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“Aaron Donald don’t got shit on RodneyHudson. Our defensive line is gonna EAT to prove a point.
31-14 Raiders.”
This fucking guy!!!! Lmmfao the best defensive player in the league against a good/not great Center who he won’t really see much of....what a douche. Haha
31-14 Raiders.”
This fucking guy!!!! Lmmfao the best defensive player in the league against a good/not great Center who he won’t really see much of....what a douche. Haha
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View: https://twitter.com/Raiders/status/1037857001483718656
Compared to what? A toolbox? Jk
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Me too. I've been schooling fools in football since Tecmo Bowl
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Meanwhile Connor Cook makes the practice squad on the Panthers and EJ hasn't found a home yet. So, yeah our QB lineup looks good!
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Too bad you can't translate all that knowledge on the field. @Connor_Cook03 would eat your lunch over and over. Long time Raider fan... not any more
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What do you mean "in case"?
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This is a farce right... no disrespect, but this has to be a joke?... #nobodycares
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I live and die by Carr but if he keeps lobbing his deep balls instead of throwing them. Get your lid ready!!!!
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Yep been saying the same thing really thought gruden would fix this he steps in and throws he is money as soon as u see him try to place it deep he just throws it up for grabs
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I thought the absurdity was pretty obvious.
I've learned not to assume. I have thought of things as so absurd that the person can't be serious in the past only for that person to get angry when I assumed they were joking.
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View: https://twitter.com/Raiders/status/1038127087809257472
Keys To The Game Sack The QB
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We’ll see if the overpaid Donald, The garbage trash thug Suh, and the dog face punk who shot himself Talib can stop this Raiders offense. It’s going to be like the national felon league coming to town LOL
https://www.raiders.com/news/key-matchups-raiders-and-rams-prepare-for-monday-night-clash
Key Matchups: Raiders and Rams prepare for Monday night clash
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Amari Cooper vs. Marcus Peters
You want a Week 1 clash between two of the best dudes at their respective positions in the NFL? Well, here you go.
Even though “Coop” didn’t have his best statistical season last year – although he did score seven touchdowns – the man is still a top-tier wide receiver, and he’s no doubt going to have his hands full Monday night at the OACC going up against Peters.
In 2017, the Rams were a middle-of-the-pack secondary, allowing just over 217 passing yards per game, but that’s before they added Peters as well as veteran cornerback Aqib Talib.
“Those guys are good players, man,” said Cooper. “Ball hawks, but really smart players. It’s going to be a challenge for us, definitely. I’m excited about it.”
Talib has 34 interceptions over his lengthy career, and as good as he is, at this point, Peters might be even better.
The Oakland-native – and cousin of running back Marshawn Lynch – is an elite cornerback headed into his fourth NFL season, and seeing him and Cooper go back and forth for 60 minutes is going to be awesome.
The NFL is all about matchups, and as far as Week 1 matchups go, this one is about as good as it gets.
The Raiders Interior Offensive Line vs. Aaron Donald and Ndamukong Suh
I’m on the record saying that I don’t think there’s a better interior offensive line in the NFL than the trio of Kelechi Osemele, Rodney Hudson, and Gabe Jackson, but to be fair, you’d be hard pressed to find a better interior defensive line than the one that the Rams currently boast.
On his own, Aaron Donald is a complete game wrecker – dude had 11 sacks last year – but if you team him up with Ndamukong Suh, well now you have something special on your hands.
The Silver and Black’s offensive line surrendered just 24 sacks a year ago, but keeping Derek Carr upright is going to be quite the challenge Monday night in Oakland.
Offensive line play is critical to every facet of the game, and if the Silver and Black wants to pound the rock like Head Coach Jon Gruden prefers, that trio of big fellas in the middle is going to need to show out.
Put your helmets and pads on to watch this matchup, Raider Nation; it’s going to be nasty in the trenches Monday night.
Jon Gruden vs. Sean McVay
Monday night’s game certainly isn’t lacking storylines, and one of the biggest ones is going to be the 60-minute battle between Coach Gruden and Sean McVay.
Gruden and McVay are very familiar with one another – McVay got his start in coaching under Gruden in Tampa Bay – and it’s pretty neat that the pair will go toe-to-toe in the very first game of the regular season.
Both head coaches head into Week 1 with squads shrouded in expectation; McVay’s Rams went to the playoffs just a year ago, and with Gruden back at the helm, the Silver and Black have a renewed sense of energy and ambition.
We so often see that NFL teams take on the personality of their head coaches, and I have a feeling that’s going to be the case for both of these squads in 2018.
