Rebuilding the Fear - Oakland Raiders M13 CCM

[Yubbed]

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Good call with Matt Flynn. Played a well rounded game, defense had no answer against Giles though. What a season it has been for you! Keep it up bud.

[KBLover]

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Yeah..only way this scenario happened is if the Ravens, Chiefs and Broncos all won to go to 10-5.

Which is exactly what happened.

If the Raiders and Ravens have the same record and tied for the last spot, Raiders are out (lost to Ravens on week 2)

If the Raiders and Broncos tie for the last spot, Raiders should be in - beat Broncos twice.

If the Raiders and Chiefs tie - not sure - split season series. I don't know what other tiebreakers Madden has programmed.

If the Raiders and Browns tie - Raiders are out after this week's loss.

If the Raiders win, they are in with division and get home field and bye as they will have either the #1 or #2 seed (1 if Browns lose, 2 if Browns also win).

If Raiders, Browns, Chiefs, Ravens and Broncos are all 11-5, I think the Raiders are out. Broncos would win the division. Either Ravens or Browns would win their division and the loser there would take the second Wild Card as both have tie break over the Raiders.

[JHeyBraves]

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Talk about intense and going down to the wire. What a finish this is going to be!

And what a fall for Wade. Takes the team to the SB and wins as a rookie, follows it up with another SB in his sophomore season, then gets benched for Mr. bulbous eyes, and now he can't even beat out Flynn. Yikes.

[KBLover]

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Talk about intense and going down to the wire. What a finish this is going to be!

And what a fall for Wade. Takes the team to the SB and wins as a rookie, follows it up with another SB in his sophomore season, then gets benched for Mr. bulbous eyes, and now he can't even beat out Flynn. Yikes.

Yep, looking like a one-hit wonder.

Only reason I keep him around is his 99 THP and my desire for a vertical passing attack. But that might not last beyond this draft.

[KBLover]

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Week 17 - Midweek News

NCAA Football News

Rutgers TE Ruckas Cage made just one reception in the Rose Bowl. It was a game-winning catch, but scouts were not impressed.


NFL News

Coach Gary Kubiak won his 100th game.

Ravens HB Ray Rice was a key factor in the Ravens' win over the Patriots last week.

Texans WR Dez Bryant will miss the season finale with an injury.

Steelers QB Ben Rothlisberger is 7th in Passing TDs all-time.

Lions WR Calvin Johnson passed Steve Largent in all-time TD receptions.

Giants QB Eli Manning passed John Elway on the all-time passing yards list.


Raiders News

This is it. Win and the Raiders are in and in good seed shape. Lose, and anything is possible, including missing the playoffs completely.

The Raiders will have to do it against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. The Packers are also desperate for a win. They need one to move to 9-7 and have a chance at a Wild Card spot.

Fortunately, the Raiders will be at home, but facing Aaron Rodgers without your best DBs on the field is scary no matter where you're playing.

Raiders' Next Game: Packers (8-7) @ Raiders (11-4)

Raiders Injury Report
Pos	Player	Injury Note
QB	Danny Martens	IR (broken collarbone)
WR	Akia Green	Out 1 weeks (ab tear)
CB	Patrick Peterson	Out 2 weeks (broken collarbone)
CB	Fred Marshall	Out 1 week (broken jaw)

Davarius Bullock and his 21 sacks return in time to face all-pro Aaron Rodgers and attempt to break the sack record.

Fred Marshall will miss the game with a broken jaw, throwing the return game out of whack.


Roster News:

WR Bryan Mills will take the kick return duties - and hopefully he can stay healthy in the process.

LB Bullock of course returns to LOLB as starter.

QB Matt Flynn will start this week. He got all of the first-team reps in practice, eliminating any doubt as to who will command the offense in this pivotal game.


Notable Progression:

LB Davarius Bullock
ZCV: 73 to 75
CON: 1 to 2

LB Earl Williams
CON: 0 to 1

LB Cedric Robins
FMV: 64 to 66
MCV: 49 to 50

DT Immanuel Dawn
FMV: 46 to 49

LB Tevin Ash
PUR: 79 to 80

LB Bobby Wagner
MCV: 58 to 59

[KBLover]

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Run Game, Takeaways and Field Position
Flynn Injured but Bull Griggs, Defense Carried the
Day in 38-24 Win Over Packers.

