Rebuilding the Fear - Oakland Raiders M13 CCM

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Week 4 - Midweek News

NCAA Football News:

USC QB Kian McKenzie threw 3 TDs in 3 OT drives last week.


NFL News:

49ers extend LB Navarro Bowman - 6 years, $51 M

WR Corey Goodman rejects offer from Jags.

Ravens extend FB Vontae Leach - 2 years, $7.1 M

DL Reggie Stokes rejects offer from Jets.

Cardinals can't come to terms with QB Wade Schumacher.

Giants get LB Clay Mathews back this week.

Arian Foster destroyed the Lions defense for FOUR rushing TDs in a barn-burner win 56-38.

Broncos rack up 4 sacks against the Dolphins.

Saints lose Ahmad Bradshaw for a couple weeks.

HB Matt Forte passed Ladanian Tomlinson in all-time rushing yards.


Raiders News

The Raiders find themselves in 2nd place as the Broncos start hot at 3-0. The Chiefs and Chargers are 1-2. The team is likely to abandon the hybrid defense, or at least the traditional concept. The team will likely get creative with it's linebackers to get them on the field.

The linebackers will need to be on the ball. The run-and-gun Panthers are up next.

Raiders' Next Game: Panthers (1-2) @ Raiders (2-1)

Raiders Injury Report
Pos	Player	Injury Note
RE	Keiwone Walters	Out 4 weeks (ruptured disk)
CB	Patrick Peterson	Out 1 week (abdominal tear)
LB	Davarius Bullock	Out 1 week (abdominal tear)

The Raiders welcome Jared Veldheer back and look forward to getting both Peterson and Bullock back next week.


Roster News:

Veldheer's return takes care of left tackle. This makes for an interesting decision for coach Lyle at right tackle. Otto Freese has continued to be something of a disappointment, but he may well represent the best talent. If nothing else, Freese should help in pass protection, but his run blocking remains a question mark.

The team may have to consider a trade once the trading deadline nears if someone doesn't emerge as reliable.

An interesting dynamic is occurring in regards to backing up Bull Griggs. C.J. Spiller has slowly been working into more of the workload, hoping that his "change of pace" from Griggs can help mix things up. So far, neither Caulder nor Spiller are really showing impressively. With the line back intact, though, both backups will probably get "do overs" in regards to making an impression.

Another issue is Reece playing TE. The team has stuck with it, but one wonders if that's not having some impact on the running game. He's not been on the receiving end of passes very much as well. The 'experiment' may end this week as the offense looks for some rhythm.

Defensively, Tevin Ash will start at RE this week as the team will go with the 4-3 and maybe some 46 as well. Once Bullock returns next week, would he become the other defensive end, allowing the Raiders to get all five talented linebackers on the field in the 4-man fronts?


Notable Progression:

LB Kendle Maeweather
BSH: 86 to 87

LT Zac Foster
RBK: 82 to 83

FS Lamel Seawood
TAK: 66 to 68
PRC: 67 to 68

QB Danny Martens
AWR: 70 to 71
MAC: 83 to 84

C Patrick Seaver
AWR: 71 to 72
STA: 63 to 66


Scouting News:

Texas LT Jeremy Crane caught scouts' attention this week with his ability to flatten defenders at the point of attack. He uses his arms well and has a reasonably developed technique that should do the job at the next level. Blitz reads are an issue, and a defense that uses a lot of pre-snap movement causes him to lose focus and commit silly pre-snap penalties.

The team also looked the fullbacks on the board and came away completely unimpressed. The one punter listed, Curtis Truesdale out of Arizona State, also didn't impress scouts very much.

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Defense Continues to Struggle
Raiders Come up Short on Final Possession.
Panthers Take Game 34-27.

Raiders fans aren't used to seeing this recently. The defense again got pushed around for over 30 points as they could not stop a hot Cam Newton from doing damage with his arm.

The entire secondary has some share of fault. Panthers WR Mike Williams had over 150 yards and 2 TDs on the day by himself.

The pass rush continues to struggle, not helping matters. Whether it's the function of being forced into the 4-3 and not having that type of player or if it's simply not having Bullock is unclear. What is clear is that a Raiders team that piled up the sacks last season is not getting them now.

The run defense was on point all game. Maeweather and Olsen combined for 26 tackles and a fumble recovery. Maeweather had 15 tackles and his fumble recovery was overturned on review. Olsen picked up 11 tackles. While Mark Ingram, the Panthers halfback, picked up 2 short TD runs and 100 yards, he was held to just 3.2 yards per carry.

