Oakland Raiders Bad Boys: What You Gonna Do When The Broncos Come After You?

Here I go again trying to put a positive spin on things. I just believe the Oakland Raiders can pull themselves together and outwit the Denver Broncos.

There has got to be a way to get out of this hole, which, by the way, is a dark place to be.

The Denver Broncos are rivals of the Oakland Raiders. Wouldn't it be nice, or better, great, for the Raiders to work so hard, think so hard that they protect the quarterback.

It's no fun to see the Raiders quarterback, either Bruce Gradkowski or Jason Campbell, running for their lives, trying to find a safe spot to aim and throw the football to someone in the right place to receive it.

It would be even better to see that once the ball or projectile is released that it lands in hands that can hold on to the ball. 

Let's look at the arithmetic of the situation. There are 16 games. The Oakland Raiders have played six of them with a 2-4 win-loss record. There are 10 more games to be played in the future. In order to get that 8-8 record, which, in my opinion, was a modest projection, the Oakland Raiders must win six more games, at least.

This leaves room for only two losses from this point on. Well, the truth is there could be four more losses but I don't even want to think about that!

Now a remarkable observation is that the record, at this same time in 2009, was 2-4, with only two wins and four losses.

Look at the data from Pro Football Reference website.

1	Mon	September 14	box	L	0-1		San Diego Chargers	20	24	19	366	218	148	3	19	317	240	77	2
2	Sun	September 20	box	W	1-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	13	10	11	166	99	67		25	409	236	173	2
3	Sun	September 27	box	L	1-2		Denver Broncos	3	23	9	137	42	95	3	21	372	157	215	1
4	Sun	October 4	box	L	1-3	@	Houston Texans	6	29	8	165	120	45	3	16	329	209	120	2
5	Sun	October 11	box	L	1-4	@	New York Giants	7	44	7	124	64	60	3	27	483	263	220	1
6	Sun	October 18	box	W	2-4		Philadelphia Eagles	13	9	18	325	209	116	2	14	283	216	67

Why is there this "fixed" pattern in the win-loss record of the Oakland Raiders?

If many things have changed, then what is the same?

What has also remained constant to the point of having the team stuck with the same record?

Can folks see that something rather drastic needs to be done to jolt this talented team out of this fixed and failing pattern?

Come on bad boys, Oakland Raiders, what are you going to do?