No let me explain what the Reporter talking about. Raiders draft choices last year suffered injuries(Mcfadden, T branch , A shields-still can;t go) are all expected to have a major impact on the team this year. Chaz Schilens and johnnie Lee Higgins who both proved down the stretch they can play this game. Chaz schilens built on that sucess and is so much more prepared and ready to contribute to the offense. Had an excellent minicamp. (only blemish was the one drop)The guy has the whole package 6'4 225 4.38 43 inch vertical (can go deep or over the middle) With his size going to be able to block the Cb in the running game. (Raiders are a run first team) Zach Miller is the complete Te and has a good chance to be AFC Probowl Te now that Gonzalez is gone. He will be ready for training camp. Darren Mcfadden is a big time weapon who has bigtime recieving skills. Raiders planned to use alot in there passing game but injuries to him last year prevented them from being able to use him. He will be one of the Raiders top recieving threats in 2009.(no doubt about it) Raders will move him outside alot right before the snap. Very tough matchup for the a defense. (has reciever skills who a LB or safety can't cover) We saw this last year. The few times Raiders moved Mcfadden outside(very limited Mcfadden) the defense knew where he was everytime. Putting alot of resources to account for him, opening up for other Raider players on offense. DHB all he has to do is stretch the field, catch a couple of deep passes . Run a couple reverses. Run a 15 yard straight down the field , come back and balls in the air.(CB can't do anything because Russell arm to strong) Opens up the area Raiders want to exploit. Z Miller down the middle, Chaz Schilens maybe running intermediate deep pass over the middle or occassional could be the deep threat if DHB is doing something else., D Mcfadden (who capable of going for six anytime he touches it coming out of backfield) Also Raiders are going to get the safeties out of the box, thus making it easier for them to do what they want to do. RUN the football. Can't wait to see this Raider offense. There offense can do so many things that going to be tough for any defense to handle.
So injuries aside there is no more excuses for the raiders not to be good especally on offense this year right jeaux?
Still waiting for you to say something insightful, so I can respond to your questions. Everyone knows I will always answer any question you have.
Oline should be be an big improvement from last year. Raiders oline plays well and this will be a scary good Raider offense. Raiders will defintely have a top five rushing attack. That Raider running attack going to set up everything else they do on offense. Raiders have alot of big play ability everywhere. They can score from anywhere pretty fast.
Maybe running the ball. But as far as passing goes, you still need a QB who can get these playmakers (Schilens, really?) the ball.
I guess I'll take a crack at this... Well I never even heard of Chaz Schilens, so I decided to look up his stats... 2008 Oakland Raiders 16 Games played, 6 Games started, 15 Receptions [Wow, so not even a catch a game?], 226 Yards, 15.1 avg, Longest 60 yards [So this indicates his average is skewed because 15 catches is not close to enough to have an accurate average yards per catch], 2 TD. http://www.nfl.com/players/profile?id=00-0026366 They proved they can play the game? Schilens' only good games were his last two where he got both of his TDs. Two games is enough to prove they are NFL ready? Johnnie Lee Higgins had only 28 Receptions, 12 in his last 3 games and and 4 TDs on the year. See, the pattern here is that you guys beat up on some shoddy defenses in your last two games, and now all of a sudden a couple of below average WRs are awesome? How do you know he built on that success? And how do you know he is "so much more" prepared to contribute? And so he had an excellent mini camp...what happened to "min caps dnt mater (not enuf days) J Ram threw like balls (raiders run first team) but it ok because it not game condition (pass rush) So when one of your players do well in mini camp we should expect him to do well in the regular season, however when they completely bomb minicamp we shouldn't expect them to be terrible? Better than Tony Scheffler and Antonio Gates? Uh okay Joe... Really? Seen him perform much at the NFL level? Right...Turf toe which can take years for running backs to recover fully from. It should be easy to be one of the top receiving threats, all you have to do is catch more than 15 passes. Right. They knew where he was and shut him down. But not the running game because a RB will be out wide. Can't do anything? Ever heard of zone coverage? Can he even do anything else? Have fun running the football with a 3 WR set and a running back out wide.... The Jets can't wait either, see you in Week 7, baby! I hope you respond :up:
Raiders have the Qb Jamarcus Russell to get there weapons the ball. HE proved it by throwing in the high sixty percent the last eight games. Raiders Wrs, not next year ,are going to put up hugh recieving yardage. They will have a High average per catch. Their top recieving yards will come from Tes and the RBs .(that who will be doing most of the damage in the passing game.
