Oakland Raiders Roster: Raiders Fill Out Practice Squad

Hard to see what they plan on doing about depth at key positions to start the season

Will Allen is a 10 year veteran ex-Giant former 1 round pick, cut from the Fish. He may have slowed down but should still be effective and a good on the field coach for our young secondary.
Cox was cut from the donkos and there are others.
Meriweather is a bear now. so much for that.
Who else woulld be a good pick up?

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/04/report-cassel-could-miss-opener-with-rib-injury/

I have a suspicion that they think they can make Brodine into the next Mad Stork.

This “D” was without Seymour/Johnson with a 3rd rd rookie starting at “CB” being exploited…But in all that we were tough to run on and made several goal line stands…

Routt was good in pass coverage…Lito Sheppard was also and may be brought back in after Thursday as a Cap friendly move…There are still possible trades or "FA"s that may be brought in…

The “O” is allot better….Even the “OL” which was one of the biggest questions at the beginning of camp…Just that fact alone should give us a better chance for “V”…

N.O. Couldn’t score nor could the run that “Pig” on us…11 rushes for 34yds…Yes they burnt our rookie at “CB”….

During preseason players are being brought in and out without an opportunity to get to know the guy across from them…Not so in a regular season game when they play 4 quartes against one another…

Film is studies and you already know that player and his tenancies in different situations…Than you line up and get a feel for how he’s going to play you in specific situations…As the game roles along it become more and more difficult to duke someone who’s fimiliar with your moves…This is true in the trenches as well as the backfileds…You get to know each other on that playing field…

Vets have an advantage over rooks in that they are more seasoned and have more history to draw upon…Have to spend less time thinking and get off quicker and adapt qucker…Than when players have been togeher before they feed off each other…Where one is haveing trouble another can take up some slack….This goes on threwout the contest on both sides of the ball as adjustments are made….

So in the initial drives an “O” may be very efective at moving those chains but in subsequent drives what they did initially is no longer working…That’s due to “Adaptation” by the “D”…Without vets like Seymore n “CJ” in there our ability to adapt is severly hampered and that shows in the presseason…Don’t expect to see the same once the season starts…You can take about 80% of what you have seen and throw it out the window…

With the season approaching quickly the team looks a bit sloppy and not fully in sync. That is the bad news. The good news is that other teams are in the EXACT SAME BOAT as we are. Lack of discipline, not coordinated 100% properly, out of sync.

No way you can convince me that our division rivals are more “ready” for this season than the Raiders are. Watch those other teams’ games this preseason and you will see that they weren’t so hot either.

Everyone calm the fuck down and let the season play out. The Raiders have as good of a chance as any of the teams in this division to make it to playoffs. Stop being so damn negative.