Who comes out victorious Monday night, the teacher of the pupil? It’s a tale as old as time, but I’m pretty fired up to see this version of the movie.
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You know, I understand that anything can happen.
But I just don't see how the Raiders are even close to our talent and coaching.
I'm certainly not overlooking the Raiders. But logically (on paper), this shouldn't be close. So it's pretty funny reading some of these comments...as if the Raiders match up at all with the Rams.
But I just don't see how the Raiders are even close to our talent and coaching.
I'm certainly not overlooking the Raiders. But logically (on paper), this shouldn't be close. So it's pretty funny reading some of these comments...as if the Raiders match up at all with the Rams.
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Cracks me up! Raiders gave up 24 sacks and their line is a strength, and it certainly is good in the middle. Rams gave up 28 sacks and their oline is suspect. Rams averaged 4.3 yards a carry and their line is suspect but the Raiders line is strong while they averaged 4.2 yards a carry.
Monday night can't get here soon enough.
Monday night can't get here soon enough.
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Are you shitting me right now? Over paid Donald? And a Raider fan calling other players thugs and punks? Wow... I really want to at least hang 40 on these turds now and hope our D keeps them under 20. One winning season and the playoffs and they all of a sudden or 'opinionated'.
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Austin Davis deserved better. I loved when Cook turned around to William Hayes staring him in the eyes and Cook backed off like a little bitch. I can’t wait to see Joyner blow his shit up.
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One great game against AZ - I think it was his first with the Rams. Then reality set in with a thud. Another great Tennessee throw from Fisher-man.
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https://www.silverandblackpride.com...th-rams-writer-ahead-of-raiders-season-opener
Five Good Questions with Rams writer ahead of Raiders season opener
By Levi Damien
This week we speak with Joe McAtee from SB Nation Rams site Turf Show Times. Here’s are my five questions to him and his revealing answers.
1. What’s been the feeling with regard to locking in your homegrown superstar defensive lineman for the rest of his career? Asking for a friend.
Well, it was a long process to hold on to Aaron Donald. A holdout last year that extended into the regular season. Another holdout this year. Rhetoric that amped up the suggestion that signing a defensive lineman to the kind of terms Donald eventually agreed to would undermine the Rams’ ability to sign top talent and remain competitive. And yet for all of that and whatever hurdles they had to clear behind closed doors in negotiations, they got it done.
If there’s a gripe, and boy is it a small one, it’s a question as to why the whole process had to drag on like this in the first place. If you had asked me last May if I was comfortable re-signing Aaron Donald to the terms they finally locked him down for, we would have never had to deal with any of the grief in the first place.
And while I get that negotiations are a process and both sides have to respect that process in order to get to a point that both sides feel like they’re in a win-win situation, when you look at how quickly the Chicago Bearswere able to sign Khalil Mack to a long-term deal, it at least lends credence to the idea that Donald just wanted to sit out of training camp and the preseason.
And look...if Aaron Donald wants to sit out training camp and the preseason, Aaron Donald sits out training camp and the preseason. It just really didn’t need to be this hard.
But in the end, it’s done. Aaron Donald is going to be a Ram for years to come at a price that he deserves. It’s hard to really have any problem with that in any way.
2. Who is replacing Robert Quinn, Connor Barwin, and Alec Ogletree and do you expect those to be upgrades, downgrades, or other?
Uh...well, I don’t know!
So there’s been a ton of turnover across the linebackers. Quinn and Tree were traded out to help afford some of the other moves this year. Barwin was a transitory component to help ease in Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips to the existing personnel. And in came ILB Ramik Wilson and some rookie support inside and outside to push the existing depth chart up.
But with such limited performance in the preseason (the “true” starting defense got just seven snaps in the four games; the offense got none...), it’s hard to get a good feel for who’s going to start and how the rotation will be managed. Throw in the fact that ILB Mark Barron came out of 2017 hampered by a couple different injuries and still isn’t 100%...
Normally, Barron would be the first man up in the middle. I’d expect third-year LB Cory Littleton to be the first choice alongside him. On the outside, Matt Longacre and Samson Ebukam will likely get first crack, but role will be key here. We could see Dominique Easleyor even rookie Justin Lawler get significant time. Of course, it’s worth pointing out that the Rams are apt to set up plenty out of a nickel base which would leave just three linebacking spots as opposed to a conventional 3-4 look.
As to whether it’s an upgrade or downgrade, the edge rush component was not consistent at all last year without blitz support. And the interior run defense, especially with regard to Ogeltree, was not good. By any measure. And while there’s room to downgrade, I think the likelihood is that there’s little dropoff in performance while coming in (a) much less expensive and (b) offering much more upside as the younger players grow under Phillips’ and the rest of the defensive coaching staff’s tutelage.
