The Raiders could generate no rushing offense, nor could they generate a consistent passing offense. The defense, on the other hand, had three breakdowns in the first half that put them in a deep hole, along with the usual two drives where they were gashed for chunks of yards.

This was a matchup that favored the Raiders on paper, but as the saying goes, the games are not played on paper. The Texans entered the game at the bottom of the league in rush defense, and the Raiders were supposed to be a very good rushing team, however the Raiders could only generate 45 yards on the ground.

The Raiders defense had moments where it held strong, but they had just enough breakdowns to set up big plays to give the Texans three of their scores. Two of those big plays only resulted in field goals after the Raiders stiffened up, but the third set up an 18 yard reception by Steve Slayton. That was part of the second quarter implosion the Radiers defense experienced. In another drive, they allowed the Texans to run down the field for a 78 yard drive that ws capped by a 32 yard run.

The back-breaker was in the middle of the third quarter when the Raiders took over at their own one. The offensive line got absolutely no push, which was a common theme every time the Raiders tried to run the ball, and Fargas was trapped in the endzone for a safety. The Texans crushed the spirit of the Raiders as Jacoby Jones returned the ensuing free kick for a touchdown.

The Raiders offense has become a disaster of 2006 proportions. Russell was 12-33 128 yards. The team rushed for a total of 45 yards, meaning the they could only manage 165 total yards of offense once the sacks were tallied for the negative. This was an average of a whopping 2.9 yards per play.

Russell was not helped as his receivers could not hold on to the ball. Louis Murphy had more drops (4) than he had catches (3). Darrius Heyward-Bey had the most combined yards of any Raider with 20 yards rushing on an end-around and one catch for 18 yards, but he also contributed to the drop parade with two.

The Raiders defense shut down the Texans for the second half, but that seems illusory as they were primarily running out the clock after the nine point safety-touchdown swing in the middle of the third quarter. It had become painfully obvious that the Raiders could not score in the Moonlight Bunny Ranch with JaMarcus Russell's signing bonus, and they could sit on a 23 point lead. In fact, since week one the Raiders have only scored a total of 19 points.

Comments (3)

Stupid, Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid,stupid, stupid,stupid, stupid,stupid, stupid,stupid, stupid,stupid, stupid,
written by SnBsn69, October 04, 2009

Let's see. If I were Andrew Walker I'd be thinking "Dude 62 more sacks and we're blood brothers." Russel is fat, slow, lazy, stupid and terrible. I am thinking that the 2006 quality line and Curry-Porter style dropsy corps is multiplying the impact of his absolutely atrocious game play too. I'd be willing to bet he could complete 50% of his passes if he had a more than one good lineman to hide behind. That said, I don't think he can hit more than 50%, even if he had the Colts O-line.

See my comments to Done with Jruss. Anyway, I'm just glad that Mr Davis can look at the luxury box TV screen at the end of the game and see his star QB pointing to the sky and smiling to cameras. The notable quote you ask? "I'm progressing!...to Outback Steakhouse!"

And while we're at it AD, why don't you just call Marcus Allen and see if Walker can spend Sundays with him? We're not using him. Maybe they can hang out.

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Fat, lazy, stupid, slow, fat, and inept
written by SnBsn69, October 04, 2009

Let's see. If I were Andrew Walker I'd be thinking "Dude 62 more sacks and we're blood brothers." Walker was awful but Russel is fat, slow, lazy, stupid and terrible. OMG I can't believe I skipped McClown and the Stuffed Pepper to get to that line! I am thinking that the 2006 quality line and Curry-Porter style dropsy corps is multiplying the impact of his absolutely atrocious game play too. I'd be willing to bet he could complete 50% of his passes if he had a more than one good lineman to hide behind. That said, I don't think he can hit more than 50%, even if he had the Colts O-line. The o-line stinks as bad as Jruss. McFumble, Farquart and Tush the threee kings of the Oaktown running game.

Defense looked great! Only gave up 20 points! Wow Cable Guy I remember when giving up 20 pts in a half was a poor performance. I guess you're dumbing down the game. Will we be able to look forward to putting Ws in the column and going to the Super Bowl without winning as well? Seems logical that if you think our D looked good, this would be the logical next step! I know the rest of the fans are buying right right Raider Nation? Can you see it? The vision is we go 4-11 and have a good year turning the corner!

See my comments to Done with Jruss. Anyway, I'm just glad that Mr Davis can look at the luxury box TV screen at the end of the game and see his star QB pointing to the sky and smiling to cameras. The notable quote you ask? "I'm progressing!...to Outback Steakhouse!"

And while we're at it AD, why don't you just call Marcus Allen and see if Walker can spend Sundays with him? We're not using him. Maybe they can hang out together.

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written by BlackSunday, October 04, 2009

no mas

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