The Raiders' run game was more effective as Bull Griggs picked up 113 yards on 27 carries.

However, he made one mistake. On the Raiders' final possession of the game, he got the call inside the Panthers' 5-yard line. The normally sure-handed running back took a vicious hit from Dawon Landry and gave up the football. The Panthers recovered to seal the game.

Before that, the offense was keeping pace with the Panthers. Neither defense did particularly well, although Martens had to get warmed up after starting the game 3-for-13. From that point on, he was 15-for-19 and picked up 3 TDs in the process to go with 234 yards.

Denarius Moore had a nice day with 2 TDs and over 100 yards receiving. Akia Green gutted it out through a couple injuries and picked up a TD late that tied the game at 27.

The loss puts the Raiders at 2-2 and searching for answers. Coach Lyle urged patience, but with the expectations at Super Bowl-or-bust level, fans are getting more restless than usual.


Box Score:

Carolina Panthers at Oakland Raiders
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Carolina Panthers (1-2)	0	17	3	14	34
Oakland Raiders (2-1)	10	10	7	0	27

Team Stats Comparison
	CAR	OAK
Total Offense	411	341
Rushing Yards	134	117
Passing Yards	277	224
First Downs	13	14
Punt Return Yards	7	5
Kick Return Yards	57	161
Total Yards	475	507
Turnovers	2	3
3rd Down Converstion	8-16 (50%)	6-15 (40%)
4th Down Conversion	0-0	2-2
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2/2 (100%)	2/2 (80%)
Penalties	5-43	0-0
Posession Time	34:12	25:36

Carolina Panthers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Cam Newton 16/23 (69%) 269 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Mark Ingram 33 104 3.2 2 Santez McKenzie 6 22 3.7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD De'Adrian Miller 5 62 12.4 0 Mike Williams 4 165 41.3 2 Mark Ingram 2 12 6.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Dawan Landry (1 FF) 10 0 0 0 John Beason 7 0 0 0 Demeco Ryans 7 0 0 0 Tanard Jackson 7 0 1 0 Stephon Gilmore 4 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Evan Smith 2/2 36 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Jeremy Kapinos 4 152 38.0 0

Oakland Raiders PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Danny Martens 18/32 (56%) 234 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Bull Griggs 27 113 4.2 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Denarius Moore 7 141 20.1 2 Akia Green 7 73 10.4 1 Ramonn Majors 2 21 10.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Kendle Maeweather 15 0 0 0 Jake Olsen (1 FR) 11 0 0 0 Lamel Seawood (1 FF) 6 0 0 0 Bobby Wagner 6 0 0 0 Tyvon Branch 5 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Sebastian Janikowski 2/2 32 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Je-Marc Gibbs 4 137 34.3 1

[JHeyBraves]

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I think the Maeweather/Gibson comparison may not have been too crazy

Smoke a bust? Stupid media. Lyle was all over that like momma bear witnessing someone messing with her cubs.

Seeing Slaughter in the box score makes me nostalgic..

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Week 5 - Midweek News

NCAA Football News:

Idaho CB Mark Fightmaster suffered a serious injury but won the "best name in college football" pool conducted by ESPN.

FSU WR DeVontry Wilson picked up 200 all-purpose yards and 3 TDs last week.


NFL News:

HB Matt Forte extends with the Bears for 4 years and $33.3 M.

Nicholas Shinn rejected an offer from the Panthers.

Coach Mark Smith won his 100th game last week.

Experts are shocked that the Vikings have started the season at 4-0.

Broncos expect to get HB Reggie Bush back this week.


Raiders News

The Raiders have started out on a disappointing note as a team that has relied on it's defense has not gotten that same level of production despite adding two young stars to a talent c0re group.

The offense has produced points but still has moments of struggling and severe inconsistency. At least the team saw Bull Griggs look more like himself while Martens is connecting with his top two receivers for the most part.

The team will have to head on the road in this game to face the Jets. If Terry Carter is healthy, it could be another long day for the secondary.

Raiders' Next Game: Raiders (2-2) @ Jets (1-3)

Raiders Injury Report
Pos	Player	Injury Note
RE	Keiwone Walters	Out 3 weeks (ruptured disk)

At least the defense will be largely healthy. Bullock and Peterson are eagerly welcomed back, though it creates some decisions for the coaches to make.