So um...let’s see!
3. What areas of Sean McVay’s coaching/schemes do you see shades of Jon Gruden’s influence if any?
I think more than anything, it’s more about personality and philosophy, not so much the football. I think McVay picked up a lot of that coming up with Washington and tinkering with different schemes over the last few years. Gruden, though, I think had an outsized effect on how he coaches, not necessarily what he coaches. Ideas of management and leadership moreso than any tactical or schematic carryover. And that’s obviously a good thing!
The biggest question for McVay (and yall’s Gruden 2.0 era at some point) is one of greater challenge. As satisfying as last year’s turnaround was, the Rams still bowed out of the playoffs without a win. Expectations are higher now, and the product delivered has to be too. So really the challenge for the duo moving forward isn’t as much about getting back to the fringe of success but delivering upon it in January (and/or February...).
4. I see a few very strong areas on the Rams roster, but what area(s) are way too suspect for comfort?
The two major ones are the aforementioned LB corps but also the offensive line. Starting LT Andrew Whitworth has had a very underrated career, but he’s nearing a 37th birthday this season. LG Rodger Saffold crossed into his 30s this summer. And C John Sullivan also just hit 33. RG Jamon Brown, still on his rookie deal, is suspended for the first two games of the season leaving RT Rob Havenstein to help out Austin Blythe alongside him for the first two games.
Luckily, the entire line was healthy all of last season; they were the only line to play all five players all year and would have played all 16 games had they not sat the starters in Week 17 in anticipation of the playoffs.
Thankfully, the Rams brought in some talent through the draft to put together some legitimate options with potential should the starters miss time. But the Rams are starting the year with just eight offensive linemen on the 53-man roster, an indication of how thin the talent band is on the line.
5. With the turnover on the roster, do you expect this team to be better, worse, or the same as last season and why?
Overall, I think it will be better. The problem is that the roster might only be marginally better and it wasn’t the problem last year. The Rams held with every team they played last year...except when it mattered most. The Rams’ widest loss in terms of performance was in the playoffs against the Atlanta Falcons. So I think the major concern isn’t the roster. But it wasn’t last year.
It’s coming up with the best, most complete performances when they’re needed most. They failed, perhaps miserably, in this aspect last year. Answering the question as to why is going to have to come on the field this year. And that’s the real question we’re facing with this season is if the Rams have solved something beyond the quality of the roster they’ve assembled.
If they have, it’s going to make for a fun postseason for Rams fans. If they haven’t, it will be a monumental waste that we’re all going to be wondering what the cause of it was and where that means we’re headed beyond this year.
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Rams are the dream team 2.0
Peters Talib and Suh are walking penalties
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Sounds like they have big issues at Linebacker.
There O-Line sounds like a major pile of crap.
Five Good Questions with Rams writer ahead of Raiders season opener
By Levi Damien
This week we speak with Joe McAtee from SB Nation Rams site Turf Show Times. Here’s are my five questions to him and his revealing answers.
1. What’s been the feeling with regard to locking in your homegrown superstar defensive lineman for the rest of his career? Asking for a friend.
Well, it was a long process to hold on to Aaron Donald. A holdout last year that extended into the regular season. Another holdout this year. Rhetoric that amped up the suggestion that signing a defensive lineman to the kind of terms Donald eventually agreed to would undermine the Rams’ ability to sign top talent and remain competitive. And yet for all of that and whatever hurdles they had to clear behind closed doors in negotiations, they got it done.
If there’s a gripe, and boy is it a small one, it’s a question as to why the whole process had to drag on like this in the first place. If you had asked me last May if I was comfortable re-signing Aaron Donald to the terms they finally locked him down for, we would have never had to deal with any of the grief in the first place.
And while I get that negotiations are a process and both sides have to respect that process in order to get to a point that both sides feel like they’re in a win-win situation, when you look at how quickly the Chicago Bearswere able to sign Khalil Mack to a long-term deal, it at least lends credence to the idea that Donald just wanted to sit out of training camp and the preseason.
And look...if Aaron Donald wants to sit out training camp and the preseason, Aaron Donald sits out training camp and the preseason. It just really didn’t need to be this hard.
But in the end, it’s done. Aaron Donald is going to be a Ram for years to come at a price that he deserves. It’s hard to really have any problem with that in any way.
2. Who is replacing Robert Quinn, Connor Barwin, and Alec Ogletree and do you expect those to be upgrades, downgrades, or other?
