Oakland Exodus

[DevSwerve]

Been silently following, I was hoping Carr would be good for you. Guess a year if development is best right now, huh? 😣


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[Tritoch42]

Yeah Carr just isn't putting up the numbers right now... Passing in general has been a big challenge, but I like that as part of the challenge these sliders bring to the game.

[Tritoch42]

2014: Preseason Week 4
Seattle Seahawks @ Oakland Raiders

McGloin Rallies Raiders to Overcome Seahawks


Matt McGloin gave his best performance of the preseason against Seattle, throwing for three touchdowns on
the way to a big win.

With the regular season just one week away, Head Coach Dennis Allen kept many of his starters on the sidelines to allow the lower end of the depth chart to play it out in one last chance to battle for key roster positions. But he may have some thinking to do after second-year QB Matt McGloin posted a masterful performance against the Seattle defense, leading the Raiders to a commanding 30-17 win Thursday night at home.

Derek Carr opened the game under center for Oakland, but after one quarter the Raiders were trailing 7-3 and Carr had done little of note. Looking for a change of pace, Allen sent in McGloin at the start of the second quarter, and the former Penn State QB stepped up to throw a scrambling pass to TE Nick Kasa which, combined with a buzzer-beating field goal, left the game at a narrow 17-13 in favor of Seattle at halftime.



McGloin led a series of successful drives, working off the run and throwing very effective off the play action, posting a 16 yard touchdown toss to Greg Little just before the 6:00 mark in the third quarter, putting his Raiders ahead for the first time in the game, 20-17. That lead quickly became 23-17 after another field goal, setting the Raiders just shy of a touchdown's lead heading into the final quarter.

On the other side of the field, Tarvaris Jackson was playing conservatively but accurately, having thrown for a perfect 10-10 for 135 yards and a touchdown through the second and third quarters.


Tarvaris Jackson looked excellent Thursday night, throwing very accurately for most of the night.

His first mistake didn't come until early in the fourth quarter, when his pass over the middle was intercepted, setting up McGloin to score his third touchdown of the night on a deep slant into the back of the endzone to Juron Criner, sealing the game and ending the preseason on a high note.

Seattle Seahawks at Oakland Raiders
THU Aug 28, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Seattle Seahawks (1-2-0)	7	10	0	0	17
Oakland Raiders (1-2-0)	3	10	7	10	30

Team Stats Comparison
	SEA	OAK
Total Offense	362	403
Rushing Yards	109	145
Passing Yards	253	258
First Downs	16	22
Punt Return Yards	29	3
Kick Return Yards	78	51
Total Yards	469	457
Turnovers	3	1
3rd Down Converstion	4-11	11-18
4th Down Conversion	0-1	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	100%	100%
Penalties	0-0	1-5
Posession Time	26:44	33:16

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		SEA	OAK
10:34	(SEA) Russell Wilson 22yd pass to Jermaine Kearse	7	0
3:13	(OAK) Sebastian Janikowski 36yd FG	7	3
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		SEA	OAK
14:52	(SEA) Tavaris Jackson 45yd pass to Anthony McCoy	14	3
8:26	(OAK) Matt McGloin 12yd pass to Nick Kasa	14	10
1:24	(SEA) Steve Hauschka 20yd FG	17	10
0:00	(OAK) Sebastian Janikowski 50yd FG	17	13
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		SEA	OAK
6:03	(OAK) Matt McGloin 16yd pass to Greg Little	17	20
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		SEA	OAK
14:17	(OAK) Sebastian Janikowski 51yd FG	17	23
12:48	(OAK) Matt McGloin 17yd pass to Juron Criner	17	30

Oakland Raiders PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Matt McGloin 22-34 227 3 1 Derek Carr 6-11 31 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Latavius Murray 23 110 4.7 0 Jeremy Stewart 10 26 2.6 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Juron Criner 5 50 10.0 1 Greg Little 4 48 12.0 1 Andre Holmes 4 55 13.7 0 Nick Kasa 3 44 14.6 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Nick Roach 8 0 0 0 Miles Burris 2 1 1 0 Sio Moore 0 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Sebastian Janikowski 3-3 3-3 12 52 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Marquette King 5 254 50.8 0

Seattle Seahawks PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Tarvaris Jackson 20-24 210 1 1 Russell Wilson 5-9 69 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Robert Turbin 11 34 3.0 0 Tarvaris Jackson 3 45 15.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Anthony McCoy 7 97 13.8 1 Marshawn Lynch 5 46 9.2 0 Zach Miller 5 57 11.4 0 Robert Turbin 5 32 6.4 0 Jermaine Kearse 1 22 22.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jeron Johnson 10 0 1 0 Jeremy Lane 9 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Steven Hauschka 1-1 2-2 5 20 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Jon Ryan 5 276 55.2 0

With Thursday night's win over the Seahawks, the Raiders have gone an even 2-2 in the preseason; 0-2 on the road, and 2-0 at home in Oakland. And with a commanding performance against Seattle, Matt McGloin has made a strong preseason-ending statement and shown that he deserves to be in the conversation about the Raiders' QB situation. While Derek Carr is struggling to adjust to NFL defenses, McGloin has shown that Matt Schaub still needs to be playing his best and looking over his shoulder.