The Packers didn't make it easy. In fact, the turning point of the game was the turnover battle. The Raiders were able to avoid any giveaways, and the defense generated three takeaways, and the team scored 22 points off the turnovers.

That also led to the team dominating the field position battle in the first half. All but one of the Raiders' drives in the first half started beyond their own 40-yard line. The fact the team scored just 16 "pure" offensive points is telling.

What's also telling is that the Packers scored 24 points in just 23 minutes of possession. Despite not looking as good as he could have due to the pass rush, Rodgers still connected on deep passes, especially to James Jones. Rodgers threw for 280 yards, a touchdown and no INTs.

But he did fumble twice. One of those was on Ndmaukong Suh's sack as he continues to love his new position. The other was from Davarius Bullock getting sack #22 on the season. The Packers recovered the Bullock fumble, but the Raiders turned Suh's takeaway into 8 points to put the game firmly out of reach.

The Raiders had two more takeaways. Bobby Wagner scooped up a fumble and scored after Cedric Robins hit Jamel Ramsey. This came after Bobby Wagner took out DeMarco Murray. Ramsey had another fumble due to a vicious hit by Lamel Seawood. The rookie safety has fallen asleep on coverage at times, but he almost always delivers big hits.

The beneficiary of the very conservative approach on offense was Bull Griggs. The rookie running back put up 121 yards on 27 carries and scored 2 TDs. He didn't break off any long runs, but he was tough to bring down on most of his carries.

No one will ever confuse Bull Griggs with Barry Sanders,
but he's nimble in his own way.

The passing game was a bigger part of the action when Matt Flynn was in the game. The veteran was on fire and was keeping the tempo going on offense. He was 8 of 9 when he got injured. Schumacher started off looking okay, but eventually looked like he usually does these days. He did avoid the turnover and threw the lone passing TD. However, he picked up just 88 yards and the TD was more due to Moore's effort.

Moore corrals the somewhat off-target throw from Schumacher
in the hole of the defense for a touchdown.

In all, the Raiders threw just 25 times in the game.

The game was sealed when Brandon Madison knocked down a pass in the end zone on 4th down. Madison did get beat once by James Jones, but that was the only completion he allowed.

The Raiders did get the win and that secures the playoff hopes of the team, winning the AFC West. That leaves just the last Wild Card spot open, which will be filled by at least an 11-win team.


Box Score:

Green Bay Packers at Oakland Raiders
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Green Bay Packers (8-7)	7	0	10	7	24
Oakland Raiders (11-4)	10	13	7	8	38

Team Stats Comparison
	GNB	OAK
Total Offense	348	329
Rushing Yards	97	141
Passing Yards	251	188
First Downs	14	17
Punt Return Yards	6	28
Kick Return Yards	94	49
Total Yards	448	406
Turnovers	3	0
3rd Down Converstion	4-14 (28%)	6-14 (42%)
4th Down Conversion	2-3	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	1-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3/0 (60%)	3/1 (100%)
Penalties	5-35	4-35
Posession Time	25:57	34:03

Green Bay Packers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Aaron Rodgers 16/33 (48%) 280 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD James Ramsey 14 59 4.2 1 Demarco Murray 10 20 2.0 1 Aaron Rodgers 3 22 7.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD James Jones 6 143 23.8 0 Jermichael Finley 3 45 15.0 0 Orville Hobby 2 35 17.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Morgan Burnett 9 0 0 0 Alterraun Verner 7 0 0 0 Mistral Raymond 6 0 0 0 Mychal Kendricks 6 1 0 0 Nick Perry 5 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Mason Crosby 1/2 47 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Philip Patt 4 173 43.3 0

