RaiderDamus Sees The Future Week 14: Raiders vs. Packers
by RDreamer on Dec 9, 2011 2:58 PM PST
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Ahoy, Raider fans! It is I, RaiderDamus, the baron of braggadocio, the duke of divination, the tower of power too sweet to be sour, and the World's Freshest Man. This will be the last communique for a while from your favorite oracle, as I am in the process of relocating to another secret cave in an entirely new secluded mountain range. However, I have concluded my viewings with the Great Beyond and, as per our usual arrangement, I shall share my findings with you after the jump.
I want to start out this column by asking what in the blue hell is wrong with Darren McFadden? A sprained foot, even a bad one, is a month long healing process at worst. This will be his seventh game out. This leads us to three possible conclusions:
1: Darren McFadden is a damn wimp.
2. Darren McFadden is a very slow healer.
3. Darren McFadden has a far, far more serious injury than has been let on- say, a broken foot or plantar fasciitis.
Numbers one and two are not things that can be fixed, and if it's one of them, trade him for as much as we can get and roll with Mike Bush. All of McFadden's ability is for naught if he can't play. If, however, number three is correct, then why haven't we been told and why isn't McFadden getting the appropriate treatment? Somebody has seriously dropped the ball here. If McFadden is hurt this badly, just cut bait and put him on IR so we can move on and sign someone else to back up Bush since Taiwan Jones apparently caught whatever disease is ailing Jacoby Ford and Denarius Moore. I won't even speak of them right now. I would be coming from an emotional place and it would be unwise.
The Packers are missing.... James Starks. He never gets the ball anyway so who cares. Charles Woodson is apparently healthy, so we can chalk him up for two more interceptions. I'm just not sure which Raiders receiver the Packers are going to consider good enough that Charles Woodson needs to cover him.
If Moore, Ford, McFadden, Jones, Satele, Chris Johnson, Matt Shaughnessy, Chimdi Chekwa, Rich Gannon, Fred Biletnikoff, George Blanda and Howie Long were healthy enough to play, then I might give the Raiders a fighting chance in this one. As it stands, the Raiders are going to be wiped off the face of the earth in this game. The Packers offense is the closest thing to an inevitability that we have in the NFL. If the Raiders lose by less than twenty points I will celebrate.
This one's going to be a bloodbath, folks. As Tom Brady says, start drinking early. Packers win, 45-17.
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Well you're just a big freaking ray of sunshine, aintcha?
Somebody’s going to beat the Pack. Why not us?
Oakland takes it, 21-10.
Ha.
Yep, I’m sure our defense will hold a team to 10 points or fewer for the first time all season against the best team in football.
I hope you’re right. It’d be epic. But I can’t help thinking this one is going to be a blowout. My only real hope is that somehow the Bears pull off a win against Denver.
The only way we win this game is close fought
27-24 win with the Raiders scoring a field goal as time expires.
The problem is nobody has held the Packers to that low a score all year and the only way we can do it is to run… all day and chew up as much clock as we can and keep Mr Rogers and Co. off the field and therefore keep their scoring low.
That’s how I see it.
"Now I know what your thinking, did he fire six shots or only five. Ive forgotten myself in all this excitement, but being that this is the 44 magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and could blow your head clean off, you have to ask your question. Do I feel lucky? Well do ya punk!"
Dirty Harry Callahan
I'll bet you
that GB puts up more than 10 pts in the first 10 minutes
That's pretty much what I was thinking RD ...
With Moore Ford and DMaC, and a remotely healthy D-Line, maybe we could’ve put up enough points to keep it close, but in these players’ absence, and with most of the D-Line playing injured …
Basically the front four won’t get enough pressure to hurry Rodger’s, and our secondary won’t be able to stay w/the Packers receivers for any length of time, so GB will almost certainly march down the field and score time and time again. And our hobbled offense won’t be able to remotely match the Packs consistency in scoring.
Eventually (meaning, early in the 3rd) Palmer will start to throw picks in a vain attempt to get us back into it. I’m guessing a Pick-6 by C-Wood ices the game completely by the middle of the 3rd quarter.
Basically, it’ll look a lot like the Miami game, only it’ll probably get ugly even earlier. And I’m fully expecting the following verbs to appear repeatedly in the game thread, in reference to our beloved team:
“crushed, demolished, humiliated, embarrassed, rolled, confused, spanked, burned, torched, and blown-out”
How’s that for a ray of sunshine?
The only hope we have for something resembling ‘success’ this week … is vis-a-vis the Chicago Bears. On a positive note, I think their Defense is going to rise up big-time in this game, and prevent them from suffering a 3-game skid that would basically put them out of the running for a P.O. spot. Losing Forte is bad for them, but it’s not like Marion Barber sucks … hell, the dude tore us a new ass.
