The Official 2012-13 Oakland Raiders Thread

[ryderldb]

I'm torn about letting DA go. We can't keep doing that Al Davis bullshyt hiring a new coach every season, but DA hasn't really done shyt to say he deserves one more season.

 

[Hater]

FOX's Jay Glazer reports the Raiders are expected to make a "bunch of changes" to their offensive coaching staff as early as Sunday evening.

Glazer believes underwhelming first-year coach Dennis Allen is safe, but implied behind-the-times OC Greg Knapp is as good as gone. Knapp worked extremely hard to earn his walking papers this season, routinely failing to put his players in the best position to succeed. That was embodied by Darren McFadden, who found himself trapped in a zone-blocking scheme that played to his weaknesses and sapped his strengths. Knapp is probably lucky he wasn't let go mid-season.

Oakland Raiders Team News - Rotoworld.com

I'm so happy brehs.. Reggie should try to get Pat Shurmer to replaceCrapp.

 

[Lakerman0834]

Oakland Raiders Team News - Rotoworld.com

I'm so happy brehs.. Reggie should try to get Pat Shurmer to replaceCrapp.

Knapp destroyed this team. DA ill give another year it was his first year and we did cut down penalties (excpet wen refs want to fukk us over) D lookin good past month and with a full draft and off season this team can be improve to 8-8 next year and then yr 3 they make the jump to playoffs

 

[PTBG]

FOX's Jay Glazer reports the Raiders are expected to make a "bunch of changes" to their offensive coaching staff as early as Sunday evening.
Glazer believes underwhelming first-year coach Dennis Allen is safe, but implied behind-the-times OC Greg Knapp is as good as gone. Knapp worked extremely hard to earn his walking papers this season, routinely failing to put his players in the best position to succeed. That was embodied by Darren McFadden, who found himself trapped in a zone-blocking scheme that played to his weaknesses and sapped his strengths. Knapp is probably lucky he wasn't let go mid-season.

No more of that fukking faggit Knapp fukking everything on offense anymore. DA will be safe for another season. But, we should finally get rid of that fukker Knapp.

 

[Smokin Rider]

No more of that fukking faggit Knapp fukking everything on offense anymore. DA will be safe for another season. But, we should finally get rid of that fukker Knapp.

better than nothing



I couldn't watch another Knapp lead offense breh, I would have to tap out from football for awhile. I have no choice but to live with the weasel another season, I just hope they make some good hires.

 

[PTBG]

better than nothing



I couldn't watch another Knapp lead offense breh, I would have to tap out from football for awhile. I have no choice but to live with the weasel another season, I just hope they make some good hires.

Only positive I can say about DA was that the team was a bit more disciplined early in the season and didn't cause as much penalties. We just need to rebuild through the draft and trade DHB, Moore, and the rest of them butterfinger bums and see if we can get draft picks from them. Release busts like McClain and try to see if we can improve through FA. They will let go of Seymour for certain and Palmer looks like he might be going to, as we will save a shyt load of money, and try to sign an veteran QB in the offseason and have him compete against T-Pry and just go from there. Defense is what we should be focusing on the most. And try to improve the OL too if that's possible, at that faggit Knapp fukking up the OL scheme for no reason and fukking up DMC's running game. And speaking of DMC, I think they should try to restructure his contract and see if he can take a paycut, he is too brittle to be paying him big money that we can't rely on consistently.

 

[Smokin Rider]

Only positive I can say about DA was that the team was a bit more disciplined early in the season and didn't cause as much penalties. We just need to rebuild through the draft and trade DHB, Moore, and the rest of them butterfinger bums and see if we can get draft picks from them. Release busts like McClain and try to see if we can improve through FA. They will let go of Seymour for certain and Palmer looks like he might be going to, as we will save a shyt load of money, and try to sign an veteran QB in the offseason and have him compete against T-Pry and just go from there. Defense is what we should be focusing on the most. And try to improve the OL too if that's possible, at that faggit Knapp fukking up the OL scheme for no reason and fukking up DMC's running game. And speaking of DMC, I think they should try to restructure his contract and see if he can take a paycut, he is too brittle to be paying him big money that we can't rely on consistently.

I think next year is DMC's contract year though and he won't be able to get what were payin him now with his production right now and fragileness so we probably won't do any with him at the moment but if he tears it up next season I think we can give him a fair deal. I hope Pryor is the starter next year though, but it seems like DA has had a grudge, I can see Palmer being back but Imma be pissed if we do butit is what it is. Since it sounds we are keepin DA there is no sense being mad right now, but he has a lot of work to do to gain my support.

 

[Supreme]

TP surprised me brehs. He should stay. Like what I saw out of him.

 

[PTBG]

‏@VicTafur Asked OC Greg Knapp why he hasn’t used Terrelle Pryor more in red zone, given team’s struggles there …
Knapp: "We haven’t developed as big a red zone package as we would have liked. We’ve been focused on 3rd downs and getting to the red zone."

