Back in Black: A Raiders Story

[PocketSizeSun]

Oakland, CA -- The Raiders needed a huge victory against Kansas City to keep pace with the AFC West, and they got in playing great defense at home, topping the Chiefs 17-13.

Jason Campbell was pedestrian, but managed to not turn the ball over in a critical game. The legs of Darren McFadden once again powered the Raider offense, rushing for nearly 100 yards once again.

With the Chiefs leading 13-10 late in the 4th, all Kansas City had to do was pound the football, manage the clock, and at worse give the ball back to Oakland with no timeouts and a long field. However, Matt Cassel got greedy, forcing a pass that was intercepted by Tyvon Branch and returned 48 yards for the score.

Tvyon Branch, who returned from injury this week, turned out to be the game's unlikely hero. "It's good to be back" said a smiling Branch in the locker room. "I saw Cassel look my way, and thought to myself, there's no way he's gonna throw it my way, but he tried and I stepped in front of it and made a play. That's all you can ask for in this game you know, a chance to make a play."

The Raiders will get some rest and hopefully get some more players back off the injury list as their bye week commences. Rest easy Raider nation, the men in black are still alive!

Nov 7, 2010 - KC at OAK
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Chiefs (3-6)	0	7	3	3	13
Raiders (6-3)	0	3	0	14	17

Team Stats Comparison
KC		OAK
332	Total Offense	234
75	Rushing Yards	131
257	Passing Yards	103
17	First Downs	13
24	Punt Return Yards	10
70	Kick Return Yards	66
426	Total Yards	310
4	Turnovers	2
6-12	3rd Down Converstion	4-10
0-0	4th Down Conversion	0-0
0-0	2-Point Conversion	0-0
1/1	Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1/1
5-35	Penalties	5-45
22:17	Posession Time	17:43

Chiefs Boxscore
PASSING	RATING	C/ATT	YDS	TD/INT	AVG
M. Cassel	57.2	20/33	270	1/4	60%
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
T. Jones	11	32	2.9	0
J. Charles	6	31	5.1	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
D. McCluster	6	76	12.6	0
D. Bowe	3	37	12.3	1
T. Jones	3	53	17.6	0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	PDEF	TD
T. Jackson	5	0	0	0
D. Johnson	4	0	0	0
J. Belcher	4	1	0	0
M. Vrabel	3	1	0	0
T. Daniels	3	1	0	0

Raiders Boxscore
PASSING	RATING	C/ATT	YDS	TD/INT	AVG
J. Campbell	85.2	10/16	119	0/0	62%
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
D. McFadden	21	93	4.4	1
J. Campbell	4	21	5.2	0
M. Bush	3	15	5.0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
D. McFadden	4	46	11.5	0
Z. Miller	3	27	9.0	0
C. Schilens	1	21	21.0	0
D. Heyward-Bey	1	10	10.0	0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	PDEF	TD
R. Brown	7	1	0	0
N. Asomugha	6	0	2	0
R. McClain	6	1	0	0
T. Howard	5	1	0	0
T. Branch	3	0	1	0	1
C. Johnson	3	1	1	3
J. Henderson	1	1	0	0

[PocketSizeSun]

Quote: Originally Posted by packabacka19

Congrats on the win. McFadden continues to play very well. What happened to Hasselbeck for them?

He was out with a shoulder injury that happened prior to this game.

Bummer for them..

Also, I posted the boxscore for the Seattle game, but it disappeared! Ugh.. I honestly don't feel like typing it all over again, so maybe later. Oh well.

[PocketSizeSun]

A glance at Nnamdi's dominance..

[PocketSizeSun]

Hmm, seems like OS was down for a while there, bummer.

Anywho, I updated all the standings and the injury report, including some MAJOR NFL ones, so be sure to check that out on the front page!

[WashingtonBCRedskins]

For the injuries on your front page you have Santana Moss listed twice with two different injuries - Did he just get destroyed twice? or are the Redskins down TWO different receivers for the year? (Along with London Fletcher - ouch)

[Hushroom]

This is fun to read! Keep it up...and...GO PACK GO!

[packabacka19]

Quote: Originally Posted by DyNaStY JOSH

This is fun to read! Keep it up...and...GO PACK GO!

I second this.