Official: Oakland Raiders 2012/2013 Season thread
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Official: Oakland Raiders 2012/2013 Season thread
New GM, New Head Coach, New Coaches. Lost of guys who were all about the money. Kept some guys who restructured and are working on contributing to the team.
We are now finally UNDER the cap. Need to fill outside linebacker, big RB and probably could still use better CBs.
Got a 3rd, a 4th and a 5th round pick for Aso, Gallery and Miller.
Definitely a worse team on paper, but I think guys will step up.
We are now finally UNDER the cap. Need to fill outside linebacker, big RB and probably could still use better CBs.
Got a 3rd, a 4th and a 5th round pick for Aso, Gallery and Miller.
Definitely a worse team on paper, but I think guys will step up.
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But biggest things are no more Al, so no more crazy overpaid guys, no more drafts based nearly solely on 40 times. So things are definitely looking up. Dennis and Reggie are really bringing some structure to the organization, and I think it will show.
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I don't have big expectations for them this year, but there's still enough talent there to be a threat in the afc west. Not a big threat, but its not like any of the other teams in this division have it locked down either.
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it will be interesting to see if their o-line can protect manning. tebow was an effective scrambler and used it to the team's advantage, but much of that was because he was being chased out of the pocket so much.
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I personally think that this could prove to be a big problem for elway running things. I don't see Manning making it through the season and they don't have anything to fall back on. This is one of the few teams that NEEDS 3 guys in that slot. But hell.. IF they protect him and keep him standing for the entire season they could be scary ON OFFENSE. I still think the raiders have an all around better team.
I think Manning picked the wrong team.
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I like their chances while DMC is healthy, if he gets sidelined again, then all of the weight is going to fall on Palmer who still doesn't have much experience with the likes of Moore, DHB, or Ford.
I think the defence will be a little more consistent this season with a serviceable set of LBs on the field. The linebackers being out of position was the cause for a lot of those 30+ yard burns the defense suffered through. It looks like their might be a lot more zone from now on so they have a chance at not setting another record in penalties this year.
RM looks to be doing the best that can be done in the situation the team is in. He's got them under the cap. He's gotten rid of a lot of overpayed under achievers (not all of them) and replaced them "money ball" style with personnel who can at least put up an average performance. He's got them buying into a new philosophy,"do your damn job".
Mostly however, he hasn't made the perenial Al Davis signing of a washed up former star or athletic freak with little talent at whatever position he has on his resume. In fact, most of RM's decisions have been fixing Al's mistakes.
Al will probably have known more about the game of football than a select few ever have or will, but I really think all of that knowledge was skewed over the last decade in Al's attempt to buy himself just one more ring. The knowledge to build a championship team was there, it had just hadent been implented in his desperation to get back on top.
The future will tell, but it would RM has the tools and the patience to build a championship team the right way.
Go team!
I think the defence will be a little more consistent this season with a serviceable set of LBs on the field. The linebackers being out of position was the cause for a lot of those 30+ yard burns the defense suffered through. It looks like their might be a lot more zone from now on so they have a chance at not setting another record in penalties this year.
RM looks to be doing the best that can be done in the situation the team is in. He's got them under the cap. He's gotten rid of a lot of overpayed under achievers (not all of them) and replaced them "money ball" style with personnel who can at least put up an average performance. He's got them buying into a new philosophy,"do your damn job".
Mostly however, he hasn't made the perenial Al Davis signing of a washed up former star or athletic freak with little talent at whatever position he has on his resume. In fact, most of RM's decisions have been fixing Al's mistakes.
Al will probably have known more about the game of football than a select few ever have or will, but I really think all of that knowledge was skewed over the last decade in Al's attempt to buy himself just one more ring. The knowledge to build a championship team was there, it had just hadent been implented in his desperation to get back on top.
The future will tell, but it would RM has the tools and the patience to build a championship team the right way.
Go team!
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DMC is such a badass he's a 1st-3rd, even 4th down back because of his dynamic ability. He's quick, agile, and can cut back like no other. He can receive out of the back and has good hands he could be a receiver.
The only thing is that he's injury prone, and with that it's very unfortunate as there are two kinds of offenses. One with DMC, and one without DMC. And maybe they can save him for 2nd/3rd downs or something, it would suck if he gets hurt gain.
Draft another back... still can't believe Bush is gone. He took over and did a good job he had to.
The only thing is that he's injury prone, and with that it's very unfortunate as there are two kinds of offenses. One with DMC, and one without DMC. And maybe they can save him for 2nd/3rd downs or something, it would suck if he gets hurt gain.
Draft another back... still can't believe Bush is gone. He took over and did a good job he had to.