Please Don't Suck. Please Don't Suck

I find I’m way more nervous beofer the games we are supposed and favored to win over the ones where we are the underdog.

As pointed out above this is a great opportunity to recover in our areas of weakness from last week. Above all…our o-line really needs to show us something. The Rams front 7 is nothing to scoff at but we should be able to get our offense going against these guys. I really want to see what Campbell can do with a little more time.

This is a really great opportunity for a bounce back game and that’s what gets me so nervous.

I’m expecting a big game out of Jason Campbell, Lamarr Houston and Nnamdi Asomugha.

Jason Campbell has already lost a lot of the Nation. In order to regain some of that respect, he needs to shred St. Louis.

Lamarr should have a fun time with Jason Smith this week. I’m sure he’ll love hitting Sam Bradford again.

Nnamdi is going to be in Sam’s head this entire game. Hell, he’s probably already been in there since Monday. I almost feel bad for Sam. Having to deal with the best CB in the game in only your 2nd game can’t be much fun.

At least on fantasy football. I’m starting Campbell over Tom Brady (who has to go against Revis and the Jets pass rush) and the Raiders defense. Don’t let me down, boys!

1) Healthy dose of DMac. If he can roll up 95 yards against the Titans D, he should be able to run wild over the Rams. I wanna see him roll up 22 or 23 carries and 5 or 6 receptions.

2) Revamp the passing gameplan after last week’s disaster. Three step drops and quick releases to Murphy and DHB. Bubble screens to guys like JLH and Figurs to relieve the pressure on Campbell if the pass protection fails again. Work in Marcel Reece on dumpoffs.

3) Get Zach Miller involved early and often.

4) Pressure, pressure, pressure. Get in the rookie quarterback’s face. The Rams have an O-line to rival our own in terms of suck. Rodger Saffold is really good and should be able to handle Trevor Scott and Matt Shaughnessy, but Seymour and Houston had better be living in the backfield.

5) This is the week to starting moving Nnamdi around. Bradford should never, ever be sure where he’s going to be. Asomugha is the best and, if Bradford gets confused or pressured, should be able to feast on the mistakes.

….I finally saw the clip of Johnson’s 76 yard gallop to the endzone yesterday. Pissed me right the hell off. Seymour and Wimbley were both getting MUGGED on the play. You can actually see Seymour throw up his hands as if to say “What the hell?” as the camera pans away to follow Johnson.

And just for the record, I’m a guy who 95 percent of the time hates when people bitch about uncalled holding. That’s how blatant this was.

We must go out and establish a rhythm against the Rams with our offense. Good break down of the two teams. I think that Campbell really needs to get the offense going this weekend. Spreading the ball around will be key, as well as him getting the ball to his receivers. There were two screen plays against the Titans last week he just lobbed, hoping that the backs would get the ball. They were thrown pretty poorly. Release the ball Campbell! Let it rip. Everyone makes mistakes. Stop worrying so much about everything.

Defense needs to stuff the run, and get in Bradford’s face. Hopefully, Tyvon will be kind enough to have his head in the game this weekend and play a good game. He only had one bad game .. I’m thinking he’ll snap out of it pretty quickly. If we don’t blitz, our four upfront will have to keep that pressure on.

Nnamdi is, Nnamdi. Enough said.

As a Ram’s fan, I think your scouting is pretty much right-on. Of course, as a Raider fan you missed that Campbell has sruggled against Coach Sprag’s defenses in the past.
Yes, your at home and should be favored. If the refs are on their game this week for both teams, I’m taking the Ram’s pass rush as the difference in the game. I agree that Bradford will make rookie mistakes this week, but I do expect the Ram’s to continue his growth under fire and throw close to 30 times and challenge the Raider secondary of course away from Nnum.
Disipline and Special Teams win it For the Rams 24-17

Jerry Mac in his chat is far less negative than some of us have been. That’s been the only real comfort so far. He did say we’re a better team that last year, at least. He keeps reminding us Tenn was just one game too.

You missed your calling. You should have been a sportswriter. Really. I like your style.

Also Laurent Robinson, according to a few ram’s fans during WK 3 of the pre-season, were saying that he looked to be better than Avery( i think they said due to him being quicker). Mark Clayton is still very good, disciplined, and smart who also has great hands and route running.

I think we WILL be good against there passing game, but if Sam happens to be completing passes left and right, I also wouldn’t be totally surprised. He is good.

Seems like on the road Satele should have started and Veldheer could have continued to study up at Left Tackle. I’m not sure he’s ready to be a starting left tackle, but I’m sure Henderson is not there either. IMO Satele is serviceable at Center until we can find a better solution, and as good as I think Veldheer can be, I worry that displacing him there may lead to taking a step back for him and the team if that’s not where he will ultimately be.

So we better kick ass and take names later! This is a must win for the team’s sake and our sake too. All the hype and hope hit this weekend, and a loss will be devastating.
The Rams are an improved team for sure, as I watched their game last week you could just tell the intensity and skill levels were greater than we’ve seen in the past. I’m hoping for a steady, CONSISTANT effort with sustained drives that lead to scores. I want to see that “bend don’t break” D we saw in the preseason, and the same sack production. This is the week we find out if our hopes and hype are real. If Campbell stutters…. JUST SAY BRUCE! R.F.F.R.

I believe we stack up good D wise against there O.

But It’s our O that makes me scratch my head. Aside from the horrible OL play, I was questioning some of the play calling. Knowing our protection isn’t any good, we should have used more 3 steps to negate the rush and at least get some yardage instead of a sack or incomplete pass. But I do agree JC needs to be more animated and show some kind of intensity out there, I like that he’s composed and professional and disciplined, but this is the Raiders! They should sit him down and make him watch film of Rich Gannon, maybe he’ll get the idea. I’ll give him a couple more games, but If he producing, I’m all open to Grads. I know he got the heart.

Def gotta woop on the Lambs this weekend tho! This one is more personal, as I have some Lamb Fam.

LETS GO RAAAAIIIDEERRRRRSSSS!!!!

Raiders 24 – Rams 10

If he isn’t producing

Per Jerry McDonald: Cable is now 9-20 as the Raiders head coach, and 11 of those losses have been by at least 18 points

That should make for a pretty hot seat.

That in itself is sleazy job security in the first place. Yes, i agree he has to go at least 8-8 to keep his job.

Oakland is a tough place to play when they have a full stadium…