Roster News:

Patrick Peterson returns to his #1 CB spot. For now, J.J. Smoke remains the 2nd starter at the cornerback position. J.J. Smoke will retain the kick and punt return duties for another week. Smoke nearly broke a couple kickoffs for touchdowns last week.

The linebacker position is even more interesting. It seems that this week, the team will go with the 4-3 once more with Bullock as defensive end. If that doesn't result in more pass rush or creates other issues - it's back to the 3-4 as long as all four of Wagner, Olsen, Maeweather, and Bullock are healthy. While it's uncertain how Maeweather will adapt to the 3-4, coaches have confidence in him.

The one upside to this is that all five starter-quality linebackers take the field.

While not a change in the roster itself, the Raiders are also going to make a few changes on offense to try to get Spiller and Caulder more involved. "Bull is tough, but he's going to wear himself out getting 27-35 carries every game, " one trainer spoke.


Notable Progression:

FB Marcel Reece
RBK: 89 to 90
IBL: 86 to 87

WR Denarius Moore
RLS: 85 to 86

DT Ndamukong Suh
PRC: 86 to 87

LB Kendle Maeweather
PUR: 84 to 85

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Injuries, Mistakes Send Raiders Below .500
Both Martens and Ricketts Injured. Janikowski
Just Short on 61-yd GW Field Goal. Jets Win 19-17

A bad start just got worse. The Raiders appear to have lost two of their three QBs and the offense struggled to make up for it. Denarius Moore had a great day in a losing effort, and Bull Griggs looked strong as well.

The defense looked much better, though they still are allowing a high completion percentage and losing receivers in coverage. Terry Carter completed over 60% of his passes and another game where the defense couldn't get consistent pressure.

The run defense has found it's grove between Wagner and Maeweather. Both linebackers picked up 10 tackles.

The game turned in the 2nd quarter when Martens got hurt. Kip Ricketts' first NFL pass was picked off by Darrelle Revis. The Jets got a FG out of it. On the ensuing kickoff, J.J. Smoke fumbled and the Jets recovered. The short field led to a TD.

The Raiders got the lead in the 3rd quarter, but then Ricketts blew a chance to extend the lead by throwing another interception.

Late in the 4th, Ricketts went down and Papagianopolous came in with the task to win the game.

He completed two passes in three attempts and at least gave the Raiders and outside shot a a game-winning FG. But the rain and wind took enough steam off the ball to where the powerful kicker came up about two yards short.

The dejected Raiders have to be wondering what's happening to them. The team should be performing far better, but it seems everything that can go wrong has gone wrong for them so far.

Should both QBs not start, the team will have to decide what to do. They may have to just pay for a QB via trade, knowing that teams know they are desperate, or perhaps pull someone from the waiver wire and hope for the best. Neither option seems very attractive.

If there is a positive, it's that the run defense is back and the linebackers are working very well together. A return to the 3-4 has to be imminent for the team as it seemed to be the key to their pass defense - the constant pressure attack by the talented linebackers.

Another positive is that the offensive line can at least run block together. Freese seems more comfortable on the right side of the line and Seaver is trying to acclimate and keep his starting job. He did go down with an injury in the 4th quarter, pointing to expected conditioning concerns. That alone might be enough to keep him on the back burner.

The Raiders will have to find a way to stay positive. While 2-3 is not where they want to be, there are still 11 games to go, and when the team gets firing on all cylinders, a long win streak is not out of the question.

But key will be how long Martens and Ricketts will be out. The team is going to have to make a move with both QBs out.


Box Score:

Oakland Raiders at New York Jets
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Oakland Raiders (2-2)	0	14	3	0	17
New York Jets (1-3)	3	13	0	3	19

Team Stats Comparison
	OAK	NYJ
Total Offense	378	321
Rushing Yards	126	78
Passing Yards	252	243
First Downs	19	12
Punt Return Yards	42	10
Kick Return Yards	88	73
Total Yards	508	404
Turnovers	3	0
3rd Down Converstion	8-15 (53%)	5-17 (29%)
4th Down Conversion	0-0	1-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2/1 (75%)	1/1 (100%)
Penalties	4-35	4-36
Posession Time	29:31	30:29

