Raiders are now 3 and 7 on the season.
One in seven against every team,
not name, the Denver Broncos, they complete the sweep. They
get the victory Davante Adams gets it, done three play Drive
in overtime to win the game. And the first play went
negative yardage. That's an impressive overtime, drive by
the Raiders, and it depressing performance by
a vaunted
Denver defense mean.
You know, much was made of the fact that Nathaniel Hackett
gave up play-calling so he couldn't be involved with
the other phase of
The team maybe after yesterday Denver's like
Denver defense is like hey
hey Nate were fine, you just stay with the offense.
We don't we're fine we're good. What will will
will
graciously decline your involvement in the defense but
look at the Broncos. Just keep finding ways. They don't they
don't get embarrassed.
By the score,
they get embarrassed by the process. I can't think of
a team like this. That if you look at the scores of their
games you don't say,
oh boy, I'll go, you know, like Vikings 40 to 30. You should go
hide in a hole but there is like a moment from every game
that happens where you're like,
how is a professional football team. Whether it's a coach,
a quarterback or some other player doing something, this
stupid to contribute to a narrow defeat,
It looked okay. First of all, if anybody should know that you
need to cover Davante Adams it should be Nathaniel Hackett.
I mean,
come on. Why is the next Global closest Defender to Davante
Adams in overtime? A state over-prepare? I mean, what is
this?
What is this? This is craziness, and that's as easy.
I could have made that throw Mike, you could have made that
throw
that's, that's crazy.
That Davante Adams was that open.
Over time. So that's ridiculous. And,
you know, I mean things that we want about the Raiders,
the only teams they've beaten so far this year, when you
mentioned that there to know against the Broncos, their
other Victory came against the Houston Texans. So
I don't really know what that says. But you know when you
have the kind of week at the Raiders had, after losing to
Jeff Saturday's colds, they needed something to at least
gain some positive momentum. And you know these yesterday,
I guess we could say that Josh, McDaniels did a fantastic job.
Well, I'll say this, too about that throw and catch. I've
talked to enough guys over the years to know that those
situations make it even harder. When you see the guy that open,
you get a little nervous that you're going to miss him.
When you are that open, you get a little nervous that maybe
you're going to drop it. It's too easy. You can think too
much about it it's it shouldn't be the something's wrong here.
What's going on? Oh I still have to catch it. Whoops,
there it went. So they still had to execute that moment and
they did David. Carr is
Eight and two in his career. In overtime games, the best win
percentage by Derek. Who did I say that? I say Derek Anderson.
Derek far, did I see David? Carr, David Carr, somebody car,
Derek Carr and then I thought I said, Derek Anderson that's
just shows
you how far up my own. But my head is this morning here,
according to his career, in overtime games, the best
winning percentage by any quarterback with 10 or more
overtime games in their career. Second best is Tom Brady at
10:00
and 4:00.
I knew it was going over time when Nathaniel Hackett said
last week somebody To win this game and it has been,
it has been a rough road, they've lost their third
overtime game of the season
and it just feels like,
I mean, how does he survive? And I'm not anti Nathaniel
Hackett. I'm very Pro assessing. What is happening in
front of us? And we've seen it before every time a coordinated
becomes a head coach. You don't know whether or not that person
is going to
have the skill set to thrive at a fundamentally different job.
It is different in every every way imaginable. Tony, Dungy
tells the story, he's in
Tampa Bay and they come to him and say we go to Kansas City in
the preseason. What hotel do you want to stains? Like why
are you asking me? Cause you're the coach that's a decision you
make. I mean
it changes your entire existence when you ditch
the X's and O's for being the CEO of the football team, some guys
can do it some guys can't sometimes you can tell quickly
sometimes it takes a little while through 10 games and
Nathaniel hackett's career, it's safe to say he can't he
just can't
and the owners their didn't.
Hire him and they expect more the fans expect more.
They're going to need to find somebody who can fix Russell
Wilson. That's going to be topic a,b,c,d,e
of every interview they do once they fired a Faneuil Hackett
and start looking for the next coach, how do you get more out
of Russell Wilson? And how do you teach him
to not
throw the ball away when he should take a sack? Which is
you said earlier during a break. It's something that
a guy who's been in the NFL for 11 years now, should know
without anyone telling him
third down and 10. And apply throwing it yet. You're
throwing it to try to win the game. Perfect fine. But when
the play is dead, take the sack. We saw Taylor heinicke.
Do it last Monday night takes the knee,
right? And then he ends up getting hit
and it's a weird situation, but he gets a free 15 yards games
over. If you just take the SEC, keep the clock moving.
It's inexcusable
for a veteran quarterback
of Russell. Wilson's experience
to throw the ball away in that situation
slide. You take the sack, you keep the clock moving. There is
nothing
that the thing you'll hack, it should have had to tell him
or click Kubiak, who's called plays yesterday. Should have
had to remind Russell Wilson of what that is.
They don't have any timeouts, you know, that you're coming
out of the two-minute warning. You understand what's going on
here? You have to know that as a veteran quarterback. The
things that I cannot do
have an incomplete pass or at least the pass is not that
competitive, you know, if it goes over the middle and you
know, you're trying to throw it and the defense breaks up
a play. That's at least earn play,
but if the play is dead, the play is dead.
Take the sack, let the clock wind and let it go, that's what
happens there. I don't understand what you need to
tell Russell Wilson to tell him, hey man don't do that.
They're
been in the league 10 plus years enough.
And even if it didn't dawn on it before Monday night, you
wonder did he watch the Monday night game? Did he actively
watch the Monday night game? I wonder how many quarterbacks
how many players watch other games and are constantly like,
with a notepad or their
phone like taking notes on
something? I see something. I hear that I could maybe
incorporate in some way. I'm watching this game, but I'm
also learning from it. I don't know. But that was up the but
you point you pointed it out the Taylor heinicke. Thing
a prime example for Monday night when everyone was watching
as to what you do in that moment to keep the clock moving
and not Clock and give the Raiders even more time to try
to force overtime. Here's Nathaniel Hackett from after
the game on whether he's talked to his immediate boss, general
manager, George Payton,
or his ultimate boss, CEO, Greg Penner about
the first year. Head coach has future
for me. Everything's about this team. In the staff told you
guys that before. I mean I just want to do everything I can to
help this team win.
You know, we've been so close. We've had so many
opportunities. We've had a lot of things happen this year that
are unfortunate, and but we have to continue Can we find
ways to win? That's my sole purpose. That's all I'm
looking to do.
Whatever happens. Those things I can't control and always
communicate with everybody. Talk about everything, show
them all the different things that are going on, so they can
have all their answers,
their questions answered and go from there.
Yeah,
it's just a matter of time. The only question for me is, does
he make it to the end of the season or they decide? And, and
I'm a firm believer. Once you decide
it's done. Be done move on
because you have an opportunity
to select one of these assistants
to be the on the job
person who auditions
for the permanent head coaching job. You see what someone can
do? Unless they go off the board and, you know, bring in
Gary Zimmerman or some other former offensive lineman of
the team. Are coached.
Hey,
I nominated him for so it's another franchise Legend. You
know, seems like I'm
high. Yeah.
I just I just I think it's just not working and I can't imagine
the Walmart Moguls deciding to give him another year. There's
nothing he's done. This year miles, it has made me. Say hey
there's that little glimmer. There's that little thing,
there's that thread that we can pull
to see a better second.
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