News from Jason Jones......

[Snoop750]

November 01, 2007
Guess who's under center
ALAMEDA – He’s back.

Maybe with a lot of fans opting to watch the Patriots play New England, the booing won’t be as loud.

I’m sure there will fans at McAfee Coliseum jeering when Josh McCown comes out as the starting quarterback.

Lane Kiffin made the announcement today after practicing, declaring McCown healthy.

I’ve heard some feedback that McCown needs to play. Others would rather see JaMarcus Russell.

But for now, it’s McCown.

That will mean fewer plays in shotgun and probably shorter passes behind an offensive line that has shown it can’t protect well in obvious passing situations.

And it will mean McCown will hear boos for the first offensive mistake, even if it’s not his fault.

--Jason Jones


Posted by Ahmed Ortiz at 02:30 PM

Backup issues
ALAMEDA – With a knee heavily taped and in a brace, starting right tackle Cornell Green was at practice this morning.

One thing Lane Kiffin is learning about the NFL is depth is at a premium. That’s why the loss of Green, who is tied for the NFL lead with Barry Sims with seven false starts, hurt the team so much on Sunday.

He had to stick Paul McQuistan in at right tackle. The Titans' defensive line isn't exactly the best way to be introduced to the position.

McQuistan had never played tackle in an NFL game.

The options if Green’s knee doesn’t hold up are few. One Kiffin mentioned was moving Robert Gallery (don’t scream at me, I’m just the messenger) to tackle and playing Jake Grove at guard.

Gerard Warren still isn’t practicing. He was showing rookie Jay Richardson some different techniques to attack blockers, but the Raiders would prefer he were playing, not coaching.

--Jason Jones




Posted by Ahmed Ortiz at 12:04 PM

Blog from the guy from Sac Bee.

[RaiderInNY]

Jason is right on the money!

[Bo_Knows34]

Damn, what the heck kind of quad injury does Gerard Warren have anyway? He thought he was gonna be back after a week, now it's a month later and he's still out.

[WNYRAIDER]

Originally Posted by Bo_Knows34

Damn, what the heck kind of quad injury does Gerard Warren have anyway? He thought he was gonna be back after a week, now it's a month later and he's still out.

You have company on that one. Yet another week?!??

[HOFBoundBrown]

Paul did an ok job for never playing the position. He had two false starts, but it was better than Sims.

[RighteousRayda]

it's worse than that. paul mcq is listed on the injury report as well with a dinged up knee. so both Cornell and Paul are having knee problems.

["BANK$RAIDER"]

Originally Posted by RighteousRayda

it's worse than that. paul mcq is listed on the injury report as well with a dinged up knee. so both Cornell and Paul are having knee problems.

How did Big Red get hurt???