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I agree that the offense has take a slight step back but I have thought all season long that the defense has had a big reason why the offense wasn't doing as good this season. The defense just can't get of the field. How is the offense suppose to put points on the board when they are constantly losing the time of possession battle because the defense is on the field a lot.
I don't think the struggles on D are impacting the O much. The O looks ragged and out of synch. The oline has struggled. Carr was not right even before the injury. Both sides of the ball have looked out of sorts for most games.krsone21 said:
We will just have to agree to disagree Doc. Has the offense had problems of its own, you bet. But the defense has done little to do it's part to help the offense.
Good thots. And my chance to add Irvin is an idiot. If he and the rest of the D had done their jobs even remotely well, Norton would still have his job. But they haven't so he doesn't. There's not a single player on that D that can look in the mirror and say they've played to up to expectations. Consequently, their leader gets the boot because it's easier to fire a coach than 25 players.Stompin' Tom Connors said:
Just shows how hard this gig is, and how quickly things change. I think these 3 guys were pretty well received by most on this board. Smith, especially, is the biggest and quickest change from "yes, we signed a top CB!" To "this guy stinks".
The Raiders ran a Cover 3 type defense under Norton, while Pagano ran a man-press scheme in San Diego. In my opinion Smith is more suited for a man-press scheme. Him and Amerson were both playing in the wrong scheme if you ask me.
Lynch and Roberts have to go. The Raiders need a true WR3 and have for years. I neve understood why a true slot WR has not been added. We need all the players on D at least until an upgrade is found.
We can all agree that the Eagles will dominant the Raiders. I think the Chargers beat the Raiders as well. I see finishing 3-2 at best since the Raiders, Chiefs, and Cowboys all seem about equal to me. I will not be surprised at any outcome of those games.
Giants are terrible, Chiefs are collapsing, Cowboys are very beatable without Zeke, Phili is Phili barring a miracle that's an L and SD is good but not special also very beatable.
Yeah, he is missing some pretty easy throws. Had a couple wide open guys down the sideline that he wasn't even close on. Put the ball a solid 5 yards over their head on 20 yard passes.
Agree, I've called this out before too -- something in his throws does not look right. Spot on about too much air in some of the balls, many look wobbly instead of those crisp strikes we used to see last year.
This feels more like perception than any tangible evidence to support your optimism. We saw yesterday that the Raider defense can make any semi competent QB look like an all pro. Siemian throw for 149 yds and 2TDs in a little over a quarter yesterday. This is the same player that looked completely lost prior to getting benched. The next 5 opponents have better QBs then Siemian. Much better QBs.
I didn't predict 4-1, I said I could make an argument for 4-1.
Will always support the optimistic hope, but hard to forget that we've also lost to some mediocre/terrible teams, such as Baltimore, Washington, and Miami.
He also instigated the whole thing yesterday by punching Chris Harris in the gut on the first play of the game.
Agree 100%. On the plus side sounds like my Giants have a shot at winning a stinker of a game now, if Cooper is out. Figures I have that bum on my fantasy squad.
My question: WTH does he need to wear jewlery on the football field? Save the fricken fashion fir after the game princess, and worry more about catching the stinking ball.
I knew the punishments meted out wouldn't make sense.
In away games to boot, or is that the strategy to avoid home fan wrath?Bruno2 said:
