The Raiders, once again, Remind us they are still the Raiders

I think we have covered our injuries pretty well but the problem is our depth is injured as well!

I just want to make the playoffs after this long so not super fussed how we do it just making it is a step in the right direction and there us a difference between the Seahawks going in under 500 and us making it with a winning record.

well we scored 14 in the 4th quarter at least…

I’m feeling you on this one. The worst possible loss at worst possible time.
We been here before….you dont root for the Raiders because you believe shit is simple or without a little craziness.
We lost 4 straight and ended up going to the SB. Tebow is just another competitor….we used to bring Elway to his knees….things will repeat themselves. You’re right that we have an injury depleted team and some stupid behaviors by so called leaders.
The beer I’m drinking tonite tastes like shit everytime I think of the game. By Tuesday this beer will be pretty good as I look forward to the next game. Take a day off and just chill…..it’s all we can do, brah….

The Raiders just have to execute, that’s it. Every team we play is a professional football team so don’t look at the record and think it’s a easy win. The Raiders will be fine, I can’t see a complete meltdown on the horizon. However, I will state missing so many key players at full strength doesn’t help. With that said, look for the Raiders to play better next week. I do expect to make the playoffs…And Carson will definitely play better, by the way, I would like to see the Coach’s call the game a little better on both sides of the ball. We are 7-5 and I never expected to run the schedule, I expect the Raiders to win 3 more games and end up 10-6 with us in the playoffs..

and the things we need to fix are too myriad to think we can really compete. Denver showed today it can represent our shitty division better than us.

Any identity we had before of a team that could win with merely a solid performance from a qb that protects the ball is already gone, instead we’re now a team that needs Carson to perform at a high level at all times. We let our O line get dominated today, and our D line got pretty humiliated too.

I just see all too often, even in the wins but especially in the losses, that we’re not good enough to beat the elite teams of the league. We haven’t even shown we can seize a rock solid opportunity to join the elite when it’s practically gift wrapped for us.

We are not going to lose 3 in a row and Seymour will not be suspended whatsoever; may be fined – Ignognito had it coming.

I agree with you on all points. I would also like to add that the combination of Al’s death with Hue taking advantage of the power vacuum (still no true GM) does not bode well. There are plenty of things that Hue does well. He is a good motivator, has his player’s trust and back but I question his offensive play calling. He’s been too predictable. Additionally, his hire of Chuck Bresnahan was a joke as pretty much all Raider fans know by know.
Finally, and let’s admit this, the Raiders have been trying to “build a bully” but it’s clear that the Oline is nowhere close to being able to push teams around. Bush has been an adequate replacement, but his lack of a burst and the Oline’s inability to create a push up the middle and Hue’s non creative and highly predictable play calling is equates to far too many 3 and outs. The lack of someone who can hit the edges (DMC) and injuries at WR don’t bode well for offensive production.

Chalking up next week as a loss, means the Raiders will have to win the last 3 to possibly make the playoffs. Even then, no guarantees.

given this year about making assumptions based on how the “player seems” in their interview. I picked up on the same thing. I think even the raiders knew they weren’t gonna win this one. I wonder how they’ll look this week. I think last week’f offensive inability to score in the redzone got in both of their heads. two things keep running through my mind that hue has said on a couple of occasions this year.

1. “Coach Jackson Lost the Game”
2. “Think players, not plays” <——I really feel as if hue’s head gets a little inflated and he starts to feel like he can just “outcall” the opponent and win the game. I want him to return to the approach of earlier, when he was a little greener earlier this year. Remember when he said he approached Darren McFadden and asked him what plays he likes to run? Do you think hue is having those types of conversations anymore?

the whole “limited participation in practice” or “Did not participate” and then still starting means are players are playing hurt, needing extra days to heal, and then not getting 1st practice reps in the week.

That’s all it is. If we all were not drinking the kool aid we may have expected this. The Ro situation was a given distraction, no matter if you were for or against him playing today. Curry isn’t a good pass defender. Our receiving corps are decimated. We all know that Chaz and DHB are not #1 receivers, just good possession receivers. There lack of separation today should not have been surprising at all. They had not done it all year, today was no different. Tawain Jones was out, meaning we had no change of back guy. DMC was gone, meaning the threat of an outside game was gone too. Bush had no chance today. Love the dude, just he is not fast. Palmer did a good job of threading the needle and working with what he had. Boss, at least he blocks well. Our O LIne was a disappointment today, that was the only real surprise. Our D, what was shocking? Seymour committed yet another stupid personal foul. By now, we should expect that from him every other game. It is getting old. Our secondary sucks. Routt is good, despite his one PI penalty. That is it. Nice to see CJ back out there and doing alright. Lito wasn’t terrible again. Our safeties can’t cover. They do good at accepting gifts thrown their way, but not a good job of asserting their will. Our D Line was pretty beat up. Their inconsistency this year is getting very consistent. Now for Miami. Their record is correct, it is who that team is. It makes for a nice story that Sparano has inspired them but he is going to be fired at the end of the year. And for reason. The fact that they are all playing good (and they are) is a testament to their players. Kudos to them for playing above the ineptness of their coaching staff. Their O Line was dominant today. Their D Line was dominant as well. Quite simply, they beat us. No excuses in this league. Lack of weapons or not, we got beat by the better team today. Maybe it is the coaching staff, Hue is proving his greeness with each game. Bresh though, he has no excuse. If the players aren’t making plays, put hungry players in who will. Compensate for your teams weakness. If you can’t manage that, I agree, resign and step the hell out. All year we have had NO DEPTH. It is well known and hotly debated in this site. Now that we are banged up hard, you all just notice? Kool Aid was good, still is, but perhaps there was too much sugar in there. Time to water it down fellas. Fuck Tebow, wins are cool but good teams can shut him down. He runs and today he threw well. Good, he is supposed to, he is an NFL QB. He isn’t the second coming, shut down their run and score on their suddenly resurgent defense. The Patriots will, the Bears may be screwed. They are not going to win this division. If they do, then it really is the worst division in the NFL. A joke. I’m confident this Raider team can get it together. Enough to make playoffs. But with this team, don’t worry about giving up another 1st round pick to the Bengals, cause we sure the hell are not going to the Championship game they way we’ve played through 12 games thus far.

We’ll need a lot of help, but it’s not highly unlikely.

but just looking ahead just in case as well.

My prediction is we both lose next week to Chi and GB. (Yeah, Chi is @ Den, and they have no Cutler of Forte, but I feel their D will kill Tebow’s offense. But that’s just me). Then we reel off three straight, while Den goes 2-3, losing against NE.

Crosses fingers