I'm hoping your streak of being totally wrong continues
not that I’m expecting it, but at least someone’s consistent.
""The massive Raider Nation is beyond doubt the sleaziest and rudest and most sinister mob of thugs and wackos ever assembled."--Hunter S. Thompson
"In football, I root for the Oakland Raiders because they hire castoffs, outlaws, malcontents, and fuck -ups, they have lots of penalties, fights, and paybacks, and because Al Davis told the rest of the pig NFL owners to go get fucked. Someday, the Raiders will be strong again, and they will dip the ball in shit and shove it down the throats of the wholesome, white, heartland teams that pray together and don't deliver late hits." - George Carlin.
Oh yeah...
Emperor Plantar Fascitus from the Nublar Galaxy, the one who eats then later vomits Captain Picard in episode 167A9
No disrespect here, my condolences go out to CJ and his family in this difficult times...
Having said that, I think our Raiders will play their hearts out for CJ, something special happens when there’s a loss in the family (team), remember Marquis Cooper and how the guys played in his memory (at least for a couple of games, that season was a disaster with Jawalrus at the helm), and when Al passed away how they played against Houston….they will give it their all in this game and the Packers will never know what hit them….and losing to Miami sucked but you know what they say, you learn more from a loss than from victory, Hue will have the boys ready to play and dominate like we know they can….I’m expecting an early lead much like the Bills game, except this time we will not relinquish it…..
Raideeeeerrsss WIN 27-24
Aaron Rodgers leaves the game in the 3rd qtr after a big hit from Kamerion Wimbley….
Now Your On The Right Track!!...In "OT" Raiders Pull Out A Squeaker Off The Foot Of The "Polish Cannon"..
36-33 “V”!!!
"Tebowphobe"!!!
How about instead of the Packers
We just play the winner of tonight’s Northern Iowa-Montana game on Sunday? We probably could handle that.
NICE POST
Wiped off the face of the planet though, really? Sorry RaiderDamus, you sir are wrong. I hope your terribly wrong in this case. I’m picking the Raiders 37-14. Why you ask? I say why the hell not!!!! Our team is injured, beat up, and even healthy our defense is still average at best. Our best playmakers gone, our secondary a pile of shite, the unending penalties at the worst of times, and the weak sauceness of DMC. CJ is emotionally going through a lot, Death Ro is prone to bouts of stupidity both on and off the field, our defensive coach is pretty bad at times, and our coach is a rookie. Nation, our team is showing a vast amount of sucktitude that we’ve seen for the last 8 or 9 years. YET, still we are 7-5, still we are in a tie for 1st place in the AFC West, still this deep in the season and our playoff hopes are still alive, despite the injuries our team still has won terribly close games, and still despite the death of our owner the Raiders live on! Damn the Pack and their vaunted offense. Damn Aaron Rodgers and his incredible MVP type play. Damn their fast wide receivers and their wonderful YAC stats! Damn their Superbowl defending ways! Damn their cold ass public owned stadium! Damn the stats and the record as well. It is football, and on any Sunday any and every team is more than capable of victory! Why not us sir, why not the Raiders!!!!! I shall now finish my drink and pass out now. Thank you for your time. Go raiders.
by lakers007raiders on Dec 9, 2011 6:39 PM PST reply actions
YET, still we are 7-5, still we are in a tie for 1st place in the AFC West, still this deep in the season and our playoff hopes are still alive
Leading the AFC West is like graduating high school. It isn’t really a huge accomplishment becuase you could be a below average student and still pull it off.
That Could Have Been Said About The NFCW Last Season And For Several Prior...Still Only One Team At 500!!
The AFCW is not in that same category…No 9-n-7 team has taken this division nor will one this season…10-n-6 will be the minimum record to make the "PO"s from our division and there may be 2 teams at that mark…We may just produce a Wild Card team as well and as of now the Raiders are in the #6 seed…
"Tebowphobe"!!!
by PantyRaider on Dec 10, 2011 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Corection: Cinci Holds The Tie Breaker By Conferance Record NOY Divission Record 6-n-4..
Titans 5/4
Raiders 5/5
Jets 5/5
TO BREAK A TIE FOR THE WILD-CARD TEAM
Three or More Clubs
(Note: If two clubs remain tied after third or other clubs are eliminated, tie breaker reverts to step 1 of applicable two-club format.)
Apply division tie breaker to eliminate all but the highest ranked club in each division prior to proceeding to step 2. The original seeding within a division upon application of the division tie breaker remains the same for all subsequent applications of the procedure that are necessary to identify the two Wild-Card participants.
Head-to-head sweep. (Applicable only if one club has defeated each of the others or if one club has lost to each of the others.)
Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.
Strength of victory.
Strength of schedule.
Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed.
Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed.
Best net points in conference games.
Best net points in all games.
Best net touchdowns in all games.
