Fortune Threaders

This is going to be a very hard fought defensive minded game!! The Steelers have a good run defense but it will break in the second half!!! By that time we should be down by a score but will make comeback and the only reason we will be down by one score is because the D-line is beast and will show it to the rest of the league!!!! The game will be sealed with an interception and kneeing to run out the clock!!!! (btw is kneeing even a word???)

Go Raiders!!!!!!!

I reject the great one’s prediction which is the product of debauchery judging from Noontide’s account.
No, the score will be very close to or exactly this:
Raiders 24 Steelers 21

But in all 4 wins I’ve had reservations about this team and even in our last 2, not much has come to quell those concerns.

Going up against a tough Steelers team in their house, with a quarterback like Jason Campbell scares the absolute shit out of me and based on the way they bounce back after losses (usually), I think if the first 3 quarters of the KC game are any indication, Pittsburgh wins 33-9 with a Pick 6 or TD fumble recovery sealing our fate.

I like our D, but we just don’t have a good track record coming out of a Bye, and JC’s played horribly against that D everytime he played them in Washington. Knowing his history, it’ll be like lamb to slaughter unless he can learn to grow a pair.

I hope to GAWD that I’m wrong tho.

Sums a bitches. They should put Lynn Swann in a dunk tank at half time. Carny style with no cage and grenades instead of softballs.

Mendenhall will go down in the first quarter thanks to a big hit from Tyvon Branch, and Mewelde Moore is a 3rd down back. Seymour will live in Worthlessberger’s kitchen, and Shaughnessy get 2 satchels.

We will run on them, consistently, to the tune of about 178 yds. DMC gets 125, Bush gets 53.

I think we’ll pop a big reverse on them early in the game, too, but I’m not including that in my prediction of rushing yards.

Ford and Murph have solid days off play action…one gets over 100, but ZMill is the star on offense corralling both TDs.

Only sack Big Rapey twice. 2 int’s each. I still think we put up over 100 yds running total and 1 rush TD.

I think we will come out with purpose and intensity. Hue will have the offense planned out and will be adaptable. Marshalls defense will be it’s usual dominating self and Big Ben we play the price.

With all due respect I disagree. Here is my prediction:
Campbell- 21/37 249 yds 2 td 1int
mcfadden- 21 carries 117 yds 1 td 4 rec 64 yds
z. Miller- 10 rec 136 yds 1 td
total offense- 438 yds, defense- 327 yds(256 passing, 100 yds rushing). 6 sacks, 2 int, 3 fumbles.
FINAL SCORE- Raiders 31, Steelers 10

You guys have too much worry going on. This isn’t a slam dunk for us by any stretch of the imagination. I’ve got a little spiel memorized, sort of fits the occasion.

The path of the steelers is beset upon all sides by the inequities of the injured and the tyranny of bearded ladies. Blessed is he who in the name of violence and good running game shepherds the weak into a loss and the valley of darkness, for he is truly the AFC champion, and the finder of lost lombardis. For Troy will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger, those who attempt to cross the first down marker. You will know, my name is Deebo when I lay my vengeance upon thee!
 
Gonna be a good game, enjoy it, for a blow out loss is still better than no game at all. Lockout, be damned!

1. Steelers want to prove there not going to have another fallout like last year, and what better way to show than to beat a team that started there fallout last year.

2. Raiders want to prove the world they are for real and be respected, and what better way to show it than to beat the steelers.

But Raiders win because we have to something else we are playing for a 3rd reason 7 years of futulity and not being able to win after the bye week.

It will be 7-6 steelers going into the 2nd half and then the Raiders will show some pride and poise and come back to win..
13-10

I will once again will be having pancakes for breakfast for the 5th Sunday in a row.(yes,i had them during the bye week and two of the Raiders AFC west rivals as well as there up coming opponents lost.)DMC and the Raiders running game will bring down the steel curtain.Namdie will be going against Ward and i dont care who is covering the other Pitt WR’s,if Ward is on the field Ben will try to throw to him.thus Namdie will get a pick six!The Raiders D-will be treating Ben like a drunk collage coed in a public men’s room.JC will throw for 200+(mostly to Z,Miller and screens to Reece and DMC,although Ford once again comes up with a big catch)and 2 TD’s(1 INT by that long haired dude for a pick six)The squealers new kicker plays a role in this one,as he Misses a 45 yd fg for a tie.
RAIDERS WIN 27-24

Campbell will fail.

Not if his luck continues.

10-6 couild happed for u this wouild be a game-charer even if u lose 9-7 is likely as long as u do not play down to u oppint and thanks to all that came over to mhr

let alone against big dick and the crew

RAIDERS 16-13

31-21 Raiders

Ol’ Ben has a bad day, but, Mendenhall keeps them in the game with around 90 yards rushing and a pair of TD’s, if Ward lives through the first quarter, he will get the other TD in a red-zone crossing route.

 McFadden gets around 100 yards, Bush gets another solid 40 yards. Ford will be the hero of the day again and get a couple key 3rd down grabs deep. Janikowski could be the best fantasy kicker this week, totwotoo.

At least 10 points from special teams, and another ten from defense. Could go to OT, too. I see lead changes all day long, Ben with a healthy dose of us in his face, some shitty roughing the passer calls. Of course, I won’t be mad if someone decides to treat Ben like he treats ladies in bars; it’d be worth the flag.

The Steelers may be the best team the Raiders have faced this season. If the Raiders cannot get the run game going it may be 3 and out, 3 and out. With this game we will see if the Raiders have fixed giving up big plays on defense, with Mendenhall and Wallace a threat to go all the way on any play. Roethlisberger also has a quick release that may nullify the Raiders pass rush. With Grad back healthy we may see JC getting the hook if he plays like he did in the first half against KC. However the Raiders are healthy and rested while the Steelers are banged up and coming of a tough game, it should be a good game.

I’m gonna be at this game. First time seeing the Raiders in person. Excited doesn’t even come close.

Feeling my bloodlust rising! I want to see Ben Roethlisberger playing the part of Len Dawson and Richard Seymour in the Ben Davidson role. SPEARS FOR EVERYONE.

Troy Polamalu didn’t play last year against us and may be limited with a sore achilles tendon. Also NE used formula to beat the Steelers by spreading them out with intermediate routes and using Alge Crumpler to chip Harrison. They did not register one sack. However the only team that is comparably as good as pitt that Oakland played was tenn in the opener. We lost, BAD. Also the only other two teams that play similar styles were kc and the cards. Both were close and we lost one. The point is Matt Cassell is no Big Ben and Eric Berry and Tamba Hali have a ways to go before they are compared to Polamalu and Harrison. They’re angry not just because of last week but also because we killed their playoff chances last year in their own house. They don’t want a repeat. Steelers roll 30-13.

Our defense is crazy right now and the Steelers are in the way.

Raiders 24 – Steelers 17. GO RAIDERS!!!

Oak—13
Pit—10

…They are going to surprise us….

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We are behind at Halftime 14-3. Grad starts the 3rd Quarter and leads the Raiders to a 24-21 victory.

We win cause our field goal kicker is better.

Am I the only one up staring at the bloody hour countdown? Which, by the way, is a way better addition than the vick’s weather tracker that doesn’t feel quite confident enough yet to post a forecast for 8 hours from now.

Matt Shaughnessy sacks Frankenberger 3 times.