For a lot of Raiders fans, this offseason was filled with a lot of pointing and wondering.
From the media, they seemed determined to complain about some deals, like Kelly's whopper contract, or signing another safety in Wilson.
What's odd about it is that these same media demons failed to look beyond their own noses, to see what was cooking, or burning, down around them.
For example, after last year's massive meltdown, KC goes out...and gets rid of Jared Allen.
Um, what?
Right...a talented, strong player, young, and purely animalistic, they sent him off to Minnesota.
Um, ok...thanks KC.
Some people will say, "But they drafted Glenn Dorsey." But can you imagine how this team would function if Allen and Dorsey were BOTH there?
People say, "But Dorsey also will be able to stop McFadden...." All game long? With three different running backs?
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The other act that left people scratching their heads was the QB option. Again, I won't complain...I'm a Raider fan.
Next up is Denver.
Again, a team that looked really flat. Some of that is attributed to Cutler's medical condition. However, on paper, not a lot was done. Clady, will take a year to grow into his position...welcome to the NFL, kid.
The WR corps is still learning, as is anyone who wants to step up and be a running back. Our latest option is a guy named Michael Pittman...who has his own skeleton closet to work with. If this is how you improve a team's image, you guys missed big time.
San Diego, the NFL's star child, has an interesting selection of players, and chaos. You have a coach who wants to spread around the talent, when there's only one primary weapon to speak of.
The result? In the first weeks of 2007, you saw San Diego get beat by KC. After they locked Norv in his office, they proceeded to win again, until injuries started to take its toll.
By this time, Norv escaped, and San Diego saw it's best attempt to get into the Super Bowl go down due to LT's injury.
So, what does San Diego do for an encore?
They let Michael Turner leave via free agency (too many Turners on the team), they lost Lorenzo Neal, the fullback who made LT's job look real easy, and they're also wondering when Gates plans to return. Gates being one of three primary position-players on this team that are injured.
Not good, especially when those three are about 90 percent of your offensive power.
So, by all means, have a giggle, media. But then look at what your AFC West teams are doing...and try not to spit your latte at the monitor.
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about 1 month ago
All I can say is finally you are writing some good stuff.
I know people will bash the article, (Mike40whiner is sniffing around this site again) but you have made a good point showing the bias towards the Raiders.
from about 1 month ago
LMAO..
Sorry Castor...haven't a clue who you are.
How tacky to assume I would bash the article.
I mean...I will...but still, tacky of you to assume that ;)
about 1 month ago
That just means 2008 will be interesting for the west.
about 1 month ago
Great article, according to me it's your best one by far! Really enjoyed the article.
Question:Do you think the Raiders will be able to win any of the Charger games???
from about 1 month ago
Thanks David. As for your question, I can see us winning one, but i'd put more money on the Late game.
Why? Well, first of all, we'll have momentum built up to that point. It would be nice if we could play San Diego later in the season at home, but with the quick start, 3 division opponents in 4 weeks, it would be a stressed up point to break them at home.
However, the injury question will decide both games. San Diego, in their first 3 games play Carolina, At Denver, then the Jets. Denver might make things interesting, and I know Carolina wants to come out swinging, after last year's debacle.
The second game we play, it'll also be a course maker, as after we play them in San Diego, we'll have ten days off, then get New England. By that time, we'll also be looking at San Diego when they've had Pittsburgh, new England, and Indy as well....so whoever is healthy, could make the second game interesting.
So, I'll say it.....we'll split against San Diego......At least split.
about 1 month ago
Good Read RC. I couldn't agree anymore with the release of L. NEAL from SD. But you wont hear me complaining about it either, you might hear a Champagne bottle cracking open but thats about it ;)
Its always a competitive matchup when its a Division rival game so it will be interesting if our Raiders can find a Winning mentality. To break from the chains of desparity through loss and discover a feeling of Glory through victory!
Long live the Oakland Raiders
about 1 month ago
quote: "From the media, they seemed determined to complain about some deals, like Kelly's whopper contract, or signing another safety in Wilson."
Mike49er: They didn't complain. They laughed. Big difference.
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Quote: "Some people will say, "But they drafted Glenn Dorsey." But can you imagine how this team would function if Allen and Dorsey were BOTH there?"
Mike49er: Wow..that sounds familiar. Didn't someone say "But can you imagine how the Raiders would do if they had Kelly AND Dorsey"???
Who was that masked man???
Oh..yeah...ME :)
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Quote: "The other act that left people scratching their heads was the QB option. Again, I won't complain...I'm a Raider fan."
Mike49er:So, in other words, you agree with them, but you decline to comment so as not to rock the boat???
Aren't you glad you have me here?
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quote: "So, by all means, have a giggle, media. But then look at what your AFC West teams are doing...and try not to spit your latte at the monitor."
First off, you're not even in the same league as SD. Not even close.
QB
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DL
Shall I go on?
You're only saving grace is that you play in the weakest division in the AFC. Those two wins will be yet again half of your total.
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Quote: "So, I'll say it.....we'll split against San Diego......At least split."
SD and every team that is playing you is drooling at the prospect of blitzing over Harris, making Russell's life miserable, and those same teams are salivating at running against your run D.
SD sat LT after the half, and still beat you guys.
See CastorOil??? I didn't bash the Raiders. You owe me an apology.
from about 1 month ago
Wow, you sure show the passionate hatred you have for the Raiders. Keep it coming, we love it! Now I know that when I want to read something entertaining I will read the comments you post on "RAIDER" articles.
about 1 month ago
Mike49ers: SF 49ers went 5 – 11 in the 2007-2008 season. With the exception of the Ravens every loss your team encountered was an average of 20 points. And in the 5 victories 9ers won by an average of 5 points. I did not know just how close your team was close to becoming 0-16. You keep posting that the Raiders will not win more than 4 games again this year well how many games will the 49ers win? How does your QB situation look better than the Raiders? And what is so tough about your division? Face it the Raiders have way more up swing than your team and your hate it. You might as well come out of the closet (49ers), cross the bridge and join the DARK SIDE. Oh congratulation on the senior bowl even that victory was by a couple of points. My money is on Nolan getting fired before Kiffin. See me on Aug 8th, 29 days and counting.
from about 1 month ago
When someone states something about your team, and all you reply with is "Well, let's discuss your team" it means you agree with my comments, and wish to move on.
IF that's the case, just state "I completely agree with everything you said. Thank you for your observations. If I may I would now like to discuss the Niners."
Then we'll proceed.
Go ahead, give it a try.
(IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE NO WORDS. WEAK WASTE OF TIME REPLY. MEANS YOU'RE TOAST.)
about 1 month ago
I am surrounded by guys like Mike up here.I hear the 49er propaganda endlessly.They still bank on the 80's when SF actually was a dynasty. And if you push him, he screams about 1998 when they bought the Super Bowl.He's a bit like your grandpa telling WII stories. And they accuse Raider fans of living in the past. They defend Nolan claiming he just needs one more season.When in fact he is a sub par coach and a lousy judge of personnel.Alex Smith-bust;Vernon Davis-bust;The Yorks hired Mike Martz, which is a good move on paper, but he only has Frank Gore o offense and Martz is a passing guy!As for the QB situation as compares to us; 49er fans like Mike laugh at Oakland because most actually think Shaun Hill is the second coming of Montana.Therefore they don't see a problem.Wrong again,cousin.As they did Garcia, and Alex Smith.But you are dreaming if you think anybody but Smith lines up under center come opening day. Niner fans are similar to Bronco fans in that they have the QB messiah complex.Constantly searching for the ghost of Montana as opposed to the ghost of Elway.Fact is: Martz was hired to be the scapegoat when Nolan racks up another sub .500 season.The fact that Nolan is still the coach is all the evidence you can write off the 49ers 2008 season as well.So Mike comes here and bashes Oakland like the Raiders are a colossal joke, secure in his delusions that SF is still the NFL's premier team and on a par with the Pats. When in reality, if compared, Oakland has done more to better themselves recently and are better positioned to improve in 2008 while SF wallows in whatever it is Nolan is trying to do. But I digress.
from about 1 month ago
Actually Joe, if you want to have a giggle, go look up the 49ers on the juggernaut index. It highlights what they did last year....and it wasn't pretty. 5-11, playing against the NFC West, they got past Arizona 2 times, once against the Rams, and then the bengals and Bucs, who were playing with Scrubs.
What's interesting, is you don't hear the media dumping on the niners, for their last in league scoring, leading the league in sacks, last in passing yardage, last in total yards per game, last in about 8 other categories.
Who gets the negative comments?
Raiders.
With the numbers, I'd say the niners have nothing to say....if we could play the Cards twice, the Rams twice, and give us the Ravens, Jets, Falcons, and Carolina last year, we'd have 8 wins, with those opponents.
Maybe it's also a selective memory loss....they tune out the bad things....or, if there's nothing good to think of, take up complaining about other teams.
about 1 month ago
Nice work "Raider Card". but there is one bone of contention. maybe I didn't read it as you meant it...
Allen is gone and Dorsey is a monster, true. Yet that same Dorsey has always (ALWAYS) had a hard time stopping DMAC and he was the only real running threat...
LSU's "D" was superb yet Dmac had a field day with them so... Dorsey will be a factor but, NOT that hugh, not against us! The CHEF's are going down TWICE!!! Dorsey or no Dorsey!!!
about 1 month ago
Actually Mike49er, I've heard it from about 3 different places, that the Chiefs lost out on the chance for a great line. And, it's got to make KC fans wonder what is up with that.
As for the line, I wouldn't worry about the Raiders Offensive line, last year, it still was in the top ten in the league. And that getting a 1000 yard rusher from the second string RB we have.
As for the crack about their QB, I think it's fine if KC wants to keep Croyle....makes our job easier in the long run. After all, if you have Steve Young and you want to play Jim Drunkenmiller, would I complain? Nope....I'm glad you'd be foolish enough to do that.
For QB, you can look at that on two sides. First of all, Russell missed the entire training camp, so his progress was already going to be spotty. Playing against San Diego, it wasn't a horrible blowout, but you could see the timing issue was working against him. If I was coaching, I would have called simpler plays, staying in the 10-20 yard range, all day long. He could hit Miller easy enough, and when Curry,(and later Walker) can make the catches, things will improve.
As for the Defensive line, it'll make a major difference what the addition of an extra CB who knows how to play the position. Stanford Routt wasn't cutting it, so they'd throw to the other side.
If Manning, Favre, and other QB's don't want to challenge your best CB....you better improve the other side, or you'll be hurting for it.
And as for the money question, I did hear a few media blaming the Raiders for spending money on Kelly and Wilson....but it also begs the question...if we didn't throw the money at Kelly, and some other team wanted to, would the Raiders be laughed at for letting him go, as a good player, or would they critisize the team that bought the guy's contrat?
Right, they'd laugh at the Raiders for letting him go.
With the media, you really can't win, in Oakland.
about 1 month ago
You 9er fans crack me up, because you come into a Raider site and critisize. Could it be because your sites are boring and no ones there? You talk about the Raiders signing Kelly to a big contract. Take a look down the road if the players union contract expries. The Raiders have a bunch of young guys under contract for the next six years or so. So bash Mr. Davis all you want if the contract expires we will still have a very young team in place. But hey you all signed that 35 yr old receiver from the Rams. But enjoy yourself coming in here and bashing our team. But you should spend more time worrying about your team first.
I have always been IN and always will be.
New Mexico Raider
about 1 month ago
Good article Raider Card. It will be a great year for us.
about 1 month ago
how in the world is this a good article??
no one was wondering why the Raiders signed Wilson, everyone knew Stu had problems.. everyone is wondering why Oakland did nothing to help the offensive or defensive line.. and don't give me Harris, Joseph etc both lines suck for the most part.. and why sign the overrated Hall?? that's the biggest question mark of Oakland's off-season.. then you got the draft in which the Raiders did terrible.. DBs and TEs w/ limited picks?? they deserve to be laughed at.. i'm a fan and i laughed at them..
Dorsey has nothing to do w/ Allen leaving.. if anyone does, it's Hali's potential talent and it's obvious the Chiefs are rebuilding so why would you have a high priced guy like Allen on the team that's not ex[ected to win next season?? you also made a claim that people would say something about the QB situation and then proceeded to say "Again, I won't complain...I'm a Raider fan." you could've at least acknowledged what the hell you were talking about..
Cutler's medical condition?? hahaah him being diabetic has nothing to do w/ anything if that's what you were referring to b/c again, you failed to elaborate as to what the hell you were talking about..
now for the Chargers, i tell you what man, i laughed good and hard when you said Turner was 90% of the team's offense.. that was a good one.. why in the hell WOULDN'T you get rid of him?? he's barely done anything and is purely potential.. they got good value for a guy who's barely done anything in his career.. Gates will be back and the start of camp i'm sure and Neal is old and costly.. if he's such a hot ticket right now, why hasn't anyone snagged him right now?? or even when he first hit the market??
sorry man, i had to lay into you to separate your perception of things and reality..
from about 1 month ago
No problem Jeremy, let me counter.
First of all, we knew our Safety issue needed something different. Huff is stalled, and hopefully ,with Wilson's arrival, it'll prompt him to action....or he'll hike.
Secondly, Hall gives us something a lot of teams can't enjoy. Dual options. We already know Nmandi can be a threat, no one throws there.
So, you make it, so they either throw to him, or gamble that Hall's having a bad day.
