I don't know how many of you watched the KC-Faders game this past Saturday, but if you did, you would know that there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY we lose this. The Raiders are a joke of a team. Put it in the books
All I want to see out of this game, is a Jets win that doesnt involve Laveranues Coles getting hit. At all. If the Jets could afford to lose and still make the playoffs, Id have him on the bench. Say as much as you want about his toughness, if he keeps getting beat up the way he has the last few weeks, hes not gonna be able to help this team too much come January. I wouldnt mind seeing a couple other key players get some rest either. Ferguson in particular seems like he could use a break, I know Taylor is a fantastic end but Ferguson looked today like he may have hit that rookie wall, he looked tired to me.
Oak's defense is solid, and we have one day less to prepare after a huge win. Letdown possibility, and we could overlook them. Even if we overlook them, though, I don't see how they score...
The one time I agree with Francesa. "No team in the history of sports has ever traveled further to mail in a game like the Raiders will on New Years Eve" This is a team that doesn't care, they couldn't even get up to deliver a death blow to the chiefs. It's not an up and coming young team that we should worry about. it's a rag tag collection of misfits and apathetic average joe's. who's going to be playing qb for them? andrew walter? 3 td's/13 ints they have no rb, moss has mailed it in and there only decent receiver is curry who would be a #3 on most teams.
Waaaay too confident, boys. I hate reading posts like this. TOugh game -- very very good defense. Buffalo beat us with FOUR plays -- thats all it takes. One runback and an INT -- and all of a sudden its a game. Last night means nothing if we dont win Sunday. Im nervous about this game. Ill post later about all the CANT LOSE games that we lost.
guys, assuming healthy, moss will play hard this game. CP's opinion means something to moss, always has. he will not "mail it in" in front of CP. look at all he has said about CP over the years. this is one guy-maybe the only guy, that moss respects. this is the one leader moss has followed. he will not mail it in sunday. (ok, call me nuts now) just remember i said this
This is the closest I've come to being confident about a Jets victory this year. Which, of course, gives me the heebie-jeebies. I thought the Jets were an 8-8 team going into the season -- I'm so glad I was wrong. I'm glad the coach of the Jets is a better football man than I. I'm glad he'll gameplan for the Raiders as if he's gameplanning for the '75 Steelers.
What to worry about? Overconfidence. Not preparing like it's the last game of the season if we don't win. Underestimating the individuals of the team. Underestimating the need of the Raiders to play as spoilers. The NYJ press giving Chad a big head. Resting a little too much, instead of concentrating on team play. Etc....
Funny. I was going to say one thing. 3 and out. Miami Punt. Kassel touch. Miami 7. The Football gods arent wearing green yet.
I thought Steve Young made a good point last night on MNF wehen he said that in reality, a lot of players on losing teams don't play as hard because they dont want to get hurt. You might not expect that with a well-disciplined team, but this Oakland team is anything but disciplined. So here's hoping the Raiders don't get a crap about the game.
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20061022_ARI@OAK http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20061029_PIT@OAK (This is the way we can lose this game).
Well, the Raiders do have 2 wins so anything is possible...I am not worried and have confidence that Chad, Mangini, Rhodesm and company will get it done. The only areas of concern are: 1) Injury- If someone important goes down (ie..Chad, Coles...) the game's tone changes. 2) Bad Weather- As we saw last night, bad weather is a good equalizer for two teams. 3) Turnovers- fumbles, interceptions...etc Needless to say, the Raiders do look like a beaten team and have some incentive to get the #1 pick but the players will not see it that way and historically the Jets/Raiders seem to play many important games. I feel like the Raiders are always in the way from the Jets getting somewhere (lol)...Remember 1968? 1982? 2001? 2002? etc....
Oakland in no even terms will lay down to get Quinn. It will be an ugly 20-6 win , 23-10 win Let not sustain any injuries
Strange is it may sound, the Raiders don't see themselves as needing to draft a quarterback. Don't take my word for it, though. Raiderjeaux will be here soon enough, and he'll tell you that Andrew Walter 6'5" 230 has a rocket arm and just needs more seasoning in the position. I think Jeaux will want to draft either a stud running back (because Lamont ain't cutting it like he expected), or a monster defensive lineman (because, deep down, he knows that the Raiders can't stop the run).
