Raiders Roll

by DktrGonzo on Oct 25, 2009 8:28 PM PDT

Anyone else notice that the Raiders seem to be "rolling up" alot of opposing players this year? After what they did to us in the first game our sideline looked like a M*A*S*H unit with Hardwick, Tomlinson, and Williams among others , now Leon Washington from the Jets gets "rolled up" and snaps his leg (gruesome image, might I add). Seems kind of like an unfortunate coincidence. Well, I guess if you can't beat 'em hurt 'em, eh?

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Typical lame Raiders...

Do we expect enyhting better from them? No

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by CaDuck on Oct 25, 2009 8:33 PM PDT reply actions

Sadly, yeah, the Raiders have plied a fine line between playing hard and playing dirty for decades. In their last few years they don’t play hard but it seems they’ve at least not lost their penchant for playing dirty.

by DktrGonzo on Oct 25, 2009 8:55 PM PDT reply actions

What about the notorious

Donkey cut block?

This blog has devolved into UT like, uncerebral blabber

by soulSD on Oct 26, 2009 12:03 PM PDT reply actions

That’s one thing that always kind of confused me. I mean, every team knows that the Broncos’ offensive line has perfected the cut block. Hell, teams have to practice specifically because of the Denver propensity for the cut and, yet, still the league does nothing? Every team can get caught for the occasional cut but the Broncos do it as a matter of policy and nothing gets done. Just amazes me how Goodell is the new Sheriff in town but won’t stop teams like the Broncos from trying to wipe out opposing defenders legs and end their careers.

by DktrGonzo on Oct 26, 2009 2:22 PM PDT reply actions

Meh

I don’t see how a legal cut block is going to get people hurt (you can see the blocker going for your legs and can make some sort of defensive move to make sure your knee doesn’t get bent backwards) and the ones that are illegal (chop blocks and clipping) are the ones that I could see causing problems. If you took the cut block away, you’d take away one of the most prevalent ways a RB has to take out a pass rusher and that would increase the number of big hits on the league’s most valuable possessions (the QBs).

I go back to what some of the 80s Chargers lineman used to say about the cut block. If they weren’t allowed to do cut blocks, Dan Fouts wouldn’t be in the HOF.

The Broncos OL used to basically play with the limits of the chop block and clipping rules and that’s why it looked dirty. For chop blocks they would would disengage the defender a fraction of a second before the second blocker went for the legs. And for clipping they would dive at the back of their legs either at and angle that could barely be interpreted as “not from behind” or do it in the scrum of OL so the ref couldn’t clearly see where the block came from.

Wisdom can not be cultivated through ignorance of information.

by Wonko on Oct 26, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Cleats make the cut block on

unsuspecting defenders so nasty. Foot firmly planted, knees bends the opposite way, foot tries to alleviate stresses by moving back with knee but cant. Much pain.

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by soulSD on Oct 26, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Why would a defender firmly plant his feet while rush the passer or pursuing the running back?

And why is the defender unsuspecting? I just don’t see how a legal cut block could occur on an unsuspecting defender.

Wisdom can not be cultivated through ignorance of information.

by Wonko on Oct 27, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions

it's comming from their blind side

I agree that cut blocks should be banned. The pass rusher is looking at the blocker in front of him and trying to see who has the ball, qb or rb, and doesn’t see the guy comming from his blind side. I think hitting anyone without the ball below the waist should be illegal. As a ball carrier, your fair game as that’s the easiest way to tackle someone is to take their legs out. How often do you see a tackler hit a rb high and the rb bounces off and keeps going.

by irishlad on Oct 31, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Raiders....wow....hmm....damn....I....just....don't.....wow....I'm at a loss for words.

At least they have a strong fanbase.Oh and 3 super bowls,but I think Al bought the officials in those games….just sayin.

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by Gorditoe1 on Oct 27, 2009 2:55 AM PDT reply actions

worse then our guys staying safe on the field, what our guys in the stands,lol….it’s never safe to root for the opposing team when the faders are playing, at either teams home because the drunk thugs of fader nation will jump you or stab you for having the nerve to root for another team!!!!

by peteyweestro on Oct 27, 2009 5:16 PM PDT reply actions

Actually

This thought about the stands in Raider games at the Q is outdated. Perhaps due to some of the policies employed by the organization, the incidents of arrests, ejections and other sorts of bad behavior are actually less at Raider games than any other Chargers home game. I heard this from the man himself, Jim Steeg, in his weekly radio interview where he showed concern about these stabby incidents keeping people from buying tickets to this weekend’s game.

Wisdom can not be cultivated through ignorance of information.

by Wonko on Oct 28, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

That sounds like a lie intended to boost ticket sales.

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by Richard Wade on Oct 28, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions

good

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by Wonko on Oct 28, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions

I think the SD stands have gotten better in the last few years

Setting up the temporary:

Jail
Court House
Parole Office

… right on the stadium grounds has really helped. For the criminal justice system the Raider game is almost like one of those Stand Down events put on at Balboa Park for the military guys. Kind of a one stop shop.

Raider fan shows up. Demonstrates their true character. Gets hand cuffed before kick off; has a parole hearing in the first quarter; gets arraigned by half time; and has a jump suit and shower shoes before the final whistle. It seems really efficient.

by Trendsearcher on Oct 28, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions

That and...

The amount of police officers in the stands and the parking lot makes you feel a lot better about it.

I remember home games when those fans would chuck beer bottles in the parking lot after the game, regardless of what the outcome was. Scary back then, now, not so much.

by Schwing on Oct 28, 2009 3:36 PM PDT reply actions