Compare it to the Broncos, when Champ's being a pain, you want to go after Dre Bly.
A lot of the naysayers about Hall's issues, also didn't think much of Aso until he started making Favre and Peyton change patterns.
The Dorsey quip, is pretty simple. Dorsey has a lot of good upside, but as well, it would be much, much better, if there was two standouts, wouldn't it? It was the Chiefs' doing, for reasons we have yet to understand, why they'd up and ditch a pro bowler, with no injury, downswing, or even a long career....it makes no sense, pure and simple.
Cutler's medical condition, by itself, was annoying. I can imagine, if you're dropping weight and eating 3 big macs a meal, there's something wrong. As well, their line, looked like swiss cheese, so him staying upright wasn't possible. Some of those injuries are still out there, because the line is aging, growing old, and just like Oakland, doesn't like to admit they have a rebuilding plan.....they always want to be in the thick of it.
As for the 90 percent comment....I think you need to go back and reread the article.
The three players that make up 90 percent of the Chargers, ie, LT, Rivers, and Gates, all were injured last year. Nowhere does it say, that Turner makes up 90 percent of that team's stats....try again.
about 1 month ago
This 40Whiner idiot comes in here trashing the Raiders when his own team is in far more disaray? they have a busted first round QB.. play in the weakest division in the NFL Rams Cards and Seahags? LMAO.. and SD is the cream? HAHAHA please.. Norv Turner will destroy that team faster then a fag on his mom's cucumbers..
This is what always cracks me up about blogs.. idiots from other teams feel the need to "EDUCATE" us fans about our team.. but yet is so hypocrtitical to the fact that their own team hasnt won shit in 13 years.. and are in far worse shape then the Raiders.. gotta be alot of jealosy there to take the time and try to "EDUCATE".. see ya Aug 9.. when Mcfadden Bush and Fargas run all over your pathetic D..
about 1 month ago
Jerry,
Im a diabetic.. Cutlers Diabetes is indeed a huge factor.. if your sugar rises or lowers to much it affects your ability to think, your vision gets cloudy.. you go as they say "LOOPY" sugar goes to high and you get high blood pressure on your brain and could lead to a stroke.. goes to low and your body begins to shake and if your sugar levels go below 50.. there is possibility of going into a coma.. Cutler is Type I insulin dependant.. sorry.. but that will affect his game is a very serious way.. doesnt prevent him from playing.. but DOES have a direct impact on his decision making.. im Type II i am able to control my diabetes with diet.. and yet i still experiance those symptons..
I like to think i am an open minded Raiders fan,, Been a fan since 1977.. been here threw the good and the bad.. always will be.. easy to love a team when they are winning but only the true die hards are still hear after this fiasco over the last 5 years.. i am and remain cautiously optomistic that this Raiders team will win more then 8 games. we have a favorable schedule for a change.. we have improved some weakness'.. but people also have to realize.. you cant fix every problem in one season. i believe this team is improved.. how much so is yet to be determined.. but i believe that the intent of this article wasnt to pump up the Raiders but to show media bias towards the Raiders especially since the rest of the West has just as many problems to overcome as the Raiders..
Tomy
from about 1 month ago
hey thats a very good point that you bring out about being diabetic. your playing a game that has to do with your health and isnt it going to be a factor if your health is less than adequate, and especially at a position where brain control is the most important. but at least Cutlers brain activity about throwing Asos way wasnt messed up because he flat out said he wouldnt throw that way and didnt.
but great insight being a diabetic yourself.
about 1 month ago
Posted by JoeJoe:
by Joe
about 3 hours ago
I am surrounded by guys like Mike up here.I hear the 49er propaganda endlessly.They still bank on the 80's when SF actually was a dynasty. And if you push him, he screams about 1998 when they bought the Super Bowl.
Mike49er: Another confused and abused poster.
I'm not discussing the 80's, YOU ARE.
And the Niners didn't win a SB in 98, it was 96.
Thanks for letting me know in advance you're a novice to this "football thang".
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He's a bit like your grandpa telling WII stories. And they accuse Raider fans of living in the past.
Mike49er: Again, it's YOU discussing the past.
Something tells me you get slapped around alot by niner fans on many levels, don't you?
And quit being a hypocrite...good god, lol.
90% OF ALL RAIDER THREADS ON THIS BOARD ARE ABOUT WHAT??? THE PAST..ABOUT WHEN AL DAVIS ACTUALLY COULD THINK..about "duh raiders history in duh league".
Don't even run that whine about ANY OTHER TEAMS FANS bringing up the past. If not for the PAST most Raider fans would have nothing to comment about.
You know, like you.
So far you've not had a SINGLE WORD TO SAY ABOUT THE COMMENTS ABOVE REGARDING TODAY'S RAIDERS..instead you whine about the past, while whining that others do the same.
Sad..isn't it?
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They defend Nolan claiming he just needs one more season.When in fact he is a sub par coach and a lousy judge of personnel.Alex Smith-bust;Vernon Davis-bust;The Yorks hired Mike Martz, which is a good move on paper, but he only has Frank Gore o offense and Martz is a passing guy!As for the QB situation as compares to us; 49er fans like Mike laugh at Oakland because most actually think Shaun Hill is the second coming of Montana.Therefore they don't see a problem.Wrong again,cousin.As they did Garcia, and Alex Smith.But you are dreaming if you think anybody but Smith lines up under center come opening day. Niner fans are similar to Bronco fans in that they have the QB messiah complex.Constantly searching for the ghost of Montana as opposed to the ghost of Elway.Fact is: Martz was hired to be the scapegoat when Nolan racks up another sub .500 season.The fact that Nolan is still the coach is all the evidence you can write off the 49ers 2008 season as well.So Mike comes here and bashes Oakland like the Raiders are a colossal joke, secure in his delusions that SF is still the NFL's premier team and on a par with the Pats. When in reality, if compared, Oakland has done more to better themselves recently and are better positioned to improve in 2008 while SF wallows in whatever it is Nolan is trying to do. But I digress.
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Again, why blather on about a discussion of what you exchanged with OTHER posters ELSEWHERE or at your local bar?
Don't you find that equally odd as you do weak??
Here- http://bleacherreport.com/articles/32628-2008-nfl-preview-nfc-west
You can get my opinion on the above elsewhere.
Considering you seem to want to discuss ANYTHING except what's being discussed, you'll excuse me for not taking the time to inform you, realizing chances are you'll reply with a conversation you had in the lunchline somewhere, with someone, last year, on Tuesday.
about 1 month ago
hey Whinerfan
your rederick is indeed a snore.. why not go back to your side of the bay and leave the football talk to the real men.. what kind of LOSER goes to other teams sites to start up crap? tisk tisk..
from about 1 month ago
My rederick??? What in God's name is a rederick?
