Well, Aso was supposed to be the best, then he became an Eagle and got burnt a lot. Maybe it’s your system.

With Spencer and Hanson the Raiders now have two Niners castoffs. Good luck guys. Too bad the Niners don’t play the Raiders this season.
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“Paging Clark Haggans. Paging Clark Haggans. Please pick up the white courtesy phone and explain to niner13 why one team’s trash is another team’s treasure.”

The former Eagles players are–CB Sheldon Brown–(02-09); DE Juqua Parker–(05-11); CB Dimitri Patterson–(09); LB Chris Gocong–(06-09).

We should get a W against the Dolts. I expect the game to be much like the Thursday night game last year and the game in SD later in the season in 2010. We simply overpowered the Dolts physically along the line of scrimmage. Our D line against the putrid Dolts O line looks like a complete mismatch. Oh yeah, we’ll have DMAC for the game (unlike both last year), and we won’t be playing cover 1 with single high safety FS and SS matched up on the TE all the time. For the first time since 1963, the D coordinator will have the freedom to implement the scheme and gameplan that gives us the best chance to win. That means the talent we have on D (and it’s considerable) will finally be fully unleashed.

As we unleash hell on the Dolts, I expect to see a lot of cover 3 looks allowing Branch to play as an extra LB in the box, much like Rodney Harrison did in NE. No more corners with their backs to the play all the time either in cover 1 man, which contributes to big runs. That’s why we had about 5 games in a row last year when QB’s of all poeople were running for 100 yards on us (i.e., Tebow, Ponder, Hanie, Moore, Rodgers).

This should really be exciting. I think the improvement of our defense will the single biggest surprise to the national talking heads that really know very little about the makeup of most of the teams in the league.

It all starts Monday night in what should be a 17-3 Raider win over the Dolts. Rivers and Turd-ner will try to get the ball out quickly with short slants, but Allen and Tarver will be expecting that. Rivers should be under pressure all night, and with no running game to help it should be a long night for the Dolts.

Key phrase in the article “try to stop Phillip Rivers”. If it’s anything like the final game of last season, they better try harder!
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Poor Charger fans. Hanging onto their regular season wins like there was a trophy attached.

OR if it’s anything like the Week 10 game….they won’t have to try at all….

…That is how bad we (Raiders) needed a corner.

RAIDER NATION!!!!!