Commitment To Conspiracy

Will cable be fired?

Scott Young — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:24:58 +0000

THEY ACTUALLY WON!

Scott Young — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:14:35 +0000

The $34 Million dissappointment

Scott Young — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:22:36 +0000

With Russel proving every week that he is not NFL Material, Cable announced that Russel was now sitting the new starting QB is Gradkowski. The San Francisco Chronicel had a nice article on the change, here it is.

David White, Chronicle Staff WriterThursday, November 19, 2009

Raiders coach Tom Cable made it official Wednesday, benching the No. 1 overall pick of 2007 and naming Gradkowski the starter for Sunday’s game against the visiting Bengals.Don’t think this is some one-game fix, Cable said. The job is Gradkowski’s going forward, all with owner Al Davis’ approval.”It was an easy decision because I feel the responsibility for this football team to give them the best chance to succeed,” Cable said after practice. “I just felt like he would give us the best chance to win.”"This is in no way giving up on” Russell, Cable said. “This is just trying to jump-start this team.”Russell has been a $34 million disappointment. He ranks second-to-last with a passer rating and completion rate in the mid-40s, and has as many touchdown passes (two) as victories.Gradkowski came off the bench to replace Russell during the past two home games, including Sunday’s 16-10 loss to the Chiefs. He threw no touchdown passes but put enough on video to win the job.”I think everyone, right now, wants something to hold onto, and I think that this is a step in the right direction,” Cable said.Russell was not available for comment after Cable announced his decision. Cable described him as “disappointed” in being the No. 2 quarterback for the first time since his rookie season, when he did not start until the season finale after a lengthy contract holdout.”I explained to him the reasons behind it, and the decision’s final, this is where we’re going to go,” Cable said. “He came out today and worked hard and did what he needed to do.”Gradkowski lacks Russell’s size and arm strength, but is considered more accurate and mobile. He started 11 games for Tampa Bay as a rookie in 2006 but has been a backup since then for the Bucs, Browns and Raiders.”I think having a full week of practice is huge,” he said. “The more reps I can get, the better, just as long as we can get things rolling.”Things have been rolling all season, but in the wrong direction. The Raiders rank among the NFL’s worst passing and overall offenses for a fourth straight season.The wide receivers have the league’s fewest receptions. The offense has scored seven touchdowns in 36 quarters, with eight straight weeks of one or no touchdowns scored in a game.Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco, of all people, came to Russell’s defense.”You put a Tom Brady or a Peyton Manning … in JaMarcus’ situation, do you think it would be that much better?” Ochocinco said in a conference call. “JaMarcus is a great quarterback but he can only be as good as his supporting cast. Case closed.”

Raiders Cheifs Highlights, or lather lowlights

Scott Young — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:45:02 +0000

When is Enough Enough?

Scott Young — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:43:01 +0000

the Raiders lose again but this time, to the Cheifs. If DHB caught the ball in the fourth, then Raiders would have won. But at least they are debating sitting Russel. How much worse can they get?

Here are the stats.

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Chiefs (2-7)
Team Page | Depth Chart

Passing
	CP/AT	YDS	TD	INT
M. Cassel	19/34	216	0	1

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	TD	LG
J. Charles	18	103	1	44
K. Smith	9	12	0	7
M. Cassel	4	-3	0	0

Receiving
	REC	YDS	TD	LG
D. Bowe	6	91	0	41
C. Chambers	3	60	0	30
M. Bradley	1	22	0	22
L. Long	2	18	0	13
J. Charles	4	14	0	8
L. Pope	3	11	0	5

Fumbles
	NO	LST	REC	YDS
M. Cassel	2	1	0	-3
D. Bowe	1	0	0	0
D. Savage	1	1	0	0
J. Charles	0	0	1	0
B. Waters	0	0	1	0

