Comments on: Know Thy Enemy: Oakland Raiders

By: littleben

littleben — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:10:39 +0000

Gratz to the Black and Gold, thankfully they bounced back with real grit this week. I gotta give them credit for fixing just about everything that went wrong last week: I thought BA actually called a great game with balance and surprises, #7 showed deciciveness and played a darn near complete game (at least from what I saw before CBS pulled the plug with about 9 minutes to go in the 4th…”let’s take you to a more competitive game…”) and the defense was even more than Brad G could handle!

It feels good to see the Steelers win in convincing fashion despite the fact that we’ve obviously replaced the Ravens as the #1 team that the NFL loves to hate.

Good luck for the rest of the season Raider Nation, I hope your team lands on its feet. It was nice seeing them become relevant for about a month anyway. The silver lining on such a black day is that since Dick Seymour punched a *Steeler* quarterback, the NFL league office will probably just pretend it never happened. Try that with Tom Brady, and you’re looking at a 2-game suspension and a fine of more $$$ than I’ll make all year.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:13:51 +0000

Interesting analysis, Ben. I wouldn’t be so fast to dare Campbell to beat us, though. We could barely handle Colt McCoy and Carson Palmer, one of whom is a raw rookie and the other is having the worst season of his career. Our lousy secondary makes even the most pitiful QB look great.

I don’t think the Raiders run D is as good as the morons from Oakland posting here are making it out. Frank Gore ran up 149 FOUR games ago. They’re acting like they haven’t given up a 100 yard rusher since week 2.

Of course, I don’t expect a good game from Mendy because Arians is a buffoon and he wants to throw 40x a game and they just have no clue what to do on offense. I expect we’ll see more of the what we’ve been seeing, two runs then 4 WR sets on 3rd and 2 and all the other stupidity they’ve been doing.

Oh and don’t worry about the spelling. I just call him Nnamdi ’cause his last name is impossible. Thank goodness the Steelers didn’t pull the trigger on the Ben-for-Nnamdi trade that was rumored. I thought typing Roethlisberger was a pain in the ass…

By: Sonny

Sonny — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:09:18 +0000

Over the past 5 games the Raiders D has only allowed an average per game in rushing of 85 yards per game and over the Raiders last 3 games that average has dropped to only 75 rushing yards per game. Over the past 5 games the Raiders have been at the top of the NFL in stopping the run.

Add in they lead the NFL in percentage of QB hurries and are ranked 2nd or so in total QB Sacks along with being ranked 2nd against the pass and this very young Raiders D is a much improved unit then the one you faced last year.

Should be a great game and one of the most physical games played this year.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:04:51 +0000

First off, Mike Tomlin did not “win us a Super Bowl,” he won with Cowher’s team.

And anyway, I assume littleben wasn’t referring to Mike Tomlin, but our O-Coordinator Bruce Arians. Who is an idiot and we win IN SPITE of him, not because of him.

Please leave Steeler talk to us Steeler fans. You just worry about your team.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:02:10 +0000

Seattle isn’t a running team and neither are the Broncos. I grant you holding the Chiefs to 85 combined is impressive but that hardly constitutes “a vastly improved run defense.” I notice how you and some of the Oakland mouthbreathers posting here conveniently ignore Frank Gore dropped 149 on that “great run D” FOUR games ago.

God, I hate when teams with obnoxious fan bases taste a little bit of success.