Sunday Whupping!

I'm flat out tired after sitting through another Raiders Loss. What hurt so much this time was just how completely beaten we were.

I wouldn't say that San Diego is a better team than any of the other teams we've played so far this year. What happened was the Raiders chose to play their worse game offensively today. Their inconsistency and lack of creativity on offense was the leading cause for no offense at all. Kerry Collins once again showed why he's not a good quarterback. If I had to put blame on someone for this one it would be Kerry Collins and the Offensive Coordinator.

It's obvious that Collins is playing not to make mistakes. When he did take a chance it was not a well advised one. He tends to lead his receivers into heavy defensive traffic and still throws passes too high. One throw to an open Courtney Anderson in the endzone would have been a touchdown if it were say maybe five feet lower. Mind you Courtney is six foot seven with basketball jumping ability. How a quarterback misses a six foot seven tight end open in the end zone is beyond me. Granted, the throw was aligned properly and Courtney did have some defensive backs in the vicinity, but unless he'd grown wings in the huddle he wasn't going to come down with the high thrown ball.

I hate to say it but it's possible Moss's groin injury sustained while trying to catch a deep Collins pass in double coverage, might have been avoided with a better pass. Collins was overthrowing today when maybe underthrown balls would have benefited his receivers and the team.

Lamont Jordan plowed into the offensive line for little yardage much of the first half. The defense broke at times but considering they were on the field for long periods of time in the first half, I'd understand their fatigue on this 80 degree day.

Even in playing their worse game of the season to date the Raiders gave themselves opportunities in the final quarter to make it a game. But those ugly penalties at critical times, some questionable, cost them yet again. The penalties were lessened from previous games, but they still reared their head just when the defense was making a stand. There's no way around a personal foul roughing the passer penalty. It's the referree's call whether we agree or not.

The only solution I see to this problem is possibly throwing in Tuaosusopo to give us a rushing threat, or admitting to ourselves that we're not as talented a team as we thought and our coaches are lacking when it comes to game planning.

Something must be done to stop the bleeding caused by Ladanian Tomlinson and the stellar play of the San Diego Chargers this weekend. They whupped us today, period.

I must give credit to Tomlinson, he is truly an exceptional running back. He cuts on a dime, uses his blockers effectively and has plenty of fight for every yard. He's tough, sweet and elusive like Payton. He didn't run over the Raiders today, but he sure put his mark on the game.

Enough said. Stop the bleeding NOW Big Al. It can't go on like this. I'll go down with the ship if I have to, but I want to at least know that I took a few enemies with me.

Let's Go Raiders!