the players we run out there and the philosophy. It shows in the kickoff coverage as ours is horrid. There are a bunch of long runs and returns in which we don’t even get a hand on the runner. Cable is at fault as well since he was using this more relaxed approach to the first days of training camp. This team needs to put the pads on the first day of camp and that includes the mandatory mini-camps. No more holding out players for hang-nails or bruised elbows. They need to go back to high school style Oklahoma drills in order to get out of this mentality of taking plays off. If they can run two-a-days in the California heat in full pads then playing a 60 minute game in the Fall is a walk in the park.

with Q. Groves sitting there lost and having McClain chase after Foster… they kept running to the same side… it was crazy, like they had some cheat code or something… 1st down after first down. fuck my mother fucken life x 10000

Al controls the way the D is run. 4 man rush, we rarely blitz, only one of the corners can handle man to man coverage (Aso), and the safeties just can’t handle it. This is the old style defensive scheme invented by Lombardi 50 years ago. Al is the only guy around that thinks it can still function in today’s NFL.
Old Al just keeps telling himself these guys will figure it out and be able to make it work, but really, the players we have on D are not fit for this. So until Al changes his mind (fat f’n chance) we will have a mediocre defense and a revolving door for coaches because it has to be someones fault.

and outdated bullshit. Blitz more, Blitz at least one safety since they can’t cover or tackle in the open field maybe they can either stop the RB by hitting a predictable gap and before he goes into the high shift and rolls over them, or sack the QB. More Cover 2 and good Zone not crappy zone.

Maybe it’s the fact we’re running a 4-3 system when we have the personel for a 3-4.

If this season continues to sink, and if he has to go through another coaching change, the first announcement Davis should make is, “There is something wrong with how the Raiders have been run for the better part of a decade now, and with great reluctance and knowing there is a lot of work left to do, I am stepping down as General Partner of the Oakland Raiders…”
At some point, this old warhorse has to step down for the good of the organization and the fans. He’ll remind us of all his glory years and how strong his commitment was. His legacy can be rebuilt before he passes on. The work of rebuilding the team and buiding a new stadium can be passed down to someone with less baggage and a fresh start. A new coach can be hired without the spector of Davis overseeing the entire football operation from the top down. The record on the field and in the stands are a direct result of failed leadership, and it’s time for the Raiders to be relavant again. This has to happen for us to move forward in my opinion.

After watching tape of your next opponent, you plan to play against their strength. If they are a passing team, than you make sure the cornerbacks and safeties now what they are suppose to do and tell them it is their responsibility to give the defensive line the time to get to the QB. Zones are useless if the QB has the time to wait for layers to get open. If the opponent is a running team, load the box to force them to throw the ball. If the defensive plan is not working, than make changes or adjustment during the game or at halftime. That is the problem with our defense. No proper game planning and adjustments. Also during practice, any players who miss tackles in the last game will be staying late hitting the tackling dummy until they hurt and don’t want to miss anymore tackles again!!!

Steelers, Ravens, Giants, Bears. What do they have that we don’t have that makes their defense better than ours? Players that not only have talent but HEART and the desire to win!!!!