Oakland Raiders PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Wade Schumacher 9/16 (56%) 88 1 0 Matt Flynn 8/9 (88%) 136 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Bull Griggs 27 121 4.5 2 Julio Caulder 5 14 2.8 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Denarius Moore 6 126 21.0 1 Justin Blackmon 4 39 9.8 0 Karl Kruger 3 25 8.3 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Earl Williams 9 0 0 0 Tyvon Branch 6 0 0 0 Davarius Bullock (1 FF) 6 1 0 0 Lamel Seawood (1 FF) 5 0 0 0 Bobby Wagner (1 FR) 5 1 0 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Sebastian Janikowski 3/3 52 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Shon Richardson 4 166 41.5 2

[Gronk4M13]

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Yes!!! You did it! Man, that was intense. Good luck in the playoffs. How badly/long is Flynn injured?

[daniel77733]

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Excellent Raiders dynasty. 12-4 should at least get you the 2nd seed. Reading through a few pages, I noticed that you have QB Danny Martens. Do you know what his overall rating was as a rookie on the depth chart in practice/in-game? Thanks.

And good luck in the playoffs.

[Yubbed]

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Hell of a win over the packers, hope you do well in the playoffs!

[KBLover]

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Wildcard Round - Midweek News


No NCAA Football News


NFL News:

Several coaches are on the hot seat and at some point, they get right or get sent packing. These coaches have been sent packing:

Ken Whisenhunt (TENN)
Marvin Lewis (BAL)

Wild Card Round Match Ups

AFC:
Byes: Raiders (12-4), Browns (11-5)
Broncos (11-5) @ Jets (9-7)
Chiefs (10-6) @ Colts (9-7)

Fun fact: Ravens at 10-6 are eliminated despite having a better record than division winning Jets and Colts.

"The AFC West was insane this year, and the Browns passed us by. It sucks, but that's football, " Ravens HB Ray Rice commented.

NFC:
Byes: Lions (11-5), Eagles (11-5)
Bucs (10-6) @ Rams (8-8)
Giants (9-7) @ Panthers (11-5)


There were some serious records this year. And how about the Browns? They rolled the dice last draft by picking up all those players and being active. Giles, while not great, makes things happen, and Trent Richardson turned into a monster.


Raiders News

The win on the final week of the season put the Raiders in the postseason and ended up giving them the #1 seed at 12-4, one game better than a bunch of 11-5 teams. They will need that week to try to get healthy.

Raiders Injury Report
Pos	Player	Injury Note
QB	Danny Martens	IR (broken collarbone)
CB	Patrick Peterson	Out 1 weeks (broken collarbone)

WR Akia Green returns to healthy status and the bye will bring CB Patrick Peterson back. CB Fred Marshall also returns to get the special teams back on track (assuming he actually makes it through the game).

In addition, Matt Flynn is cleared to play, so he will return to action once the Divisional round begins, and will have both Moore and Green to target.

[KBLover]

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End of Season Stats

         Passing
           Name             POS     QBR    Yards     TD     INT    Sacks    Comp    Att    Comp %   YPA     TD%     INT%   Sack %
      Danny Martens          QB     90.7   2,720     21      12      17     206     344    59.9%    7.9     6.1%    3.5%    4.9%
     Wade Schumacher         QB             813      6       6       13      60     106    56.6%    7.7     5.7%    5.7%   12.3%
        Matt Flynn           QB    101.4    441      2       1       4       31      47    66.0%    9.4     4.3%    2.1%    8.5%

         Rushing            POS     Att    Yards    Avg      TD     Fumb   Fumb%
       Bull Griggs           HB     341    1,805    5.3      18      2      0.6%
      Julio Caulder          HB      77     268     3.5      1       4      5.2%
       Steven Grant          HB      71     306     4.3      1       1      1.4%

        Receiving           POS     Rec    Yards    Avg      TD
        Akia Green           WR      84    1,078    12.8     11
      Denarius Moore         WR      60    1,081    18.0     11
     Justin Blackmon         WR      46     592     12.9     3
       Karl Kruger           TE      41     463     11.3     0
       Sidney Rice           WR      26     381     14.7     2
       Bull Griggs           HB      23     159     6.9      3
       Marcel Reece          FB      6       44     7.3      0
       Chris Cooley          TE      5       50     10.0     0

