Oakland Raiders: A Look at 2012 Opponents

FIRE CHUCK BRESNASUCK

K, now I’m a little better.

An outside candidate? Inside promotion? Former NFL hc/dc? What bout a stud college hc/assistant

The three day stretch when my great uncle and Mr Davis died was the worst period of my life, but I gotta say – these past three (starting with New Years Eve) have given it some real competition. And no one even had to die.

Only good thing was that I drank enough to pass out and be ready for work tonight – hungover but at least I’m somewhat rested.

End of the world, come at me bro. It can’t be worse right now.

The biggest headaches will be the Steelers, Ravens and Saints. All those other games can be won. Keep in mind we have a real honest to God quarterback now.

Yet we all agree the Raiders need to have a readjustment on defense, from Coaching to Personnel. The playoffs was ours to win or lose, and we lost. Every player on that team knows there will be consequences for that…So we now begin the process of preparing for next season.

I will be writing a post a little later, lets keep it positive, look at the gains this year and remember we played most of the season without out best players on the field or with them injured.

The season is over and NOW is the time for everyone to face the consequences of their BAD decisions. Remember…this year the ultimate goal was reaching, at least, the play offs and we FAILED. No excuses. Let the heads roll…

Chuck SUCKS!,
grab DelRio NOW!, before someone else does,
word from the East Coast, if Spag becomes free, Giants and Eagles will go after him,
apparently has family here.

The def line got zero presseure on rivers. Rivers will slice any def if given as much time as he had yesterday. Not sure why that Bres fault. They tried to blitz got burned. They mixed coverages from zone to bump etc. Nothing worked as we couldn’t generate ANY pass rush whatsoever ever.

Put the fault where it correctly belongs- the raiders def line.

What makes anyone think they want to become a dc? There will be several hc positions available. I assume those hc openings will be their first choice.

Nine years without a winning record. The Raiders are turning into the Bengals! This has to change. You can’t say you are making progress losing the last 4 out of 5 games of the season.

Bring on the new DC.

Giordano is a good backup FS but I think Huff needs to go and Routt, Seymour, Kelly, and Wimberly need paycuts.

I’m not sold on McClain and maybe we can trade him for a draft pick?

And please hire Spagnuolo!

Running a stupid Tampa2 sets with receivers your LB’s can’t cover and continuing to do so! The last few weeks scheme was a bigger issue than effort. You can’t always say that for the D.

the effects of Tom Cable on the D still remain. Thomas Howard would have been a big help to this D this year.

Healthy players and a couple of tweaks could start the turn of the D it just ain’t nasty enough!!!
Romac has played better but is nowhere near what need to be the MLB. He’s probably untradable at this point so we are stuck with an idiot who doesn’t make good calls or adjustments!

This season was a failure. The way he defends the WR corp really has me believing next year will be soooo much better. He said himself he could not be mad at these young guys because of the way they practice. They are putting in the work, we just need to capitalize. This is not our cause for concern. Who would complain if we could get a guy like Santonio Holmes here to help though?

Who wants a paycheck…raise your hand. Who is hear to help this team be the best they can be and showcase all this talent when in they are in the spotlight? I bet some will be reluctant to raise their hand the second time around. You could tell during yesterday’s game who showed up to give us a chance and who was out there to collect the paycheck.

We all know Bresnahan needs to go, so I wont waste my time talking about him. We have a good young CB group and growing pains are expected. We do need more depth at CB but I do like who we have, aside from Lito Sheppard. After watching Chimdi play before he was injured, I was set on him being the Def. ROY. Going back to those who are here to help the team, how about Matt Giordano? Who was this guy before this year? Anyone ever heard of him? Sure he had some lackluster games, but his heart was on his shoulder in every game. He played a little too aggressive which caused big gains for the opponent, but the ball seemed to find this guy. There were a few games where he made a key INT. These are the guys I want to see on this team. He could do a lot better, but he can also be groomed into a better decision maker.

