Rebuilding the Fear - Oakland Raiders M13 CCM

[JaymeeAwesome]

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[KBLover]

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Agree mostly with braeden, just different order.

I think

Carr
Gabbart
Moore
McCoy
Hoyer

Depends on how you play your QB, cant tell just by stats. If you will scramble for time and still pass Carr is a bit better cus of his better RUN. But if once you tuck then your off Gabbart is more your man. Also need to see ACC, some fast QBs start off like a mac truck they have so low ACC.

Moore is your most rounded though. Being about mid option in all categories, but limits how effective play action may be.

Cobb seems like a decent filler, still would jump at a solid #2 though. I would like him more as a slot personally.

I do some of both when I get out of the pocket. Usually depends on how the defense responds and what the playcall was (are there receivers coming this side of the field, is it a deep or short pattern, etc.)

That said, Gabbert has showed up as #1 or #2 on everyone's lists so far, with JHey mentioning Grossman, and you're the first who's brought up Carr.

Right now, looks like I'm going with Gabbert, though McCoy has support, too...

Top 5 ACC ratings:

Troy Smith: 86
Colt McCoy: 83
Blaine Gabbert: 79
Matt Moore: 75

Pryor has 82 ACC. Johnson has 92 ACC.

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Week 13 - Midweek News

NCAA Football News:

San Jose State FB Hank Delaney is consider a poor lead blocker, leading some to wonder if he will switch to HB and enter draft in that role in the backfield.

Awards:
NFC DPoW: Vikings CB Kyle Arrington
AFC DPoW: Broncos SS Quinton Carter
NFC OPoW: Lions QB Matthew Stafford
AFC OPoW: Chiefs QB Matt Cassell

Giants sacked Bucs QB Joe Webb 4 times en route to 41-24 win.

The Chiefs fell victim to the Raiders rushing attack in 36-30 loss.


Raiders News:

Scouting:
The team took a deeper look at HB Tyrone Dore, 7th round projection out of North Carolina. The team became a bit less impressed with him as he barely hits the range of the "A" grade given to him in speed (91), trucking (89) and elusiveness (90). Still, though, some think he's still worth taking as a potential 3rd or 4th HB.

Another solid WR prospect was uncovered. UTEP's Bobby Jackson impressed on tape with his ability to work in tight spaces and his focus in traffic. He also seemed difficult to beat with press coverage. Questions exist about his quickness as well as his footwork, but he may be worth a look in the 5th round where he's projected to go.

The team also basically confirmed that, of the draftees currently known to the team, the only QBs of interest are Wade Schumacher and Reshard Watson. Watson is the intelligent one of the pair and is slightly more mobile, but Schumacher has the cannon arm and is slightly more accurate.

Notable Progression:

HB Julio Caulder:
ELU: 82 to 83 (this rating is about to get real expensive...)
BCV: 86 to 87
CAR: 80 to 81
AWR: 74 to 75

HB Steven Grant:
TRK: 79 to 80

WR Denarius Moore:
RTE: 87 to 88
CAR: 71 to 72

SS Mike Mitchell:
PRC: 77 to 79

LB Rolando McClain:
STR: 78 to 79

LB Jake Olsen:
STA: 86 to 87
ZCV: 83 to 84

CB Brandon Madison:
AWR: 39 to 41

QB Terrelle Pryor:
MAC: 78 to 79

LG Aaryn DePriest:
STA: 68 to 74



Roster Moves

Released WR Juron Criner.
Released CB Sam Woodfaulk.
Signed QB Blaine Gabbert.
Signed QB Colt McCoy.

Steven Grant is named starting HB after a good week of practice. Caulder is expected to see significant time as well. Though named starter - it likely means just the slightly larger portion of a time share situation.

Colt McCoy was named the starting QB, also after looking sharp in practice. Josh Johnson was named #2.

Sources close to the team have mentioned that little change is expected from the passing attack. The team may try "more short passes than usual" but, overall, the intermediate depth will still a sizable portion of the game plan.

[Gronk4M13]

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Go Colt McCoy!

[KBLover]

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McCoy Effective Enough

McCoy Finds Reece, Plays Hard.
Run Game Efficient, Raiders Topple Browns 27-16

The Raiders were in control for much of this game. It wasn't the outright domination type of control, but just a steady, tough-to-stop progression that slowly put points on the board.

McCoy was a lot of the reason for that. He game out of the gate hitting his first 5 passes and the team did indeed call for more short passes on offense. Eventually, the Browns started adjusting and the coaching staff perhaps tried to extend a rusty McCoy a bit much, but overall, there was little drop off from the passing attack.