The Raiders are expected to fire offensive coordinator Greg Knapp and some other members of the staff this week, league sources confirmed. The offense didn't get on track, especially a running game that came into Sunday ranked 29th in the league (87 yards per game).

Oakland ran for 115 yards against the Chargers, but 49 of those came on Terrelle Pryor scrambles. Darren McFadden, who has struggled with the zone-blocking scheme and hasn't gotten a lot of daylight from his linemen, carried 19 times for 57 yards and finishes the season with a 707 yards at 3.3 yards a pop.

Owner Mark Davis talked with McFadden at midseason about reaching out to Knapp and telling him what type of running plays he liked. And the Raiders have tried to mix in more power-running plays, but it has been a frustrating season.

"I don't want to speak on it anymore," McFadden said. "It is what it is. The season is over now. I am just looking forward to next year."

Goodson ejected: Raiders running back Mike Goodson and Chargers linebacker Takeo Spikes were ejected in the second quarter for getting in a skirmish and not letting go of the others' facemask when officials asked them to do so.

The argument got so heated that Pryor had to grab, wrestle and fling Goodson out of the scrum.

"I love Mike Goodson; that's my guy," Pryor said. "I know that I slammed him, but you can't do that. We were about to score. It's very hard to get down there and score in the NFL and ... we get a 15-yard penalty? I told Mike that he needed to be the bigger man.

"Last year, we had, what, 168 penalties for I don't know how many yards, and we have to be the bigger guy when scuffles like that happen."

It was 163 for 1,358, both NFL records. This year, in rookie head coach Dennis Allen's greatest accomplishment, it's down to 108 for 939.

Turner expects to be fired: Former Oakland head coach and current San Diego head coach Norv Turner expects to be fired Monday. The Chargers (7-9) will miss the playoffs for the third straight season.

"Obviously, we're going to meet with the team and I'm sure they'll start looking for a new coach," said Turner, who has one year left on his contract, at $3 million.

He has been a head coach for 15 years in the NFL and has three double-digit-win seasons.

Briefly: Tony Bergstrom and Lucas Nix split snaps at right guard in place of injured Mike Brisiel (ankle). ... Pryor said injured Carson Palmer helped him a lot to prepare for Sunday's start. Palmer broke down the game plan, gave Pryor six pages of notes and went through San Diego game video as well. ... Raiders defensive end Lamarr Houston had nine tackles and four assists, plus 1 1/2 sacks and two QB hits.

Raiders expected to fire Greg Knapp - SFGate
You can tell DMC is fukking relived that Knapp is gonna be gone.
Props for Palmer for mentoring T-Pry.

"It looked like the guys believed in me and we moved the ball decent," said Pryor. "I'm very upset with myself because of some of the mistakes I made but you know it happens and I look forward to possibly playing next year and getting better... I'm very sad that we lost, I apologize, and I put it on my shoulders. It's my fault."

"I felt like a leader on the field but there was just some throws that I was down," said Pryor. "I gotta get out of that young stage where I miss a throw - because it happens you miss throws -... I gotta say ‘ok, it's on to the next play'. And I think it carried over a couple times with me and I can't let that happen. I have to be professional and be a leader of the group and I wasn't on a couple plays, and I admit that. Hopefully there's room that I can improve on that."

"Stuff is gonna slow down for me," said Pryor. "I will be great at the quarterback position but I just have to let things slow down for me. Just let it slow down, be calm, be a leader, get to the next play. And if I do that, watch out for us."

I like how mature T-Pry has gotten, especially during the recent interviews leading up to the Chargers game, he was very blessed to play and wanted to make it a win. He put us in positions to win. Even though he has mechanical issues, he is so fukking athletic, and his athleticism is something you can't waste. He has potential, and hopefully with a full training camp and more practices with the 1st team squad, and a vet QB like Palmer or someone else, he can at least fight for the staring job hopefully, even though the new regime don't want him, but I have hope for T-Pry

 

[PTBG]

ESPN Bill Williamson: Pryor prove himself? I really liked what I saw from Terrelle Pryor on Sunday. He showed leadership, poise and heart.

He is not a finished product, but I think there is something Oakland can work with. There are a lot of young, dynamic quarterbacks in this league. I think Oakland had to make developing Pryor quickly a priority. Carson Palmer is 33, expensive, and not improving.

If Pryor makes big strides in the offseason, I don’t think it would be a terrible idea for Oakland to consider handing him the starting job. This team will be still rebuilding for the next couple of years. Might as well give the kid a chance.

 

[Brady-Carter]

You guys aint competing for at least 2 more years. Reggie has a massive mess to be clean up(Al's Cap hell). Be Happy that Reggie is your GM. Less about your QB situation..

 

[Hater]

@incarceratedbob
Raiders GM HC are safe for now.. unless Gruden wants job

Chucky coming back?

 

[Supreme]

No more Knapp

 

[Supreme]

Chucky coming back?

Damn I hope so.