My suggestion to you is just stay in the shadows.
Just read.
don't feel obligated to contribute.
Don't think you're less of a man because words escape you.
No shame in watching the world go by.
It's safer being an observer than a participant.
Now, don't you feel better, pumpkin?
from about 1 month ago
hey little mikey maybe you should follow your advice, dont feel the need to contribute cuz we all know you would be better served an observer than a participator, because you have not a clue of insight to do so.
so mikey stay in your shadows and dont comment, we all know how ignorant you are. just like the long haired kid from that movie kicking and screaming where he says a joke and then says oh i got you good making absolutely no sense. lol, thats exactly what mikey is. he speaks and comments on his own stuff thinking he knows somn. when all he can do is recite a couple stats like anyone else can and then claim he actually knows somn. whenever you feel insight has come to you feel free to try and see if you have some, give a test drive, ill be sure to let you know. i dont have anything against you just your terrible ignorance.
about 1 month ago
hey Whinerfan
your rederick is indeed a snore.. why not go back to your side of the bay and leave the football talk to the real men.. what kind of LOSER goes to other teams sites to start up crap? tisk tisk..
about 1 month ago
Mike49er: Your a moron wraped in a idiot.
from about 1 month ago
ROFLMFAO..
did you mean "wrapped"????
Do you not see the irony of someone "wrapping" the word "moron and "idiot" around "wraped" when they're trying to use it against someone?
Pot? Meet kettle.
I love it, lol...You can't buy this kind of entertainment. :)
about 1 month ago
Posted by Card:
Actually Joe, if you want to have a giggle, go look up the 49ers on the juggernaut index. It highlights what they did last year....and it wasn't pretty. 5-11, playing against the NFC West, they got past Arizona 2 times, once against the Rams, and then the bengals and Bucs, who were playing with Scrubs.
Mike49er: Yeah, after winning 3 of previous 4 games, lost our QB basically for the season in week 4.
Dilfer totally sucked.
Writers can actually notice that the over the hill backup Dilfer, totally sucked.
They also realized because he couldn't hit water from a boat, was easy to stack up and keep Gore contained, not fearing Dilfer "lighting it up".
Writers are funny about that.
See, when they write 'A team lost their starting qb, and the rest of the year the team sucked" everyone goes "Yeah..so? We know."
BUT when the writers state "Raiders have two starting qb's, and stupidly keep platooning them, which makes things worse, and the Raiders actually had a WORSE season than the cross bay Niners, who played backup qb's" is something readers like to laugh about.
Journalism at it's finest. :)
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What's interesting, is you don't hear the media dumping on the niners, for their last in league scoring, leading the league in sacks, last in passing yardage, last in total yards per game, last in about 8 other categories.
Who gets the negative comments?
Raiders.
Mike49er: Awwww...someone need a hug?? Poor widdle waider fans, all flustered and blubbering.
See above.
Raiders are laughed at because at FULL STRENGTH, with most if not all of your starters on the field, YOU SUCKED.
I know, I know, now you have Russell, (YES, honestly laughing my ass off as I write this) who's now just going to improve dramatically over his meltdown last year. (hey, it was YOUR coach who stated he makes dumb decisions, so dumb he stated it was some of the worst decision making he's seen, and that he's truly concerned.)
Here's a reality check for you ladies.
YOU MADE STUPID DECISION AFTER STUPID DECISION.
Why wouldn't the media laugh?
it's funny watching Al butt in, lol...it honestly is.
Was funny as hell watching Sapp completely lose it. Go ballistic. Unsportsmanlike penalty, after penalty after penalty, WHILE YOUR HC STOOD THERE LIKE A STATUE.
You don't think everyone knows Kiffin's NOT in control? Even he knows it.
to the point that Kiffin didn't MOVE A MUSCLE or SAY A WORD to Sapp, or his coaches through all of that.
We laugh because it's funny. Media rips you because you're a deserving target.
How can you not laugh or ridicule???
You sign ACL project after ACL project??
You stupidly give contracts that EVERYONE knows is twice or even three times the players value??
You sign a hack tackle, and annoint him your starting LT WHEN HE SUCKS AT LT????
Your coach tries to fire his DC, who even Raider fans admitted wasn't squat, only to have your HC humbled and embarrassed when Al overrules him.
We laugh because it's a disaster.
We laughed when Al overruled Norv, and told him "I don't want Tui in there..I DON'T WANT TUI IN THERE. PUT BACK IN COLLINS"
and we all laughed again as collins proceeded to lose the next 3 games to end the season.
And the media ripped you, lol..because the Raiders are a magnified full scale disaster.
Your HC is told to quit. He tells Al to "kiss off. Fire me, Old man, but I'm not quitting...pay me, geezer."
What? We shouldn't laugh? The media shouldn't rip you?
Quit crying. Quit whining. Quit with the "we're so picked on. You guys are such meany's"
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With the numbers, I'd say the niners have nothing to say....if we could play the Cards twice, the Rams twice, and give us the Ravens, Jets, Falcons, and Carolina last year, we'd have 8 wins, with those opponents.
Mike49er: You play the horrible Chiefs and Donks, and still split with them. Even when they're at their worst, you still struggle. If not for the cream puffs you played last year, you wouldn't have had 2 wins.
Save the hypothetical whine.
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Maybe it's also a selective memory loss....they tune out the bad things....or, if there's nothing good to think of, take up complaining about other teams.
Mike49er: Where? I've ripped on the Niners, including Nolan, NUMEROUS TIMES on this board and other boards. Show me where Niner FANS are "tuning out the bad things"
No, not a selective post from a random Niner fan, I'm talking about as a group.
This board is full of Kool Aid drinking, uninformed, couldn't but a clue Raider posters.
"Duh...we's got's Russell...GO RAIDERS".
Who's reply, when questioned about Russell????
"LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR QB".
Again, most of you couldn't discuss the Raiders if your life depended on it.
LOOK AT THE REPLIES ON THIS THREAD FOR PROOF.
Instead of debating what was said ABOUT THE RAIDERS, you instead reply with "The Niners".
Facts are the Raider posters here couldn't discuss the Niners OR the Raiders.
from about 1 month ago
Seriously, get a life. You remind me of why I do not like the Fagot Ninners fans I know. They also act like their $hit does not stink!
from about 1 month ago
Now now Mike....no insulting, unless it's directly related to football.....*waggles a finger at him*
Again, explain why the Raiders were ahead of the 49ers in several stats, but at the same time, the 49ers weren't blasted by the media?
