Brian Bosworth gets shell shocked watching Raider games
Jul 17, 2007 Bo Jackson was a Tecmo God, Preview, Shantee Orr, Teams that aren't the Texans, Winner winner chicken dinner
Confused? Don’t be. Look here for an explanation of what’s going on.
Win #5–Week 9 @ Oakland. Let me start by saying that the Raiders have a very, very good defense. Kirk Morrison and Thomas Howard are an amazing duo at LB and the secondary is highly underrated. (I also keep waiting for Anttaj Hawthorne to pan out, but that’s neither here nor there.)
So, why am I chalking this up as a win? Because a rookie QB + a ridiculously bad offensive line (it’s nice to be able to say that about someone) + a couple malcontents at WR = a recipe for dysfunction not often seen this side of Detroit.
Did you know that Robert Gallery allowed 10.5 sacks in 10 games last year? That’s awful. Like 2004 Texans awful. Of course, the bad news for the Raiders is that the rest of the line is nearly as bad. And that JaMarcus Russell isn’t exactly mobile. In fact, here’s a prediction for you: this game will be Shantee Orr’s best of the season, with him putting up at least 2.5 sacks. Yes, that’s right, I just made a Shantee Orr prediction… because that’s how I roll.
Anyway.
No, I am not just assuming that everyone will beat the Raiders this year. There is enough talent on that defense that I can see them winning 5-6 games with a couple lucky bounces.
Still, I think their deficiencies on offense play exactly to our strengths on defense. Plus, we play them at the end of a good stretch (from our perspective) of their schedule–two conference games @ San Diego and then home against KC followed by a (winning) game against Tennessee, where they will chase VY around for extended periods of time–so, we’ve got that going for us. Which is nice.
I don’t expect this to be a high scoring affair. Wait…you know what… it’s not even 6PM and I am almost drunk, so I’m going to take this even further. I’ll give you a score: Houston 17, Oakland 6. You should bet on that.
And, when you speak of me, speak well.
