Raiders Leadup

Post #1 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun Oct 1, 2023 10:15 pm

Packer nemesis Jimmy G is in concussion protocol but is expected to be cleared.

Hopefully Jaire is back.

This and the Denver game are winnable but also very losable for our team right now.

Matches Malone · Post #2 » by **Matches Malone** » Sun Oct 1, 2023 10:31 pm

I wonder how much longer they plan on being without Elgton. Not going on IR was a good sign but I'm hoping we can get him back sooner rather than later.

Post #3 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sun Oct 1, 2023 10:40 pm

Game is not loseable. This is gonna be a cakewalk.

Post #4 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun Oct 1, 2023 10:47 pm

Matches Malone wrote:I wonder how much longer they plan on being without Elgton. Not going on IR was a good sign but I'm hoping we can get him back sooner rather than later.

Probably after the bye. That's another 3 weeks.

Post #5 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Oct 2, 2023 12:54 am

Packers open as 1 point favorites

skones · Post #6 » by **skones** » Mon Oct 2, 2023 1:11 am

Josh Jacobs is going to rip us our third ahole of the season.

Post #7 » by **humanrefutation** » Mon Oct 2, 2023 4:23 am

This isn't quite the MNF matchup that they anticipated.

trwi7 · Post #8 » by **trwi7** » Mon Oct 2, 2023 12:01 pm

humanrefutation wrote:This isn't quite the MNF matchup that they anticipated.

Neither team was good last year. What exactly did they expect?

Kerb Hohl · Post #9 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Mon Oct 2, 2023 12:59 pm

I don't think AOC had really a great showing yesterday but honestly I don't think it's much of a dropoff between him and Jimmy G. They might turn to AOC full-time at some point in the near future.

zmanishere11 · Post #10 » by **zmanishere11** » Mon Oct 2, 2023 1:42 pm

Elgton Jenkins is the glue to this offense right now. Obviously he's outstanding, but Royce Newman is so bad it just destroys the flow of things.

With Jenkins we can beat bad teams and hang with the good ones.

Without him, I still think we can beat bad teams but we will get killed by good ones.

Raiders and Broncos are BAD.

Post #11 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Oct 2, 2023 2:56 pm

I feel better now

Read on Twitter

Ron Swanson · Post #12 » by **Ron Swanson** » Mon Oct 2, 2023 3:59 pm

This feels like a temperature check game. Win (we should) and you're still sitting pretty great at 3-2 with the bye week to get healthy, then 3 winnable games (Broncos, Rams, Vikings) right after. Lose, and you probably have to reevaluate the expectations for this season (trading any picks for a midseason upgrade is off the table for me at that point). The Raiders are not a good football team, and this is probably the easiest road opponent we'll have for the remainder of the year (yes, including Carolina).

James1980 · Post #13 » by **James1980** » Mon Oct 2, 2023 7:25 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:
Matches Malone wrote:I wonder how much longer they plan on being without Elgton. Not going on IR was a good sign but I'm hoping we can get him back sooner rather than later.

Probably after the bye. That's another 3 weeks.

If he misses more than 4 games, shouldn't he have gone on IR?

Post #14 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Oct 2, 2023 9:05 pm

James1980 wrote:
MickeyDavis wrote:
Matches Malone wrote:I wonder how much longer they plan on being without Elgton. Not going on IR was a good sign but I'm hoping we can get him back sooner rather than later.

Probably after the bye. That's another 3 weeks.

If he misses more than 4 games, shouldn't he have gone on IR?

He got hurt in game 2. IR would mean he would be out until at least the Vikings game. They're hoping to have him back for Denver. Of course it might not work out that way.

trwi7 · Post #15 » by **trwi7** » Mon Oct 2, 2023 9:25 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:I feel better now

Read on Twitter

Including firing himself?

PintSizedBox10 · Post #16 » by **PintSizedBox10** » Mon Oct 2, 2023 9:40 pm

Read on Twitter

The FO forgot you should maybe be able to stop the run

Treebeard · Post #17 » by **Treebeard** » Mon Oct 2, 2023 10:18 pm

^^^ I still think none of the FO leadership changes till Murphy retires, then it could be a general purge. The next Exec might be more hands-on

HKPackFan · Post #18 » by **HKPackFan** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 1:27 am

PintSizedBox10 wrote:

Read on Twitter

The FO forgot you should maybe be able to stop the run

Did they forget to check pad level?

LUKE23 · Post #19 » by **LUKE23** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 7:25 pm

Jenkins back at practice. Honestly, I would definitely move Tom to LT. He's clearly a better T than Walker/Nijman and he's taken snaps at LT before. Let Walker/Nijman battle it out for RT.

MoMM · Post #20 » by **MoMM** » Wed Oct 4, 2023 8:54 am

What about Jenkins as LT? He has some contract bonus if he plays in that position, so maybe this is their long-term plan as they already might know that Bakh wouldn't last forever.

Can Walker or Nij play at G?

Jenkins - Nij/Walker - Myers - Runyan - Tom