Preseason - Week 3

[DJB]

Anyone see how bad the Newton injury is?

Can't really see much of what happened on footage of the play, but he left the arena in a walking boot. No clue yet how serious that makes it, but certainly concerning.

Thanks man

[ArrylT]

The Raiders are now 3-0 in the pre-season, which as far as I can tell has not happened in over 30 years. Not that it means much in the greater scheme of things - just interesting to note.

[FantasyFreak]

The Raiders are now 3-0 in the pre-season, which as far as I can tell has not happened in over 30 years. Not that it means much in the greater scheme of things - just interesting to note.

[Dynasty DeLorean]

The Raiders are now 3-0 in the pre-season, which as far as I can tell has not happened in over 30 years. Not that it means much in the greater scheme of things - just interesting to note.

Because they have Peterman

[usps33]

The Raiders are now 3-0 in the pre-season, which as far as I can tell has not happened in over 30 years. Not that it means much in the greater scheme of things - just interesting to note.

In 1973, the New York Giants went 6-0 in preseason games, then went 2-11-1 in the regular season. Don’t think anything can be learned from a team’s preseason record.

[ColdZealDonkeyStrike]

Didn't the Lions go 4-0 in the preseason when they went 0-16?

[TB3falcons]

Didn't the Lions go 4-0 in the preseason when they went 0-16?

That is correct, as did the Browns in their 0-16 season.

[Huh]

I saw a study a few years back that showed preseason has no predictive properties as far as regular season record goes. Huge chunks of games being played by back end roster types. It’s practice.

[zoster80]

I was at the Fins games last night...a few observations.

Not sure if they were scared to let Fitz loose, but they were feeding the ball to Ballage. He got a bunch of carries and targets all first half.

I saw an effort to get Geiski involved he had one nice catch. I’m thinking at least 4 or 5 targets which is nice.

As another poster mentioned, Rosen looked solid against the 2’s. He scrambled, a sweet sideline throw and definitely brought a good energy to the offense.

Mark Walton is going make this team. He was featured in special teams, caught a few passes and ran as well. They got a good look at him. He even threw up the |__| for the hurricane fans when he scored.

Westbrook will be a high WR2 this year. They were loving him in the first half. Fournette was whatever, I was excited to see and was him he break something loose.

[trc]

I was at the Fins games last night...a few observations.

Not sure if they were scared to let Fitz loose, but they were feeding the ball to Ballage. He got a bunch of carries and targets all first half.

I saw an effort to get Geiski involved he had one nice catch. I’m thinking at least 4 or 5 targets which is nice.

As another poster mentioned, Rosen looked solid against the 2’s. He scrambled, a sweet sideline throw and definitely brought a good energy to the offense.

Mark Walton is going make this team. He was featured in special teams, caught a few passes and ran as well. They got a good look at him. He even threw up the |__| for the hurricane fans when he scored.

Westbrook will be a high WR2 this year. They were loving him in the first half. Fournette was whatever, I was excited to see and was him he break something loose.

What about Isiah Ford?
I know he is waiver fodder for the most, but wouldn't mind taking a long shot with him

[ArrylT]

The Raiders are now 3-0 in the pre-season, which as far as I can tell has not happened in over 30 years. Not that it means much in the greater scheme of things - just interesting to note.

In 1973, the New York Giants went 6-0 in preseason games, then went 2-11-1 in the regular season. Don’t think anything can be learned from a team’s preseason record.

Yeah I am fully aware it usually has little translation to the regular season - I am sure for every Super Bowl Champion there are an equal # of times they had good & bad pre-season - just interesting to note that usually the Raiders tend to lose a lot in the pre-season, and this year for whatever reason they're not.

[grooner]

I like all this positive news for Rosen, really routing for the guy. For what ever reason he has seemed to get a bad wrap since being drafted for Arizona.

[Flgatorguy87]

Ballage looks like he runs with his eyes closed. It works well because sometimes he surprises himself and actually hits a hole.

[Flgatorguy87]

Can Vernon Davis do anything with Haskins?

[DLF3000]

I saw a study a few years back that showed preseason has no predictive properties as far as regular season record goes. Huge chunks of games being played by back end roster types. It’s practice.

Right on, and soon we'll be seeing less of these low-quality preseason games and more of these shared team practices more teams are preferring, especially for starter snaps.

When even preseason week #3 now sucks, it's time to try broadcasting something new.