ohiodawg13 wrote:The Rai-Duhs deliver for Coach Allen's Birthday and beat the team the Raider Nation has no love lost for!!! Hopin' all the precautionary measures made Bey's injury look worse than it was. These refs have got to go! The talks sounded hopeful earlier in the day, but apparently went nowhere at last word.
Go Dawgs!!!
J Dawg
Thanks JDawg. The only news I heard so far was Darrius was able to move his extremities, which is a good sign. They said they are keeping him overnight. That is all I have heard so far. Any updates would be appreciated. Better to be cautious.
Yeah it was great to see Jano hit the winning field goal. They made sure to get it on the grass for him, as opposed to the dirt. Especially for the effort the whole team put in. Bey had a touchdown earlier in the game and that was great to see. Glad to see that Offensive Coordinator Knapp finally put in the no-huddle. That is one of Carson's strong points and it really helped the team. They finally used our FB and TE better too. It was a very tough game. Our defense came together in the 2nd half and made some outstanding plays. It was a game of 2 very polished Quarterbacks and Pittsburgh's defense is always up there.
RunDMC did a fantastic job. Especially in the 3rd quarter when he got hit and went down on a Steeler, but his knee wasn't down and he ran for 5 more yards. Then the next play he got hit, but still ran and lunged to the goal line. Unfortunately his forearm touched the ground first before the football crossed the goal line. Dan Fouts, the commentator, was very impressed with the extra effort McFadden gave on both plays. He thought it was better than the 64 yd. run TD.
And that 64 yd. run was a power play and not the zone blocking scheme. Just like last year.
We know Mcfadden excels at power blocking, now we will just have to wait to see if he can have those types of runs in this new system. It's going to take time, because he is a power blocking runner. And a big shoutout to the offensive line, Carson Palmer's best friend. They did a tremendous job against a tough defense. They deserve some Bar-B-Que.
Our Special Teams Coach just should stay at the Bar. Coaches like he is drunk.
It was a pleasure to have Dan Fouts commentating on the game. I enjoyed it. He said Carson was like a General on the field. That's a high compliment coming from a Great QB like Fouts. He gave the Raiders many a great game, it was good to see him in the booth instead of on the field. Dan Fouts was so good at calling the game, I was wishing he was one of the Replacement Refs.
There were a lot of blown calls today. I hope it's not like this for the rest of the season. Can they come to a deal soon?
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