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Raider injuries:
MJD 1 week
T. Brown IR season
Pittsburgh Injuries:
M. Pouncey (C) IR (33 weeks broken femur)
E Fuller (RE) 1 week
S Smith (LG) 1 week
T. Romo (QB) 2 weeks
A. Ogletree (DT) 2 weeks
Oakland has a big advantage with regards to injuries as DJ Hayden and Terik Lattimore come off the ijured list. The Steeler injury to Romo leaves (71ovr) Landry Jones as starting QB. RB Shane Vereen looks to hall the load of work for the Steelers and WR Antonio Brown is always a deep threat. Lawrence Timmons and Brandon Flowers anchor a stout D for the Steel curtain.
The Raiders have the statistical advantage on D and the home field. Let's hope that is enough.
Originally Posted by jaymo76
Congratulations to the
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Thank goodness Romo is hurt. Maybe Pittsburgh can win with him not there to screw it up!
Okay well I had about 4 posts lost due to the site being hacked so here is the coles notes of the Division week.
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MLB Jared Mayo os out with a foot fracture
LE Robert Ayers is out with a foot stress fracture
Conference Championship Weekend:
It's how it should be as the two best teams from thebattle it out to earn a spot to the Super Bowl. This is anyone's game. The experts are divided on who will win this game. NE has home field advantage but their D has two major injuries.
It's go time! This brings back memories.... Raiders/Patriots... and it's snwonig hard!!!
Raiders start with the ball at their own 23. Raiders have a 16 play driver and get to the 3 but Browner makes a pass block even though he was not looking at the ball. Raiders settle for 3.
On NE's first play Brady is crushed by DT Still. Oh yeah the D is pumped!!! The Pats go 3 and out and it's Raider ball at the Oakland 32. The Raiders continue to move the ball and chew the clock as the first quarter ends 3-0 Oakland.
Today it's about ball control and not giving Brady time. The raider drive ends at mid field but the Pats are pinned to their own 1. They get close to midfield but the snow is just deadly today for the passing game.
Raiders start at the 20. The Raiders get to the 24 of NE but McGloin throws a pic at the 7. He didn't see the safety overtop. Pats start at their on 21 with 4:22 left in the half. NE moves the ball but again the snow kills the pass game and Oakland takes over at their own 14 with 1:57 left.
Oakland cannot move the ball and NE uses timeouts to stop ther clock. They get the ball back with 1:02 left and at their own 46. With 10 seconds left, Suisam goes for a 51 yard FG but he misses just short and the score hold 3-0 Oakland. With 1 second left Oakland goes for the hsil mary but with no luck.
Raiders dominated time in the 1st half but both sides have had no pass game (McGloin 7/17 81 Brady 8/15 66).
Pats start with the ball at their own 22. They storm down the field but CB Jenkins makes a phenomenal int at the Oakland 1. Wow!!! Bad news...WR Chaney gets crushed by Browner and he is gone for the game. Good news... on his 25 carry, Stevenson goes over 100 yards rushing. The drive ends with a 46 yard FG by Sturgis. That makes it 6-0 Oakland. That was another long drive going 18 plays. Posession and keeping the ball from Brady...
Raiders lost Chaney and the Pats then lose Matt Forte. The Pats go 3 and out and the 3rd is over as Oakland awaits the punt. Oakland starts thefourth at their own 46. This is huge! However a 3 and out is the result. The Pats start at their own 3.
Brady's down! Brady's down! Brady's down! Still takes him down and Garoppalo is in. Brady is done as he as a torn shoulder labrum.
The Raiders go 3 and out again and the Pats start at the 22 with 5:55 remaining. Pats get deep into Oakland territrory but cannot convert on 4th down and hand the ball over.
Raiders take over and convert. Pats burn all of their timeouts...
Raiders are going to the Super Bowl! Raiders are going to the Super Bowl! Raiders are going to the Super Bowl!
Last edited by jaymo76; 08-02-2015 at 01:04 AM.
Key Stats:
McGloin 15/30 128 yards 1 int.
Brady 12/22 105 yards 1 int.
Garoppolo 6/9 65 yards
Stevenson 31 carries 129 yards
Forte 7 carries 27 yards
Chaney 4 rec 34 yards
Gronkowski 4 rec 49 yards
Young 6 tackles
Freeman 9 tackles
The player of the game honours go to RB Stevenson and K Sturgis.
