Get it together, you putz

Look, I'm not going to sit here and tell you Tom Cable has any business being an NFL head coach. He got his job by kissing Al's ass and allegedly being an offensive line genius. After half a season of being forced to start JaMarcus at QB, he managed to keep his job by claiming he had the support of the players. Now, with a new, somewhat competent QB in place, Tom Cable is out of excuses. So with his back against the wall, you'd figure he'd be doing everything in his power to keep his job. Apparently ol' Walrus Face has decided the safest course to job security is continue to put together shitty offensive lines that will get his QBs killed. This is the one area he allegedly has expertise in, and yet he apparently sucks at it. I've made my feelings on Mario Henderson known, so I'll set my sights on the rest of his equally over matched cohorts.

Robert Gallery was an absolute waste of a draft pick. He completely failed as a left tackle and was moved to right tackle, where he also failed. As a last resort, Rob was moved to left guard where he has been the very definition of average. Not good. Not bad. Just average. Robert Gallery is a league average NFL left guard, and he is the BEST lineman the Raiders have. To compound the issue, he's hurt. The line is subpar with him. You can best believe they are worse without him.

The Jared Veldheer/Samson Satele two headed monster of suck is in full effect at center. After trading for Satele at the end of training camp last year, the Raiders watched him get pushed around for a while before he ended up getting hurt. Veldheer is a rookie who is green as a gourd. He also stands 6'8, which is not really optimal when you have a quarterback lined up behind him trying to see over him. So our options are an undersized, soft Samoan (talk about your oxymorons) and a huge, overwhelmed rookie. Getting worse.

Cooper Carlisle is the crafty veteran of the group. Of course, he's also really bad at football, so I'm not really sure what purpose he serves. He's good for a false start and a hold each week, not to mention failing as a pass blocker. He's not much better as a run blocker, which is why the Raiders tend to run to left side of the line, which isn't looking good due to Gallery's injury.

Langston Walker is in his second stint with the Raiders. His first go around consisted mostly of him jumping before the snap and a shower of yellow flags. So why exactly do they keep him around? In 2004 he blocked a last second field goal attempt against the Denver Broncos. Doing anything to make Mike Shanahan look bad will earn you "made man" status in Uncle Al's kingdom. Seriously, if Napoleon Kaufman walked into Al's office today, he'd be a starter on Sunday. Also keep this in mind this: Walker wasn't good enough to play for the Buffalo Bills.

So, this is the collection of trash that Cable has assembled. THESE ARE HIS GUYS. And now he's all up in arms because this pool of obese turnstiles he's put together can't keep his quarterback standing up. Really, Tommy? You're shocked, nay, OUTRAGED that these tubs of guts can't block? Really? There are no real in-house replacements at the moment. Rookie Bruce Campbell isn't going to be ready to contribute any time soon. Khalif Barnes is better than Henderson, Cooper and Walker, yet he seems to be the invisible man in Cable's world. Daniel Looper hardly played in the pre season, and yet he probably will find himself replacing Gallery this week against the Rams. Erik Pears is a lump of crap who makes Walker look agile by comparison. So when January rolls around and the Raiders are looking at another wasted season, Cable won't have JaMarcus around to pin the blame on. It'll all fall on his shoulders, and he'll find himself unemployed.