The great QB’s don’t make excuses for having poor offensive lines, rookies or having to deal with poor-play calling. They are LEADERS and find ways to get it done on the field.

See; Farve, Elway, Staubach,Aikman,Montana,Marino,Brady, Manning etc………

Even average QB’s show some kind of consistency and leadership qualities.

Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE THIS TEAM!! But just like a parent who loves thier child, you have to snatch a knot in thier butts once in a while to get thier attention.

Losing is part of the game. What I cannot abide is: Poor preparation, laziness, being out of shape and having a poor attitude. Lets face it folks, these guys are getting paid millions to basically play a game for 3 hours on a Sunday, and practice for half a day 3 days a week. Comon,’ get your butts out on the field and give 100 per cent.

Regarding the comments by PantyRaider, this is exactly the attitude that allows the Raiders to continue being underachievers. The comments you made regarding Russell are right on. Why can he not master these simple things? Because he is not built mentally to be an NFL QB. He certainly has all the physical tools, but his QB IQ is lacking big time. An NFL level QB has to do many things all simultaneously, and he has trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time.

The sooner we get rid of him, the sooner we can be on the road to respectability again.

One thing I like about this win is it gives Cable some breathing room. I have a gut feeling that he bucked Davis and drew up his own game plan last week. If he keeps winning, it will be hard for the old brain dead geezer to screw with him. I think he is the kind of coach we need.

To Hanson: Go away you sniveling little p***y! What kind of man gets hit and goes to the media and police like some slack-jawed pencil pusher? Be a man. Go to Cable and settle the issue and if you can’t whip him, take your ass-whipping and get lost. Don’t drag the team through a bunch of BS.

And whats up with this “Felony Assault” nonsense? Last time I checked, this was reserved for assaults on law enforcement officers, attacks on defenseless persons (the elderly or undersized), or experts in Karate or boxing that assault average opponents. Sounds like a trumped up charge to me.

He was drafted a “JR” while speculation was he was not yet NFL ready but had a tremendous Up-Side that was off the charts…He sat his first season on the bench and has started one full season minus a few games due to injury…So now comes this season where he now has 6 starts…

For the most part he looks very bad…Very bad indeed but with exclamations…

#1…The “OL” or whats left of it…Shambles -n- Make-Shift describe it fairly well so how many young “QB”s could come in and perform well in that environment…

#2…”WR”s…Sense Chaz when down “Kid” Russel has just not been the same…We have 2 rookies starting at no fault of the “QB” and communication has definitely been a problem…

#3…”RB”s…Injury and failure is the key here and that’s also on that “OL”…Our run game is the worst so this puts more pressure on a young “QB” still trying to find his wings…

#4…Coaching…Now why the hell Cable has almost abandoned the run early on and concentrated on a passing game is totally beyond me…We saw it in the pre-season and until this week we have been a pass-happy “O” that is failing miserably…

But…Fumbles/INT’s/Over-Throws/sacks are the fault of the “QB” for the most part…But not entirely…He needs to learn to feel the pressure and grow the eyes in back of the head that the old timers have developed…He needs to find a rhythm…He needs to get accurate and develop better communication with his young “WR”s -n- “RB”s…

These are all things that could come in time but we have to live with the Mis-Firings until that happens…

So would you rather have Smith from “SadFranchise”…Or Quinn perhaps…Not to mention Vince Young -n- Matt Lianart who have also struggled to develop…Ya know you can always find a “QB” who comes in and performs well in the right program but more often than not the teams who have a shot at the top talent are also the teams who don’t have all the pieces in place to make the “QB” a winner….

PantyRaider…”Kid” Russel Will Develop -n- Will be A Winner In Due Time!!!!/_

Russell still sucks as a QB, and he is not done screwing us out of wins this year.

He still has 10 games worth of crap to play.

Maybe he can pull one good game out of his a$$, but I still see a 4-12 team.

Have we so soon forgotten how miserable this team has been the last several years?

Before I start my rant, I want to give props to the defense. They stood up today and proved they were worthy. I said long ago, that the Raiders need to stop worrying about penalties and rules and just kick some ass. A ref can penalize you, but can’t rub away the knots on your head from a tackle.

NOW……Raiders are still a team on the colapse. On ANY given Sunday a team can win. The Eagles just came in way overconfident and did not bother to prepare. Shame on them.

The Raiders will not catch anyone else by surprise. Next Sunday, the Jets hand us our ass again.

JR was again dismal overall and by all rights, the Raiders should have lost this stupid game.

Ok, I could go on but I will put my head on the line…..if the Raiders beat the Jets, I will come on here and everywhere else and eat crow…

If not………..

Thanks for the props! I appreciate it.

Hopefully, this is a sign of things to come. With the way things have been the last 6 years, I’m just glad to see a team play with heart. I’ll settle for ugly wins over ugly losses any day.