Oakland Raiders PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Danny Martens 8/19 (42%) 143 1 0 Kip Ricketts 10/15 (66%) 107 0 2 Patrick Papagianopolus 2/3 (66%) 34 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Bull Griggs 20 94 4.7 1 C.J. Spiller 3 22 7.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Denarius Moore 9 196 21.8 0 Akia Green 6 37 6.2 1 Ramonn Majors 2 30 15.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Kendle Maeweather 11 0 0 0 Bobby Wagner 10 0 0 0 Lamel Seawood 6 0 0 0 Ndamukong Suh 4 0 0 0 Jake Olsen 3 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Sebastian Janikowski 1/2 27 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Je-Marc Gibbs 5 178 35.6 0

New York Jets PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Terry Carter 21/31 (67%) 250 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD LeGarrette Blount 31 77 2.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Brandon Pettigrew 11 146 13.3 0 Braylon Edwards 3 43 14.3 1 LeGarrette Blount 3 18 6.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Tom Zbikowski 8 0 1 0 Darrelle Revis 6 0 1 0 Sherrod Martin 6 0 0 0 David Harris 5 0 0 0 Koa Misi 4 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Billy Cundiff 4/4 43 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Chris Kluwe 7 254 36.3 2

[JaymeeAwesome]

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It's PAPA TIME! in Oakland now....show us what he can do. Don't go finding another QB unless it's a backup...

[JHeyBraves]

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Agreed. We've spent all this time coming up with nicknames for him

Spoiler

She knows

[DoubleRussia]

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She wants his BIG PAPA if ya catch my meaning.......

[daniel77733]

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Sorry but who's big papa supposed to be?

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Week 6 - Midweek News


NCAA Football News:

Alabama LB Marvin Krunch picked up 3 sacks, 9 tackles and a forced fumble in his last game, grabbing the attention of scouts.


NFL News:

Packers extend LB A.J. Hawk for 2 years and $8.8 M.

Broncos have started the season 4-0.

QB Aaron Rodgers is 9th all-time in passing yards.

Patriots HB Ben Tate suffered a severe injury last week.

The Bengals are the other undefeated team at 5-0.


Raiders' News

It is hard to call a week 6 game a "must win" game, but this might as close as it gets. Not only do the Raiders want to avoid digging too big a hole in the wild card chase or the divisional race, the upcoming game is against the Chargers.

A loss would put the Raiders in dead last place in the division (right now tied for last with the Chargers), and 2-4 is a tough road to come from for any postseason hopes.

Raiders' Next Game: Raiders (2-3) @ Chargers (2-3)

Raiders Injury Report
Pos	Player	Injury Note
WR	Bryan Mills	Out 4 weeks (abdominal tear)
RE	Keiwone Walters	Out 2 weeks (ruptured disk)
QB	Danny Martens	Out 1 week (abdominal tear)
QB	Kip Ricketts	Out 5 weeks (dislocated knee)

Best news of the week is that Martens will be out for just one week. This will allow the team to look for a short term option more easily. Still, it will be hard not having him for an important early season game.


Transactions:

Released HB Sterlin Jones.
Released FB Soma Keith.

Signed QB Josh Johnson to a 1-year, $1.08 M contract.
Signed DT Karl Klug to a 1-year, $880 K contract.

Both signings help the depth situation at their respective positions.

Roster News:

Papagianopolous was named the starter this week and got the first-team reps in practice. Martens was doing light workouts in an effort to stay sharp.

Patrick Peterson will take over the punt return duties from J.J. Smoke. Smoke will get another chance on kick returns.

The defense is set up to go in the 3-4. Tevin Ash won't be aced out, however, as he will get some snaps at defensive end in the base defense and will sub in during nickle and other pressure packages. From right to left, the starters are Jake Olsen, Bobby Wagner, Kendle Maeweather and Davarius Bullock.

The team is also going to have to adjust the offense. Papa is not likely to be one that makes his living on big plays downfield like Martens. He's more like to be better in the intermediate range as he tends to "short arm" short throws. That said, he threw an absolute strike to Denarius Moore in practice that hit the wide out right in stride.