Last edited by jaymo76; 08-02-2015 at 01:38 AM.
and therefore, your 2016 Super Bowl matchup is
Breaking news out of
Announcements:
announce the hiring of Chuck Pagano as Head Coach.
Pro Bowl selectons for the
Team Joe Montana
FB1 M. Reece
LG1 C. Patterson
RG1 G Jackson
LE 1 L. Woodley
RE1 O. Vernon
DT1 P. Sims
P1 J. Locke
Team Jerry Rice
LT1 D. Penn
C1 S. Wisniewski
RT1 A. Howard
DT2 D. Still
ROLB1 S. Moore
LE A. Hicks 84 ovr
MLB C. Lofton 80 ovr
LT T. Armstead 88 ovr
CB S Jean-Baptiste 69 ovr
RT M. Cannon 81 ovr
RE D Bryant 81 ovr
LE C. Geathers 72 ovr
Breaking news out of
lol. So true!
Who dat say gone beat dem Saints?!?!
Welcome to Super Bowl LI
Welcome to Arlington Texas. The crowd is pumped. The teams are ready. It's go time!
Oakland wins the coin toss and even though the strategy is to kick off, for some reason the Raiders recieve the ball... (oh Madden...Nonetheless, the Raiders start at their own 22 and put together an amazing 16 play, 9 minute drive that ends with RB Stevenson taking it in for a TD. That makes it 7-0 Oakland with 2:13 left in the 1st quarter.
NO starts at their own 20 but the drive only lasts two series. Oakland starts the 2nd quarter with the ball at their own 26. Another long drive of 12 plays and over 7 minutes ends with Stevenson's 2nd td of the afternoon. 14-0 Oakland!!!
The Saints next drive is anther short one and results in a punt. Why are the Saints depending on Demarco Murray rather than Drew Brees?
Raiders start at their own 34 with 1:50 left. Oakland sensning blood in the water goes into the 2 minute offense and with 14 seconds left McGloin hits WR Chaney for the touchdown.
The half ends with the score 21-0 Oakland. Oakland has dominated the entire game and it's not even close. Almost 20 minutes of ball control to 6 for NO. The game for the Saints has been ugly thus far! The injuries they have... they just cannot compete.
Saints do nothing on their first possession and the Raiders start at their own 45. However they go 3 and out but not before pinning the Sants to the 1. On the next play Kalil Mack gets a safety on Demrco Murray and it's 23-0 Oakland.
Oakland starts at their 30 and gets into NO territory but Stevenson fumbles at the Saint 39. However, the refs reverse the ruling on the field... which was wrong... it should be NO ball!!!
The Raiders get to the 6 of NO and McGloin gets rocked. Locker comes in to the game and two plays later hits TE Rivera for a 4 yard TD strike. 30-0 Oakland.
NO starts at the 28 and... continue to run Murray...??? Why??? However, the Saints begin to move the ball. Brees has only thrown six passes thus far???
The quarter ends with the Saints on the move. The Saints go for it on 4th and 4 and convert and get into scoring position. Brees then hits Graham for a TD strike. That makes it 30-7 Raiders with 9:26 left.
Raiders begin at their own 31. The drive goes nowhere and the Saints start at their own 5. Coltson gets rocked by Hayden and fumbles at the NO 24. McGloin then hits Lattimore in the back of the endzone for a TD. 37-7 Raiders! With 5:48 left this game is over.
Murray gets injured and now the Saints begin to throw the ball. Brees hits Graham for a TD and it's 37-14 Raiders with 4:38 left.
Saints go for the onside recover and they get it. However, a few plays later Branch comes over the top and makes a phenomenal int or else it would have been a TD. Raiders go 3 and out as now the NO D shows up.
Woth 3:25 left the Saints take over at their own 12. Murray comes back into the game and the drive ends with Brees hitting Crooks for a TD but the 2pt convert is no good.
The Saints go for another 2 point conversion but the Raiders recover. McGloin and Stevenson run the clock out amnd the game is over.
Congratulations to the
MVP honours go to RB Sherrod Stevenson with 24 carries for 89 yards and 2 TD. However, it should have went to McGloin with28/35 248 yards 2 TD.
Last edited by jaymo76; 08-02-2015 at 05:39 PM.
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