2011 Oakland Raiders Season Thread - Page 8

RaiderNation · 09-17-2011, 07:46 PM

Gonna give my prediction for tomorrow's games before I head out tonight.

26-20 Raiders win
It's going to a much more closer game than last week, even thought the score doesn't actually say so. Our running game will still be effective and McFadden will go 100+ again. Campbell will have a better performance, throwing a long TD to DHB to put us ahead.

On defense our dline will again be the difference and will win us the game. Kamerion Wimbley will get a sack or 2 as well as Kelly. Ther interior oline is young and Seymour and crew will dominate. Fitzpatrick will have a decent game against us, putting up a good amount of yards but will throw a costly INT to Tyvon Branch that will kill a good drive of theirs.

RaiderNation · 09-18-2011, 11:51 AM

Looks like Boss and DHB are out which is surprising. Reports yesterday said they would play. Hagan and Schilens will see the field a lot

Rob S · 09-18-2011, 03:24 PM

That was a fantastic game. Well played, guys.

RaiderNation · 09-18-2011, 03:42 PM

Definitely one of the better games so far this year. The defense really took a **** in the 2nd half. The fumble was the changing point in the game and after that we rarely got any pressure on Fitzpatrick. At least it looks like we found a star in Denarius Moore though.

nobodyinparticular · 09-18-2011, 04:09 PM

Game goats handed out for the Bills game
The whole defense just crapped the bed in the 2nd half, but Nick Miller is the goat of this team. He didn't help the Raiders score any points with his horrible returns.

How many things went wrong in the 2nd half?

1. Nick Miller. You should not be in the NFL. Go bag some groceries. And cut your dang hair. You're not Clay Matthews.
2. Chris Johnson. Don't think the rest of the secondary is getting off easy, but Chris Johnson you especially crapped the bed against Stevie Johnson today. You took the bait when Johnson started to initiate contact with you, getting flagged for way too many penalties. And then you let him have a field day catching the ball. You've had very good games, but this was not one of them. You had the game in your hands with that pick in the end zone and couldn't hold onto it.
3. The entire Raider secondary. Boyd and Giordano, you were a step slow and couldn't tackle today. You let Jackson and Spiller combine into a Beast Mode Megazord. Branch, you could have ended the game a drive early with a pick in the endzone but couldn't hang onto it--allowing Chandler to catch a big touchdown with 4 minutes left in the game. Huff, you missed tackles and allowed the slot receiver to make too many catches. Routt, you didn't have a lockdown game, but you were okay. You get off the hook. Nice pick.
4. Raiders dline. You came out in the 1st half and set the tone. Then you allowed Jackson and Spiller to run wild and Fitzpatrick to have a clean pocket. You started the 21-0 run by the Bills. You stepped back up at the end of the 4th to disrupt the pocket but you just couldn't close it out. If you just finish one sack, the game is over.

thenewfeature06 · 09-18-2011, 07:46 PM

Being up 21-3 you could imagine with our run game being better than our passing game, that we could have ended it but it was still slightly early I guess...

:/ like Raidernation said though Denarious looks saaaaaaaaaweeet.

redbills · 09-18-2011, 11:15 PM

raise hand it u drafted D.Moore

....redbills throws up his hand....

RaiderNation · 09-19-2011, 11:01 AM

Looking back at the stats, I feel our offense just didn't get the homerun run by McFadden that we seem to usually get now. Credit the Bills D though their run D was solid against us even though we did still get some yards. Our offense isn't back at full force yet. Can't wait to see what Boss can do and how we use DHB Ford and Moore all together.

Hopefully we will see Nick Miller cut too :)

RaiderNation · 09-20-2011, 07:05 PM

The one positive I took from this loss is our passing game looked very improved from week 1, even with Ford, DHB, Murphy and Boss not playing. Campbell looked comfortable in the pocket and made some very nice passes. Hopefully we get back some of the WR's and Boss before our game

thenewfeature06 · 09-20-2011, 07:21 PM

Mangold not playing will be bigger than people think.. I still think they will be able to manage but our interior DL could really force Sanchez to throw the ball more than expected.

RaiderNation · 09-20-2011, 08:33 PM

Rumors circulating that FS Darren Sharper is talking with us. He would help our pass D out when Huff slides into the nickle

Donno · 09-20-2011, 08:34 PM

After Sunday we have to leave Moore at the X receiver position and play Hagan more, these guys looked better than our usual starters.

EvilNixon · 09-20-2011, 09:21 PM

1 game...dude....1 game. Everyone wanted Ford to start this year because of two good games..Let's let this play out before we start making sweeping statements.

slightlyaraiderfan · 09-22-2011, 01:14 PM

Good news guys, looks like Taiwan Jones will be returning kicks this weekend!

RaiderNation · 09-22-2011, 04:35 PM

Even more good news, the game is officially sold out! Will be televised locally. If we are able to win this game we will sellout next week as well. Huge pressure on us, I think it's going to be a close game. Their dline is overrated and I see DMC and Bush combining for over 150 yards. The main factor is will Campbell be able to throw the ball against their talented secondary. Hopefully we will see DHB, Ford and Boss back

Raiderz4Life · 09-22-2011, 05:00 PM

Our best bet imo is to stretch em out with DHB Ford and Moore and attack their 'backers with DMC and Boss.

NotRickJames · 09-22-2011, 06:09 PM

Denarius!

Believe The Hype!

RaiderNation · 09-23-2011, 01:22 PM

Looks like Ford will probably be out again this Sunday, but we are getting DHB and Boss back.

RaiderNation · 09-24-2011, 01:34 PM

Van Dyke and Mitchell out on defense as well

nobodyinparticular · 09-24-2011, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RaiderNation

Van Dyke and Mitchell out on defense as well

Do the Raiders even have 3 CBs healthy to play tomorrow? Yikes.

RaiderNation · 09-24-2011, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by nobodyinparticular

Do the Raiders even have 3 CBs healthy to play tomorrow? Yikes.

Routt, CJ, Chekwa and Porter are healthy to play, I think we will see Huff play a lot of nickel again

RaiderNation · 09-25-2011, 02:37 PM

Here's my prediction for today's game against the Jets.

27-24 Raiders

Very sloppy game to begin with, but things will start looking better for both teams in the 2nd quarter. Bad weather will play into the game and the team that can run consistently will likely get the upper hand. I see a lot more Bush today than what we saw last week, DMC will haw another very good game as well. If we can cause a couple turnovers we will win this game.

RaiderNation · 09-25-2011, 02:57 PM

Also great news right before the game starts, Nick Miller is inactive! We finally realized he is nothing to us. It will be interesting to see how Moore and Jones do

Donno · 09-25-2011, 11:14 PM

Great game today, I was in attendance completely packed house gotta love it.

RaiderNation · 09-26-2011, 12:58 AM

Season saving win IMO, if we were to start off 1-3 and play Patriots and Texans back to back would a bad situation.

Huge game from McFadden again, he is an elite RB. The dline showed up in the 2nd half, and held the Jets to only 7 points. Chekwa had an impressive game stepping in for CJ, I hope he can keep it up. Denarius Moore continues to look like the steal of the draft, cant wait until we get all our WRs back and healthy to see what this offense could really look like. Campbell once again played well enough for the win, he is he leader on offense and looked totally in control.