But that’s just me.

Big Reg has the franchise headed in the right direction. He is allowing his coaches to coach and made the first fiscally prudent decisions in a long time.

The RAIDERS are establishing a new identity. At least let them play a few games under the new regime before spewing trite nonsense.

Al Davis (RIP) passed in 2011. The franchise will never be the same, but in this day and age that could be a good thing.

This was with Breshnahan calling the “D” who was way over his head. Coach Allen will be a great head coach, and Tarver is a highly intelligent individual. Plus this article does not mention that Al Saunders will still be up in the box calling plays to Knapp.

Say what you want, but to say the Raiders are the worse team in the AFC west in my opinion is a reach …so keep the hate coming , the nation love’s it.

The Chiefs can play defense but Cassel as QB ?

The Chargers lost there best WR and added 4 string WR’s is that any better ?

The Broncos added Manning will he be the Manning of old or a washed up has been ?

The Raiders lost Wimbley and Routt but Wimbley could only rush the passer and that was pretty much it he can’t tackle or play in passing downs, Routt got torched and was rated #1 in pass interference calls.

To me they Raiders will be improved and the other AFC West has some big question marks.

Not going to disagree with all of your comments. Some make a lot of sense. Others are predictably sprinkled with bias (question what the identity of the team is and them summarizing that they STILL have NO identifity).

Oakland’s identity is in it’s core strength – speed and youth at the receiver position. Oakland’s WRs are dangerous. DHB came into his own, and Ford and Moore are late-pick studs. The offensive weapons are stronger than some may think. Bush left, and that stung, but watch for Marcel Reece to fill that role. Some people have no idea who he is; others thought he should have made the Pro Bowl.

The defense will be the question. If Chindi Chekwa and DVD can improve, it will be a big help. The LBs are weak. But Aaron Curry showed signs of life last year. I think that will continue.

Make no mistake – Oakland is going to give up a lot of points this year. But even with a defensive-minded coach, to answer your question, humbolt, the identity of the Raiders is youth and speed on the offense, with a veteran QB to guide them.

With McFadden, Moore, Ford, DHB and Palmer with an entire offseason this offense should be top 10 easily.

The Raiders stay healthy this team will win 9 or 10 games and have a shot to make the postseason.

I do wonder what the identity of this team will be, now that Al is gone. His son, Mark, has said and shown he has little interest in running an NFL franchise. He empaneled a group that included John Madden to look for a GM, and they came up with Reggie McKenzie. McKenzie is the only person M. Davis interviewed for the job. McKenzie then fired Hue Jackson and brought in another unknown to replace Jackson, Dennis Allen, whose only qualifications are one year a defensive coordinator.

The Fades are in salary cap hell. McKenzie was forced to jettison several starters, including last year’s best pass rusher, Kamerion Wimbley. He also let their leading rusher last season go – Michael Bush. On top of that, they didn’t have a single draft pick until the 4th round (a 3rd round comp pick is really a 4th round pick).

Their defense cost them the playoffs last season. And they go into this year with aging players up front, and several of the replacement starters are downgrades over last year’s starters. Perhaps the worst LB corps in the League.

On offense, there are question marks about their aged QB with a noodley arm. This QB quit on his former team, and said former team went to the playoffs with a rookie at QB. If things go south for the Raiders, is Palmer going to quit on them too?

It may take awhile for things to turn around in Oakland. But this team still has no identity.