Pity Party Over, Bring on the Lions!

Overall, I think the Raiders are the better team by a slight margin, this 3 games will be won or lost by the amount of heart they show, I am hoping for 100% every play, Im 50/50 even if other dont think we have any heart left, that is mental…you can turn it around in 1 week. Come play with full heart and brains and we win, the Broncos are likely to choke against the Bills in the frozen tundra in Buffalo if they lose to the Pats, which will happen, and as far as the Raiders: Win this game and you will win the next 2….hopefully we get the WildCard if the Broncos dont choke, but I dont see that happening. Things LOOK bad, but arent as bad as many of you think, GO RAIDERS!!!

I’m convinced that coaching will not change for the rest of this year. All that, “We will get better” bullshit means nothing to me now. The defense has been coached the same way since the first game of the season. So we are screwed there. Moore was practicing, so that is a big plus. I don’t even care if DMC comes back this year or not, Bush is our back now. Moore should help Palmer. Palmer was talking very good, saying he knows how bad he played last week. He wants to not turn it over and force plays. That is a plus. As for effort, I expect it this week. I just don’t know how it will play out. This is a very strange team. If they decide this game is worthy of winning, then it will be so. Alas, it really is up to them :(

So reverse psychology does work on you. Noted for the future lol

If they come out flat and get blown out, the season is over and your pity party can rage on, but if they can play well and get a win… there may still be hope for this season yet.

He has actually at times been quite complimentary of the Raiders and the fact of the matter we probably have been the 6th worst team in the league the last two weeks.

Hope the guys who are going to the game are not like you, the guys need energy to do something this Sunday

as i said on another post I totally believe we can win this week and expect u to do so. The Raider Nation has stood up and sold out the O and I expect to see a pissed of Raider team put the effort on the field that they are capable of and push forward to the playoffs.

IMO the Raiders would need to lose this game more than the Lions would be able to win it. Get it?
Raiders on Offense-
Suh, Suh, Suh, Suh…..yeah whatever. Suh is good and all, but not great. Is he an animal? sure, he is violent and cunning and completely unstable. pancake that dude and watch him come unglued. He can be taken out of games, and IMO, its not as hard as the NFL wants you to believe. If you watch film on him, teams have the best success running at him. Double him up with the center and guard and get to the edge on the right side. Easier said than done I know,but when teams try to run away from him, him tends to beat the single blocker and chase it down from behind……he is fast for a DL.
Run the ball with Bush. Run the ball, run the ball, run the ball, oh and get rid of that cute flea flicker play that never works. Bush should get 100+ in this game.
Reece- Reece both in the backfield (blocker/runner/receiver) and in the slot. This guy is a match up nightmare. He blocks like a back, but catches and runs like a receiver…….he should be a factor.
Heyward-Bey- I was ultra pissed when you were riding pine after a great start, make up for last weeks drops right here. We need a wr presence in this game to upen up the running game, why not let it be you. OR better yet, Moore, will you please be healthy? Two of the top three target on the field is almost too good to be true. Let these dudes do some work!!!

Raiders on Defense-
Calvin Johnson. Stick Routt on him all day with help over the top. Let them take the short routes with no gain all day, the big play is where this guy kills you. If he catches a 7 yard out,fine but for god’s sake, wrap him up!!! A shoulder bump tackle isn’t doing much to this guy, other than knocking him off course for a moment on the way to the endzone. They think he can keep churning out ESPN highlight catches all year, so they like to throw him a jump ball regardles of coverage. DONT GIVE HIM EASY CATCHES DEEP!!!! Seriously, he is a average to below average route runner, and he lacks Jacoby Ford speed, but he can jump, I see no reason for him to beat Branch and Routt over the top. Stop him, and stop the Lions.
Mathew Stafford. This dude is soft. He is injury prone and makes mistakes typical of a rookie……only this is like what his third or fourth year? He wpn’t be able to take much of a beating before he leaves the game. So go ahead, blitz him, hit him, rough him up.
Lins running backs. This is an interesting bunch.They aren’t terrible, but they are short changed by the system. Because Stafford pretty much sucks as a NFL QB, they are forced to run most sets out of shotgun, making most of their runs draws, and also meaning they run without a FB and with a lot of three WR sets. If the Raiders rush too hard at times they could get burned with the draw. Raiders need to keep their gaps and stay focused, not lose their heads and play like idiots.
The other WR,I think Nate Burleson, isn’ terrible, but far from an all star. He is capable and fast, but he shouldnt be scoring touchdowns very easily.
Tony Sheffler, a former bronco castaway in the McDaniels project. He is decent.

