Oakland Raiders: O-Line Doubters have Forgotten Tom Cable

It seems as though we still have people who say our O-line needs help. Let me tell you, it's already here. Anyone who doesn't know Tom Cable, well, let's just take a brief look at his track record. 

Without going into a lot of statistical archives, Tom Cable completely turns around O-lines everywhere he has gone. Go look at his career if you don't believe me. Bad O-lines have their sacks cut in half the very next year, and last year was no different. 

Under Art Shell, we had 72 sacks and one of worst running attacks, and this even when Art himself was all about the run. What a joke, he couldn't even live up to his own standard. But in comes Kiffin, who is going to be a great coach IMO, and totally revitalizes the offense by acquiring Tom Cable.

Instantly, with great intent, Raider fans look on to see how the O-line will look.  In the first few games of the year, Cable made us forget there was ever a problem with giving up sacks, as we start 2-2 and  could have just as easily been 4-0.  Later in the season we go on a three-game stretch with only one sack given up, and this was against a tougher part of our schedule. That's good even for the Patriots and Chargers. This also shows how much progress we made, even throughout the season.

Now if we had only had some playmakers...wait, we do. Oh yeah, and by the way, we also went from one of the worst rushing teams to sixth in league, despite changing RBs throughout season, and we lead the league for a bit.

Tom Cable has had his teams leading the league in rushing wherever he has gone, and now with McFadden and Bush, this year will be no different. Not to mention he has built chemistry, and added two better solutions to the O-line. 

For anyone doubting Harris, his attributes are better than Sims, but his problem was the same as Gallery, too many coaching schemes confuse the heck out of him. Cable has already pointed out the problems, making Harris anxious to get to work and correct them. Plus he'll be able to focus on one thing, and not 50. 

Something else I want to mention. One unsung issue that I don't think most people recognized was letting Newberry go for Wade. One major problem last year was that Newberry would give away the cadence to opposing defenses by doing the same movement before the hike. Even I could recognize it, and I'm not studying film on the Raiders' offense. The center is an important position in the flow, and could help tremendously in correcting false starts, while keeping opposing defenses off-guard. He can even help reduce the amount of sacks. 

Tom Cable is going to make people forget that there ever was a problem, and we'll be enjoying the success of JaMarcus, McFadden, and Bush, not struggling with the old mishaps of the O-line. 

Will people please stay away from badmouthing the O-line; it really makes you look foolish and ignorant. Even my wife, who is new to football, and a Chargers fan, darnit, knows that the Raiders don't have an O-line problem anymore. And boy, if you show yourself less knowledgeable than my wife, well, there goes your manhood and your fanhood.