In reality, this team does not NEED a whole lot to be better next year. We need these guys to get their heads in the game first and foremost. These stupid penalties are playing with their heads. Hopefully our people can make some more great late draft day picks.

Check their attitudes at the door because this team is too cocky for what they DO NOT accomplish. Where is the player(s) that fire this team up? I’d sell my soul to be on that sideline for a game. They would have to strap my ass to a chair to prevent me from running up and down the field the whole game, unfortunately, I am not as passionate about anything as I am about my Oakland Raiders.

Ok, shoot me if you will….I WAS one of his biggest supporters. Bush is expendable people….I am very grateful for everything he has done for us but he is not a solid option. He wants to run the ball and thats it. There is no blocking in this guys mind for a RB. Marcel Reece can replace Bush. He can run with the ball, he can catch out of the backfield and yes he knows how to block. I’d love for him to come back as a #2, but I have a feeling he wants to be a #1. Well, over the last few weeks, he has shown he is probably not a solid #1 option. He will not get the #1 money we all thought he could get after the first games. If for no other reason, this could be why he will stay in Oakland.

what are guys thinking about Palmer right now…I am not talking trash…Do you guys still support him, or do you want to draft a QB for the future? Just curious…I think you guys know what we think of Palmer…..quitter

Ive had many arguments about the single high safety man up defense and Chuckles the Lame and many more of you have agreed with me than disagreed, but to those who have defended Chuckles and this dinosaur of a scheme… I think they (Chuckles and the team ) have proven me right. On the day we needed it most…we did not force a single punt yesterday and our only stop was an interception on the two after this joke of a defense allowed them to march all over us. Lechler pins them on the 1/2 yardline and Chuckles and Co. allow a 99 1/2 yard drive for a touchdown…PATHETIC!

This defense IS the reason that we are not in the playoffs right now and has been a problem all year.
We need a new GM to select a new DC (I’d prefer Nolan or Spaguolo) and that DC needs to see who we have that fits his system and jettison the rest.
This defense needs a complete rebuild as far as scheme goes and those players that are a hindrance because of lack of talent or contract overpayment to need to be sent packing if they don’t fit in and restructure or get out if it’s their contract that ’s holding back the team… Stanford Routt, Wimbley, McClain and Seymour this means you!

The offense is fine, I’d add maybe a guard to take Carlisle’s place and a real backup QB if Campbell finds another place to start..Boller has got to go! and Pryor probably needs more time to develop.

As painful as that loss was yesterday…If it means the demise of Chuckles the Lame, Weak, Fat, Panda Clown and a complete change on defense, then I’ll take my medicine of yesterdays loss and look forward to a day when we have a defense to be proud of instead of that embarrassment and joke we ran out there this year.

i still want them to beat the texans. detroit is gonna get crushed by NO. thats my super bowl pick. it will be the ravens or NE vs NO. make charger fans more miserable with brees having 2 rings. as for the raiders defense….it might be different but i dont think it will be a whole new animal. id still say it will be the weak link unless a GOOD dcoord is hired or a big change happens. i believe its the stupidity of the players as well as chucks. hopefully i be wrong mon.

fuck!!!

Bcampbell needs to play. he can be a guard or rt

Only one issue remains now…Hue makes his hand felt and we don’t have this CRAP again!!!

Jackson said he has been aware of the issues holding back the Raiders for some time. Now that the season is over, it’s time for him to let it out and talk about what needs to be done going forward.
For one, Jackson said, he intends to take on an even heavier hand in how the team is run. He is hell-bent upon making sure he doesn’t feel again the way he feels right now.
"I’m going take a stronger hand in this whole team, this whole organization," Jackson said. "There ain’t no way that I’m going to feel like I feel today a year from now, I promise you that. There’s no question.
"Defensively, offensively and special teams. I aint feeling like this no more. This is a joke. To have a chance at home to beat a football team that is reeling after being beaten by Detroit, is one of your rivals, and come in and beat us like that … yeah, I’m going to take a hand in everything that goes on here."

Without a doubt that piss poor “D” was on one man and one man only…That won’t happen again!!!

Bres…Thanks for coming in and screwing up our last hopes…Now get the Fuck OUT!!!

PantyRaider….Next Season!!!/_

PS…I’m not reading because I have NO stomach for all the fuckin crying and bitchin!!!

"Palmer isn’t a difference maker: The Raiders traded two premium picks (including their first-round pick in April) to Cincinnati for Carson Palmer.Palmer did throw for 417 yards, but he wasn’t the difference. Now, the Raiders have to move forward with the 32-year-old and hope he doesn’t continue to decline as he had for the past three years. The Raiders went all in for 2011 with the Palmer trade and all they got was a second straight 8-8 season and no playoff berth. " i respect bill williamson’s opinion. he may be right….

No answers yesterday on defense. S.D. didn’t even have to punt yesterday, the only stops came on their first drive on an INT and another on a missed field goal…that was it. For much of the day, they just made blocking and playing catch look so easy. Our players did not respond. I’ve said it before, but for all the playmakers who are taking up all our cap room on defense, none of those guys made any plays with the game and season on the line. Seymour, Kelly, Wimbley, McClain, Routt, Huff??? (I acknowledge Huff was limited yesterday) Where the hell were they when it all mattered yesterday?
I thought the offense played well enough to win, and I like the potential of this group. They did seem to play with a lot of pride for much of the game and seemed to respond well for the most part to the shootout the game was turning into by continuing to move the ball. I think with an offseason together they will be able to finish off more drives for td’s.
On the other hand, I’m not sure the defense isn’t due for a makeover, and that obviously starts with the DC Chuck himself. When you employ a UFL DC you get a UFL defense. If some of these guys can’t step up with the season on the line a hopefully good GM will begin the process of re-evaluating the talent on that side and make some moves. It’s going to be tough without most of our draft picks, but I think there will be ways for a creative football man to make some moves or at least find a defensive coordinator who can maximize the talent we do have on defense, and get these guys to play and freaking win.

Team W-L SoS
1. Colts 2-14 .539
2. Rams 2-14 .590
3. Vikings 3-13 .559
4. Browns 4-12 .531
5. Buccaneers 4-12 .551
6. Redskins 5-11 .477
7. Jaguars 5-11 .500
8t. Panthers 6-10 .504<
8t. Dolphins 6-10 .504<
10. Bills 6-10 .520
11t. Chiefs 7-9 .512<
11t. Seahawks 7-9 .512<
13. Cardinals 8-8 .469
14. Cowboys 8-8 .473
15. Eagles 8-8 .488
16. Jets 8-8 .500
17. Bengals from Raiders 8-8 .504
18. Chargers 8-8 .516
19. Bears 8-8 .527
20. Titans 9-7 .461

>Coin toss at NFL Scouting Combine will determine order

- Picks 21-32 determined by when playoff teams lose

I expect the dominoes to fall after that…

What role does John Herrrera have with this FO?

yall should read what mike huff said. he blames himself and the players before he blames chuck. this is coming from a PALYER not fan or writer…

…my heart wants to say “yes.”

During the time he’s been on the Raiders, I’ve always been a HUGE Jason Campbell fan. Yeah he made some mistakes, threw a bad pick every now and then, but he brought that team through some dark times, and I think he was one of the main people that the team rallied around. He’s a great person, and a really loyal guy. I was crushed when they signed Palmer to that 3-year deal – I thought it was a slap in the face to Jason Campbell, who had really meant so much to the team. I’m not saying he was Aaron Rodgers, but he was a Raider – he just FIT. Al was right, AGAIN. Campbell had won the hearts of his teammates, something it seems like Carson just hasn’t done.

