Friday, November 27, 2009

Thanks for nothing, shit heads


At this point does it really matter who is taking the snaps? Jamarcus? Gradkowski? 68 year old Darryl Lamonica? No, it really doesn't matter simply because this offense is absolutely putrid in all aspects. They have fallen ass backwards into wins against the Eagles and Bengals only to remember who they really are and play horribly the following week. All I hear about from this franchise is how their young receivers are developing and how the future is going to be great and blah blah blah. Here's the reality of the present: The young receivers aren't so shit hot after all. Chaz Schillens was supposed to establish himself as a their #1 guy this year, and because of injuries, poor QB play and drops, that ain't happening. Darrius Heyward-Bey finally managed to disprove my long standing theory that he is allergic to the endzone and FINALLY scored a TD. So now his season totals are 9 catches for 124 yards and 1 TD, or basically an average game for Randy Moss or Reggie Wayne or a good game for any competent receiver. DHB continues to drop pass after pass that hits him in the hands and chest with no end in sight. He has shown zero improvement and doesn't seem all that concerned about it. And why should he? He's one of Uncle Al's handpicked guys. He's playing on scholarship. He's bulletproof. What makes DHB's short comings so much more glaring and infuriating is the fact that 4th rounder Louis Murphy is LIGHT YEARS better than him. Murphy has made some big catches and is also a pretty damned good blocker. He has outplayed DHB to the point that even Al in his state of advanced dementia has to see it. Even then, Murphy has 1-2 drops each week as well and I don't see him ever being more than an OK #2. Johnnie Lee Higgins has apparently decided to go back to playing like he did his rookie season. That is to say, horribly. Dropped passes, running bad routes, all of that can be excused if he was still great returning punts. Now all of a sudden he's trying to return punts from his own 3 yard line, running out of bounds at the 8, running backwards and side to side looking for holes that aren't there and just being dumb. Todd Watkins and Nick Miller are practice squaders at best, and Javon Walker is still on the roster for some reason. When this is what you are working with it doesn't matter who your QB is. You won't move the ball. You won't score. You won't win. And neither will the Raiders.

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