Marcel Reece benefited with 2 TD receptions on the day. Denarius Moore racked up 8 catches and nearly 100 yards receiving as well, and that was with a few uncharacteristic drops from the usually steady receiver, one of them in the end zone, which would have been his first TD reception of the year.

Steven Grant's first day as primary halfback also went relatively well. He picked up 96 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown. Caulder helped in support with 13 carries and 83 yards. Grant was used in the pass game as well, picking 4 receptions for 33 yards.

Defensively, the pass coverage is still somewhat inconsistent. They allowed former teammate Carson Palmer to put up 300 yards and 63% completion percentage, but also picked him off twice, one each by the starting CB duo Carillon and Cooper.

The Raiders also stiffened in the red zone, seeming to adopt a bend-don't-break mentality of late. Dawson had to come in to kick two field goals that were the distance of extra points, turning a would be 14 points into 6. The Browns mounted a late rally, but the "delay" tactics of the defense bled away the time and the offense ran out the clock with 3 Caulder runs to claim the win.

Rolando McClain knocked Trent Richardson out of the game, but Nathaniel Pennix, a HB the Raiders had scouted last year, was no slouch. He picked up 6.4 yards per carry as well as sneaking out of the backfield to make Palmer's lone passing TD.

Greg Little was the leading receiver on the Browns, grabbing 5 Palmer passes for 97 yards. Ben Watson garnered the most receptions for the Browns with 6.

D'Qwell Jackson led all defenders with 12 tackles. Rolando McClain picked up 11.

The win was the 4th in a row for the Raiders, moving them to 9-3.

Box Score:

Cleveland Browns at Oakland Raiders
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Cleveland Browns (5-6)	0	3	0	13	16
Oakland Raiders (8-3)	7	3	14	3	27

Team Stats Comparison
	CLE	OAK
Total Offense	395	385
Rushing Yards	116	196
Passing Yards	279	189
First Downs	19	19
Punt Return Yards	9	21
Kick Return Yards	114	86
Total Yards	518	492
Turnovers	2	2
3rd Down Converstion	3-13 (23%)	11-22 (50%)
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1/2 (100%)	3/0 (100%)
Penalties
Posession Time	26:31	33:29

Cleveland Browns PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Carson Palmer 24/38 (63%) 301 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Nathaniel Pennix 11 67 6.1 0 Trent Richardson (injured) 11 51 4.6 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Benjamin Watson 6 64 10.7 0 Greg Little 5 97 19.4 0 Nathaniel Pennix 3 12 4.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD D'Qwell Jackson 12 0 0 0 Laron Landry 8 0 0 0 Frostee Rucker 5 1 0 0 T.J. Ward 5 0 0 0 Joe Haden (1 FF) 4 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Phil Dawson 3/3 39 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Dan Holte 7 351 50.1 0

Oakland Raiders PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Colt McCoy 22/45 (48%) 201 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Steven Grant 24 96 4.0 1 Julio Caulder 13 83 6.4 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Denarius Moore 8 97 12.1 0 Marcel Reece 5 31 6.2 2 Steven Grant 4 33 8.3 0 Randall Cobb 4 33 8.3 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Rolando McClain 11 0 0 0 Mike Mitchell 6 0 0 0 Jake Olsen 6 0 0 0 Tanner Bailey 5 0 0 0 Lamarr Houston 3 2 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Sebastian Janikowski 2/2 58 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Shane Lechler 6 274 45.7 2

Notes:
Coach Lyle suggested that Steven Grant will start again next week. He liked the involvement of Grant in the passing game as well - perhaps wanting to model his use much like Ray Rice or LeSean McCoy.

Seems that Colt McCoy will likely be under center next week. He was less clear on it, but didn't mention Johnson or Gabbert at all during the press conference after the game.

[Gronk4M13]

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Good/decent job Colt McCoy. Woah, Palmer on the Browns? Did you trade him there a while back or release him and the Browns signed him?

[KBLover]

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Week 14 - Midweek News

NCAA Football News:

Washington WR William Dowd looked terrible in his last game against Arizona. Not only was he shutdown all game, he dropped the game-winning pass.

Awards:
NFC DPoW: Bears LB Manny Lawson
AFC DPoW: Chargers DE Shaun Phillips
NFC OPoW: Seahawks HB Marshawn Lynch
AFC OPoW: Colts QB Andrew Luck

League News:

Cowboys punt returner Devin Hester returned 2 punts for TDs to spur team on to 38-33 win.