You can admit the bias, but you also can't hide the numbers....last season, the 49ers were horrible....and if you think adding a coach is a solution.....you'd also believe that Young was better than Montana.
about 1 month ago
YAWNNNNNNNN <------ at the Whinerfan.. jeeze what a loser to actually take the time to talk trash to Raider fans.. wow.. accute intellegence at its finest..
about 1 month ago
YAWNNNNNNNN <------ at the Whinerfan.. jeeze what a loser to actually take the time to talk trash to Raider fans.. wow.. accute intellegence at its finest..
about 1 month ago
Mikey needs a baba. What an overwound, spellchecking Felix Unger.
At least our current owner isn't a mental midget, with our owner of choice being banned from the NFL for being a CONVICTED FELON. At least our franchise wasn't penalized draft choices and cash for CHEATING THE NFL SALARY CAP SYSTEM on way to a last, tainted SB trophy.
It must chap his polk street hide to know that Bill Walsh, his genius of all time, was hired by his most hated, Al Davis, to his first NFL job, and that more Raiders are in the HOF as it stands (And there are at least 4 GLARING oversites for the Raiders that are missing from the Hall).
There, I feel better. How about you Mikey poopie pants?
about 1 month ago
I'm not a raider fan but I'm a Kiffin fan and I'd like to see him succeed. But even you have to admit the Raiders over paid a few players i.e Kelly personally I think the Wilson deal the the player from Atlanta were great deals maybe a lit'l to much money guaranteed but still great players Colbert i think was questionable move I have watch him with the Panthers still waiting on him to develop into a good player good luck in the black hole this year i think you are going to need it 6-10 or 7-9 is about where i think your team will windup but hey at lest you are moving in the right direction I think you will finish above KC anyway
about 1 month ago
this is OUTLAWRAIDERinc i'm new to posting on here but the more i read these posts i really just couldn't help myself but to throw in my 2 cents.theres a lot of people scared of THE RAIDERS and they better be.just look around at all the people keeping up with RAIDER NEWS HAHAHA! I LOVE IT! the reason these fuckups are keeping up with the RAIDERS are there in denial of the return of the RAIDERS. and let me clarify what i mean by return of THE RAIDERS its going to be REAL GOOD BEING A RAIDER FAN NOW FOR YEARS TO COME,I'M DAMN PROUD TO BE A RAIDER FAN! 25 YEARS AND UNTIL THE DAY I DIE! THIS IS THE NEXT DYNASTY TEAM!!!! so whether you like it or WHETHER YOU DONT learn to live with it because at least the next TEN YEARS THE RAIDERS WILL OWN THE NFL AND WILL BE WREAKING HAVOC AND ADDING A FEW MORE SUPERBOWLS TO THEIR TROPHY CASE! AND ONE MORE THING TRUE RAIDER FANS DONT ALLOW BANDWAGON JUMPERS! SO FUCKOFF! IF YOU THINK YOUR GONNA CLIMB ON THE OAKLAND RAIDERS BANDWAGON "THE NATION" DONT ALLOW THAT FOR YOUR SORRY ASSES!................. RAAAAAIDERRRRRS!!!!!!!
about 1 month ago
ok, nobody listen to MIKEfortywhiner anymore. he doesn't even know his own team's super bowl wins. 49er's won in 1994, jackass!! so if you don't even know your own team , you definitely don't know mine. so STEP OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
about 1 month ago
"mike49er" -
It's just football - what's really important is that you heal from the intrusive act someone wearing a Raiders hat or jersey performed on you against your will. Maybe it happened during some minor incarceration. Maybe it happened at summer camp. While none of us are responsible for the actions of your assaulter, we still feel badly about what happened to you.
The sheer volume of your obsessive faux-rational anti-Raider braggadocio is truly a spectacle, a clinical oddity, but what matters is that no amount of manual symbology will take away your shame about "the incident".
If you can summon ever-larger and more clearly articulated post storms, you think, you can show once and for all that this so-called Raider "Nation" are the "dirty people". Everyone will see your clearly delineated proof, and everyone will agree with you that the Raiders are dirty, their fans are dirty; dirty, dirty, dirty - and that it wasn't your fault ; it wasn't your fault.
The bigger you act, the smaller you look. You're hunched over your keyboard, tilting at windmills, Michael.
Your insult "wit" isn't; you come off like an abused 4th grader yelling profanity to cover his own pain, and your self-complimentary "logic" has an "I'm alway right" tone that's also reminiscent of very sad kid.
You're not really fooling anyone, you know.
about 1 month ago
LANKY: Well put. I just assumed he was sniffing paint chips but you have placed clarity, Thank You. OUTLAWRAIDER: Welcome I can feel your "PRIDE"
from about 1 month ago
Is this your attempt to pretend your "Mike49er: Your a moron wraped in a idiot. " comment above didn't happen???
Still honestly laughing my ass off at you soiling your own shoe.
Way to go, Gumby.
Raider fans...have to love em.
Always good for a laugh.
about 1 month ago
by Luis
from about 16 hours ago
Seriously, get a life. You remind me of why I do not like the Fagot Ninners fans I know. They also act like their $hit does not stink!
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I get it.
You feel intimidated.
You feel a tad bit "lost"??
After everything I just said about the Raiders you HAVE NOTHING TO SAY IN THEIR DEFENSE, yet you're crying about 'You think you're so cool."
I never said that.
You, however, just did.
Now, care to explain why it is you look up to me, and feel my words get you to the point of "I want to be like Mike'??
from about 1 month ago
Me, intimidated by you, a Fagot Ninner fan.... I dont f@#$ing think so player. Everything you say about the Raiders means nothing to me and that is why I have no responding comment to your crap. It is just your bias opinion. Telling someone that they act like their shit does not stink does not mean that I think they are cool. How did you ever come up with that? WTF? How can you say that I look up to you? You are nobody, just some punk on the computer! Be like a Fagot Ninner fan, that will be the f@#$ing day! Mike, you need to get a clue bro, nobody on this site wants you here and because of the responding comments that you get I think you are not going away:( You are an attention whore.
about 1 month ago
He is talking about Mike Vick
about 1 month ago
Lanky
about 7 hours ago
"mike49er" -
It's just football - what's really important is that you heal from the intrusive act someone wearing a Raiders hat or jersey performed on you against your will. Maybe it happened during some minor incarceration. Maybe it happened at summer camp. While none of us are responsible for the actions of your assaulter, we still feel badly about what happened to you.
The sheer volume of your obsessive faux-rational anti-Raider braggadocio is truly a spectacle, a clinical oddity, but what matters is that no amount of manual symbology will take away your shame about "the incident".
If you can summon ever-larger and more clearly articulated post storms, you think, you can show once and for all that this so-called Raider "Nation" are the "dirty people". Everyone will see your clearly delineated proof, and everyone will agree with you that the Raiders are dirty, their fans are dirty; dirty, dirty, dirty - and that it wasn't your fault ; it wasn't your fault.
The bigger you act, the smaller you look. You're hunched over your keyboard, tilting at windmills, Michael.