        Defensive           POS     Tak     TFL     Sack    INT      PD      FF      FR     SFTY     TD
       Bobby Wagner          LB     131      30      9       0       2       8       1       0       1
     Davarius Bullock        LB     103      49      22      0       4       5       2       0       0
      Earl Williams          LB      91      17      4       0       3       3       1       0       1
       Tyvon Branch          SS      66      4       0       4       11      2       0       0       0
      Lamel Seawood          FS      62      3       0       0       12      4       0       0       0
     Patrick Peterson        CB      48      2       0       7       16      1       0       0       1
      Ndamukong Suh          DL      37      11      4       0       0       1       3       0       0
     Brandon Madison         CB      36      2       0       5       18      0       0       0       1
    Shaquille Carillon       CB      35      3       2       0       8       1       2       0       0
        Tevin Ash            LB      30      7       3       1       3       0       0       0       0
     Lorenzo Hopkins         CB      28      2       1       3       7       0       1       0       2
     Keiwone Walters         DL      27      9       2       0       0       0       3       0       0
        Jake Olsen           LB      24      5       2       1       1       0       2       0       0
      Cedric Robins          LB      22      9       1       0       2       1       3       1       0
       K.J. Wright           LB      20      4       3       0       0       0       0       0       0
      Kooper Cosbert         DL      18      9       6       0       0       0       0       0       0

         Kicking            POS     FGM     FGA     FG %  FG Long
   Sebastian Janikowski      K       28      32    87.5%     55

         Punting            POS    Punts    Avg   Net Avg   In20     TB     Long
     Shon Richardson         P       62     39.0    34.4     11      4       51

       Kick Returns         POS      KR    Yards    AVG      TD     Long
     Patrick Peterson        CB      57    1,240    21.8     1       95
       Bryan Mills           WR      7      141     20.1     0       28

       Punt Returns         POS      PR    Yards    AVG      TD     Long
      Fred Marshall          CB      28     238     8.5      0       17
        Akia Green           WR      17     146     8.6      0       14

[JHeyBraves]

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Big year for the new guys. Bullock rules…just for the record.

Ray Rice on missing the Playoffs: "It sucks, but that's football."

I know you are classy, Ray, but c'mon man. You're going home. Home. Call it a load of @#$%&!#$, punch a reporter and kick the camera. Gimme something.

[KBLover]

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Looking at those stats and evaluating the 3-4/2-4-5 base defense and perhaps we don't have 4 good LBs.

Wagner, Williams, Bullock basically played like a 4-3 in terms of production. ROLB was just a wasteland all year.

Maybe it's time to go back to the 4-3 and turn Bullock into a DE. Go with Meaweather, Williams, Wagner.

Or perhaps Meaweather coming in will make all four LB spots sing? Wagner would likely go to ROLB.

Hmm...something for me to ponder.

[KBLover]

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Divisional Round - Midweek News

NFL News:

Denver has fired coach Mike Tomlin, despite a solid season.

Seattle fired coach Munchak after a poor win-loss record, according to sources.

The Giants advanced after HB Nathaniel Pennix scored 3 rushing TDs on the day.

Chiefs QB Tim Maggitt posted a perfect QB rating to lead his team to victory over the Colts.

The Jets totaled 5 sacks against the Broncos in a win.


Divisional Round Matchups:

AFC
Jets @ Browns
Chiefs @ Raiders

NFC
Rams @ Eagles
Giants @ Lions


Raiders News

Fitting that the Raiders' first playoff opponent will also be the rubber game of the head-to-head clash of the Chiefs and Raiders this season. The teams split the season series and Tim Maggitt is coming in hot. The team will also have to deal with Jamaal Charles, something that didn't go so well the last time around.

Raiders Injury Report
Pos	Player	Injury Note
QB	Danny Martens	IR (broken collarbone)

The bye week helped get everyone healthy, aside from Martens, of course. Hopefully, Patrick Peterson will be able to play at a high level after the long layoff.