You don't eat crow like you used to. When the Raiders stink - and, messageboard posturing aside, we both know they will - don't go into hibernation this time. One of these years we'll need to hit this psychosis head-on. . . . step into Dr. Sundjayjerk's office, jeauxseph. I have the cure for what ails you.
Enough with the jamarcus did well last 8 games crap already. Going 3-5 is what u call improvement I see lol And Jam that was an awesome post to joe
remember that time the raiders didn't know how to draft elite players anymore?(except Niamdi cuz i know raiderdouche would bring him up) goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood times....o wait it's still happening!
Raiders young Wr Schilens and Johnnie Lee Higgins only got a chance really late in the year. Yes in that time they did show they will be a big part of Raiders corps. Again the Texans were one of the hottest team in the NFL, Raiders beat them pretty soundly in all phases of the game. Yea THe tampabay playing for a playoff berth(they beat the Raiders they were in) at home. Raiders came back from 10 points down in fourtbquarter to take over the game and win going away. Yea thats two shoddy defenses. First you know how good Raiders Cbs are N Asomugha and Chris johnson. Stanford routt no sloch either. Chaz Schilens route running from last year has improved alot and was catching pretty much everything that was thrown his way. Your catching football on those Cbs and you have to like your chances versus other Cbs. CHaz Schilens going to be one of the biggest 7th round steals. The guy has the complete package Size 6'4 225 Speed sub 4.4 speed Vertical jump 44inch Again alot of players do well in minicamp and it never materialize in the regular season. Just What we saw from Chaz Schilens down the stretch . Showed very good hands and ability to make a big play. He improved his route running the sky the limit. (reports are he has) Again he has everything you look for in a WR. Yes he going to be a big time WR in the NFL. Don't you think BY seeing what a player could do in the Nfl and than making a judgement of how much he imporoved from the following year. Is alot diffrent than make a judgement on a rookie with only three practices under his belt. Wouldn't you have to say its a little diffrent. Yes Zach Miller numbers were way better than both gates and scheffler. Zach miller numbers are only going to skyrocket because he dosen;t have to stay in as much to block and raiders have more options. (that teams can't double and triple team him as they knew he was Raideres only weapon) Originally Posted by Raiderjoe Darren Mcfadden is a big time weapon who has bigtime recieving skills. Yes we saw D Mcfadden explode onto the NFL season. had monster game against chiefs in week two and got hurt . Was rather limited the rest of the way. Mcfadden dosen't get hurt Raiders might have won the afc west. . Originally Posted by Raiderjoe Raiders planned to use alot in there passing game but injuries to him last year prevented them from being able to use him Again with any injury there is diffrent severity to a particular injury. Mcfadden wasn't that severe and he is fully healthy .(C woodson was alot more severe) Again reports are from camp that hes again flying , so I guess there are no ill effects. Also reports are he wearing aprotecting Metal brace to protect against that injury. Originally Posted by Raiderjoe D Mcfadden will be one of the Raiders top recieving threats in 2009.(no doubt about it) Raiders lastb year due to their OTs couldn't throw the ball the way they liked. and there WR corps was severly depleted. Had alot of injuries that contribute to WRs not putting up alot of recptions. : Originally Posted by Raiderjoe Raders will move him outside alot right before the snap. Very tough matchup for the a defense. (has reciever skills who a LB or safety can't cover) We saw this last year. The few times Raiders moved Mcfadden outside(very limited Mcfadden) the defense knew where he was everytime. Letting another Raider weapon to make a big play.
This stuck out to me... It doesn't matter if his arm is "omg lasercannon pewpew" (and there are several QB's in the NFL with a stronger arm than his... ) if he can't hit the receivers... It's also difficult for him to throw from the flat of his back...