Your insult "wit" isn't; you come off like an abused 4th grader yelling profanity to cover his own pain, and your self-complimentary "logic" has an "I'm alway right" tone that's also reminiscent of very sad kid.
You're not really fooling anyone, you know.
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Like I said to Luigi, being meek weak and intimidated isn't a crime.
It's sad, but no law is broken.
yes, yes, I know. "Those big meany's keep picking on us. I get so frazzled. Puts me in such a tizzy."
Sorry you feel that way.
Here's the good news.
Unlike at home, where no doubt you just peek out your window at odd sounds or a disturbance, where you can close the shades and cower until it's passed, here no one will know that your panties are all in a bunch.
Well, of course, unless you inform them, as you just did.
Now, I notice you ALSO had NOTHING to say regarding Russell, or Walker, or that sorry joke of a geriatric owner.
All you've proven is you've perfected the fine art of "I'm a vanilla poster, and hate it when others ruffle my widdle feathers."
Take your purse, your tea, and get back up on the porch.
On occasion, wave..just to let everyone know you're not completely dead.
about 1 month ago
by JSpicoli
about 21 hours ago
Mikey needs a baba. What an overwound, spellchecking Felix Unger.
Mike49er: Unlike most of the kids here, and I emphasize the "kids" part, when you actually attended school, you don't need spell check.
Don't blame me that most here missed that day "speeling" was discussed, lol. Just the way it is.
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At least our current owner isn't a mental midget, with our owner of choice being banned from the NFL for being a CONVICTED FELON.
Mike49er: Silly child. Eddie D wasn't banned. He's STILL not banned. He stepped down, foolish boy. For that matter, the NFL would LOVE Eddie D to come back. On that same note, lots of Raider fans are wishing the NFL would step in and remove your dementia owner, who's making the Raiders an even bigger laughingstock.
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o At least our franchise wasn't penalized draft choices and cash for CHEATING THE NFL SALARY CAP SYSTEM on way to a last, tainted SB trophy.
Mike49er: awwww...does someone need a little blanky???? Are you crying?
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It must chap his polk street hide to know that Bill Walsh, his genius of all time, was hired by his most hated, Al Davis, to his first NFL job,
Mike49er: I'm on record here as to LAUGHING MY ASS OFF that your idiot owner didn't see in Walsh what EDDIE DEBARTELO DID. See, that young Eddie D, being new to the game, had better vision that your old ass, over the hill, stubborn as a mule, fool of an owner.
Bill Walsh ended up being revered across the NFL AS A GENIUS, and will always be viewed that way.
YOUR FOOL OF AN OWNER will be viewed as not seeing what Eddie D saw, and had to watch as Walsh turned the Niners into a DYNASTY, while Al turned the Raiders into a joke.
In other words, you sorry owner BLEW IT...AGAIN....STILL...AS USUAL.
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and that more Raiders are in the HOF as it stands (And there are at least 4 GLARING oversites for the Raiders that are missing from the Hall).
Mike49er: More Raiders are in the HOF??? WRONG. Go check again, then hit yourself between the eyes with a 2 x 4 for abusing the right to be slow.
And the "over sites"??? LMFAO Again, ARE YOU CRYING OR JUST WHINING LIKE A LITTLE CHILD?? "Oh boo hoo...other players got picked over the Raiders...boo dee hoo."
Leave it to a Raider fan to continue to run the "dey don't like us". That's why we lost. That's why a player didn't get in the hall. That's why they threw a flag."
EVERY TEAM has players that fans feel should be in the hall. Leave it to YOU to actually count them as if it's a given.
Do you feel as silly as that sounded?
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There, I feel better. How about you Mikey poopie pants?
Mike49er: they say laughter is the best medicine, and honestly, I'm laughing my ass off.
Thanks for that.
Oh, and..AS STATED TO OTHERS, I NOTICE YOU, AS WELL, HAD NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT DAVIS, OR RUSSELL, OR COMMENTS ABOVE ABOUT THE RAIDERS.
Hey? Don't sweat it. As with most here, I didn't expect a quality reply. What I did expect was crying, whining, and sniveling.
In that regard, you did just fine.
about 1 month ago
You keep saying that you're laughing, yet you don't seem very happy. :-D
Maybe you should find some friends and PLAY some football - it may get those neuro-chemicals into balance.
Covering your pain with internet tirades against football fans is your own version of taking your dolls into the back yard telling them how bad they are. It may make you feel immediately better, but it's a behavior that won't really serve you in the longer term.
The world is beautiful, Michael - we'll be waiting for you to join.
Raiders! (and Niners! and football! and beautiful women and comfy bank accounts - all the good isht)
from about 1 month ago
Thanks for proving my point.
Hey, Lackey, read it again.
See if you laugh at yourself as much as I did/am.
~~~~~~~~~~````Like I said to Luigi, being meek weak and intimidated isn't a crime.
It's sad, but no law is broken.
yes, yes, I know. "Those big meany's keep picking on us. I get so frazzled. Puts me in such a tizzy."
Sorry you feel that way.
Here's the good news.
Unlike at home, where no doubt you just peek out your window at odd sounds or a disturbance, where you can close the shades and cower until it's passed, here no one will know that your panties are all in a bunch.
Well, of course, unless you inform them, as you just did.
Now, I notice you ALSO had NOTHING to say regarding Russell, or Walker, or that sorry joke of a geriatric owner.
All you've proven is you've perfected the fine art of "I'm a vanilla poster, and hate it when others ruffle my widdle feathers."
Take your purse, your tea, and get back up on the porch.
On occasion, wave..just to let everyone know you're not completely dead.
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Thanks for "waving" in the above post.
Just as I imagined you would do. :) Congrats.
Now, be a good little girl, and run along and bake us all some cookies.
about 1 month ago
Whinercrybaby
My rederick??? What in God's name is a rederick?
Don't think you're less of a man because words escape you.
and you accuse me of words escaping me??????? LOL you wouldnt know how to debate Raiders football if it it grew legs crawled up your face and wiggled.. i have always laughed at jealous idiots who have to take the time to go to another teams site to start shit.. it makes them feel better about themselves and enables them to ignore their own teams problems by focusing on some other teams problems.. the Raiders still have their issues all do teams do.. but with that being said.. they made some nice moves to get better.. who cares what they paid out to do it.. they had the money.. with the Raiders.. its a no win situation. they get bashed for given the big money.. they get bashed if they let a player go.. so who cares. its not about pleasing anyone but about winning football games
Then you go and tell others about insulting you and their inability to just debate football.. then you turn around and insult me.. umm thats known as a double standard and a hypocrite..
