adeltaY":1e4hr09h said:
Oakland has three all star interior linemen, Donald Penn has been really good but is getting old, and they drafted a project RT. That line's talent blows ours out of the water. If their quality of play declines, it will be a damming indictment on Cable. If they play well, it doesn't necessarily mean Cable did a great job.
I did not know that, about the Raiders having 3 all-star OL guys... which guys and were their Pro-Bowl years all recent, last year or two?
By the way, I'm sure you know you will need to get used to writing "Las Vegas Raiders". Personally, I skipped right over the whole "LA Raiders" thing. "Vegas Raiders" I can get my head around because it seems to fit.
If Cable's line and the Raiders O has a down year, that pretty much seals it that Cable was the problem here.
If the Raiders line plays well Cable will no doubt get the credit. It was all flippin' Bevell, sabotaging Cable's genius with idiot playcalls.
Can't you just see it, Bevell explaining the play to the O-Line: "Guys everyone take 3 steps right, fake a cut block, then FALL FLAT ON THE GROUND without even making contact. The defense will NEVER expect that! They'll be so confused they'll freeze, look for a screen play, and meantime, Russell will throw the bomb deep to our tackle-eligible Right Tackle, who got up and is now streaking down the field! They'll NEVER see this coming!!
OK, so that play didn't work as drawn up, any of the 15 times Bevell called it. We just need a faster right tackle.
