RaiderFreak-
Well, since no one else has started this shit yet. Gonna be possibly our toughest matchup of the year and we get it week one after everyone and their mama has shit on us for the Mack trade.
Rams are pretty stacked on both sides of the field. Goff, Gurley, Cooks, Kupp... Donald, Suh, Talib, Peters... going to take a hell of an effort. Miller/KO/Hudson/Gabe/Penn are going to have to gel in a hurry and Carr/Cooper/Nelson better make some shit happen. Vegas has us as 4.5 underdogs and I'm a little surprised it's that small. Squeaking out a win here would be refreshing after the shit weekend.
Conley's shins look okay, at least.
Cross Bones
To me this will be about Derek Carr. He has to find his mojo.
Not going to be easy.
Big Tron
The fucked up part about this game is that getting pressure on Goff was our best chance for victory. That Rams OL is their major weakness (and edge rush) If Goff sits in a clean pocket all day that Mack trade grumbling noise only gets louder. Not trying to dwell on the obvious, but if we dont get after the QB in this game its gonna get ugly quick.
Raider Freak
I feel like our offense needs another Saints 2016 game. But I bet Gruden is going to want to get Lynch going as early as possible and work the short passing game. Put the game on the offensive line and let Lynch pound it.
Cross Bones
But we have been saying the same thing for there past four years with Mack. Our pass rush sucks and now it’s likley to suck more.
Our secondary is still garbage but then that’s McKenzie’s calling card.
DonkeyKilla
Rams had a shitty run D last year (28th). I think the key is to hammer them with Lynch on O. Can't let Donald and Suh tee up on Carr with two very good corners that's going to be tough sledding. Establish the run and open things up for play action passing (has Carr learned this skill yet?).
On D... well, we fucked.
System7
If Carr continues to stink it up like last year, this is going to be one hell of a depressing ass season....
Hoping Carr gives us a lil something to hang our hat on.
Ray Train
I was just thinking the same thing. And really nobody knows if Mack would’ve shown up for week 1 or 2,3,4. Like you said Bones. Rebuilding for the umpteenth time. Gruden And who ever he has pegged to help him. Don’t think the fat man is long for this team.
Gst8
Carr is THE guy now.
The pressure is going to be immense.
Langlier
You can't discount the motivational factor of gruden. that man got some pretty poor talent to play above their heads.
We fielded the ass awful combo of Regan Upshaw and Tony Bryant DEs with Marques Pope and Anthony Dorsett Safeties to the playoffs... You think we have a bad D now? it flat STUNK under gruden 1.0. Its only saving grace was Woodson, Eric Allen, and Eric Turner while he was with us. We got some good DT play out of guys like DRuss, Maryland, Coleman, Gravy. But our LBs were Biekert and some on/off play from William Thomas/Eric Barton.
Gst8
Now I’m excited...
JohnQ
Week 1.Monday night football.It's a trap.
http://www.blackreign.net/raidernat...ek-monday-night-football-just-win-baby.11168/