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We are a better team despite what our record may indicate, and we are in a really good position


I am not a RM fan but since he came to the Raiders, he has dumped salary that was out of whack, and brought in a new attitude and he is bettering the team. Where I grade RM hard is: firing Hugh, getting rid of Carson Palmer, not signing Desean Jackson for nothing, and hiring DA. What I like about this season is after this year DA and RM may both begone after doing their part to improve the Raiders.

RM & DA do not have the balls to cut Schaub or put him as a backup, Schaub is clearly the third best QB on the team but RM can not evaluate talent and DA is just plain lost. So by starting Schaub the Raiders have a great chance of going 0-2 their first two games. These are two very winnable games but if Schaub is in there we are 0-2 and the defense will be worn out by all the 3 and out . On the bright side, after this year the Raiders will have accomplished 3 things:

1) Respectability- Mark has restored the Raiders as a good place to work (firing coaches mid season and not paying them) So hopefully we get Gruden and a GM or his choice.

2) Reggie cut the bad contracts, so this team is on the start to recovery. I do not want Reg to stay because I do not think he is that bright. This is a passing league every rule change has been to enhance the receivers and put up more points. The only receiver we have drafted in the early rounds is DM and that is sad, not to mention we could of had Desean Jackson for free (not draft trades just a high salary, now how does that not signing look?)

3) After DA and RM are schaub(less) our new coaching staff will have high draft choices to work with, combine that with the improvements RM made we are on the path to recovery.