S&B Bleeder

Game one they couldn't run the ball. At halftime I said pass to set up the run. They didn't do it. We lost. The same thing happened in the game today. What happened in the 4th quarter. They went to a passing game as they had no other choice. I couldn't believe how effective it was. Then when they ran the ball it worked better. I blame much of this on AP or the offense coordinator. I can't take this stress. They have to get their passing game in order. I hope we see it next game.

I watched Rattler a lot during the season and initially I liked him, but he was not ready to be a first string QB in the NFL. He is not better than the two QB's we currently have in AOC & GM. I am so glad we didn't pick him.

I agree completely. What's the plan? Brady: gone. Aaron Rogers: it doesn't look good as there isn't any discussion about coming to the AFC West. I'm not sure I want Rogers. He'll be expensive both by contract and trade obligation. As good as he has been, can he excel in a JMD system? We know the problems with the complicated playbook. Will JMD allow him to call audibles? If so, why didn't he allow Carr? Then there's the Josh Jacobs debacle. JMD could have gotten a 5th year option at a lower price but now I hear he'll get the franchise tag at $10 mil. I am disgusted.

This topic,"is McD on the hot seat"? All you guy are talking about is Carr. We should be talking about McDumb___. I have to be careful about colorful language as I was warned about something and the moderator wouldn't tell me what I said. Am I pissed with JMD? What's his plan for a new QB? Does he have one? Did he have one and it evaporated? They gave Carr this contract which allowed him to leave due to the amount. Now a bunch of teams want him and we got nothing in return. As I am RN4L I tolerate this or maybe it's because I have season tickets and have no choice. It's the latter.

Will Stidham start? I heard before the forty ninnies game that Garbers would also play. That didn't happen. Will he get a shot this week or is McD stuck on Stidham?

How can we win this game? The Steelers are used to this kind of weather. We're not. Our run game has to be at its best and three members of our Oline are questionable. At least they can run block better than they can pass block. Wish for the best but this could be ugly.

I have yet to watch the replay, but the [DELETED] D-line was all over Carr the entire game. Our Oline was porous to say the least and I hold that against McDaniels for not shoring it up in the off season. And you have to hand it to NE for protecting their QB. Did Jones get sacked?

But on the positive maybe it will keep them out of the playoffs. It would make me happy.

I received info tonight from one of my many Raider online sites. The guy said Carr has been only allowed to call audibles the last three games. I rebutted that I've seen him audible since the start of the season. He indicated that was not the case, he could only make changes regarding the direction of the play. I asked for clarity on that and he stated instead of running right he could switch it to left or vice versa. I found to limit Carr in that fashion was rookie material. I asked for his source but he said he couldn't remember, either a local news pub or an online site. Teammates were discussing it. I will acknowledge that there has been dramatic changes in their play the last three games. Duron Harmon who they noted on TV tonight is a captain, presumably of the defense, gave a pep talk in the locker room a few weeks back about the level of intensity in practice translates to the field. Defense is playing much better. Chandler Jones, who many of us have consider a slacker, got three sacks tonight. I'm sure Herbert was surprised.

I saw the list of our questionable players and Hobbs was not one of them. Jacobs, Miller and Masterson. No Raider was listed as "out" as I remember.

FWIW: One prognosticator stated we will win the next 6 in a row. Another said we will go 9-1 the next ten games. You're not getting any guarantee from me but I like the way they're thinking. Even at 2-4 we're power ranked at 13 (I think) on the NFL Network. They see something I didn't see when we were 1-4.

I believe he got criticized during this 0-3 start and became aware of it, so much so he had to step up. I agree he needs to run with the ball when things turn to crap, but he need not overindulge the habit in each game. Only out of necessity. We can't afford to have him go down as our #2 is Stidham.

Who's to say Eleumunor won't work out at RT? Parham is listed as a guard and touted at a decent center. Why can't he be moved to RT if it's called for? I'm sure I'll get hammered on that one. I read an article this morning in which well-known football prognosticators, 8 of them picked 7-1 that the Raiders would beat the Discharge this Sunday but at the end they somehow came up with a score with the Raiders losing like 25-24. Maybe they failed math class.

We have an O-lineman in the house today. His name is Haeg and will be a backup if we sign him. We'll have to wait and see.

I thought it was more than that?