Kicking
	FG	LG	XP	PTS
R. Succop	3/4	50	1/1	10

Punting
	NO	AVG	I20	LG
D. Colquitt	6	47.2	4	61

Kickoff Returns
	NO	AVG	TD	LG
J. Charles	3	26.0	0	40

Punt Returns
	NO	AVG	TD	LG
M. Leggett	4	3.2	0	10
D. Savage	5	6.8	0	19

Defense
	T-A	SCK	INT	FF
C. Mays	8-2	0.0	0	0
G. Dorsey	5-0	0.0	0	0
B. Flowers	5-0	0.0	0	0
A. Studebaker	5-1	0.0	0	0
D. Williams	5-4	0.0	0	0
B. Carr	4-1	0.0	0	0
J. Belcher	3-0	0.0	0	0
M. Leggett	3-0	0.0	0	0
R. Edwards	2-1	0.0	0	0
M. Richardson	2-0	0.0	0	0
M. Brown	1-0	0.0	2	0
M. Cassel	1-0	0.0	0	0
C. Chambers	1-0	0.0	0	0
J. Charles	1-0	0.0	0	0
T. Copper	1-1	0.0	0	0
T. Jackson	1-0	0.0	0	0
A. Magee	1-0	1.0	0	0
K. Smith	1-0	0.0	0	0
M. Vrabel	1-0	0.0	0	0
W. Gilberry	0-1	0.5	0	0
T. Hali	0-3	0.5	0	0
D. Johnson	0-1	0.0	0	0
J. McGraw	0-1	0.0	0	0

Chiefs

Raiders

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Kansas City	3	10	0	3		16
Oakland	10	0	0	0		10

Play-by-Play

4th Quarter
Kansas City at 2:20
2-18-KC 36	(2:20) Ko.Smith right end to KC 37 for 1 yard (J.Alston, G.Warren).
3-17-KC 37	(2:13) (Shotgun) J.Charles up the middle to KC 46 for 9 yards (K.Morrison, C.Johnson).
4-8-KC 46	(2:00) D.Colquitt punts 34 yards to OAK 20, Center-T.Gafford, fair catch by J.Higgins.
Oakland at 1:53
1-10-OAK 20	(1:53) (Shotgun) B.Gradkowski pass short middle to C.Schilens to OAK 29 for 9 yards (B.Flowers).
2-1-OAK 29	(1:40) (No Huddle, Shotgun) B.Gradkowski pass short left to J.Higgins ran ob at OAK 43 for 14 yards.
1-10-OAK 43	(1:27) (Shotgun) B.Gradkowski scrambles left tackle to KC 48 for 9 yards (A.Studebaker).
2-1-KC 48	(1:00) (No Huddle, Shotgun) D.McFadden left guard to KC 48 for no gain (A.Studebaker).
3-1-KC 48	(:44) (Shotgun) B.Gradkowski pass deep left to D.Heyward-Bey ran ob at KC 26 for 22 yards. Play Challenged by Replay Assistant and Upheld.
1-10-KC 26	(:38) (Shotgun) B.Gradkowski pass deep left intended for D.Heyward-Bey INTERCEPTED by M.Brown (B.Carr) at KC 10. M.Brown ran ob at KC 20 for 10 yards. PENALTY on KC-J.Belcher, Personal Foul, 10 yards, enforced at KC 20.
Kansas City at :30
1-10-KC 10	(:30) M.Cassel kneels to KC 9 for -1 yards.

Full Play by Play

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
	TD	Justin Fargas, 1 Yd run (Sebastian Janikowski kick is good), 12:42. Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards in 2:18.
	FG	Ryan Succop 50 Yd, 4:49. Drive: 5 plays, 36 yards in 1:27.
	FG	Sebastian Janikowski 50 Yd, 2:10. Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards in 1:36.
2nd Quarter
	TD	Jamaal Charles, 44 Yd run (Ryan Succop kick is good), 12:25. Drive: 6 plays, 66 yards in 1:42.
	FG	Ryan Succop 25 Yd, 6:48. Drive: 7 plays, 67 yards in 2:52.
3rd Quarter
None
4th Quarter
	FG	Ryan Succop 31 Yd, 6:17. Drive: 8 plays, 34 yards in 4:55.

