Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider:
38 teams in NFL history have started off the season against 3 10 win teams from the prior year.
Raiders are the first team to go 3-0 against those 10 win teams.
A lot of preseason prognosticators had the Raiders 0-3 after their first three games.
A perennial sub-500 team with a new stadium winning close games at the beginning of the season is what the league wants. The universe will still even things out. I think it’s always more fun when you all act tough and get knocked off your pedestal throughout the season so I’m happy Gruden at least has the girls ready for a fight. [Reply]
Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED:
A perennial sub-500 team with a new stadium winning close games at the beginning of the season is what the league wants. The universe will still even things out. I think it’s always more fun when you all act tough and get knocked off your pedestal throughout the season so I’m happy Gruden at least has the girls ready for a fight.
Originally Posted by Eureka:
The Raiders defense has made all the difference. Year after year they are bottom of the barrel but this year they look much improved.
Chiefs defense is looking bad so far this year. Thus they are 1-2.
And the Chiefs have been turning over the ball at a very high rate. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Eureka:
The Raiders defense has made all the difference. Year after year they are bottom of the barrel but this year they look much improved.
Chiefs defense is looking bad so far this year. Thus they are 1-2.
Yup, but I have more confidence that KC will turn it around than the Raiders sustaining it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tredadda:
Yup, but I have more confidence that KC will turn it around than the Raiders sustaining it.
I have no doubts whatsoever in the ability of PM and the Two guys he throws to at all. They can score but this team is not as good on D as it was last year.
Last year we beat you in KC and should have beat you in LV, the reason I say should is because your team was the far superior team in both games yet us (us meaning my favorite team the Raiders)without anything that even remotely resembled a Defense took you to the wire both games. Raiders get great penetration rushing 4 and anyone knows how important that is to the D backfield as well as the LB's who will be covering the great TE your favorite team has. You don't have to stop Hill and Kelce but you do have to take away alot of their game to beat KC. As far as PM he is the best talented QB on the planet but he becomes closer to the rest of the heap if you rush his throws. He is no different than any other QB in that regard. If you want to beat KC you have to sustain long drives, put pressure on PM and make him sit on the bench and watch. PM will chew 4 mouth pieces up and spit them out in frustration when he has to sit and watch. Raiders have always had a good Offense with Carr at the helm with the exception of a few bonehead games the difference is that D and it could very well be a team built to counter PM. [Reply]
