Comments on: Raiders using no-huddle offense, too

By: hoodheisman

hoodheisman — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:02:19 +0000

Anything that minimizes the influence of coaching staff has historically done well. Remember Gannon led the Raiders to a Super Bowl by calling his own plays and letting Bill Callahan focus on holding a clipboard. No surprise that the Raiders will benefit by having Greg Knapp just manage a clipboard rather than an offense.

By: therillest

therillest — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:23:30 +0000

Jaguar fan here…and that loss hurt!

When the Raiders sped up that offense our D-line and secondary were tired and lost. We don’t have much depth at either position and the Jag coaches could not keep up. The Raiders have some talent on their roster and when they get it going on offense they are as good as any offense in the league!

By: tdk24

tdk24 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:50:05 +0000

We have to be one of the worst teams in history of not being able to win back to back games. And as far as ignoring use goes, please, continue to ignore us. It’s what you do best. The highlights I saw from the Jags game was the fumble in overtime and then the winning kick, that’s it. Sure it was not to the standards of a Packers game or something, but at least show the nation the catch by Streater, that was just an amazing jump and snatch.

By: DailySpew

DailySpew — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:28:50 +0000

This is pretty simple. The idea behind the constant hurryup is to limit the ability of defenses to substitute, but more importantly that defenses are not conditioned to face the hurryup for four straight quarters and wear down.

It’s a tool, not a cure-all. If you have a potent offense it makes it more so. If you don’t, it might help, but you still need to execute like everybody else.

By: nesportsfan0428

nesportsfan0428 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:06:17 +0000

The Raiders got some offensive weapons in Moore and DHB, while Palmer seems to be finding his groove. Brandon Meyers is emerging as a excellent TE, filling the void of Zach Miller who they missed last year.

By: justwinbaby29

justwinbaby29 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:41:46 +0000

Raiders need to win the next two (at KC, Tampa). If they are 4-4 at midseason very much alive in the AFC West.

That said, the Jacksonville game was a gift. Have to play better. The O-Line was awful. Defense is showing some progress though!

By: ron69

ron69 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:33:27 +0000

Why isn’t so hard to see that Greg Knapp’s play calling sucks? I don’t care if he has genius IQ and i don’t want him to be fired, just stop him fron calling plays on gameday.

By: racerx1225

racerx1225 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:18:44 +0000

The Raiders could easily be 3-3 right now like most of the league. No worries, they will gel and the ZBS will either work or be abandoned.

By: racerx1225

racerx1225 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:17:54 +0000

And it took the Falcons a last second field goal to beat them.

By: racerx1225

racerx1225 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:15:33 +0000

didnt need overtime to beat the Steelers.

The loss of both starting QB’s and the adoption of the ZBS is whats holding them back most right now.

Palmer disregarded Knapp and thats why it worked. Knapp is trying to run DMac between the tackles and it cant be done till the line can Zone block better.

By: Chargers have no rings

Chargers have no rings — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:14:28 +0000

Keep it coming haters

By: raidernation210

raidernation210 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:10:27 +0000

its funny the hypocrites who delete posts on here allow people to talk trash but when you go after them they delete your post. If you don’t want negative reply’s than delete any negative post you HYPOCRITES!!!!!

By: outburst78

outburst78 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:06:31 +0000

You have to catch a defense off guard to effectively use the no huddle, and you have to have an exploitable matchup on the field. Otherwise the no huddle gets you nowhere and gets YOUR probably already tired defense right back on the field.

That said, the Raiders have looked competent when they have used it so far this year.

By: sicklnick121

sicklnick121 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:03:59 +0000

Carson was one of the first Qbs to run the no huddle consistently, and his feel for the game and the guys on the field out muster any calls Knapp can call.

Dennis Allen made the worst mistake and set this franchise back. He should have came in and kept the offense since that wasnt a problem and have some type of consistency. This way he could have came in fixed the defense and all the other problems. And if the offense didnt work out this year you can make the changes next year. But leaving the past in the past, just as all these announcers say that Manning needs a half a season to get acquainted with the Broncos I feel the same for the Raiders I think this team is going to have a strong 2nd half and really push for the division championship..

probably will make the AFC championship to just so we lose our first round pick to the Bangels ughh!!

And for you haters Who was the last team in a Super Bowl in the AFC west…You guys can celebrate your regular season wins all you want…But outside of Oakland Raiders the only other teams that have any type of creditability are the Steelers, Packers and Cowboys. The other teams can come and go and no one outside of there area would care

By: araidersfan

araidersfan — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:00:37 +0000

The truly excellent QBs (and I don’t think that Palmer fits into this group) should be able to call their own plays ALL the time. The coaching staff would come up with the playbook but a very good QB should be able to exercise his brain in the huddle.

It would make the game more interesting as it did throughout most of the league’s history until it was taken over by OCs in the ’80s. Unfortunately I don’t see this happening at anytime in my remaining lifetime.

By: geniusfan

geniusfan — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:57:27 +0000

I hope Nick Saban and the Jets are okay with this. We know how they feel about no huddle offenses.

By: autumnwind999

autumnwind999 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:44:23 +0000

Palmer has been great this year. No two ways about it.

On pace for about 4,700 yards passing and carried the team on his back in the two wins. And he’s been getting creamed time and again behind this offensive line.

If you watch the games, watch how he’s hanging in there and taking a Rocky Balboa-style beating and still managing to make money throws downfield, it’s quite impressive.

By: raiders1995

raiders1995 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:19:58 +0000

People who say the raiders suck, clearly don’t know that this is reggie mckenzie’s first year cleaning up the team. What do you guys expect? Al davis damaged this team by overpaying players. Give the raiders a couple more years and we’ll be good

By: jjackwagon

jjackwagon — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:11:48 +0000

Haven’t they have won their last five in KC? The idea that beating the 1-5 Chiefs will somehow make them more relevant is laughable.
It will be even funnier if they snatch defeat from the jaws of victory as is their M.O.

By: spellingcops

spellingcops — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:05:36 +0000

They had to make a furious comeback to barely eek out a win against arguably the worst team in the NFL-at home-and you’re saying they should get some attention?! Seriously? Commitment to excrement

By: buckarama

buckarama — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:05:19 +0000

They’ve made some good changes, hard to do with their hands tied from AD’s vision, but it will be years of very good decision making before they are any good again. I love my Raiders, but they are terrible.

By: justwinsomeday

justwinsomeday — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:04:15 +0000

It’s definitely better than the no-offense huddle they’ve been using most of the year…..

By: souldogdave

souldogdave — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:55:25 +0000

Typical basement-dwelling haters are checking in, they are pathetic. The Raiders have some potential this year in a weak division. Joke all you want haters, we’ll get to you soon enough.

By: bnutz44

bnutz44 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:34:45 +0000

I just don’t like knapp’s play calling period..it didn’t work out in his first stint in Oakland…Seriously doubt it will work out this time..DMC is struggling to find his groove..Power blocking suits him best

By: jm91rs

jm91rs — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:31:52 +0000

Palmer used it in Cincinnati. It works really well until you get close to the end zone when he throws 3 straight passes 5 yards over the receivers head.

By: therealraiderduck

therealraiderduck — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:27:55 +0000

And I see the Raider haters are out in full force this morning.

Notice how they never tell you what teams THEY like, but just run down Oakland instead…

By: panamon

panamon — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:13:28 +0000

It’s not every week they’ll be facing a Jaguars offense and a defense they can get the better of enough to not do more harm than good, it has to be situational.

By: hehateme2

hehateme2 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:12:12 +0000

The Dolphins are actually using the no huddle more than the pats as a % of their plays…. just saying.

By: jschwanny

jschwanny — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:52:11 +0000

The Raiders needed overtime to beat a mediocre Jacksonville team who was playing without its best player (MJD) and lost its starting QB. I’ll pay attention to the Raiders next April when they are on the clock with a top 5 pick.

By: stoogy

stoogy — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:50:49 +0000

This week it will be all about stopping Charles. if they cant do that they wont win. i look 4 the chiefs to run, run, run. then force raiders to load the box and play action deap ball to baldwin, bowe with quinn big arm for jump ball.