Raiders fans:

Let's be realistic; we're going to lose this game. But a loss isn't always a wasted effort (especially in a building season). What types of things will you be looking for from the Silver and Black in terms of positive things to take away from this game?

3 td's.

2 tds and 6 fgs

I think there are a lot of keys to this game, but what I'd like too see the most are these 3 things:

1. No missed field goals.

Janikowski has missed a fg in both of our games so far...that's incredibly uncharacteristic of him. I'd love to see him get back on track/in sync with this new holder. Once that is in place we're looking at a lot more winnable games.

2. Pryor's decision making

I think that if Pryor can get out of this game with 1 pick, we're in great shape (especially if it doesn't come inside the opposing 30). If he can become a game manager with his arm and a playmaker with his legs, he can develop into a winning quarterback. But first he has to avoid the type of mistakes that killed us week 1. Great progress in week 2, now if he can keep that learning up we'll be golden.

3. Pressure pressure pressure

Offensively we've done some good things. Defensively, the only thing we have going for us is the ability to stop the run and apply pressure on the quarterback--essentially, our front 7 is pretty solid. If we can get a pass rush going against Manning even for a few drives, it shows that our defense can make the jump next year provided our secondary gets fixed up.

Other things to look for: McFadden's production, WR development, blown coverage in the secondary.

russell was a stud coming out. lets do that again. lets not go with the good we see in pryor and take a shot at another russell cuz makes sense. imo we need to focus our draft on either someone for him to throw to and/or some good def

This post was edited by OmegaRed07 on Sep 22 2013 09:53am

WRs are starting to shape up, IMO. Streeter looks to be someone Pryor is really comfortable with and he's made some big time catches. I think our bigger concerns are with our secondary and our O-line. I think if we want more WRs we can find someone in the 2nd round...or if any study QBs drop I'd be okay with taking a strong QB in the 2nd round as insurance. But 1st round pick needs to go towards O-line or DB IMO.

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wtf no personal pics pls.

lol mcfadden throws tds

yay 2 tds reached