Now that the preseason is completed, the Raiders will soon have to announce their final 53-man roster for the regular season, and owner Jackson Vandergrift has still promised an update on the Raiders' plans for the future. In the coming days, look for a full preview of the Raiders' 2014 regular season, analysis of their final starting lineup, and a look at the top college seniors making their way to the NFL next year.

[Tritoch42]

Four games in the books, and oddly enough I've mirrored Oakland's real-life win/loss pattern this preseason. Working a lot this week, but before be sometime I'll do a little preview work for the upcoming season and then we'll be in gear for the games that count!

Thanks to those who are reading -- let me know what you think!

[Gronk4M13]

This is great, the writeups, screenshots/highlights make it very professional looking.

[Tritoch42]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gronk4M13

This is great, the writeups, screenshots/highlights make it very professional looking.

Well thanks! Glad to hear you're enjoying the read... I like to write, so I guess I have almost as much fun putting these write-ups together as I do playing the games. I'm having a blast making it so far, so I'm glad to see you guys are enjoying reading it.

[Tritoch42]

Raiders 2014 Regular Season Preview

Raiders Announce Final 53-man Roster

The preseason allows NFL teams to carry an expanded player roster as they try to identify the best talent available to them, but by the time the regular season starts, each team has to make sometimes difficult decisions about who to keep and who to cut to make the NFL's 53-man roster limit. Just a day shy of the league deadline, the Oakland Raiders revealed their finalized roster and starting lineup.

While some teams face challenging decisions, the Raiders didn't have very many position controversies occupying their time. Most of the players who held out until the final cut were merely competing for distant backup roles -- such as HB Latavius Murray, who beat out Jeremy Stewart for the unenviable job of backing up the McFadden/Jones-Drew tandem, or CB Chimdi Chekwa, whose preseason playmaking moments earned him a spot as an occasional substitute in DB-heavy packages. Below is the full, final Raiders roster for the start of the 2014 regular season:

Oakland Raiders 2014 Roster
#	OFFENSE	POS	AGE	HT	WT	COLLEGE
14	Matt McGloin	QB	24	6'1''	210	Penn State
8	Matt Schaub	QB	33	6'5''	234	Virginia
4	Derek Carr (R)	QB	23	6'3''	214	Fresno State
21	Maurice Jones-Drew	HB	29	5'7''	210	UCLA
20	Darren McFadden	HB	27	6'1''	218	Arkansas
28	Latavius Murray	HB	23	6'3''	225	UCF
45	Marcel Reece	FB	29	6'1''	255	Washington
89	James Jones	WR	30	6'1''	200	San Jose State
17	Denarius Moore	WR	25	6'0''	190	Tennessee
80	Rod Streater	WR	26	6'3''	200	Temple
15	Greg Little	WR	25	6'2''	220	North Carolina
18	Andre Holmes	WR	26	6'4''	210	Hillsdale
86	David Ausberry	TE	26	6'4''	258	USC
88	Nick Kasa	TE	23	6'6''	265	Colorado
72	Donald Penn	LT	31	6'4''	340	Utah State
71	Menelik Watson	LT	25	6'5''	315	Florida State
70	Tony Bergstrom	LG	28	6'5''	210	Utah
76	Lucas Nix	LG	24	6'5''	320	Pittsburgh
61	Stefen Wisniewski	C	25	6'3''	307	Penn State
66	Gabe Jackson (R)	RG	23	6'3''	336	Mississippi State
63	Lamar Mady	RG	23	6'2''	315	Youngstown State
77	Austin Howard	RT	27	6'7''	330	Northern Iowa
73	Matthew McCants	RT	25	6'5''	309	UAB
#	DEFENSE	POS	AGE	HT	WT	COLLEGE
57	Lamarr Woodley	LE	29	6'2''	265	Michigan
75	Shelby Harris (R)	LE	23	6'2''	288	Illinois State
99	Jack Crawford	LE	25	6'5''	276	Penn State
91	Justin Tuck	RE	31	6'5''	265	Notre Dame
98	C.J. Wilson	RE	27	6'3''	300	East Carolina
58	Ryan Robinson	RE	23	6'4''	255	Oklahoma State
97	Antonio Smith	DT	32	6'3''	290	Oklahoma State
90	Pat Sims	DT	29	6'2''	310	Auburn
78	Justin Ellis (R)	DT	23	6'2''	332	LA Tech
52	Khalil Mack (R)	LOLB	23	6'3''	252	Buffalo
95	Kaelin Burnett	LOLB	24	6'4''	240	Nevada
94	Kevin Burnett	MLB	31	6'3''	230	Tennessee
53	Nick Roach	MLB	29	6'1''	234	Northwestern
50	Kaluka Maiava	MLB	27	6'0''	230	USC
55	Sio Moore	ROLB	24	6'1''	245	Connecticut
56	Miles Burris	ROLB	26	6'2''	240	San Diego State
23	Tarell Brown	CB	29	5'11''	190	Texas
27	Carlos Rogers	CB	33	6'0''	195	Auburn
25	D.J. Hayden	CB	24	5'11''	190	Houston
39	Keith McGill (R)	CB	25	6'3''	211	Utah
35	Chimdi Chekwa	CB	25	6'0''	194	Ohio State
22	Taiwan Jones	CB	26	6'0''	197	Eastern Washington
38	T.J. Carrie (R)	CB	24	6'0''	204	Ohio
24	Charles Woodson	FS	37	6'1''	210	Michigan
26	Usama Young	FS	29	6'0''	200	Kent State
41	Jonathan Dowling (R)	FS	22	6'3''	190	Western Kentucky
33	Tyvon Branch	SS	27	6'0''	210	Connecticut
29	Brandian Ross	SS	24	6'1''	191	Youngstown State
#	SPECIAL TEAMS	POS	AGE	HT	WT	COLLEGE
11	Sebastian Janikowski	K	36	6'1''	258	Florida State
7	Marquette King	P	25	6'0''	192	Fort Valley State

