Raider at Midseason how the HELL did we get here?!?!

by David Rockwood on Oct 28, 2011 4:11 PM PDT

The Season of Testing Continues…

I’m trying to remember how the hell we got in this mess…

20011 Raiders were designed by Al Davis and Hue Jackson to assassinate the AFC West.

Getting Jason Campbell at quarterback and Hue Jackson as head coach were the final pieces of the puzzle.

The defensive line has talent, leadership. Aaron Curry to compliment Rolando McClain at linebacker. Cornerbacks Routt and Asomugha in the backfield with Safety Micheal Huff.

On offense we fill in the center with Wisniewski, with solid guys on either side. World class running backs, proven tight end Zach Miller in midfield and a young receiver corps eager to make plays.

Then a few things went wrong….

Aso’s contract voided itself due to his substandard play. Zach Miller split when he wasn’t offered enough cash.

The Death of Al Davis.

Then both Darren McFadden and Jason Campbell go out with injury.

Suddenly at midseason we are looking at an entirely different Raider team. No other team in the NFL has lost so many key players including our Hall of Fame commander. We have yet to feel the full repercussions.

Looking at this season beforehand I predicted that 8-8 would win the division and Raiders would hold the tie breaker. Based on AFC Wests tough schedule, generally shaky teams and the upswing in Oaklands talent, I predicted we’d take the division.

Now I don’t know what the to think! Try to look on the upside or not, we’ve been thrown in to chaos and this team is an inch away from totally losing control.

We knew this season was going to be HELL coming into it, and now we are at the midway point. There are more dark days ahead, and near misses, and horrifying losses. Hue Jackson is leading this team, through thick or through thin. Beat up as we are now, this is only the beginning. AFC West teams are going to continue to shed players as they are tested through a brutal campaign. Jason is not the last high profile player for an AFC West team that will be lost this season!!!

Raiders will either collapse utterly or will be forged into possibly the best Raider team in a generation….

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A combination of

Missing most of the off season and so a lack of conditioning, added with us having to wait halfway through the season to get our first bye week, and extraordinarily bad luck against Cleveland.

by rightnasty on Oct 29, 2011 2:20 AM PDT reply actions

easy , every team in the nfl deals with injury , ou team has shown some grit this year

losing Al , then campell , followed up by Mc Fadden possibly missing some time is tough , but this aint last years raiders , they have been tough and answered the call every time , hue will have them ready to play , palmer will be getting up to speed , we have a butt load of depth at the rb position , hammys have been blowing out all over the league because no off season conditioning , and the lack of padded practices hinders the players when it comes to being i “football” shape but bush has always gotten us through when dmac goes down tiwan will give us the big play threat out of the backfeild , and well stll be in the hunt when dmac returns

by aa420 on Oct 30, 2011 2:26 PM PDT reply actions

I think your post ignores a number of important factors...

1. The salary cap meant that some had to go, simple as.
2. The way that Aso and Miller are playing for their new teams suggests this was no bad thing.
3. With the exception of Boss we appeared completely unable to attract decent free agents, again largely because of the cap.
4. We continue to over pay mediocre players.
5. We have a crap DC.
6. We have enormous gaps in our team that have been ignored in both the draft and FA.
7. We will not be able to address any of these gaps through the draft this year.

by animal_mutha on Nov 8, 2011 10:06 AM PST reply actions