The Raiders 3rd preseason game vs Detroit brought some
interesting results. With the first string playing a large portion of
the game, it was going to be a good test both on offense and defense.
Palmer didn't look spectacular, but that's no different than the
previous two games. He has a habit of throwing into double coverage and
still seems to be a little off with some of the receivers. Again, we
don't know if its the wrong route being run or if the throw is just off -
but either way, there were plays left on the field and a few given away.
Pryor had a
great game and we got to see him roll out some good runs with one
crossing the goal line. He threw very little, but of his 5 attempts,
two were TD passes to Criner - one for 39 yards and a long 76 yard toss
thrown across his body. He looked really comfortable out there with the
2nd team and it surely will do wonders for his confidence.
The defense held Detroit to 5 first downs and under 100 yards in the
first half. They shut Calvin Johnson down, which was a good sign for
our young secondary. Our tackling has been much improved - there were
some really nice open field tackles with the defense wrapping guys up.
Something we haven't seen in a long time.
Janikowski got injured on a kickoff return in the 2nd quarter, but Eddy
Carmona was able to boot a 56 yard FG from the dirt - pretty
impressive. Not sure whether Janikowski will be ready to go by week one
with his groin injury, but Allen says he's not too worried about it.
None of the roster cuts made yesterday were surprising, but we signed Roscoe Parrish today to help our return game - which is a huge need.
Go Raiders!
Emily DiDonato
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Peach said he COULD get a chance to start if Palmer falters. It's a throwdown - not necessarily his true belief.
LoveItHateIt
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I ponied up for NFL preseason live. It wasn't horribly expensive - about $5 per game. I signed up after the Dallas game since it was televised nationally. My curiosity about this team forced me to do this. LOL
I hope you at least got to see the highlights of Pryor, and that amazing catch by DHB. Taiwan Jones looked really good too.
LoveItHateIt
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Yeah - both of Pryor's TD passes were very accurate. Palmer's throw to DHB wasn't - but he made an incredible adjustment to come down with the ball. Almost circus like :-)
I'm worried about Jano too. He was simply running to the area of the return man and pulled up gimpy. No contact, no huge surge of speed, just gimped up. Not a good sign to me, but I don't know much in that area.
LoveItHateIt
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me neither. over the past few years he has been our most consistent point maker. gonna really need him this year.
crazyalzado
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Hopefully Allen is right and he won't miss time in the regular season.
LoveItHateIt
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Exactly. And since we really don't know if Palmer can get the offense down to the redzone without throwing a pick in the process... yeah, it's good to have Jano healthy.
LoveItHateIt
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The offense was predictable because Palmer only knew 5 or 6 plays and the long ball.
DMC being healthy helps for sure, but we can become just as predictable if he's running all the time.
LoveItHateIt
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They shut down Calvin, but he only played for just one of two halves... And you need to ask the Cowboys if shutting Megatron down for just one half does anything!
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Terrelle Pryor did have a good game... the Lions secondary is... terrible.
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