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For me the name brings Rod Serling to mind, but if you read it and think Dawson’s Crypt… hey man, whatever you’re into.

I’ve been a Raider fan since the grand ol’ year of ’76.

Yup: penalties are part of the game. Like… one or two occasionally. Interceptions are also part of the game and for the price of 10 million a year, there better be more than one or two occasionally. Stanford Routt has never been the difference between a win or a loss for us, but if he had been…. again… it should have been more than one or two times. He’s terrible and if Al hadn’t paid him all that cash, no one would know who he was. He would be in Fabian Washington/James Trapp – aka, unemployed.

The guys we’ve signed are football players, not track stars. Are they slower? Yeah. So are quite a few other starting CBs in this league who’ve done more than Stanford Routt ever will. If these guys don’t pan out – and they still actually might – we’re on the hook no further than this year and we can keep looking… we might even be able to draft a guy who’s in the league longer than three or four years.
Plus, with a defense that hasn’t been outdated for 15 years, we might not really need guys that run 4.2 40′s. Imagine that.

Raiders had a top 5 offense at one point last season, a top 10 to finish last season. Wisniewski is far better than Satele at C, but they needed a LG. Their offensive line surrendered some of the fewest sacks compared to last year, and they lead the way in rushing with McFadden before dropping off to 7 due to injury. Defensively people forget that Bresnahan was their DC…Under Marshall Raiders were top 10 in the league in yards allowed and 15 in points allowed, which put them in the middle of the pack and heck that was with a handicapped defensive scheme. Did people forget Raiders were 3rd in the league in sacks with moderate (and thats just being friendly) blitzing that same year.
They took care of their overpriced contracts, freed up cap space and took legitimate (players who were pretty good in college) depth players to fill ST and back-up rolls instead of raw talent alone.
No team can put together an All-Pro team, they had their starters in place for most of their vital positions for 2 years now, the problem was depth players came in too raw at the pro level and production dropped off, top that with an old fashion defensive philosophy not particularly suited in today’s NFL you have a mediocre team.
Raiders are the sleeper team of the year. They have the talent to be an elite team, especially with QB issues taken care of with Palmer. The question is can they finally live up to potential?

Lemme guess Hummer: you see the Raiders in panic mode? Mark Davis just trying to impress his father’s ghost? The numbers are too high for a Safety not wearing a pastel uniform? Do I have to do all the work for you?

What’s worse than a trolling Powder Puff fan? Our own fellow Raider Nationals so blinded by myopia they are unable to see how good Reggie has been for this team. Oh well. This ain’t gonna change over night.

Slow corners? Seriously? How did Routt’s speed work out for us in real life football? C’mon man. Al would’ve announced this contract extension two months ago… And it would’ve been for 40 million, 30 guaranteed. Be stoked! There is only ONE NATION. (And this year will show how not being completely built on a bandwagon pays off. Pay attention, Powder Clouders. )

The RAIDERS will hurt some feelings in the division this year.

GO RAIDERS!!!!! Keep it going Reggie!

You listening, Silva? This is a slepper team with a top 10 offense, a defense that should be greatly improved through coaching and scheme alone, and the best kicker/punter combo in the league. This is a team ready to take the West.

The haters and so called “experts” that don’t really know what they’re talking about are going to be eating some crow in about two months when this thing is finally under way.

Oh, and as far as the style the Raiders will play, that’s tough, physical football in all phases. That will never change.

He’s one of the very top safety’s in the game, just love this guy, crazy speed too.

This frees up some cap room too, bonus.