Uh...well, I don’t know!
So there’s been a ton of turnover across the linebackers. Quinn and Tree were traded out to help afford some of the other moves this year. Barwin was a transitory component to help ease in Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips to the existing personnel. And in came ILB Ramik Wilson and some rookie support inside and outside to push the existing depth chart up.
But with such limited performance in the preseason (the “true” starting defense got just seven snaps in the four games; the offense got none...), it’s hard to get a good feel for who’s going to start and how the rotation will be managed. Throw in the fact that ILB Mark Barron came out of 2017 hampered by a couple different injuries and still isn’t 100%...
Normally, Barron would be the first man up in the middle. I’d expect third-year LB Cory Littleton to be the first choice alongside him. On the outside, Matt Longacre and Samson Ebukam will likely get first crack, but role will be key here. We could see Dominique Easleyor even rookie Justin Lawler get significant time. Of course, it’s worth pointing out that the Rams are apt to set up plenty out of a nickel base which would leave just three linebacking spots as opposed to a conventional 3-4 look.
As to whether it’s an upgrade or downgrade, the edge rush component was not consistent at all last year without blitz support. And the interior run defense, especially with regard to Ogeltree, was not good. By any measure. And while there’s room to downgrade, I think the likelihood is that there’s little dropoff in performance while coming in (a) much less expensive and (b) offering much more upside as the younger players grow under Phillips’ and the rest of the defensive coaching staff’s tutelage.
So um...let’s see!
3. What areas of Sean McVay’s coaching/schemes do you see shades of Jon Gruden’s influence if any?
I think more than anything, it’s more about personality and philosophy, not so much the football. I think McVay picked up a lot of that coming up with Washington and tinkering with different schemes over the last few years. Gruden, though, I think had an outsized effect on how he coaches, not necessarily what he coaches. Ideas of management and leadership moreso than any tactical or schematic carryover. And that’s obviously a good thing!
The biggest question for McVay (and yall’s Gruden 2.0 era at some point) is one of greater challenge. As satisfying as last year’s turnaround was, the Rams still bowed out of the playoffs without a win. Expectations are higher now, and the product delivered has to be too. So really the challenge for the duo moving forward isn’t as much about getting back to the fringe of success but delivering upon it in January (and/or February...).
4. I see a few very strong areas on the Rams roster, but what area(s) are way too suspect for comfort?
The two major ones are the aforementioned LB corps but also the offensive line. Starting LT Andrew Whitworth has had a very underrated career, but he’s nearing a 37th birthday this season. LG Rodger Saffold crossed into his 30s this summer. And C John Sullivan also just hit 33. RG Jamon Brown, still on his rookie deal, is suspended for the first two games of the season leaving RT Rob Havenstein to help out Austin Blythe alongside him for the first two games.
Luckily, the entire line was healthy all of last season; they were the only line to play all five players all year and would have played all 16 games had they not sat the starters in Week 17 in anticipation of the playoffs.
Thankfully, the Rams brought in some talent through the draft to put together some legitimate options with potential should the starters miss time. But the Rams are starting the year with just eight offensive linemen on the 53-man roster, an indication of how thin the talent band is on the line.
5. With the turnover on the roster, do you expect this team to be better, worse, or the same as last season and why?
Overall, I think it will be better. The problem is that the roster might only be marginally better and it wasn’t the problem last year. The Rams held with every team they played last year...except when it mattered most. The Rams’ widest loss in terms of performance was in the playoffs against the Atlanta Falcons. So I think the major concern isn’t the roster. But it wasn’t last year.
It’s coming up with the best, most complete performances when they’re needed most. They failed, perhaps miserably, in this aspect last year. Answering the question as to why is going to have to come on the field this year. And that’s the real question we’re facing with this season is if the Rams have solved something beyond the quality of the roster they’ve assembled.
If they have, it’s going to make for a fun postseason for Rams fans. If they haven’t, it will be a monumental waste that we’re all going to be wondering what the cause of it was and where that means we’re headed beyond this year.
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Rams are the dream team 2.0
Peters Talib and Suh are walking penalties
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Sounds like they have big issues at Linebacker.
There O-Line sounds like a major pile of crap.
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You know what you get with Gruden. He has a predictive floor and a predictive ceiling as a coach. He probably still has decent coaching skills but they are overshadowed by his cartoon character personality. It's a little early so we do not yet know McVay's floor or ceiling - but one thing seems pretty evident. He doesn't have an overblown ego and values his coaching job way too much to let it be overcome by a hyped up personality.
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Do they have anything about what the Rams fans are saying?