Raiders (2-7)
Team Page | Depth Chart

Passing
	CP/AT	YDS	TD	INT
J. Russell	8/23	64	0	0
B. Gradkowski	5/9	49	0	2

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	TD	LG
M. Bush	14	119	0	60
J. Fargas	10	41	1	15
D. McFadden	4	11	0	4
B. Gradkowski	1	9	0	9
J. Higgins	1	2	0	2

Receiving
	REC	YDS	TD	LG
J. Higgins	4	41	0	15
C. Schilens	3	27	0	12
D. Heyward-Bey	1	22	0	22
M. Bush	2	10	0	8
Z. Miller	1	9	0	9
G. Russell	1	3	0	3
L. Lawton	1	1	0	1

Fumbles
	NO	LST	REC	YDS

T. Howard	0	0	1	0

Kicking
	FG	LG	XP	PTS
S. Janikowski	1/2	50	1/1	4

Punting
	NO	AVG	I20	LG
S. Lechler	11	48.3	5	57

Kickoff Returns
	NO	AVG	TD	LG
J. Holland	5	19.2	0	26

Punt Returns
	NO	AVG	TD	LG
J. Higgins	3	-0.7	0	3

Defense
	T-A	SCK	INT	FF
K. Morrison	10-0	0.0	0	1
T. Branch	8-2	0.0	0	0
M. Shaughnessy	4-0	1.0	0	0
N. Asomugha	3-0	0.0	0	0
T. Howard	3-1	0.0	0	0
M. Huff	3-0	0.0	0	0
C. Johnson	3-2	0.0	1	0
T. Kelly	3-0	1.0	0	0
T. Scott	3-0	0.0	0	0
S. Williams	3-0	0.0	0	0
J. Alston	2-3	0.0	0	0
I. Ekejiuba	2-0	0.0	0	0
H. Eugene	2-0	0.0	0	0
J. Holland	2-0	0.0	0	0
R. Seymour	2-0	0.0	0	0
M. Henderson	1-0	0.0	0	0
L. Lawton	1-0	0.0	0	0
B. Myers	1-0	0.0	0	0
J. Richardson	1-0	0.0	0	0
S. Routt	1-0	0.0	0	0
G. Russell	1-0	0.0	0	0
T. Stewart	1-0	0.0	0	0
G. Warren	1-2	0.0	0	0
J. Condo	0-2	0.0	0	0
W. Joseph	0-1	0.0	0	0

Why are we Raider Fans?

Scott Young — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:28:00 +0000

This video shows why we are the Raider Nation, why there is a conspiracy, and why we love our team. We are bad now but in 2002 we were in the super bowl. It will happen again. Be patient and if you ever start to question your nation watch this video!

The JaMarcus Russell Story

Scott Young — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:37:24 +0000

The JaMarcus Russell story begins on the football field of LSU. At LSU, JaMarcus became the starting QB his sophmore year, leading the bayu bangels to a 10-1 regular season record, a western SEC division title, and a top five ranking going into the SEC championship game. As a sophmore that year, JaMarcus completed 60% of his passes for 2,443 yards and 15 touchdowns. He even recived and honarable mention in the AP’s All-SEC team, and he was just getting started. His Junior year at Death Valley was his best and his last. He lead the tigers to a 10-2 regular season record and a BCS Championship at the Sugar Bowl. That year, he threw for 3,129 yards, 28 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. On paper, Russell was a good young QB, he was drafted first overall to the Raiders and given a huge contract making him worth more than 60 million dollars. His rookie year, Russell threw 36 completions out of 66 for 373 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 4 interceptions. At the end of his rookie year, Lane Kiffin named Russell the starting QB for the 2008 season.

The first game of the 2008 season was aginst the divisonal rivals, the Denver Broncos. JaMarcus Russell was named the starter for that game. The Raiders lost a disappointing game, 41-14. Despite this humiliating blow out, Russell completed 65% of his overall passes for that game resulting in 180 total passing yars, two touchdowns, and no interceptions. The next week, the Raiders played the Kansas City Chiefs and won the game despite a poor effort by Russell. Russell threw a total of 55 yards that day completing 6-17 passes with no touchdowns or interceptions. The next three weeks were loss after loss to the Buffalo Bills, the San Diego Chargers, and the New Orleans Saints, where JaMarcus threw for a combined 2 touchdowns in all three games. Finally, the Raiders beat the New York Jets ending the four game lossing streak with Russell throwing 17-30 completed passes for 203 yards and one touchdown. The winning streak for the Raiders ended there however, with them losing the next four games to the Miami Dolphins, the Baltimore Ravens, the Atlanta Falcons, and the Carolina Panthers. A week after the Miami game Russel won a rematch game against the Denver Broncos 31-10 with 10-11 completed passes for 152 yards, one touchdown and no turnovers. At the end of the 2008 season, Russel was named the starter again for the 2009 football season.

