Archive for October, 2010

Things were supposed to be different. Tom Cable was doing things his way, or at least that was the guise. Sure, Al Davis might dip his fingers into the cookie jar on occasion but for the most part these have been Coach Cable’s Raiders. Cable was the man initially pitted with making the offensive line respectable. Right about now the O-line is rubbish. Cable was the one who finally got JaMarcus Russell a seat from the sideline and then wasted no time in doing the same to Jason Campbell. None can argue that handing the job to Bruce Gradkowski has [...]

The more things change, the more the Raiders run defense remains the same. John Marshall was supposed to be able to devise a scheme that would slow the Houston Texas and their new found ground game. That didn’t happen. Richard Seymour was brought in to help improve a run defense that has been languishing near the bottom of the NFL for nearly a decade now. He has yet to make a difference. Kirk Morrison was traded to make room for Rolando McClain because the rookie from Alabama was thought to be a better run stopper. That has yet to be [...]

Sebastian Janikowski has taken a week of abuse after squandering a golden opportunity to deliver a winning record to the Oakland Raiders. While it would have been a modest one game over .500 at just three weeks into the season, it would have been the best start the Silver and Black have enjoyed since beginning 2005 2004 (hat tip to JBB reader Mike Hayes) by winning 2 of the first three contests. Coulda…shoulda…woulda… That is all in the past. While Seabass has taken the brunt of the blame, it was the inept performance of the offense in the red zone and [...]