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Broncos suffers 4th home-loss vs. Raiders 14-59
Oct 26th
The Denver Broncos continue to bring tears to their fans as they suffer their fourth loss without any single win at home in the ongoing National Football League season.
The host Broncos suffered a lopsided 14-59 loss to the Oakland Raiders who are in mission to improve their NFL standing last year in the current NFL season.
Raiders running back Darren McFadden played villain to the host team as he scored four touchdowns and had a stunningly quick start to bring down the Broncos and solidify further their NFL playoff chances.
McFadden was very inspired against the Broncos as he scored at will to the soft interior defense of their opponent.
The Raiders executed their game plan properly as they hiked their win-loss record to 3-4 and dropped the Broncos to 2-5.
Raiders coach Tom Cable is surprised and happy with their victory against the Broncos.
With their victory, Cable vowed that his team play even harder next time so that they can continue to get wins in the 2010 NFL season.
Cable said if McFadden and the rest of the team will continue to play good he is confident of their chances in the current NFL season.
Playing in-front its fans, the Broncos does their best to defeat the Raiders.
However, the effort of the Broncos fell short on the talent and skills of the visiting team.
Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said the team played good but the Raiders was simple too much to overcome that day.
McDaniels said the injury of their three dependable defensive players namely emotional leader Brian Dawkins (knee), cornerback Andre’ Goodman (thigh) and linebacker Robert Ayers (foot) contributed to their loss.
He said despite their bad record, his team will bounced back in their next games and make their 2010 NFL campaign a success.
Despite 0-5 record, 49ers confident of taking NFC West crown
Oct 15th
The San Francisco 49ers might have a dismal 0-5 win-loss record, but the tean remains confident of their chances in the current National Football League season.
In a recent media engagement, San Francisco 49ers president Jed York made a bold statement that he fully trust his team to have a great year in the 2010 NFL season.
York said the team is very confident that they could take the NFC West crown this year despite their dismal win-loss record.
Like its president, the 49ers are themselves fully motivated to accomplish their goal of success this year amids their woeful record.
Despite calls for a roster change Mike Singletary, the coach of the 49ers has stood firm with his decision to stick it out with Alex Smith , the team’ starting quarterback.
Some sectors called on Singletary to replace Smith on the starting line-up due to the ton of errors committed by the quarterback in their past five games that lead to their losses.
Singletary said Smith might not be playing his best professional football game this year yet but he is confident he will soon have a superb game if he will just stay focus and play much harder in their next games.
He said Smith remains the 49ers starting quarterback when the team host the Oakland Raiders on October 17.
The 49ers coach however said the team will evaluate the performance of Smith per game basis to determine if still deserve to be the team’s starting quarterback after their game against the Raiders.
Smith is very happy with the decision of Singletary to keep him on the starting line-up.
The 49ers star quarterback vowed to play harder and be less cautious so that he can think and play better for his team.
Having a superior 2-3 record, the Raiders is favored to roll past the 49ers in their game.
However, the host team could still surprise the Raiders if they will play as a team and with an added passion to win their first game in the professional football season in-front of their fans.
Seattle Seahawks at Oakland Raiders Preseason Betting Preview
Sep 1st
Seattle Seahawks @ Oakland Raiders Thurs. Sept. 2nd 10pm EST
Over the past few years, the Seattle Seahawks and the Oakland Raiders have been two teams in the NFL that once dominated their divisions (NFC West, AFC West) and were considered perennial Super Bowl title contenders, but have now become arguably two of the worst teams in the NFL with only 10 wins between them last season.
Despite posing absolutely no threat to any opposing team over the last few years, the Seahawks and the Raiders could be on the verge of turning things around this season as they have made some drastic changes over the NFL offseason.
The Seattle Seahawks decided that something needed to change and as a result they brought in two-time BCS champion head coach Pete Carroll (USC). With a player friendly head coach like Carroll on the sidelines, the Seahawks have a good shot of getting back in contention in the NFC West division, but with the emergence of the San Francisco 49ers as the best team in the division and the Arizona Cardinals falling fast without Kurt Warner under center, the Seattle franchise has an opportunity to possibly compete for a Wildcard spot in the NFC.
The Oakland Raiders on the other hand might have a better chance of making a run at the playoffs this season as they have added a Pro Bowl caliber quarterback in Jason Campbell from the Washington Redskins and rookie linebacker Rolando McClain (Oklahoma).
With the addition of these two promising young players and the departure of arguably the biggest draft bust in NFL history in former number one overall pick JaMarcus Russell, the Raiders seem to be finally heading in the right direction, but they will have some injury concerns heading into the regular season as quarterback Jason Campbell will most likely miss the last preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks due to an injury shoulder.
Fortunately, the Raiders have a great backup option in Bruce Gradkowski who had a great game last week against the San Francisco 49ers with 202 passing yards and two touchdowns. Even though Campbell is the number one guy for the Raiders, Gradkowski could be the guy to start the season as Campbell’s injury status is still uncertain.
With Gradkowski playing at a high level, he should be able to lead Oakland to victory in this preseason finale against Seattle.