Roster News:

Patrick Peterson is back at his #1 cornerback spot, although some question that decision. Madison played very well as the #1 corner, but Peterson gets the call. Lorenzo Hopkins also hits the bench as Carillon will get the start as nickle corner. Peterson also returns to his kick return duties.

[KBLover]

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Maggitt Stays Hot
Pass Defense, Turnovers Doom Raiders as
Chiefs Advance 41-31.

If anyone wondered how the corners would do, well today was the answer, and that answer was...terribly.

Patrick Peterson was clearly not himself and neither was Brandon Madison either, playing perhaps his worst game of the season. Jamaal Charles was actually contained nicely, but Maggitt threw for 400 yards and 4 TDs.

Peterson was making uncharacteristic errors all day. While sometimes his aggressiveness can get him in trouble, he was looking flat-footed and slow, displaying little of his usually great athleticism.

He wasn't the only one looking bad in pass coverage. Madison got burned for one big play and nearly another when he knocked the ball out of the receiver's hand. He then got burned later for another big play. Seawood wasn't much help on those plays either, the rookie's mistakes coming back to hurt the team.

Tyvon Branch picked off a pass in the end zone, but he bad a terrible read on a pass late in the 4th quarter to but the game out of the reach of a budding Raiders rally.

Offensively, the team put up points, but still was inconsistent. Flynn threw two picks and was off the mark all game long. He did find Akia Green for a nice TD in the first quarter and picked up another late in the 4th to Justin Blackmon.

Bull Griggs was no fault in this one, except for a rare fumble. Otherwise, he pounded in two touchdowns on the ground and 97 hard-fought yards. Not the greatest of days for him either, but he wasn't the problem. Once again, the problem was that the Chiefs could eventually adjust to him because the QB couldn't keep the passing attack on track.

Flynn was terrible in stretches - starting the game 3 of 10 before completing 5 straight and then back to terrible for the whole third quarter. This left Griggs as the only threat, and that didn't work out, not with the active linebackers the Chiefs have, not to mention Eric Berry in run support.

"This is a disappointing loss. We played like sloppy **** for too much of the game and it cost us. Some of the mistakes out there were pee wee league stuff and that's just unforgivable, especially at home. It was just borderline to disgraceful and we got the loss we deserved, " Coach Lyle spoke.


Box Score:

Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Kansas City Chiefs ()	7	14	6	14	41
Oakland Raiders ()	0	14	0	17	31

Team Stats Comparison
	KAN	OAK
Total Offense	439	380
Rushing Yards	61	125
Passing Yards	378	255
First Downs	15	20
Punt Return Yards	31	18
Kick Return Yards	50	177
Total Yards	520	575
Turnovers	1	4
3rd Down Converstion	7-18 (38%)	5-17 (29%)
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3/2	4/0
Penalties	3-35	1-7
Posession Time	29:45	30:15

Kansas City Chiefs PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Tim Maggitt 23/40 (57%) 407 4 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jamaal Charles 25 61 2.4 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD James Baldwin 6 135 22.5 1 Dwayne Bowe 5 70 14.0 0 Jamaal Charles 5 115 23.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Darryl Sharpton 9 0 0 0 Eric Berry (1 FF) 7 0 0 0 Tamba Hali (1 FF) 6 1 0 0 Brandon Flowers 6 0 1 0 Justin Houston 5 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Ryan Succop 2/2 33 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 T.J. Conley 6 271 45.2 0

Oakland Raiders PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Matt Flynn 23/44 (52%) 279 2 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Bull Griggs 25 97 3.9 2 Julio Caulder 4 29 7.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Akia Green 7 110 15.7 1 Denarius Moore 6 73 12.2 0 Bull Griggs 5 28 5.6 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Lamel Seawood 9 1 0 0 Bobby Wagner 7 1 0 0 Earl Williams 6 0 0 0 Ndamukong Suh 6 1 0 0 Shaquille Carillon 4 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Sebastian Janikowski 1/1 54 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Shon Richardson 7 264 37.7 1