Welcome back students this week we are going to talk about
what barley passed as a professional football game. Last Monday night the
Raiders and Cowboys were scheduled to play a preseason football game at the Coliseum
in Oakland. The game started out great with RB McFadden looked like his old
self. But the 2 teams only combined for 455 yards of total offense that Is just
sad. So I won’t talk too much about the game itself and we will get into the
grades…
Score: Cowboys 3,
Raiders 0
Offense: C+ ( Passing
yrds: 181yrds, Rushing yrds: 89yrds): The offense overall started out
strong but just got worse as time went on. In one particular drive the Raiders
were gifted 3 1st downs on Cowboys mistakes. And it only resulted in
them punting again. There were some bright spots for them in this game but definitely
not the strongest performance…
Quarterbacks: C+
(M.Leinart 11/16 98yrds, C.Palmer 3/6 33yrds): Carson Palmer came out
looking good even with a struggling Receiver cor. Leinart looked like a pro in
his time out there and Pryor looked good too and shows a bright future with the
team. But overall no scoreboard production at the end of the day. That’s why
the low grade….
Running Backs: B
(L.Miller 15/39yrds, D.McFadden 2/20yrds): The Incumbent and often injured
starter McFadden looked great in limited action. And his eventual #2 Miller
looked really good too! But overall the running backs didn’t produce for the
offense either. But there are some good things that will come from this group…
Wide Receivers: B+
(R.Streater 6/66yrds, L.Miller 3/23yrds): Now this was a bright spot from
the standpoint that their top receiver was a backup of a backup. Jacoby Ford
had a couple of critical drops against a weak Dallas secondary as we got deep
into the game. But overall they under performed and didn’t live up to a lot of
the hype as far as I was concerned…
Defense: C+
(D.Hamilton 3T,1S,1FF, M.Mitchell 2T,1INT): The defense performed admirably
considering the fact that the offense that they lined up against played a very
sloppy game as well. But there were plenty of bright spots for the defense
making plays against the 2nd and 3rd teamd defenses of
the Cowboys.But the defense did well despite the circumstances….
Overall: B-
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