Comments on: Game Thoughts and Prediction – Atlanta @ Oakland

By: onenation60

onenation60 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:53:55 +0000

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! The headlines should read Raider Nation in a Blissful State of Shock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I saw it, I pressed replay & saw it again….Thanks to my DVR I watched the whole game again…Matter of fact I think I might have to save this one til after Christmas…I love it, I love it and I love it even more, we beat Denver in Denver….Did anyone call 911 for Shanahan? I know how he relishes beating the Raiders every chance he gets and yet today I kinda feel like pay back from last year when we won & then lost the game in Denver…This is truly a beautiful day in the neighborhood….Okay, someone needs to call 911 for me, I think I’m blacking out again….Nope that was just my Raider banner falling over my eyes…As we say down here in Texas, YeeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

By: The Crowe

The Crowe — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:32:36 +0000

Onenation,

Some very good points. There are some major differences between Quinn and Russell. Brady has a solid offensive line and some good receivers to throw to. Russell has neither. Also, don’t overestimate the Broncos. They’re playing with 5th string linebackers and missing Champ Bailey. That makes any QB look good. They made Matt Cassel look like Brady.

Russell has a long way to go before becoming a good QB. But, he’s still a rookie (playing so little last year hurt him badly). I think it’s far too early to throw in the towel. We need to be a little patient. Not 5 years patient, but a little patient.

Plus, do we really have confidence in any part of the team right now? Cable benches Curry, his best receiver. Russell is essentially left with only Miller to throw to. Javon Walker hasn’t shown us anything. He either no longer has the talent or he’s just collecting checks. Fargas’ gives his all (as you mentioned), but he can’t block or catch every pass.

My point is that I’m not ready to completely blame the rookie QB. He’s one of many, many offenders. Players, coaches, and Awful Al. He built this mess. He’d be where I started when I realized it’s time to blow it up. Get a GM, try sticking with a coach, then our Raiders might have a fighting chance.

By: onenation60

onenation60 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:46:35 +0000

The Crowe,
Have you seen Russell? What’s does it matter if you can throw the football from one end of the field to the next if you over throw, under throw or just throw it away. Did you see Quinn on Thursday night? Yes the Browns lost the game, but it wasn’t the QB’s fault yet he took the blame for the loss. Can’t you just picture him in Oakland, well maybe you shouldn’t because Cleveland’s not letting him go anywhere.
The commentators for last Sunday’s game even reported The Cable guy saying Russell has a tendency to over think plays & when he over thinks the play he freezes up. Again I ask, why is he playing for my Oakland Raiders?
I do agree that a team overhaul is long overdue. Take Warren Sapp, when he said he was a Buccaneer in a Raider uniform, I said he should start faxing his resume, but the organization kept him & he collected check after check until he retired & now he has the audacity to say on the NFL Network that when guys call him asking about Oakland, he tells them to stay away. Why didn’t he take his own advice & stay away instead of check collecting? And they call him a future Hall of Famer? If there is any justice left in this world, his bust will not see the inside of the HOF before Ken Stabler.
All current Raiders with a “Committment to Excellence” please form a line behind Justin Fargas & let’s show what the Raider Nation is all about…ONE NATION….RAIDER NATION