Browns Trent Richardson suffered a minor injury in his game against the Raiders. He will miss this week's game.

Bills HB Fred Jackson suffered an injury and will miss the next few games.

HB Adrian Peterson passed John Riggins for 6th all time in Rushing TDs.

HB Steven Jackson is now 7th all time in Rushing Yards, passing Eric Dickerson.


Raiders News:

Next Game:
Raiders (9-3) @ Saints (7-5) on Monday Night Football.

Matchup Preview | January 1,
	@
Oakland Raiders (9-3, 6-0 Away)		New Orleans Saints (7-5, 3-2 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 24.5 Points Per Game 24.0 4215 Total Offensive Yards 4127 20-12 Red Zone TD-FG 9-8 84 Red Zone Percentage 68% 17 Passing TD 20 9 Rushing TD 9 Defensive Stats Comparison 20.6 Points Per Game 21.3 4169 Total Yards Allowed 4146 43 Sacks 19 13 Interceptions 17 10 Fumble Recoveries 4 13-14 Red Zone TD-FG 7-13 87% Red Zone Percentage 64% Injury Report QB Terrelle Pryor (jaw) 4 weeks HB Darren Sproles (tricep) 16 weeks WR Corey McCants (jaw) 1 week CB Fred Marshall (elbow) IR DT Vince Wilfork (jaw) 2 weeks Game Notes Saints are tied with the Falcons in the NFC South...Raiders hold one-game lead for best AFC record over four 8-4 teams...one of which are the Broncos...

Scouting:

C Sergei Wainwright (Minnesota) is attracting attention with his 96 strength grade from scouts. The team likes his blocking technique, but were uncertain about the power. If Wainwright does last until the 6th round, he might be selected by the Raiders.

WR Alex Givens (Monmouth) caught the eye of scouts with his ability to make the spectacular catch. He's fearless and keeps his eyes on the ball, based on his college game tape. Has some decent physical presence over the middle, but his route running can get sloppy and lax at times.


Notable Progression:

RG Cale Welch:
Consistency: 2 to 3

HB Steven Grant:
AWR: 74 to 76

LB Rolando McClain:
MCV: 62 to 63

QB Colt McCoy:
AWR: 73 to 74

WR Denarius Moore:
CTH: 87 to 88


Roster News:

TE Tony Moeaki has returned to active status after recovering from his injury. He will return to the TE spot while Reece moves to FB. Grant and McCoy will start in this week's game.

[KBLover]

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Good/decent job Colt McCoy. Woah, Palmer on the Browns? Did you trade him there a while back or release him and the Browns signed him?

A trade in the first offseason during the draft. Acquired the Browns' first, which became RG Cale Welch.

[BraedenG33]

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I think that if you stick to the short passing game with a few shots deep off play action with a strong rushing attack then McCoy can be your guy for at least the rest of the year and if he performs well the next few weeks maybe you should start him over Pryor who I never liked to begin with. My only question is what happens in the offseason if A-Rod hits FA or you trade up in the draft for the QB you said you were interested in and you get one of them and the rookie underperforms or A-rod gets hurt what will you do about the QB situation then? Will you keep McCoy on as a backup or just stick too Pryor (as at least a backup) no matter what happens this season?

[KBLover]

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Well, Pryor hasn't been extended, but chances are we'll make an offer for him on the FA market. I don't imagine there will be teams beating down his door. Granted, his OVR keeps going up, so who knows.

If Rodgers becomes a free agent, we will go after him with ferocity. We have cap room, so money won't be an object.

Schumacher is interesting and if we get him (or Reshard Watson), he'll have the leg up for the starting job.

Now if we don't get either, we'll have to look at a trade for a starter. There's a QB on KC that could be intriguing and probably could be gotten at a reasonable price (unlike Giles from Cleveland). Could go big on someone like Robb Bell, try to pry him off Miami. Or maybe we could pull the trade, not worry about the draft or draft other need areas like WR.

But one (or both) will likely be around as backup, but that's some weeks off - who knows what might happen.

[preaceps]

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Don't forget with messed up FA logic the browns very well might draft a QB again or get one in FA then might be able to get him.

[KBLover]

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McCoy On Target
Raiders QB Racks Up 300 Yards and 3 TDs
While Run Game, Raiders Roll 41-25

There were some things not to like about this game. The Saints were able to force some fumbles, leading to some turnovers, and Drew Brees carved up the secondary, something that's starting to happen a bit too frequently for comfort.

However, the defense was able to pick up 5 sacks and Brandon Madison continues to find turnovers, grabbing an interception in this one, his 3rd despite not being an every down player.