Coin toss
NFL.com Predictions Week #14: Game that could affect the “PO” picture….
Cinci 13-10 over Texans
Jets 16-9 over “KC”
NO 26-24 over Titans
“Donkey” 13-6 over da Bears
“SD” 30-21 over Bills
“NE” 23-20 over Skins
Ravens 23-9 0ver Colts
Cheese 38-14 over Raiders…Yikes!!!
"Tebowphobe"!!!
by PantyRaider on Dec 10, 2011 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
you picked our game right i see
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.
Douglas Adams
by Whidbey Bronco on Dec 10, 2011 9:26 PM PST up reply actions
NOT!!...That Was The NFL.com Picks Not Me...."Donkey" Will Lose To da Bears!!!
But nice try anyway…You know I’m going to pick against you and us to win even when outgunned by “GB”….Right…
By the way did you get banned the other day from the “Joltz” Board???..They said the guy shoved every fan off that was not of there team because the only reason we’re there is to rub it in…LoL!!…And I was rooting for them!!!
For the record: My Picks…
Texans Take Down Cinci
Jets win over “KC”
NO over Titans
da Bears knock off Tebow’s “Donkey”…Why have the gods forsaken thee???
“SD” over Bills
“NE” over Skins
Ravens over Colts
Raiders eat Cheese!!!
"Tebowphobe"!!!
None Of This Is Allowed!!!
"Tebowphobe"!!!
by PantyRaider on Dec 11, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Good luck sack mojo. GO!
Yeah, I know it won’t work with our key players out, but I’m gonna post this once per week anyway. If we are to beat the Packers, we will need to sack Rodgers 100 times, but realistically, it won’t happen.
Proud to be a brony.
+1
100 times, :P Not unreasonable right?
by lakers007raiders on Dec 9, 2011 7:11 PM PST up reply actions
Biggest Upset of the year
Michael Bush runs for 120yds 2td
Marcel Reece leads in receiving yards
8 catches 128 yds 1 td
Halftime score: OAK 9 GB 17
Final score: OAK 33 GB 30
by Mr.Westwood on Dec 9, 2011 7:56 PM PST via mobile reply actions
lol. I started all my Raiders in a wtf move sneaking into the playoffs in the final spot, including Reece at RB
and I could start others projected decent matchups. I hope you’re right!
Summon your superhumanstremphnspeed , Marcel!
""The massive Raider Nation is beyond doubt the sleaziest and rudest and most sinister mob of thugs and wackos ever assembled."--Hunter S. Thompson
"In football, I root for the Oakland Raiders because they hire castoffs, outlaws, malcontents, and fuck -ups, they have lots of penalties, fights, and paybacks, and because Al Davis told the rest of the pig NFL owners to go get fucked. Someday, the Raiders will be strong again, and they will dip the ball in shit and shove it down the throats of the wholesome, white, heartland teams that pray together and don't deliver late hits." - George Carlin.
"TP"s Glorious Debut In The New "Pirate Formation" Nets 135yds and 2 "TD"s Both Rushing -n- Passing...g
"Tebowphobe"!!!
We're gonna need to pull SOMETHING out of our ass ...
That’s for GD sure.
We’re gonna need some SERIOUS creativity going on for this banged-up skeleton crew to pull out a W. Something the Pack is NOT expecting. And that’ll need to be true on both sides of a the ball. Doing the whole ’we’re just gonna line up and play our game and we’re gonna beat you cause we’re better’ routine? Our opponent is the only one who THAT is gonna work for.
by Brett J Valjalo on Dec 9, 2011 11:33 PM PST up reply actions
Madden 12 sez...
Packers 22 Raiders 17
- Rodgers: 21-36-297-2 TDs- 1 INT
- Palmer: 18-34-256-1 TD-1 INT
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=nfp-20111209_madden_sim_week_14
22?
A safety? Or random unnecessary 2pt conversion?
I think D-Macs injury is either plantar fascitis or the dreaded high ankle sprain
Darren McFadden has a far, far more serious injury than has been let on- say, a broken foot or plantar fasciitis.
It’s the only reason that he could be taking this long to heal.
"Now I know what your thinking, did he fire six shots or only five. Ive forgotten myself in all this excitement, but being that this is the 44 magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and could blow your head clean off, you have to ask your question. Do I feel lucky? Well do ya punk!"
Dirty Harry Callahan
Well Call Out The Gods And Begin The Celebrations...The Earth Is Turned Upside Down!!
At least that’s the reality if your in Asia at the moment as a Lunar Eclipse is awakening all the would be prophets and fortellers of fortune!!…Beat the drums and the dish pans to warrant off the evil spirits These fools really believe this holy crap!!!
Well maybe there will be some trickle down effect into Sunday as those who were on top slide to the bottom???..Or so we can all hope but stay away from those Football Prayers because “T-Bowne” has that all wrapped up with the gods so no one else can be heard!!!