Raiders as a team- Don’t go soft because you think they are put away. This team has erased some big leads this season, in fact they should have at least four more losses easily. Celebrate in the locker room not on the sideline, lose this game and your season is all but over, and with no draft picks to comfort you,it’s a long offseason……….
If there’s one thing I hate in the NFL it is the darling. The team the league wants to prop up(Packers/Broncos) or the player they are trying to promote (Rodgers/Tebow). The Lions are one of those teams. I don’t feel sorry that they have sucked for so many years and I dont feel sorry for the way they draft. Don’t try to force some lame sob story on me to make me root for another team. I want the Raiders to smash these guys to just knock them out of the playoffs, Then Suh can practice his lame rehearsed snarl all offseason long while he is waiting for his car to be fixed (moron).

That would be AWESOME!

Then again, Campbell may be what we need to stop him. Brute Strength!

the major key to this game is dmoore. if hes good to go then the raiders chances of winning obviously increase. i also have a bad feeling but i never count these dudes out until they are down 30 at the half. i did count them out vs GB though. no way in hell would they have ever won that game without dmc moore and ford. lions run d is bad. bush could have a big day if the oline isnt destroyed by suh and company. if grant gashed the raiders then kevin smith sure as heck can. smith is solid. calvin scares me ESPECIALLY in the redzone. routt will have problems with him in the redzone. it will be a close game. stafford is easily rattled and yeah hes good but he can revert to a little turnover machine bitch if harassed.

Shit happens and that’s prolley all this past 2 weeks is…No sense in treating it like the end of the world…

With all this team has been threw it’s no mystery that things would catch up at some point and put the team into a laps…Difficult to get up and win when faced with adversity but to do it every week would be extraordinary to say the least and few teams ever have especially when faced with so may injuries…

We’re home now and the Lions are in town…Let’s see how this team comes out and how they perform now before we bury them in the sand!!

people at the afc west blog on espn.com, askin about a possibility of a dmc trade. Its possible but HELL NAW!!!! plus with all the injuries his trade value wont be as high. guess they want bush to be the full time starter for the future. gonna be difficult to keep bush and start dmc next year. hopefully the staff can pull it off.

I’m excited we are playing meaningful games this late in the season and that we have something to play for but the last 2 weeks plus the plethora of injuries gives me doubts. This offense is built to be dynamic…and when you are missing your players that make the offense dynamic…it’s hard to compensate. If Moore plays, which he should from the sounds of it, then that increases our chances but if we had Ford and McFadden healthy…we’d be downright scary to opponents.

The spark that Bush lit when moving into the starting role has fizzled a bit and if they run him up the gut on consecutive plays again this week then I might punch myself in the face. I really hope somehow Taiwan Jones is ready so we can change the pace a bit and see this kid burn his wheels.

After this injury happened we realized we HAVE TO keep D-mac, Bush has had numbers but is he actually bringing ANY spark to the offense?? If we trade D-mac then the offense will look like this for years to come, we CANNOT trade McFadden…even if he is out 1/2 the season we need him.

35 Chekwa, Chimdi “CB”
31 Eugene, Hiram “S”
50 Goethel, Travis “LB”
77 Shaughnessy, Matt

Just to let ya know.

I’m counting on you, Raiders!