October 29th, 2009 
Matt Loede 
Posted in There’s been plenty of slamming of QB JaMarcus Russell this week, but reports are his teammates are standing by him: JaMarcus Russell’s Raiders teammates remain steadfast in their belief that he is just going through a rough stretch and that he remains the best option at quarterback for a team that has lacked a proven [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Russell Still Set to Start This Week Despite Bad Outing Sunday
The Oakland Tribune reports that despite having a bad game Sunday, JaMarcus Russell will start this Sunday: JaMarcus Russell will start again Sunday when the Raiders visit the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium. After the game, Russell said he was OK with his decision-making process and wasn’t “out of sorts,” as Cable said in [...]
I Just Don’t Understand
Will Smith, as a young rapper Fresh Prince, sang the song Parent’s Just Don’t Understand. Here is my version, minus the rapping… A week after stopping one of the most potent offenses in the league by pressuring the QB, that the Raiders didn’t pressure a rookie QB coming off a 5 pick game. ..I just [...]
Russell Makes Light of Latest Beating and Turnovers in Loss
The Raiders were back to being, well…the Raiders, on Sunday as the team was crushed by the Jets 38-0. It was the most lopsided home loss in team history. This came just seven days after the team looked like it just might be turning the corner vs the Eagles in a big win. Sunday the [...]
60 Minutes And 263 Yards Of Total Offense Later, Jets Shut Out Raiders 38-0
As I have said before, the Oakland Raiders are opportunists. By that, I mean that they easily lose at home as they do on the road. Perhaps they were full of themselves when they upset the Philadelphia Eagles last week. Who knows, really? Nonetheless, the Raiders reverted to their normal selves as they accumulated a [...]
Tags: Will the Raiders Ground the Jets?
The NY Jets were the toast of the NFL for the first 3 weeks, talks about their new QB being the next Joe Namath, their new brash coach, and a swagger that they took into New England and beat their divisional nemesis. Since then, they’ve lost 3 close games, 2 in their division and now [...]
DE’s Richard Seymour, Greg Ellis Both Questionable
Raiders defensive end Richard Seymour did not participate in practice on Friday and is listed as questionable for Sunday’s contest against the New York Jets. Seymour, who was sidelined with an undisclosed illness, had four tackles and a pair of sacks last Sunday in Oakland’s 13-9 win over Philadelphia. Also listed as questionable is defensive [...]