1 you bash Russell.. Russell missed all of Training Camp and Preseason... but yet Smith has been a bust since day 1
you Bash the Raiders but when we compare the 2 teams and retaliate.. you cry we are bashing.. but you know what.. its all good.. people dont call you guys the WHINERS without good reason.. because thats all you do.. you come on here.. cry the blues.. and we basically laugh at you..
Here is the thing about the computer.. Posers like you like to hide behind the monitor where you nice and safe.. but if you talked this shit in a Raider Bar.. you would have your ass pummled.. so please. hide your cowardous ass behind your monitor and spread your rederick.. its what you do best.. cry.. and every post you make from this point on.. you soilidify your status as a whiney little crybaby.. so post away buddy.. see you August 9
about 1 month ago
My rederick??? What in God's name is a rederick?
Don't think you're less of a man because words escape you.
and you accuse me of words escaping me??????? LOL you wouldnt know how to debate Raiders football if it it grew legs crawled up your face and wiggled..
Mike49er: And YET, STILL you have NOTHING to say regarding my comments on this or any other thread regarding the Raiders. Nothing about Al? About Lame? About Russell...BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'LL GET SHREDDED.
I know, I know...feelings are all hurt. You feel inadequate, apparently.
That will pass *patting him on the head*..I'm just sure it will.
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i have always laughed at jealous idiots who have to take the time to go to another teams site to start shit.. it makes them feel better about themselves and enables them to ignore their own teams problems by focusing on some other teams problems..
Mike49er: To be quite honest, lots of us do it because we like laughing at some Raider fans.
You know, like now.
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the Raiders still have their issues all do teams do.. but with that being said.. they made some nice moves to get better.. who cares what they paid out to do it.. they had the money.. with the Raiders.. its a no win situation. they get bashed for given the big money.. they get bashed if they let a player go.. so who cares. its not about pleasing anyone but about winning football games
Mike49er: In others words, you don't know a damn thing about the Raiders, or football in general, do you? "The Raiders have issues"??? LMFAO..to YOU that's discussing your team.
Way to go, Einstein. Really grabbed out attention with that astute observation.
Slow down...give us time to catch our breath.
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Then you go and tell others about insulting you and their inability to just debate football.. then you turn around and insult me.. umm thats known as a double standard and a hypocrite..
Mike49er: First off...are you...uh...."challenged" in some way I should know about???
Where DID I TELL OTHERS ABOUT INSULTING ME????
Well????
No, it's the little girl Raider fans who rush nonstop to the mod saying 'He hurts our widdle feelings. He's such a meany." I just laugh and say "Ok, I'll try not to hurt their feelings so much"
Obviously I failed with you, lol.
And as far as INSULTS???
Here's YOUR FIRST COMMENT ON THIS THRED, slow and abused one:
KiddyKar:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~hey Whinerfan
your rederick is indeed a snore.. why not go back to your side of the bay and leave the football talk to the real men.. what kind of LOSER goes to other teams sites to start up crap? tisk tisk.. ~~~~~~~~~
Now, who was it who tossed out the insults, KiddyKar????
Again, are you slow, or just confused?
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1 you bash Russell.. Russell missed all of Training Camp and Preseason... but yet Smith has been a bust since day 1
you Bash the Raiders but when we compare the 2 teams and retaliate.. you cry we are bashing..
Mike49er: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? Are you even in the right thread??? WHERE DID I EVER EVEN POST THE WORD BASHING???? Where did I EVER comment about anyone saying ANYTHING TO ME??
Do I have to explain everything to you?
I'm not a babysitter. I suspect, by your comments, you're a little kid who finds this grownup stuff "fun" but seriously, if you're not a kid, you have problem, lol...big time.
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Here is the thing about the computer.. Posers like you like to hide behind the monitor where you nice and safe.. but if you talked this shit in a Raider Bar.. you would have your ass pummled.. so please. hide your cowardous ass behind your monitor and spread your rederick.. its what you do best.. cry.. and every post you make from this point on.. you soilidify your status as a whiney little crybaby.. so post away buddy.. see you August 9
Mike49er: In other words, within a couple of posts, I have you all flustered, feeling inadequate, borderline geekish, so you feel the need to act like a badass online, hoping it covers the fact you just got your ass handed to you????
Well, that was easy, wasn't it?
Now shut up before you hurt yourself.
from about 1 month ago
Mikewhiner
damn you sure can cry a river.. YAWNNNNNN
from about 1 month ago
hey mikey you know why people dont say anything regarding your comments about the Raiders to you. because they already have and it goes in and out of that hollow head of yours. this is why your so ignorant. fools babble while the wise man listens, and how much dribble have you posted on this site as well as others, hmm, i wonder what that means for you. alot of people dont even care to respond to you, but im not a hater like you. so i see if you have any insight and see if maybe youll actually listen one day. but you still have a lot to learn, thats ok, when you do ill be waiting for an actual grown up conversation.
from about 1 month ago
oh and mikey, ill just humor you again if your looking for comments about the Raiders. right now they have a coach who gets a great work ethic out of his players and the intangibles are just screaming victories along with some of the tangibles. there see if you can figure that out, its pretty easy when you actually listen.
about 1 month ago
This IS a good article. Raider Card Addict makes some valid points and backs them up with examples. I wrote the Raiders will be better, but still not good because they overpaid for some players and they still have a shaky leadership structure.
I stand by that. RCA wrote his article based on the fact that not only did the Raiders improve, but that the other 3 AFC West teams did not.
Good stuff
about 1 month ago
by Tomycar
from about 17 hours ago
Mikewhiner
damn you sure can cry a river.. YAWNNNNNN
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Good little boy.
You did as instructed.
You shut the hell up before you hurt yourself anymore.
Now, back in your corner.
Don't let it happen again.
from about 1 month ago
Mikewhiner
damn you sure can cry a river.. YAWNNNNNN
typical whiner punk with every response.. nothing but sniveling craby rederick.. oh damn there is that word again
about 1 month ago
by little...little...little steve
from about 15 hours ago
hey mikey you know why people dont say anything regarding your comments about the Raiders to you. because they already have and it goes in and out of that hollow head of yours.
Mike49er: On this thread alone I stopped counting at 15 replies/comments, and there's easily another 5-10 comments directed to me, or regarding me.
you?
You're a flea. Borderline non existent. You babble, and you get ignored. Because YOU MAKE NO SENSE. You can't BACK UP YOUR WORDS. When challenged, you couldn't follow the dots if your life depended on it.
That's why Raider fans view you as a joke. Me? I'm annoying. You? You're a flea, and that's never going to change.
That's a fact.
I'm sure you already know that, though.
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.this is why your so ignorant. fools babble while the wise man listens, and how much dribble have you posted on this site as well as others, hmm, i wonder what that means for you. alot of people dont even care to respond to you,
Mike49er: You don't REALLY want to go there, do you? Personally I don't care, but facts are when I post on a thread, people come to life. The thread gets busy as hell. Some are defending the Raiders, some are passionate about comments made, but you're a damn fool for even bringing it up.