Holy Eclipse BatMan!!!…Lunar Darkness!!!
"Tebowphobe"!!!
This Marks The Begaing Of The End!!!
A total lunar eclipse took place on June 15, 2011. It was the first of two such eclipses in 2011. The second will occur on December 10, 2011.
Oh!!…My Gods!!…It’s the whole freakin 2011 football season from training camps til the present!!!…Pack your bags the Rapture approaches
"Tebowphobe"!!!
Aaron Rodgers will scramble like crazy
We are second in the league behind the Texans in completion %.
http://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/opponent-completion-pct
Should be a good game. The spread is 11.5… I like our chances against that.
AFC West Assassins...
Another note
Green Bay is 8-4 against the spread and we are 7-4-1. Pretty close as far as that goes.
AFC West Assassins...
they're stats are bad when spreads are double digit
worse than fifty percent
""The massive Raider Nation is beyond doubt the sleaziest and rudest and most sinister mob of thugs and wackos ever assembled."--Hunter S. Thompson
"In football, I root for the Oakland Raiders because they hire castoffs, outlaws, malcontents, and fuck -ups, they have lots of penalties, fights, and paybacks, and because Al Davis told the rest of the pig NFL owners to go get fucked. Someday, the Raiders will be strong again, and they will dip the ball in shit and shove it down the throats of the wholesome, white, heartland teams that pray together and don't deliver late hits." - George Carlin.
I'm just hoping we get Reece involved in the game this week.
I don’t know where he was last week, but Hue needs to get him involved as much as possible from here on out.
ex-Bengali - longtime CP fan here...
QB Leaders – Yds/Attempt
1. Rogers
2. Brady
3. Schaub
4. Carson Palmer
5. Eli
6. Big Ben
7. Brees
8. Cammy
9. Romo
10. Rivers
No chance
As much as I wish we had a chance against the packers sorry to say we don’t. Without our playmakers we are horrible on offense so dont expect a shootout. Have any of u guys even been watching Aaron Rodgers and their offense this year!??? He is going to TORCH us just like Drew Brees did a few years back in New Orleans. Penalties seem to be back and biting us in the ass again. Hue has just abandoned his creative play calling and made us pretty one dimensional. Also I was hoping to see us come in there at the start of the second half against Miami and call an onside but of course we didn’t. I hope to see at least one surprise onside this week. Especially if we r down! Have to get more creative in all phases of the game cause believe it or not we r just not as good or as physical a team as we thought we were. Last week definitely proved that
by bigjon22 on Dec 10, 2011 5:52 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Just win baby!
Still tho. Win lose or tie Raiders til I die!!!
Just fuckin win baby!!!
by bigjon22 on Dec 10, 2011 6:01 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
If they lose, that's ok regarding my dedication to the Raiders.
I never had another team and never will. Raiderspeak is the only language I know.
by RaiderPsycho on Dec 10, 2011 8:22 PM PST up reply actions
i refuse to believe were not in this
All this doom and gloom is rediculous, we lost one game, tied with Tebaggs and poneys yes, out of the picture no..My mind tells me were gona lose, but heart says we win… Final prediction GB 28 oak 30
by Raider_Renagade on Dec 10, 2011 7:00 PM PST reply actions
The "X" Factor:
Kamerion Wimbley, OLB, Raiders: The only way the Raiders can contain the Packers’ explosive aerial attack is through generating pressure with their defensive front. Wimbley comes off the edge with reckless abandon and Hue Jackson must unleash him to disrupt the timing of Aaron Rodgers in the pocket. With a few big hits from the backside, Wimbley can create the kind of disruption needed to help the Raiders pull off a huge upset in Green Bay.
"Tebowphobe"!!!
good luck
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.
Douglas Adams
ha ha. thanks, man
good luck to you too. If we win, we beat the odds and do something not many expected us to, and if we lose, at least it won’t hurt like losing to Miami.
Tebow demonstrates what the power of belief can do for your team. Hue has that power, at his moments. We’re thinking he has one this weekend.
""The massive Raider Nation is beyond doubt the sleaziest and rudest and most sinister mob of thugs and wackos ever assembled."--Hunter S. Thompson
"In football, I root for the Oakland Raiders because they hire castoffs, outlaws, malcontents, and fuck -ups, they have lots of penalties, fights, and paybacks, and because Al Davis told the rest of the pig NFL owners to go get fucked. Someday, the Raiders will be strong again, and they will dip the ball in shit and shove it down the throats of the wholesome, white, heartland teams that pray together and don't deliver late hits." - George Carlin.
i hear ya, no shame in losing to GB but man what a win that'd be, huh?
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.
Douglas Adams
by Whidbey Bronco on Dec 10, 2011 10:09 PM PST reply actions
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