WARNING: This is a Raiders column. If you don’t want to read a Raiders column, stop now.
The Raiders are a promising team with a promising head coach and a promising young quarterback. But they will lose to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, and here are the reasons why.
Reason 1. Ken Norton Jr. will get outcoached again.
The Raiders have a terrible defense. It ranks 29th in the NFL. Why is the defense so terrible? Mostly because the defensive coordinator, Norton, lets the opponent dictate matchups they want to exploit every week.
I’ll give you an example. On Monday, the Raiders played the Houston Texans, who had just one good player on offense — wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. That’s the guy the Raiders had to stop. Norton needed to adjust his scheme to take Hopkins out of the game. He didn’t know how.
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Nice try Grant but Carolina is missing 3 key starters and 2 of them happen to be probowlers. The Raiders are a very healthy team right now.
Losing Kuechly is huge…..
Yup he’s the heart and soul of there defense
Grant, I told you it was all about Nall! Chip Kelly is going back to college! Yes!
Go Raiders!
Go get Saban and if not, get Caserio/McDaniels/Garoppolo and if not, Lombardi/Linehan!
Anybody but Kelly right Razor?
Prime and Razor and Grant are going to have a real hard next year when Kelly is still at the helm. and cough, cough Baalkie and Kaep. are still here. :)
Speaking for myself, that’s what I expect but that’s why they have an off season. You just never know….
No we don’t know, we all have our thoughts on this. I am not opposed to a real hard nose run the ball down the throat type of attack. Its my favorite type of football. If you can find me a good HC that would be willing to be the fourth HC in four years with a depleted roster and a FO that is the worst in the league, I am all for it but good luck with that.
$$Money$$ talks. You have to pay for your mistakes. Doesn’t mean you can’t learn from them….
We will see in a few weeks.
No more college spread anything. That experiment is in file 13. I want a Pro Style proven NFL Head Coach, that can develop quarterbacks and a GM that puts a premium on them….
I formation, TE, 2 WR set, NFL pro style offense.
A QB with the heart of Steve Young and touch of Joe Montana.
A defense that tackles and plays with emotion. Is that too much to ask?
That would be nice Prime your exactly right
What about proven NFL players by the way?
Prime
No, he likes Brian Kelly….he just doesn’t like what he’s got no matter who… and he wants what he can’t have until next week….
Then you woke up
Scoop and score. Beautiful teamwork!
DeMarcus Walker! 15 sacks on the year? He looks like he could track down Russell Smurph!
That’s exactly who Balke is scouting. Not cook.. He wants Walker!
He’s an animal!
Here’s the answer to our question the other day:
A traditional owner would have the power to cut through the corporate hierarchy explained by Pete Daugherty of PackersNews.com, where the coach reports to the G.M., the G.M. reports to the CEO, and the CEO reports to a seven-person executive committee (one of whom is the CEO), and the seven-person executive committee reports to a 43-person board of directors. The pecking order outlined by Daugherty is neat and tidy and, in times of crisis, not conducive to swift and meaningful action.
Sure, the coach can fire any of his assistants and the G.M. can fire the coach and the CEO can fire the G.M. and the executive committee can fire the CEO and the board of directors can supplant the executive committee,
Good find.
http://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Bad-as-these-49ers-are-the-1978-team-was-even-10636573.php#photo-11850662
Good story. Time to get new shirts printed up.
They won two games though.
Oregon expected to fire Helfrich!
Hmm, maybe Grant is on to something……..
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/pac12/2016/11/26/oregon-coach-search-mark-helfrich/94501166/
…maybe Grant is on to something… Let’s hope so!
ESPN is reporting this morning that nobody but Jed York is safe from termination on the 49ers….
Surely Seb won’t be let go….would he?
As long as he and his tank stay in the pit.
You will have to pry my dead fingers off the Niners to get me to leave……..;p
As long as Baalke is gone I’m good
I just remembered, the game is tomorrow.
SF 13
MIA 23
Hostile environment for Kap. How will he respond? Will the Dolphins run it down our throats? Will Tartt step up? Will Kap be accurate in the 1st half but not in the 2nd half?
But most the most important question, Will Kelly be leaving for Oregon? Make it happen Phil Knight. It’s a win win for SF and Oregon.
9ers 16, Dolphins 26
Will Tartt have pop?
EXTRA, EXTRA read all about it, Phil Knight to buy Niners. Thought I would add to the speculation and rumors circulating.
Wrong
Well, nice try anyway…
I’m not sure why any 49ers fan would root for the Raiders. There’s a reason they aren’t allowed to play each other anymore. I hate the Raiders. Can’t even watch them play!
I saw the Raiders play at Kezar early in their first year, but I’ve never been to one of their East Bay games. I’ve followed five bay area football teams during the past seventy years so I guess that makes me a football fan.
Anyone know how the game turned out?
Raiders 35 Panthers 32
Crabtree had a big game.
Greg Olsen accepts the blame for my prediction not coming true. ;)
http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=18152253
It’s a big man that takes responsibility for his teams defensive failure.