I agree with Bill Callahan ~Merged~

[FilipinoRaider]

Originally Posted by GusGus

Didn't know what to say. We had 13 penalties for 94 yards, many of them at critical junctures in regards to down and distance....We averaged 1 yard per carry in our running game....We missed 2 feild goals in a game we lost by 3....We were 4 for 14 on 3rd downs......and he said we played pretty damn good.

I guess I was at a loss for words

Dude! The odds were stacked against us! The Eagles were suppose to blow us out of the water.

Why can't you see that?

[GusGus]

Originally Posted by LyleAlNation

Dude! The odds were stacked against us! The Eagles were suppose to blow us out of the water.

Why can't you see that?

I hear ya man, but that doesn't turn a subpar performance into "pretty good". It was a close game, if we had played "reasonably well" much less "pretty good" we would have won.

[Chiefhater]

The Eagles D may have played a part in our subpar performance. The team played with heart and came up just short. I hope Jano gets his S@&t together,not totally blaming him, but missing a god damn chip shot?

[Raidermaiden]

Originally Posted by tiredchick

Every time they manage to make a play, they usually turn right around and do something stupid to give back the positive yardage! Illegal formation when they are in the red zone!

Meanwhile, Turner has to figure out a way to get Moss open. And why are receivers running routes that are too short to get them first downs?

How about the most stupidest penalty of them all to many men on the field (can you believe that), no excuse for to many men on the field, who is responsible for that, that is embarrassing and very high schoolish.

Wondered the same thing why are they running routes that are to short for the 1st down very stupid indeed.

Also why would Norval choose to send in jano in the 4th down when it is the 4th qtr, Raiders losing we are close to the goal line and Jano has been unconsistent (of course he missed the field goal). Grow a back bone Norv go for it on 4th during the 4th qtr when Raiders are down.

[Jimi18]

Merged

[Raiderz34]

The truth is we are still making the same lame penalties, and I don't blame Callahan for useing that term against the team he was coaching.

[Clubber Lang]

a loss is a loss...i dont care if we hung with the good teams...the bottom line is that we didnt win. Voicing your anger about the team you care about is not a terrible thing. Raider fans are passionate and three losing seasons is extremely difficult to take when you know that your team can do better. By no means am I jumping off of any bandwagon. Imo this team is better then last year, but still not as good as we all thought they were in the beginning of the season. We still have a long way to go. We can hopefully figure out how to win close games. During the superbowl season we lost 4 straight games and still made it to the title game...Let's blow off some steam, and realize that we are diehard fans and no matter how bad **** gets we will still represent and put on those silver and black colors on sundays!

[ladyr8r]

Originally Posted by Clubber Lang

a loss is a loss...i dont care if we hung with the good teams...the bottom line is that we didnt win. Voicing your anger about the team you care about is not a terrible thing. Raider fans are passionate and three losing seasons is extremely difficult to take when you know that your team can do better. By no means am I jumping off of any bandwagon. Imo this team is better then last year, but still not as good as we all thought they were in the beginning of the season. We still have a long way to go. We can hopefully figure out how to win close games. During the superbowl season we lost 4 straight games and still made it to the title game...Let's blow off some steam, and realize that we are diehard fans and no matter how bad **** gets we will still represent and put on those silver and black colors on sundays!

You are right...Great post! Rep for you.

[RaiderSithLord]

Originally Posted by stacey toran

no we are realists. this team sucks!!!
I am a real fan. but at the same time i am not caught in an illusion thinking this team has hope because they dont. year after year...it never ends.

which games have you been watching?

The last two games were epic battles...

[MD_Raider]

I agree that AL DAVIS is the number one reason the Raiders are where they are. First of all, he hired a loser of a coach in Norv Turner. Norv is a great COORDINATOR but that is about it. If we wanted to go from contender to pretender why didn't we: a. Keep Callahan, or b. hire Dave Wanstaddt. Drafting Fabian Washington may not be the smartest choice when we have the oldest D-line in the league. What happened to keeping Tyler Brayton on the line? He and Grant Irons in coverage is the worst idea I have ever heard. Using Warren Sapp as an D-end was a horrible idea. Danny Clark is a waste of space and keeping Derrick Gibson is almost as worse as keeping Ray Buchannan. I LOVE THE RAIDERS but I think they need to stop making mental mistakes and get a freaking pass rush.