Pre-Game Thread- Pats @ Raiders

[captain stone]

Hope he wears Chandler Jones down.

I hope he stops jumping off-sides so often;

I hope he remembers whom he's supposed to block;

I hope he finds a way to stay on his feet for a full Two seconds after the snap;

And I hope he stops acting as if he's vying for the Worst LT in the NFL award.

 

[ashley]

Good morning, everyone...gettting you all ready for a Thursday:

 

[ashley]

 

[ashley]

Asked Reiss about the status of both Waller and Renfro :

 

[State]

Unless we have Mac throw deep this has chances to quickly become like bills game.

I don’t think the Raiders secondary is good. Time to light them up. I’m looking at you Jonnu and Tyquan.

 

[signbabybrady]

Haven't had enough injuries this year why not the LS too. Maybe we get Bailey back in time for the new long snapper to screw things up.

 

[slash83]

I don’t think the Raiders secondary is good. Time to light them up. I’m looking at you Jonnu and Tyquan.

Wouldn't bet on it this week with those two ends they have.

 

[State]

Let’s see what Tyquan Thornton can do, an even faster guy. Come on, Patricia! Dial it up!

 

[State]

Wouldn't bet on it this week with those two ends they have.

Is Cannon going to play?

 

[ashley]

Could never picture BB doing this: Just looks ridiculous!!!!

 

[slash83]

Is Cannon going to play?

No idea, whether he does or doesn't still wouldn't bet on it, he's a shell of his former self unfortunately.

 

[State]

Raiders' Josh McDaniels Wednesday Silver and Black Update

Las Vegas Raiders Coach Josh McDaniels took time to offer his Wednesday update on the state of the team and look ahead to the New England Patriots.

www.si.com

Coach McDaniels’s press conference yesterday. He is obviously familiar with the Patriots and sounds a lot like his mentor, Belichick.

 

[State]

A recent epicly bad Raiders draft.

Raiders’ disastrous 2020 draft class will live in infamy

With the release last week of guard John Simpson, six of the seven players the Raiders took in the 2020 NFL draft no longer are with the team. Two were first-round picks.

www.reviewjournal.com

And we didn’t bring in recently released John Simpson, a LG who started 17 games? All the teams passed in the former fourth round pick from Clemson. Hum.

 

[ashley]

This might work for us:

 

[Rob0729]

Asked Reiss about the status of both Waller and Renfro :

Ashley, you and Mike seem to have a little social media thing going there. Be careful, the Patriots beat writers set are a bunch of gossipers and busy bodies. They are like the Real Housewives of Patriots Nation.

 

[Rob0729]

Could never picture BB doing this: Just looks ridiculous!!!!

I saw this and I am torn. Ten years ago, I would say McDaniel is a clown and has no business running an NFL team. But with the mindset of today's players, this buddy-buddy stuff might actually work. Time will tell. But he still does come off clownish quite a bit in his press conferences.

 

[PScottman]

If Bourne doesn't play over Agholor this week we'll know junior high grudges mean more than winning to BB and MP.

If I may quote Lt Daniel Kaffee "If Santiago wasn't to be touched...why was he transferred off the base?"

There are two simultaneous arguments regarding Belichick that fascinate me. One is the above 'BB is a vindictive, petty man unable to separate emotion from reason' while at the same time 'BB makes every decision based on catching Shula and winning games in the short term, he has lost all strategic perspective and doesn't have the good of the team at heart'.

So which is it, as it pretty much can't be both - someone obsessed so much about winning wouldn't subvert that obsession with petty actions that endanger said obsession.

Plus if the "doghouse" thing was still an issue ( I do agree it was for the first couple games of the year) would Bourne have played as many snaps as he did Monday?

I know Bourne came out in the media recently which might be an addressable sin, but a truly petty response would be to throw Slater and Jones out there every series and not give Bourne ANY snaps - that would be the actual "FU" to Bourne.

 

[PScottman]

The Pats still have to leave AZ to get to Las Vegas.

That's a bold new strategy - going to where the game is being played!

 

[PatsFan2]

Asked Reiss about the status of both Waller and Renfro :

I wish Josh would be more specific.

 

[PScottman]

Haven't had enough injuries this year why not the LS too. Maybe we get Bailey back in time for the new long snapper to screw things up.

This is actually a big deal...for a team that relies on field goals and already a backup punter playing a new LS is an issue to watch.