A good article about by Campbell by someone who knows sports and knows him:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/jason-campbells-future-once-again-up-in-the-air/2011/10/18/gIQAFmWPvL_story.html

Honestly, I don’t see Hue admitting that he may have been wrong, and giving Campbell a chance to compete against Carson. And that makes me really, really sad.

Just about every non-playoff team will be going into the offseason with the idea that we will simply be better with full offseason and less injuries, when in reality, the best teams will rise to the top when faced with similar challenges. A healthy Darren MacFadden may have made us a playoff team (in an abysmal AFC west), but there is no way we were a contender with that defense, but get smoked next week against Pittsburg.
No more excuses from our rookie head coach. Some of his decision making and game management were terrible. I hope he has some time to reflect on the decisions he made at crucial points in games and be better at risk/reward variables.
Al Davis passed on this past season, but next year that will not be a distraction, nor will coaches have anyone to blame for schemes and playcalling but themselves.
Penalties happen to poorly coached teams, there is no excuse here for the parade of penalties we had this year…yes as always there were a lot of bad calls, but to the point where ever week we dealt with so many stupid and unnecessary penalties, is just embarassing.
Just Win Baby

Pretty tough schedule, but fitting for a team that should earn there way into the playoffs next year. Screw relying on other teams to make the path to the playoffs easier and just go out there every week an take care of business and win! beat and finish your opponents off!

When gruden came to the Raiders he did his way butted heads with Mr Davis and started the season 8-8 with Qbs like Jeff George and Harvey Williams as RB LOL

The first season he had he changed the whole philosophy and made the raiders a west coast team. One problem with Al is he wanted veterans that can win now because he was old and new his time was near. The raiders had a good GM at the time in Bruce Allen.

When Al couldn’t stand Gruden and his ways he traded him to Tampa because of Al’s damn Ego it burnt his ass and the Raiders were toasted by Gruden in the Big Game
Al should of never let Gruden go he was great for the team and fans and I hope Hugh Jackson can get some of house cleaning underway since Al is gone.

You guys know so much goes on behind closed doors that we don’t ever know the ral story until judgment day. I believe Hugh worked with chuck in Cincinnati as well so it my be a case of setting friendship aside and handle business.

One last note. This raiders team is very odd. when gruden was there he had established the west coast offense which AL Davis hated. But it worked for the raiders. Even though it does get boring watching the quick slants they could still go with the deep balls plays if they wished too. The play calling to me just appears so random I don’t know what the raiders truly are. I would like them to go back to using the west coast with there fast receivers and Carson drilling them in.

If the Raiders or don’t handle this mess of 2011 the fans will dissolve once again. The fans deserve better and when you see a D coordinator who stunk the season up getting fired it just feels good and then the suspense of who will be the replacement. I hated when Al used no name cheap guys to get the job done. Shows he was not committed at all because those coaches demand big salaries which Al did not want to pay out. Maybe Mark will. Maybe Mark might be the best owner the Raiders ever had even though it is hard to top the legacy of Al but the Al Davis if the last 30 years IMO was a joke.
HE SHOULD OF NEVER MOVED THE TEAM TO LOS ANGELES PERIOD.

Los Angeles had the Rams and maybe the Rams would still be there if L.A. only had the one team. But the Raiders should never move again unless it is too a new stadium in Oakland. I heard Al was going to move to Baltimore before the browns did he had a crazy offer to become the Baltimore Raiders. That doe not sound even remotely right but al most happened instead of going back to Oakland.

backed in but the good news is KC will keep romeo 500 chennel and SD has o-line plombls don’t be shock if 2 teams come out of the west next year who knows which 2 but balt getting old so is pitt ciny and hou and yes denver couild be 1 year wonders unless we add a star rb WR that can catch and tebow plays not to lose

I think we need to interview him this week.
fire chuck and start the defensive rebuild process at the top.
With Al Saunders callin the O we could get someone who could get us to run the 3-4 defense.

Well we know that the Dolphins and Steelers own us so those are two guarantee losses. As far as wins, this team is so schizo that I cannot guarantee wins.