The first game of this years season was aginst the San Diego Chargers the Raiders lost 24-20 with Russel completing 12-30 passes with 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions. Week two was a win for the Raiders at Kansas City 13-10. In that game against the Chiefs, Russel completed 7-24 passes in no touchdowns and no interceptions. In week three, Oakland lost to the Denver Broncos 23-3 with Russel completing 21-61 with no TD passes and 2 interceptions. Week four at Houston was another lost with a 29-6 loss for the Raiders and Russel threw 12-33 for 128 yards resulting in no TDs no interceptions. Week five at the Meadowlands vs. the Giants was yet another loss, 44-7, with JaMarcus having a usual game consisting of 8-13 completed passes for 100 yards no touchdowns and no interceptions. Next week was a win for the Raiders at home vs. the Eagles. They won 13-9 with Russel completing 17-28 passes for 224 yards, 1 TD and 2 interceptions. Week 7 was another loss at home to the Jets, 38-0 with Russel acctually getting pulled form that game in the second half. In the first half, Russel threw for 6-11 completed passes for 61 yards and no TDs but 2 interceptions. Finally, last week, in week 8 at San Diego, Russel was restated as the starter and threw for 14-22 passes for 109 yards, no TDs but 1 interception. The Raiders lost 24-16. JaMarcus Russel has been named the starting QB the next game. We’ll see how he does later in the season.

Here are Russel’s stats for the 2009 season:

JaMarcus Russell #2 QB

2009 STATS
RAT	YDS	TD
48.3	1,000	2

2009 FANTASY STATS
% OWN	WK +/-	AVG DRAFT
3.3%	-0.3%	170.0

Birth Date	August 9, 1985
Birth Place	Mobile, AL
Height	6-6
Weight	260 lbs.

Age	24
Position	QB
Experience	3 years
College	Louisiana State

Profile Stats Splits Game Log News Scouting Photos

Stats Overview	Passing
SPLIT	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	YPA	LNG	TD	INT	SACK	RAT
2009	88	182	1000	48.4	5.50	86	2	9	23	48.3
Projected	176	364	2000	48.4	5.50	86	4	18	46	48.3
Career	322	616	3796	52.3	6.16	86	17	21	60	66.3

Player News (last updated: November 1, 2009)

News: Russell had another poor game in Sunday’s 24-16 loss at San Diego throwing for just 109 yards with an interception.
Spin: Surprisingly, Oakland actually had a chance to tie the game late, but Russell could not make the necessary plays. Russell was sacked five times and just doesn’t seem to have it, although the Raiders don’t really have any viable options on the bench. They’ll probably stick with Russell for the remainder of the year simply for the fact that they have no other choice.

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2009 Game Log
WEEK	OPP	RESULT	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	LNG	TD	INT	RAT	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
1	SD	L 24-20	12	30	208	40.0	57	1	2	47.6	2	6	3.0	0
2	@KC	W 13-10	7	24	109	29.2	28	0	0	46.0	3	-3	-1.0	0
3	DEN	L 23-3	12	21	61	57.1	18	0	2	22.6	3	22	7.3	0
4	@HOU	L 29-6	12	33	128	36.4	19	0	0	48.5	0	0	0.0	0
5	@NYG	L 44-7	8	13	100	61.5	29	0	0	85.4	2	5	2.5	0
6	PHI	W 13-9	17	28	224	60.7	86	1	2	68.2	5	8	1.6	0
7	NYJ	L 38-0	6	11	61	54.5	24	0	2	31.1	0	0	0.0	0
8	@SD	L 24-16	14	22	109	63.6	15	0	1	56.8	1	1	1.0	0
10	KC	11/15
11	CIN	11/22
12	@DAL	11/26
13	@PIT	12/6
14	WAS	12/13
15	@DEN	12/20
16	@CLE	12/27
17	BAL	1/3