The big story, though, is the performance of Colt McCoy, along with Denarius Moore, who had one of his games that the Raiders are used to seeing. He picked up over 150 yards and 2 TDs in the game.

Caulder and Grant, aside from the fumbles, ran hard all game long. Grant started off slowly while Caulder's first run went for 45 yards as the Saints sold out to stop outside runs, and Caulder just ran up the crease they made.

After that, Grant started finding room as McCoy's long drives continued to wear down the Saints defense. In all, Grant found 147 yards on 31 carries. Caulders wound up with 130 yards on 18 carries, as he seems to be the better beneficiary of a tiring defense. Last week, the Raiders passed 2000 rushing yards, and they seem to be gunning for 3000 with how they are running lately.

In the passing game, McCoy didn't take any sacks or throw an interception. He completed 70% of his passes for 310 yards.

Moore finally found the end zone this season, picking up his first and second TDs on the year.

On the Saints side, their running game was largely abandoned, making for little work for the linebackers. In fact, there wasn't much work for the whole defense in general.

Lance Moore was a threat, picking up 129 yards and a TD. Marques Colston grabbed a TD and 104 yards and WR Cody Becker picked up the other TD.

Brees had 353 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT on 65% completion. A typical Brees sort of day, but the Raiders were able to keep pace...and the ball away from Brees.

The win marked the 5th in a row, and the offense might be getting going, which could make the team dangerous. That said, the pass defense has to get better.

Perhaps the key to that is more playing time for Brandon Madison. The "issue" with making him starter is that he's excellent at blitzing from the nickle corner position. He picked up 2 of those 5 sacks and forced a fumble on one of them. This in addition to the pick.

"He's been improving his play the last few weeks, " coach Lyle spoke, "It might be time to test him as a starter and see what he can give us."

It would be interesting to see which one of Cooper or Carillon would be pushed out to the nickle spot. It would also be interesting to see how two aggressive corners in Carillon and Madison would fare in pass defense.

"They are both ballhawks, and that's good and bad. It might be something of a gamble to start them both, " one analyst spoke.

While true, something does need to be done. There's no guarantee that the run game can keep this up, or that McCoy can either.


Box Score:

Oakland Raiders at New Orleans Saints
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Oakland Raiders (9-3)	14	10	3	14	41
New Orleans Saints (7-5)	3	14	0	8	25

Team Stats Comparison
	OAK	NOR
Total Offense	604	356
Rushing Yards	294	35
Passing Yards	310	321
First Downs	28	15
Punt Return Yards	7	8
Kick Return Yards	104	137
Total Yards	715	501
Turnovers	3	1
3rd Down Converstion	9-15 (60%)	3-11 (27%)
4th Down Conversion	0-0	1-3
2-Point Conversion	0-0	1-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4/2 (100%)	2/1 (75%)
Penalties
Posession Time	39:43	20:17

Oakland Raiders PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Colt McCoy 26/34 (76%) 310 3 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Steven Grant 31 147 4.7 1 Julio Caulder 18 130 7.2 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Denarius Moore 10 153 15.3 2 Randall Cobb 5 48 9.6 0 Tony Moeaki 4 46 11.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Tyvon Branch 6 0 0 0 Rolando McClain 5 0 0 0 Shaquille Carillon 5 0 0 0 Lamarr Houston 4 3 0 0 Brandon Madison (1 FF) 3 2 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Sebastian Janikowski 2/2 35 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Shane Lechler 1 50 50.0 0

New Orleans Saints PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Drew Brees 23/35 (65%) 353 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Pierre Thomas 16 35 2.2 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Lance Moore 8 129 16.1 1 Marques Colston 7 104 14.9 1 Pierre Thomas 3 51 17.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Curtis Lofton (1 FF, 2 FR) 15 0 0 0 Taylor Sherrod 10 0 0 0 Scott Shanle (1 FF) 9 0 0 0 David Hawthorne 8 0 0 0 Brodderick Bunkley 6 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Garrett Hartley 1/1 34 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Thomas Morstead 4 215 53.8 2

Notes:
McClain's 5 tackles are the lowest total the season...Brandon Madison is tied for the team lead in INTs (3) and deflections (13), is second on the team in forced fumbles (3), and is one of three defenders on the team with a defensive TD...Despite being 10-3, the Raiders have not clinched a playoff berth...Broncos won their 3rd in a row to keep pace 1-game back...

[Gronk4M13]

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Wow, who would have thought that Colt McCoy could win a team multiple games?