How Oakland might mitigate the WR issue and bolster its O-Line

I would suggest making it more modern with TE motions and some shifts. If JC is a good a play action pass as it is said then this would be great for getting TE/TEs open or keep one when the other releases. Well I could sit here come up with my own spins on the set this way but I will spare everyone my verbal diarrhea. To sell it as a viable formation we will have to dump the ball a bit more but it will keep JC more upright I believe especially with picking up a blitz or maybe as well dumping the ball faster with a blitz coming.

But I voted for you must be joking, you crazy bastard .. For the simple reason that’s exactly what I thought when you wrote that one post, “When the dice are hot, run the table, fast and furious!” This post though, I believe you are on to something, sir.

are not quite Casper and Chester, but the Raiders of ’78 and ’79 used the double TE set quite effectively then. It should be something that they should go to from time to time, at the very least to give some different looks. Hue is smart, he should be able to think of ways f deploying the talent he has at hand and to fit the circumstances the offense could be in.

Give Campbell some reliable targets that are potential mismatches. If you have a second tight end who can catch better than some of your receivers, best to use him and exploit mismatches and the fact that they never know if he’s staying in to block or not.

Keeps options open. Let’s us use the run more effectively while having the option of the pass still open. I haven’t seen much from Meyers, but from what I hear he is more of a blocking TE. But nonetheless, it can still work.

I’d also like to see 6 O-linemen on the field at times. Have another OT to the left next to Mario, then just power run it with Bush.

How about 3 TE sets with 2 of them taking the place of our lame Tackles! Or maybe a 4 guard set.

I wouldn’t be passing out of this except to stop predictability when the opposing D sees two TE’s

and see if your idea has any impact on their thinking.

You meant Nick Saban. Lou did not coach at Alabama.

but depending on the plays relies on solid blocking, route running, and ball catching abilities by ALL TE’s. I believe they can uphold their ends of the bargain, but the O lineman must as well.

It is almost counter to today’s game, or at least where highly succesful pass to set up the run spread teams are using with 21 personnel, referring to 2 backs, 1 tight end, three wide receiver sets. Some are nixing the final TE, relying on four blockers, three and rarely five step drops, and four wideouts, or your utility back/rb or even your qb lined up as a wideout (checked eligible to catch balls).

I absolutely encourage this kind of thinking, which one could classify as out of the box football for the Raiders, as the play calling in the demise years of the last decade have been so vanilla anything is out of the box. While I do expect exciting, cutting edge, and designed with today’s defenses in mind plays to be the norm with Hue Jackson, I absolutely expect to see two and three tight end sets for the Raiders, and love the versatility of some like Daniels who could be a great TE/FB/short yardage RB, and is showing some nice heart at all challenges.

I’m a fan of the single back 13 personnel set, with maybe a guy like Pears lined up at one of your TE spots, for play action pass calls, with the options to switch to run off tackle style off Pears at the interior TE on the strong side. Pears can be useful in positions like such; not so sure about being a starting NFL tackle however. Bush in short yardage up the middle if it’s up the middle, McFadden in the backfield if its a pitch or toss or even a cutback (maybe even Bennett if he becomes the 3rd down guy?) and Zach Miller and Brandon Myers at the other TE spots, with your most fleet-footed and adept pulling guards and athletic tackles. Dunno who they’ll be at this point.

I guess right now: Henderson LT, Gallery LG, Satele C, Campbell RG (that’s right, not Carlisle), and Veldheer RT (Not Langston).

Looking forward to seeing how it pans out. Next presesason game will tell us a lot. I have too many questions about our ability to truly exploit our strengths with the weak links I believe we have.