Notable Progression:

WR Akia Green
AWR: 77 to 80
BCV: 69 to 70

LT Jared Veldheer
RBK: 87 to 88

WR Denarius Moore
BCV: 80 to 81
TGH: 88 to 89

LG Aaryn DePriest
AWR: 89 to 90

LB Jake Olsen
BSH: 87 to 88

LB Kendle Maeweather
AWR: 81 to 82
PUR: 85 to 86

C Sergei Wainwright
IBL: 85 to 86

SS Tyvon Branch
TAK: 85 to 86

CB Shaquille Carillon
PRC: 84 to 85

FS Lamel Seawood
PRC: 68 to 70

LB Tevin Ash
ZCV: 51 to 53


Scouting News:

Seeing two QBs go down on the same week has the team scouting for the position once again. This time Tanner Hurns from Stephen F. Austin was the subject of attention, largely for his pretty clean injury history. Hurns looks to throw tight spirals and has the arm to get it down the field. His accuracy early on appears to be good enough, especially on medium-to-deep passes. He's projected to go in the 3rd round.

Tennessee defensive tackle Garrett Uekman got a little notice from scouts this week. His size is good and he has a lot of power. His problem is mostly technical from early looks. His determination has been called into question in the past. Consensus has him at a late-2nd pick.

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Defense Plays Angry and Aggressive
Chargers Offense Rendered Helpless, Hapless
and Hopeless. Raiders Pitch Shutout 34-0.

Perhaps the defense has had just about enough of being shoved around like school girls. Perhaps it's the 3-4 and it's like-a-glove fit showing through.

Whatever it was, the Chargers couldn't stand up to it. The game was very physical from the start, and both sides suffered injuries throughout the game.

The number of letters in Papagianopolous' name is greater than:

-The number of first downs the Chargers gained.
-The number of third downs the Chargers saw...period.
-The number of rushes Xavier Slaughter had.

And is just one less than the number of completions Ken Marshall managed.

If you doubled the number of letters in Papagianopolous' name, you'd have more than the QB rating Marshall earned.

Fun with Papagianopolous' name aside, the rookie QB did a very good job considering he's a raw third-string QB pressed into service suddenly. Also considering Akia Green left the game with an injury as did Bull Griggs, he kept himself together relatively well.

He threw one TD and one interception and gained 247 yards. The Raiders were not shy about him throwing, giving the rookie 40 attempts. He took no sacks.

Pass rush was something that was not kind to Ken Marshall. Immanuel Dawn had about the best no-sack game a nose tackle could have. He was the key reason why Marshall tossed up a desperate pass that Kendle Maeweather undercut for his first career INT. But the linebacker then displayed his speed, burning past all the offensive players for a 64-yd INT TD return. Maeweather also picked up a sack, one of six on the day.

Maeweather looks the ball into his hands and then looked
upfield to see a path to the end zone.

"I didn't think I did anything special. Anyone in my place could have done what I did. I was in the right place at the right time. I'm glad I seized the opportunity that came my way. I mean, I just do what all linebackers do, look to hit something that moves and try to make plays, " Maeweather smiled.

Davarius Bullock looked like the pass rusher that picked up 22 sacks last season, grabbing three of those six sacks. Tevin Ash had the other the sack garnered by linebackers. Brandon Madison accounts for the final sack.

It didn't stop there - Bobby Wagner grabbed an interception when Marshall couldn't get his follow through thanks to a hit by Bullock. The ball floated and Wagner turned and intercepted it. The picks made by Madison and Carillon were bad throws forced by the tenacious play of the defensive linemen. None of them got a sack, but they had a lot to do with the success in this game.

Overall, the defense held the Chargers to under 100 yards of offense, managing just 95 yards in the game.

Offensively Caulder looked like the power back that used to lead the offense. Should Griggs miss time, Caulder will be stepping back in, and he looks like he's ready to go.

The passing game was, as expected, up and down through the day. Moore led the way with 7 catches. He picked up 50 yards and scored once. Green had the yardage lead, racking up 79 yards on the day on 5 catches.

The only damper is the injury situation. The players are being evaluated, but none of the injuries are expected to be serious.


Box Score:

Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Oakland Raiders (2-3)	7	10	3	14	34
San Diego Chargers (2-3)	0	0	0	0	0

Team Stats Comparison
	OAK	SDG
Total Offense	414	95
Rushing Yards	167	19
Passing Yards	247	76
First Downs	222	5
Punt Return Yards	74	5
Kick Return Yards	21	111
Total Yards	509	211
Turnovers	1	4
3rd Down Converstion	12-21 (57%)	1-11 (9%)
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3/2 (83%)	0/0 (0%)
Penalties	0-0	2-24
Posession Time	40:20	19:40

