Raiders vs SF...the post mortem

[Rabidraider]

Trade Kirk, Start Mendoza

Trade Maxx

Fire the DC

[LayneStaley]

Some records you don’t wanna break…

Yep and we have more talent than last year. Defense had a couple good possessions but as a whole they look like a practice squad D most of the time. They aren’t prepared. We have a 1st time HC, I think a seasoned DC would make sense.

[LayneStaley]

Was this a TD?

[GoodTimeCharlie]

Yep and we have more talent than last year. Defense had a couple good possessions but as a whole they look like a practice squad D most of the time. They aren’t prepared. We have a 1st time HC, I think a seasoned DC would make sense.

I hope Spy has called Jim Schwartz at least once a week.

[Dr Death]

This was expected. The defense sucks.(Leonard is not the guy) The O line is only marginally better.... if it really is. Rome wasn't built in a day. We are on the right path to be a viable team in the future. Another good draft and smart FA season ... we will make noise next year.

[GoodTimeCharlie]

This was expected. The defense sucks.(Leonard is not the guy) The O line is only marginally better.... if it really is. Rome wasn't built in a day. We are on the right path to be a viable team in the future. Another good draft and smart FA season ... we will make noise next year.

If we look at it with zero emotion, now that we don’t have Mark with his fingers in the pie, and what seems to be MOST of the right guys on the sideline and upstairs, next year we should be 9-8 or 8-9, and playoff-bound in ‘28.

[Dr Death]

If we look at it with zero emotion, now that we don’t have Mark with his fingers in the pie, and what seems to be MOST of the right guys on the sideline and upstairs, next year we should be 9-8 or 8-9, and playoff-bound in ‘28.

I would go a bit farther and say we could get to the playoffs next year.... IF we are smart in the draft and FA..... and get a real DC.

[Raider_Dave]

Was this a TD?

I thought it might have been a TD watching live, but they never showed a replay. Looking at this where I can freeze frame, it doesn't look like his feet touched out until the ball crossed the plain, but they would have needed a better angle to show the ball went over the top of the pylon. Couldn't tell from that angle.

[chucker]

If we look at it with zero emotion, now that we don’t have Mark with his fingers in the pie, and what seems to be MOST of the right guys on the sideline and upstairs, next year we should be 9-8 or 8-9, and playoff-bound in ‘28.

We're sitting at 4-5 right now...... we could be 8-9 this season. The real wildcard for next year is whether early-career Mendoza gives us more or less than Cousins. I would hope that we'll be better at DT and WR and OG next year.

We continue to beat the teams we should beat and lose to the teams we should lose to. Not thrilling, but it's an upgrade over prior years.

[Attyla]

Marquette King is a punk

[Attyla]

Marquette King is a punk

Correction Quay Walker

[Reno Hightower]

What a kick in the nuts. A rout, a defeat the dimensions of which no honor could be salvaged. 5 turnovers? We are lucky they didn't hang 70 on us. Fortunately the 49ers were sloppy in the third quarter themselves.

The crux of our problems is the OL play, followed by the defense. If Cousins could play downhill football behind a good running game at least the liabilities on the defense could be masked, to some degree. Cousins missed some throws as well including a potential TD to Tucker.

Joe Burrow, Josh Allen, Mahomes are probably the only QB's in the NFL that can still consistenly play at an elite level without any semblance of balance.

I wouldn't call this team a mirage unless we were expecting the playoffs. In the off season even the most optimistic prognosticators hoped for 7-8 wins.

On to the Seahawks and considering Kubiak's familiarity with them I believe it's a winnable game.

This one really sucked. We had our chances.

[rich72]

Ill give Cousins a pass, we were down 14-0 in the first quarter. Our defense made a few plays, but couldnt stop the run at all.

[Attyla]

Ill give Cousins a pass, we were down 14-0 in the first quarter. Our defense made a few plays, but couldnt stop the run at all.

We were down by 14 because Cousins went three and out

[erickench]

I say fire Leonard. He's not a good fit for us. He's a 3-4 coach being asked to run a 4-3.

[GoodTimeCharlie]

The lines. Not sure if it’s Hubbard that constantly rails about the trenches, but damn. The lines. Smh. Guards and DTs, or the lack of them is critical. We’ll never beat the good teams without. We’re just pitiful through the middle on both sides. Personally I give Linderbaum a pass at Center cause he’s just not made to constantly cover 3 Dlineman crashing down on him.

We’re not one of the losers of the league any longer, but we’ve still got a some massive holes to fill on this team before we’re competing with the best.