Here, little boy.
go click on my name.
Go click on threads I'm on.
then come back and state "I'm a confused child".
Like I said, with you? It's like your invisible. Hell, lol...the only one who does exchange with you seems to have disappeared..You know who I mean. The only person on this board that spells worse than you..the guy YOU stated 'When you speel like dat, you look like a fool"
Remember that? LMAO..everyone does. and yes, they're still laughing at you.
Now, go pretend no one ever replies, and I'll pretend you matter.
from about 1 month ago
hey mikey when you post an article and get a ton of, great insight, good article, then you can come talk to me. until then your just a false comment poster, who actually makes false stuff up and then cant recognize it. this is why your so ignorant, ive already proven myself, i dont have to go around looking for all these responses by others which is all negative towards you cuz thats all you are a button pusher, you lack any real character to actually come up with your own insight. you wait for others to post and then bash whenever its Raider fans, thats the whole extent of your existence. your just a hypocrit and a liar and just wait for others to post so you can bash. anyone can criticize, but how many take the intitiative. you are so weak, its pretty sadly funny. your like someone said, cute until they speak lol.
lets see if you have the guts to post your own rhetoric and not do one bit of bashing, i bet you cant. and when you respond youll easily prove me right. and then youll be done again, i like my meat well done:)
about 1 month ago
mike49er, you obviously have WAYYYYYYYYYY too much time on your hands. use some to read 9er stuff, might help you be a fan
from about 1 month ago
maybe its cuz he doesnt want to face the 9er stuff lol. the funny thing is Raiders fans dont even consider 9ers their rival, outside of the bay area. its always been teams in our division. yet this mikey acts worse and is more false then ive seen from our other fellow div rival fans. ive seen some pretty ignorant rival fans but Mikey is among the top. 9ers dont mean a thing to me, their not even a blip on the Raiders radar, cuz unless they meet in a SB it just doesnt matter. its all about the div not some across the bay whiner fans. at least i can see where div rival fans go off, but mikey is in a space all his own.
about 1 month ago
David? David the Dork???? Aren't you the one who I torched on your silly "Why I'm not a Niner fan"??
how many Davids are here? lol....geez...Weak, and getting weaker.
Oh hell, lol...yeah..it's the Dork.
Here..this is from a DIFFERENT POSTER to you and that silly garbage you posted:
"by The
about 1 month ago
They really should have an age limit on Bleacher Report.
I have nothing against the "Raider Nation", but how old are you David Richardson...12?
This has got to be one of the worst published sporting articles I have ever read in my life.
It says you're an "analyst"? Does Bleacher Report just let you pick your position/title? ...because I really didn't see any analysis. I recognize that not all Raider fans are as lost as this author, but come on Mr. Richardson, don't embarrass the rest of Raider Nation with this crap-chute of an article. It makes the fan base seem like a bunch of ignorant and self satisfied losers."
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Ouch, lol...and from another Raider fan to boot.
Something tells me you'll NEVER write another comment about the Niners again, will you Davey?
about 1 month ago
As a chiefs fan, allow me to comment.
The reason we traded Allen is because there is a downswing. Yes, hes the best DE in football right now, but the guy is also 1 more DUI away from being suspended for an entire year. So, instead of us paying him more money than we would like to afford for him to possibly spend the season on the bench, we traded him outside of the AFC and ended up being able to not only strengthen the weakest unit on our team (obviously O-line), but pick arguably the best prospect in the draft in Glenn Dorsey.
As for Croyle, we are just going to have to wait and see. Lets remember that Russell did not outpreform Croyle in any way, and you will have to wait and see him play before you can assume that he is going to be much improved. Not to mention, he did lose his best WR from LSU to the Chiefs!
When I look at the Raiders, I see a team that is improving, but slowly. Just when the team tries to move up by making smart moves (moving Gallery to gaurd), Al Davis goes out and does something stupid like signing DeAngelo Hall (underpreformed to the max, not to mention overpayed), then overpaying a reciever who no longer has any cartilege in his knee, and to top it all off they draft a runninback who is talented, but loves to fumble the ball. Yes the coaches have been working on that, but the coaches in Tennessee have been trying to make a pocket passer out of Vince Young as well...
As for Tommy Kelly, I do not understand how you can make a DT coming off an injury the highest paid player at his position. It would have been stupid to draft Dorsey, but only because you overpayed your current DT.
As for beating the Chargers even once......HIGHLY doubt it. Twice? No.
Look, I am not saying that the Chiefs are any better, or that we will even beat the Raiders this year. What I am doing is giving you guys an honest opinion about what I see from your team. Raiders fans are known to go 4-0 in the preseason and think superbowl that very same year.
And just before I'm done, I will make a prediction by saying that the Chiefs and Raiders split the series, each winning at home in two boring games, except for a few plays from LJ and Bowe, and I am assuming McFadden and Walker (provided he hasn't reinjured his knee by then). Quick fact: The Chiefs went 0-8 without Larry Johnson, and Brodie Croyle did not start a game with LJ behind him. I'm not saying BC will be a star, I am saying that no one really knows yet what he can do.
about 1 month ago
Ben, interesting thoughts.
First of all, with any player, there's the risk/reward to watch for. When the Raiders first got Moss, for example, we worried his legal problems would follow him....but turns out, what we didn't watch for, was his give up attitude.
There's also a large difference in the time factor, between Russell and Croyle....Croyle actually got to start more games, play in more games, and do more. Now, while it's a question mark, you could actually make it look like an algebra problem....both lost games, both didn't have massive impact....but croyle actually did get into more games.
And for the team, even though no one in the front office admits it, it's a rebuilding time. We swap out some players, we sign some more. Then if we don't make the playoffs, we shrug, and keep building.
This year, we upgraded at CB, S, and WR, plus the RB should make for an interesting look....do you want regular, plus, or high octane with your runningback?
On the Kelly deal, it was a little curious, to a couple, although, it apparently has sprouted comparable deals...the Chicago Bears just dropped a lot of change on their DT, already surpassing Kelly's numbers. Didn't hear about it? Of course not....the Raiders didn't do it, so it's not subjected to ridicule.
Lastly, on the idea of the Chiefs splitting with Oakland. Last year, we actually outscored the chiefs, in the two games. Plus, our win came in Arrowhead, so a lot will come down to if LJ is actually healthy, and healed up. After that, it comes down to which team holds the ball at the end....because now both teams can milk the clock all day long.
Lastly, on the preseason thoughts, when your team starts out each year, do you hope they go 8-8? Do you want and desire average? I won't assume they make the playoffs, but I also know their schedule is full of teams in transition, some in worse shape than the Raiders....Falcons, anyone?
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