Oakland Raiders PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Patrick Papagianopolous 22/40 (55%) 247 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Julio Caulder 20 100 5.0 0 Bull Griggs 16 50 3.1 1 C.J. Spiller 5 14 2.8 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Denarius Moore 7 50 7.1 1 Akia Green 5 79 15.8 0 Karl Kruger 4 46 11.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Kendle Maeweather 9 1 1 1 Davarius Bullock (1 FF) 6 3 0 0 Bobby Wagner 5 0 0 0 Brandon Madison 3 1 0 0 Tevin Ash 1 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Sebastian Janikowski 2/2 32 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Je-Marc Gibbs 5 203 40.6 0

San Diego Chargers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Ken Marshall 14/28 (50%) 122 0 4 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Xavier Slaugher 10 18 1.8 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Xavier Slaugher 6 33 5.5 0 Brian Hartline 4 37 9.3 0 Lekambrick Lipsey 2 26 13.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Eric Weddle 11 0 0 0 Zach Brown 9 0 0 0 Carson Crosby 7 0 1 0 Jerry Archer 7 0 0 0 Johnathon Joseph 6 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Mike Nugent 0/0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Mike Scifres 9 394 43.8 0

[JaymeeAwesome]

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Papa vs. Martens QB war...I'm ready for it....I think Martens needs an extra week to relax and recover.....gimme another papa game.

[KBLover]

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Week 7 - Midweek News

No NCAA Football News


NFL News:

Saints get HB Ahmad Bradshaw back this week.

Jets QB Terry Carter posted a perfect 158.3 passer rating...but seems to also have been injured in the Jets' 31-30 win over the Steelers.

Rams lose HB Darren McFadden to a relatively minor injury.

The Bengals are the NFL's lone undefeated team and stand in at 6-0.

Raiders News

The Raiders get a much-needed win to move to 3-3. In addition, the Broncos lost to drop to 4-1, leaving the Raiders 1 1/2 games back. The Chiefs are 3-2 while the Chargers take sole ownership of last place at 2-4.

Kendle Maeweather won his first AFC Defensive Player of the Week award. The defense as a whole played far better. Hopefully, this will spark a continued uptick in performance as the Raiders approach their bye week and the second half of the season.

Raiders' Next Game: Saints (3-2) @ Raiders (3-3)

Raiders Injury Report
Pos	Player	Injury Note
HB	Bull Griggs	Out 1 week (broken thumb)
RE	Keiwone Walters	Out 1 week (ruptured disk)
WR	Bryan Mills	Out 3 weeks (abdominal tear)
QB	Kip Ricketts	Out 4 weeks (dislocated knee)

Danny Martens has been cleared to play. Bull Griggs and Keiwone Walters will return to action after the bye week.


Roster News:

While Papagianopolous has something of a cult following, Lyle quickly stated that Martens will return to his post as starting QB. Lyle admitted that Martens has had a slow start, but said "the whole team has and singling out Martens by benching him would not be a benefit to the team."

He did state that "Big Papa" is the second string QB. Josh Johnson will be the emergency QB.

C.J. Spiller will handle the KR/PR duties. After injury scares to both Peterson and Smoke in the return game, and Akia Green getting knocked out of the game on a punt return, Lyle has returned to his avoidance of using starters as returners.


Notable Progression:

LB Kendle Maeweather
Big Hitter: No to Yes

LT Otto Freese
AWR: 70 to 71
RBK: 87 to 88

DT Ndamukong Suh (lol he has 666 Legacy points)
PRC: 87 to 88

WR Denarius Moore
CIT: 86 to 87

CB Brandon Madison
PRS: 83 to 84

CB J.J. Smoke
ZCV: 73 to 74


Scouting News:

WR De'Aaius Bumpers out of Clinch Valley College is an unheralded pick relegated to the lower rounds of the draft, by consensus. However, a look at his skill seems to show a solid ability with extra marks for his willingness and desire for making the tough catches in traffic and not worrying about taking a big hit. The downside is his route running need a lot of work in order to be viable for the NFL level. Consensus grade: Top 6th round

WR Brandon James is noted for his acrobatic catches and are the kind that feature on Sportscenter. He also appears to have plus speed, even among WRs. Could also be dangerous after the catch, but is also just a 7th round consenus pick.

[JaymeeAwesome]

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Booooooooooooooooooooooooo

WE WANT PAPA!
WE WANT PAPA!
WE WANT PAPA!

[JL791998]

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Kendle Maeweather with the Big Hitter trait on top of what he already has? Oh shoot...