Key Players



The Raiders Quarterback situtation was a muddy one. After Terrelle Pryor failed to make an impact in 2013, the Raiders sent in rookie Penn State graduate Matt McGloin for the remainder of the year, but the result was unimpressive enough that the team sought out former Texans QB Matt Schaub to anchor the offense until they could find their solution for the future at QB.

Another veteran, Trent Edwards, was cut early in the season after he missed the first game due to a minor injury, and Head Coach Dennis Allen focused his playing time on his two younger backs. Second-round draft pick Derek Carr entered the preseason with a lot of buzz, but the rookie out of Fresno State failed to impress in any of his preseason outings. McGloin was on and off during the preseason, but after looking good in practice and performing well against the Seahawks in the final week of the preseason, Allen anointed McGloin as the starter for the beginning of the season.

While Schaub may have seemed the safer choice, Allen insisted that McGloin was reliably outperforming the veteran in practice, and showed better accuracy in the midrange and deep passing games, which he showed off in his three-touchdown performance against the Seahawks. Allen was quick to insist that the team had not given up hope on Derek Carr, and that the coaching staff would be working with both young men extensively to develop their talents, and that they would continue to re-evaluate their best interests throughout the season. It's not a 100% vote of confidence, but McGloin can enter the season knowing that his coaches are placing their trust in his ability to lead the game.




McGloin may have gotten the nod to start from coach Dennis Allen, but don't expect the Raiders to place the whole game on his shoulders. Talented as McGloin is, he won't be played like a Stafford or Bradford -- the Raiders will try to surround him with solid playmakers to take some of the pressure of him, and that strategy hinges around Oakland's double threat at Running Back. Maurice Jones-Drew and Darren McFadden are both talented runners, and with two strong performers at the position, Allen can alternate backs and keep a strong running game on the field without worrying about fatiguing one or the other.

Expect the Raiders to rely heavily on their ground game to support a quick, West Coast-style passing game that will try to keep McGloin comfortable in the pocket.



The Raiders had many position needs in the offseason, but they chose to invest their highest draft pick to select Buffalo LB Khalil Mack to become a feature playmaker in their defensive unit. With such high expectations, there will be a lot of pressure on Mack to make an immediate impact on defense and help to keep opposing teams in check so McGloin's offense can run a steady, methodical, game-managing offense.

Across from another young Linebacker in Sio Moore, Mack will need to bring speed and youthful explosiveness to the squad early on to justify his high draft investment.



Tarrell Brown is Oakland's number 1 Cornerback, and while the aggressive defensive front is trying to bring the heat to opposing Quarterbacks, it will fall to Brown to inspire his CB squad to make plays in the air. The Raiders have several players in their defensive secondary who lack explosive talent, so Brown's leadership will be essential to keeping the defense working smoothly to contain opposing teams.

Raiders 2014 Schedule

Week 1: @ Jets
Week 2: vs. Texans
Week 3: @ Patriots
Week 4: vs. Dolphins
Week 5: Bye
Week 6: vs. Chargers
Week 7: vs. Cardinals
Week 8: @ Browns
Week 9: @ Seahawks
Week 10: vs. Broncos
Week 11: @ Chargers
Week 12: vs. Chiefs
Week 13: @ Rams
Week 14: vs. 49ers
Week 15: @ Chiefs
Week 16: vs. Bills
Week 17: @ Broncos

[Manning2Harrison]

Excellent presentation and I like the idea of being owner just long enough to move a team. I've thought about doing that myself in a 32-user context.

Are you going to keep them the Raiders? My new city list:

1. L.A.
2. Las Vegas
3. Portland
4. San Antonio