Las Vegas Raiders Thread

Good win last nite lads. AFC West looking v poor this year, it's anybodys for the taking.

Yeah well chuffed with the result over the "Squealers", Leslie. Oddly enough in terms of Teams I dont like, they would be top of my list, even moreso than the AFC West rivals. We got a break last night and now to face Denver next week.

Silver-Tiger wrote: »

Great win for your team last night gents.

I absolutely love seeing the Steelers getting beat.

<3<3 RUN DMC. Really hope he stays healthy for you.

I hope so too Silver-Tiger. This hasnt changed anything for us, we're still a fairly one dimensional offense with a depleted Secondary on Defence so I would imagine we wont be seeing too many results like yesterday, but it was still sweet! :cool:

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Good win yesterday but I've no idea how we did. Our steam is still like swiss cheese. While our division sucks I think winning it is still an outside bet but I wouldn't be surprised if 8-8 wins the division again.

9-7 is my guess. Thank **** too with the Schedule.

Worried about facing ye lot next week to be honest, though we're due against ye in Denver, well overdue.

Prefab Sprouter wrote: »

I'm bracing myself for a roasting from the Broncos. Manning against a lousy secondary?? Hmmmmmm

Well it was a roasting and it was awful to watch, jeez, it seems like we are back with Lane Kiffin again as head coach. Well done to Denver, they played a great game but from our point of view, it sucked.

At least we showed signs of improvement. That loss was hard to take but if we can build upon it, then it will be worth it. Palmer, the interception aside, looked like the QB we envisaged when we signed him. Look how we could move the ball with a healthy receiving corps. Goodson looked good when running (could he be better suited to Zone Blocking?) but having Huff as a Cornerback is killing us - we need our starting CB's back on the field.

The Schedule does look a bit easier now, Jacksonville, Kansas City and the Buccaneers are all games that the Raiders could win, assuming they play like they did on Sunday. But we'll see. It was nice to watch a game and see your team still in with a shout towards the end of the game.

We got lucky with MJD going off injured in first quarter. I went to bed before half time so I was pleasantly surprised when I heard the result this morning. Palmer was pants for the time I was watching, 1 good completion to DHB but that was it. McFadden wasn't having much joy either.

I can't wait to watch the 2nd half later now to see where we improved.

Raiders just signed Aaron Curry. Guy hasn't lived up to his lofty expectations but he is still young. I think it could be a good pickup.

Any news on McFadden? Sunday was utterly depressing watching our Rush defence crumble time after time.

Leslie91 wrote: »

Yeah he's been a Raider, he was on PUP no?, can still remember the hype about him on draft day. Amazing how some guys seemingly with it all just don't make it. Vernon Gholston is another example.

Will be very interesting to see how you go in Baltimore. There are nowhere near the team they used be.

Tru dat [excuse the pun] but if the young Ray Rice can Rush for 200+ yards with impunity against us what will the actual RR do?

Ravens problems are all on defence. Ed Reed isn't 100% fit and the rest of the big names are out.

The Ravens are pretty near the team we used to be. Flacco's getting it done when it counts, and I've always had that opinion of him. The defense is awful shaky, but brilliant at holding teams to field goals, and if there's one thing I'd fault your offense for it's the amount of field goals you have to kick.

Aaron Curry's really not that bad a player at all. Labelled a bust because he wasn't magnificent, but this isn't the first time a "bust" has come to Oakland and had a successful career.