Raiders Chargers Highlights

Scott Young — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:03:42 +0000

Raiders Lose…Again

Scott Young — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:02:31 +0000

With last weeks embarrassing loss to the NY Jets at home, the Raider nation hoped the Raiders would pick up their game and win big like they did after the loss to the nY Giants back in week 5. This was not the case though. With this loss to the raiders have now lost the past 13 games to the Chargers, barely making it a rivalry between the two teams. The only difference this week was the the game was televised so now we could all watch the pure incompetence of the Raiders from the comfort of our own home. With JaMarcus completing his usual 63% of his passes, and throwing some passes that Tom Cable later quoted, “…A couple throws he’d probably like to have over again…”. This week, we didn’t see the physical and intense Raiders we saw the first game this year against the Chargers this year. Now the Raiders just wanted the game to end. The Raiders now need to do something drastic to even think about finishing the season with at least 6 wins.

Here are the games stats:

Scoreboard

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Oakland (2-6-0)	0	10	3	3	16
San Diego (4-3-0) «	7	14	0	3	24

Game Leaders
	Raiders	Chargers
Pass:	J. Russell (14-22, 109)	P. Rivers (16-25, 249)
Rush:	J. Fargas (18-59)	L. Tomlinson (18-56)
Rec:	Z. Miller (5-52)	V. Jackson (8-103)

GameTracker

Scoring Summary
1ST QUARTER
	TD	LaDainian Tomlinson, 6 Yd run (Nate Kaeding kick is good), 11:13. Drive: 2 plays, 59 yards in 0:55.
2ND QUARTER
	TD	Justin Fargas, 3 Yd run (Sebastian Janikowski kick is good), 13:40. Drive: 7 plays, 27 yards in 3:35.
	TD	Vincent Jackson, 8 Yd pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick is good), 6:09. Drive: 12 plays, 78 yards in 7:31.
	TD	LaDainian Tomlinson, 10 Yd run (Nate Kaeding kick is good), 0:54. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards in 3:34.
	FG	Sebastian Janikowski 48 Yd, 0:11. Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards in 0:43.
3RD QUARTER
	FG	Sebastian Janikowski 41 Yd, 9:09. Drive: 8 plays, 29 yards in 4:24.
4TH QUARTER
	FG	Sebastian Janikowski 28 Yd, 12:39. Drive: 11 plays, 43 yards in 6:25.
	FG	Nate Kaeding 28 Yd, 4:43. Drive: 15 plays, 83 yards in 7:56.

Players of the Game

San Diego
L. Tomlinson	Rush	18
	Yds	56
	Avg	3.1
	TD	2

Oakland
J. Fargas	Rush	18
	Yds	59
	Avg	3.3
	TD	1

Raiders
Passing	CP/AT	YDS	TD	INT
J. Russell	14/22	109	0	1
Rushing	ATT	YDS	TD	LG
J. Fargas	18	59	1	7
M. Bush	7	27	0	7
L. Murphy	1	12	0	12
J. Russell	1	1	0	1
Receiving	REC	YDS	TD	LG
Z. Miller	5	52	0	15
J. Fargas	3	20	0	11
M. Bush	2	14	0	9
D. Heyward-Bey	1	10	0	10
B. Myers	2	7	0	4
J. Higgins	1	6	0	6
Chargers
Passing	CP/AT	YDS	TD	INT
P. Rivers	16/25	249	1	1
Rushing	ATT	YDS	TD	LG
L. Tomlinson	18	56	2	13
D. Sproles	5	38	0	15
M. Tolbert	2	6	0	3
J. Hester	1	2	0	2
P. Rivers	4	-2	0	1
Receiving	REC	YDS	TD	LG
V. Jackson	8	103	1	20
M. Floyd	2	64	0	53
A. Gates	3	49	0	30
C. Chambers	1	20	0	20
D. Sproles	1	8	0	8
L. Naanee	1	5	0	5

Raiders Jets Game Highlights

Scott Young — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:48:10 +0000