I think it was Nicky’s last chance to prove he deserved to make the squad… He would have had to do something spectacular, which he didn’t.. but one last chance to give the little guy a shot….

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xivraider says:
Aug 29, 2011 3:51 PM
I don’t know what game you guys were watching but the raiders got pushed around like chumps on defense from branch,huff,kelly,dvd,routt ect.. the only player that looked decent was mcclain.yeah it’s preseason but they looked horrible brees had whatever he wanted

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Fair enough, but the starting Raider offense had its way with the starting NO defense as well.. in fact, both teams defenses looked bad… in truth, Brees, whom most would consider a top 5 QB, picked on a rookie who had coverage but couldn’t make a play on the ball… all without the Raiders D-line getting any pressure on him for the most part… which is no surprise since the guy gets the ball out of his hand in a third of a second… Believe it or not, people are busting on the kid, but overall, he had good coverage for the most part.. just needs to anticipate and look for the ball… something the great Nnamdi had to learn once upon a time.. and the same thing Routt struggled with at first.. it’s a learning process… cut the kid some slack.. no OTA’s… no real off season to speak of.. and he gets picked on by a top 5 QB… fortunately for the Raiders.. we don’t play top 5 QB’s very often.. twice a year with Rivers.. and this year with Brady and Rogers… outside of that.. I’ll take my chances with the kid figuring it out…

Johnson wouldn’t be a starter anywhere else. He’s pretty bad.”

Check out this link and try again…stupid comment

http://espn.go.com/blog/afcwest/post/_/id/23682/no-burn-zone-in-oakland

Corners are measured by their burn rating and he’s #6 in NFL, but bad?

so all the one’s whop feel this way, all i can say is that 4 out od the 5 super bowl years we never had a winning pre season, and the last time in 06 when we went 4 and 1 in the pre season, we had our worse season ever in the history of the team 2-14.

So once again the pre season does not mean anything.

But I still don’t get why we start Nick Miller as returner. We have a team full of the speediest athletes in the league, yet we start Miller. I think we need to hand the keys to the return game to someone else.

And if “IF” was a fifth we’d all be drunk.

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Half the Saints starting defense were 2nd stringers though. Roman Harper, Tracy Porter, Aubrayo Franklin, Jonathan Casillas were out. Defense looks dramatically different with SS Harper and LB Casillas in.

Aside from that, both starting offenses looked sharp, and this is the 2nd consecutive preseason game in which the Saints starting defense was gashed by the run.

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The player you hear Ingram most often compared to is Emmitt Smith and people said the same things about him too.

Clearly Ingram has the same kind of vision, cutback ability, and consistent style. We’ll see if he has the long-term durability but right now he’s exactly what the Saints need. A guy who can churn out 4.3 yards per carry and not have to sit out games with injuries.

Also, there were other corners who did not have very good Rookie years in Oakland either: Charles Woodson and Nnmadi Asomugha to name a couple. In fact it took Aso a few years to become good.

72% of the Raiders Starters / Contributors have 3 or less years of experience. They are going to look great at times this year and horrible at others. But, they will get better each game they play and will be a factor in the AFC West.

Finally, the Raiders played New Orleans tough into the 3rd quarter when they the score was 20-24 without Darren McFadden, Jacoby Ford, Chaz Schilens, Louis Murphy, Kevin Boss on Offense and Richard Seymour, John Henderson, Chris Johnson and Mike Mitchell on Defense, all are expected back for the opener against Denver, except Chris Johnson.

As for the Saints, I don’t know. Defense looked awful on the opening drive but Harper, Casillas, Franklin did not play either. Offense looked amazing as usual.

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You just learned this?

what i learned is “iamgoodkid” is stupid

and you are a jerk…so are all the likers of that hurtful comment…picture hum in a wheelchair if that helps, you insensitive jagoff