2019 Oakland Raiders Discussion

Or lol at the Hayden PI. b*******.

 

Cooper was untouched on that play.

 

Even I sometimes forget how fast Cooper is. His strength and speed are really impressive, making him one of the best YAC guys in the league.

 

QB IMPACT
Best seasons for Raiders since 2004:
1. Carr (2016) +27.6
2. Carr (2015) +20.0
3. Campbell (2010) +9.0
4. Gannon (2004) +4.6

Gannon's best? +27.4 (2001)

QB Impact
Raiders Leaders, Post Gannon
1. Carr +41.1
2. Campbell +13.3
3. Flynn +3.9
4. Palmer +0.0
5. Culpepper -0.5

 

Quick Notes on Stats

CAREER STATS
PASSING
Carr is currently 9th on Oakland's career passing chart. He's 7th in TDs. He's 2nd in Rating (behind Gannon).
He's tied for fourth with 9 Fourth Quarter Comebacks, with only Plunkett (13 in 74 games), Lamonica (13 in 95 games), and Stabler (15 in 130 games) ahead of him. He tied Gannon and Flores despite playing about 1/2 their games.
His 17 wins as a QB are 9th most in team history.

RUSHING
Murray is up to 19th all-time on the rushing list, less than 100 yards behind LaMont Jordan. He's also tied with Bo Jackson for 13th most rushing TDs in team history.

RECEIVING
Cooper is 26th on the franchise yardage list, and he's within 110 yards of 22nd place. He's 33rd in receptions. He's 37th in TDs.
Crabtree is 35th in yards, 30th in receptions, and 20th in TDs.
Rivera is 31st in receptions and 33rd in TDs.
Holmes is 38th in yards and 27th in TDs.


SINGLE SEASON LIST
Carr is currently 20th in passing yards, and he's on pace to become the third Raider to throw for over 4000 yards on the season, joining Gannon and Palmer. He's tied for 20th in passing TDs, and he's on pace to join Lamonica as the only Raider to throw for 30+ TDs twice in a career. He has a fighting chance at the top spot on both theses lists.
His Rating is the second best in team history this season, and his QBR is the best for a qualified Raiders passer since the stat has been kept.

RUSHING
LTM has the 11th most rushing TDs in a season. He's on pace to finish at around 12 or 13, which wuld put him at #2 or #3 on the list.

RECEIVING
Cooper is having a year. He's already 34th in receptions, and he's on pace to finish with 99 receptions, which would be second best in franchise history. He's already 37th in receiving yards, and he's on pace for 1440, which would eclipse the club record held by Tim Brown (1408).
Crabtree is on pace to finish with 82 receptions, which would put him 13th. He's on pace to finish just short of 1000 yards, likely putting him around 30th on the career list for a single season.

One last cool stat set:
Cooper is currently 26th for most receptions in a WR's first two seasons with 134. He's on pace for 170, which would put him behind only Jarvis Landry and OBJ. He's currently 29th with 1970 yards, and he's on pace for 2510 yards, which would put him in 4th behind OBJ, Moss, and Bill Groman.

 

Quite the disparity in the QB Impact post Gannon. I liked Campbell BTW...that team wasn't shabby until he broke his collarbone against the Browns which precipitated the Palmer trade.

The only other team this season which notched comeback wins besides us are the Detroit Lions.

 

4 Oakland Raiders

last week: 5
record: 8–2
The last time Oakland secured its eighth win before Thanksgiving was 2000, the start of a three-year run that ended with a trip to the Super Bowl. So, there’s extra reason for Raiders fans to give thanks before they bite the head off a live turkey this holiday season. I assume that’s how the Black Hole crazies celebrate, yes?

Another SI ranking take...

 

Tidbit from Peter King's SI MMQB:

• When I saw Derek Carr’s game-clinching, 29-yard dime to Jalen Richard up the right sideline—another big-balls call by Jack Del Rio’s staff—I thought back to a discussion I had with him in July. “I think it’s just believing you can win, and you only gain that confidence through work,” Del Rio said. “Then it’s a matter of flourishing in those situations. All of these games are one-score games. It comes down to who makes plays, executes and performs in those situations. Those are the things that separate the 12-4 teams and the teams that are 7-9 or 4-12. You’ve got to be good enough to be in games. Then, there’s a point where you understand how to win them.” On Monday night, and also 15 days earlier against Denver, the Raiders have shown that now they understand.

 

The Raiders are a gunslinging team, and that style of play - going down to the last whistle, needing a final stop or a final score - is dangerous. I love that we have that ability, but I'm concerned about it for the playoffs.

 

Update on D:

Raiders surrendered 124 yards on the ground, making the Texans the seventh team to hit 100+ against the Raiders. They're surrendering 115.7 yards per game on the ground. They also surrendered 230 through the air, marking five straight games in which the Raiders have held opposing QBs to under 300 yards. They're averaging 277.9 per game.

By "holding" the Texans to 354, the Raiders have now kept four straight opponents below 360, and they're surrendering a season low 393.6 per game. The 24.3 points surrendered are also down to a low.

Over their last four games, they have surrendered:
An average of 91 yards on the ground
An average of 226 yards through the air.
315 per game total offense.
20 points per game.

Only 12 teams are holding opponents below 100 yards rushing per game.
Only 8 teams are holding opponents below 226 passing per game.
Only three teams are holding opponents below 315 yards per game.

 

Amerson might be out. Aldon Smith judgment by Friday.