Hue Jackson, you are the man for giving the respect that you do to "Coach Davis". For letting us know what valuable information he left you with, and how you are assimilating that knowledge in your leadership of the team. I feel so much Raider Love in you and so happy that you and Al Saunders is guiding a way for the Raiders to finally have an explosive offense, especially once they have more time together and McFadden can come back. Hue's play-calling is just what this team needed in order to show what these young players can do with their talent. Finally we scored a touchdown in the 4th quarter. Yippee!
From are local paper:
The two constants have been kicker Sebastian Janikowski and punter Shane Lechler.
The two longest-tenured Raiders – both in their 13th seasons in Oakland – added to the record-setting legacies as Raiders in Oakland's 25-20 win over the Chicago Bears Sunday at O.co Coliseum.
Janikowski broke the team record he shared with Jeff Jaeger by making six field goals. Lechler broke the record he shared with Wayne Crow for longest punt in team history with an 80-yard kick, three more yards than the record.
Thanks largely to specials teams and a defense that forced three turnovers, Raiders improved to 7-4. Oakland is a game ahead of Denver for the lead in the AFC West.
"I said to the team when it was over," said Raiders coach Hue Jackson. "Those are the two men that were here the last time this team was 7-4 and those guys have a lot to do with it because they did a tremendous job." The offense couldn't find the end zone until the fourth quarter so Janikowski provided the bulk of the offense and Lechler's punts helped the defense keep Chicago from beginning drives with good field position
Hester owns the NFL record for total kickoffs and punts returned for touchdowns with 18 but was a nonfactor thanks to Janikowski and Lechler.
"First time in history I've seen somebody kick an 80-yard punt that was in the air," Hester said. "Not just a good roll where somebody might kick a ball and roll a good 30…I thought I was back pretty good – I was about 50, 55 yards deep and he still boomed it over my head."
In fact Hester had to sprint backwards to catch up with the ball. It was that far. We wouldn't have won if it wasn't for these 2 guys.
Kudos to Heward-Bey for coming back from a hard hit last week and making great catches today. He's progressed tremendously this year from where he was.
Kudos to our offensive line who are no-names but can play different positions within that line when someone gets hurt. What a great hole you opened for Bush for the touchdown that we needed to win. That was all offensive line there.
Kudos for the least penalties I can remember. Kudos to the defense, some great playmakers, Wimbley, Kelly. It's so nice to see this team playing as a unit with some breakaway plays. It wasn't a pretty game, but they fought to get the job done.
Carson Palmer did not have a great game today. His passes were off today. He made one when it counted. But it shows that this is a team game and where one place lacks you can always try to make up for it somewhere else as a team. And that is what was good about today's game. They helped each other.
Now it is off to Miami.
"Holy Toledo" - Bill King "Just Win Baby" - Al Davis "The Autumn Wind" - Steve Sabol