The player whose shot at a first-round contract evaporated with a badly broken leg now has a shot at the starting job in Oakland. And another broken bone possibly could derail his chances.
Jerry McDonald reports that Bush broke a thumb on Saturday night against the 49ers.
Coach Tom Cable said that Bush’s status won’t be known until he visits a hand specialist. As of last night, Bush couldn’t tie his shoes. (Bengals left tackle Andre Smith sympathizes, but for different reasons.)
Currently, Bush and Darren McFadden are listed as co-starters at tailback for the Raiders. Despite that characterization, Bush has started each of the Raiders’ three preseason games.
Michael Bennett is raring to go, not a problem.
too bad now mcfadding is the one. another al davis pick! get over it lol. long year for campbell on the ground
Michael Bush a made of glass
Some players never seem to get the chance to showcase their true talents and Bush seems to be one of them…..if it weren’t for bad luck he wouldn’t have any!
Great news for McFadden fantasy owners!!! Breakout year baby!!!!!
I believe you mean that Andre Smith “empathizes” with Michael Bush, not “sympathizes”. Anyone can sympathize, but someone who can relate to a situation empathizes.
ALOT OF INJURIES THIS PRESEASON!!!!!!!!!!!
very nice. mcfadden ftw
Great….Here we go again. Campbell gets his bell rung, Bush breaks a digit, and the best McFadden on the team is NOT Darren!!!! Looks like another long year is on the horizon……
G-d dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Florio, I hope you don’t have a fat family member(low chance of that for American families these days anyways). I feel sorry for him/her having you as a relative.
He was looking good too.
Sgt Hulka’s big toe…
That sucks, I hate the Raiders, but I like this kid and I hope he gets his shot.
Raiders fans are so special. Our starting RB goes down? Now prob. We’ll just dust off Michael Bennett and win the Super Bowl.
Raiders you should have kept fargas that was the best runner you had. The old RUN DMC you have is still good…. But there is a new improved RUN DMC at my cheifs that is much better. Mr Dexter Mcluster boys. You will know him well very soon.
Minor setback. McFadden and Michael Bennett will handle the carries till hes back. Looking good Raiders!
humpdolt says:
We’ll just dust off Michael Bennett and win the Super Bowl.
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We’re just eternally optimistic because our team has actually done that before.
I thought McFadden proved last night that he should be converted to WR.
Chargers fans are so special. Remember when they won a Super Bowl.
that hurts…i hope it is only a matter of putting some type of finger cast , where he can still play…Bennett (today) is no M. Bush.
If Bush is made of glass, then what is DMC made of? Holy smokes, somebody call Dale Chihuly. What’s in the water at the Raiders facility? Are these guys using the same PEDs or what? Who’s their “nutritionist”?
Not to sound ironical, but Undead Al needs to add to this banged-up brigade and swing a trade for the local kid, Marshawn Lynch, while he too is on the injured list. The more CJ Spiller flashes, the lower the asking price for Lynch becomes, thanks to his ouchie. Gotta give Hue Jackson something to work with.
Sigh… damn Raiderkarma.
roscoe P. Coaltrain…. I don’t think Dexter even knows his name or what state he lives in after he got his bell rung last night…
twinkletoes.. the Raiders are hardly the first team to get bit with an injury bug.. and they certainly haven’t truthfully had that many serious injuries at all this camp so far… if you want to bust on someone about something being in the water, or the team taking the same PED’s.. look no further in their division than the mile high clowns….. I guess you can say sigh… damn McDanielskarma
Wow, that game certainly illuminated the same old Raider weak spots. Coach Cable may want to try to get his money back for the AFC West and Super Bowl shirts he handed out in camp. The O Line looked much the same as in years gone by. Jason Campbell will be chum by the bye week. And was it me or did Rolando McLain look like he was moving in slow motion. For a split second I thought Al may have signed Flozell Adams to play MLB and I missed the transaction. All of his tackles were of the Kirk Morrison variety. Another double digit loss season unless a miracle strikes in East Oakland.
humbolt says: August 29, 2010 10:02 AM
Raiders fans are so special. Our starting RB goes down? Now prob. We’ll just dust off Michael Bennett and win the Super Bowl.
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We’re going to move on and not make excuses, like your Dischargers, dumbolt.
Silver & Black, no chargers fans even said anything about championships, but if you tell yourself that everyday to make yourself feel better about being a joke, more power to you, but if you want to bring up OLD STUFF, you cheated in the AFC championship with a fumble,”holy roller”, but you probably don’t know anything about that.
Actually Bones, at the time, it wasn’t cheating.. there was no rule preventing it. So, you can whine and cry all you want, but the fact is, by the rules of the time, you lost.. fair and square.
# Bones says: August 29, 2010 4:42 PM
Silver & Black, no chargers fans even said anything about championships, but if you tell yourself that everyday to make yourself feel better about being a joke, more power to you, but if you want to bring up OLD STUFF, you cheated in the AFC championship with a fumble,”holy roller”, but you probably don’t know anything about that.
I don’t know what you’re babbling about bringing up the Holy Roller, but that play occurred in Week 2 of the regular season in 78′.
Hey Bones,
Raiders may ‘suck’ and be a ‘joke’ year in and year out since 2002, however, which is really worse?
Being a good team (Chargers) that you know can make it to the Big Show, only to continually fall flat on their face in the postseason?
I’m not a Raider fan, a 49er fan to be exact, however, I’d rather know a team is going to ‘suck’ and have low expectations that Charger fans who believe their world beaters and only end up beating themselves.
Want something new, not the old?
Chargers once again run the AFC West only to fall flat on their face while Rivers and company make excuses.
For a list of Chargers Super Bowl wins, please see below….
Wrap it up and suck it up. Time to play MB.
obviously tango the retarded, inbred, idiotic, moron hillbilly and humbolt the loser share the same brain. you two losers are a perfect match. if you’re nice, humbolt, maybe tango the fatass, loser, refugee from seaworld will share some pie with you.
To: aldavisisarealstupididioticahole” Not many friends my man and you continue to spew really infintile and empty rhetoric. I am done trying to educate you that dead al is in fact dead and you do not have one educated thought.
tango you ignorant, arrogant, ugly, whale, retard: with your pathetic spelling and grammar you have the balls to talk to me about needing education? Go back to kindergarten, retard, the kids there already know more than you. (Not that that’s a lot, mind you). By the way, don’t have any illusions, retard: I’m not your man. Maybe if you lose a few tons you’ll be able to find a man of your own but it’ll never be me, shamu.
To: aldavishasdillusionalfollowers: 6′ 2′ 180 lbs. That qualifies for fat ? Stick to the facts. Dead al is dead and has been for the past 20 years or more.
tango you fat, retarded, idiotic, window licker: no one cares what a fat, stupid pile of pig crap like you thinks. That’s why the rest of us have lives and you live in mommy’s basement. I’d rather listen to anything that God (AKA Al Davis) says as opposed to any of the retarded blather that an idiot like you has to say.
To: aldavisspendsallhistimeindepends. You really hate the facts ! dead al is dead. Your boring and have nothing educated to say about football. You just spew the same old crap . Window licker, fat, stupid, etc. See you at the game tonight. I suspect you will be the one with 3 good teeth, jello shooting with knee pads on hoping dead al can make it down to the black hole
To:aldavisisasadlymistakenandsevere lyretarded. Same old crap ! raiders play tonight and I am in transit. Please wave and say hello.