The Oakland Raiders are now halfway done with the NFL preseason, and the narrative seems familiar; offense looks outstanding, and the defense looks lousy. However, despite some weariness to judge these preseason performances too closely, there was a lot of good performances for the Raiders that should be cause for optimism.
As Raider Nation Looks ahead to the regular season in the Raiders’ game versus the Titans, the Silver and Black’s receiving corps will be facing no small task when they are covered by the likes of Logan Ryan and rookie Adoree Jackson.
As PFF pointed out a few days ago via Twitter, the Raiders’ offense will continue featuring one of the best duos in Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree, and in his defense, Seth Roberts is no slouch as a third option.
No surprise that in last week’s preseason opener against the Arizona Cardinals that Oakland Raiders’ quarterback Derek Carr did not see any action, however, E.J. Manuel did, which resulted in many impressed observers.
The start of preseason football is an ambiguous thing in all its glory, on the one hand, it marks the return of professional football after the yearly summer drought every fan endures but, in all honesty, it is just that, preseason.
In spite of that, however, all of us here at RaiderRamble.com are ecstatic as this will mark our first season covering the Oakland Raiders since the site’s inception back in April. With that shameless plug out of the way on to business, playing the Arizona Cardinals in the preseason opener. Despite this being preseason here’s a few quick hits and the “Ramble Forecast” for the game.
alen Richard, running back for the Oakland Raiders, has a bright future with the team including a role that’s expected to grow running the ball behind Marshawn Lynch. Showing maturity beyond his years, however, it seems Richard is taking it upon himself to help some of the lesser known players find a place on his team.
Having grown up a Los Angeles Raiders fan in a family that bled “Silver and Black,” I was always familiar with the names that came to define the particular era; Marcus Allen, Howie Long, and of course, Todd Christensen. Lately, there’s been a lot of discussions and justifiably so, of when Cliff Branch will be enshrined in the NFL Hall Of Fame in Canton, Ohio but what about Christensen? A tight end that to his credit helped revolutionize the position also merits discussion.Â
The long wait for Raider Nation to see the Silver and Black suit up is drawing to an end as the Oakland Raiders open up their preseason against the Arizona Cardinals this Saturday. In spite of the anticipation, fans in attendance might have to settle for not seeing the Raiders’ star power.
Training camp for the Oakland Raiders has gotten off to a rather impressive start, to say the least, of course, there have been some great moments such as Marshawn Lynch crashing an interview, but the biggest development has been the holdout of left tackle Donald Penn.
The expectations for the Oakland Raiders organization to deliver a Lombardi Trophy to the Bay Area will lie heavily on how its defense can perform, in particular, the defensive backfield and its corners. Even after selecting an exceptionally talented cornerback in Gareon Conley in the first round of this year’s NFL Draft, there’s still a lot of questions as we head into this weekend’s camp action.
As the Oakland Raiders head into the 2017 season, its ideal for Raider Nation to know that franchise quarterback Derek Carr was locked up during the offseason which cements his status with this team and organization for years to come. In spite of this, the quarterback position on the depth chart leaves some unanswered questions as the season draws near.
