Breaking news out of Oakland tonight!!!
The Raiders have announced they have traded QB Derek Carr and a 7th round pick to the Detroit Lions in exchange for Detroit's first round pick this season and a fifth round pick next season.
Breaking news out of Oakland tonight!!!
The Raiders have announced they have traded QB Derek Carr and a 7th round pick to the Detroit Lions in exchange for Detroit's first round pick this season and a fifth round pick next season.
have announced the signing of FA QB Ricky Stanzi to a 1 year $730,000 contract. Stanzi willslot into 3rd on the depth chart.
Raiders have just announced they will hold a press conference tomorrow afternoon with regards to their road map for the future and the reasons behind trading Carr.
At the press conference today Oakland spoke of the direction of the team. It was decided by management that having to QB's wanting to be starter was a distraction. McGloin earned the right to be starter and is the more accurate of the two. With McGloin returning from injury this week it seemed like the right time to make the move. The Detroit move made perfect sense as the Raiders were looking for a mid to late round 1st round pick. The move will also greatly benefit Carr as he can tutor under an established QB.
The Raiders would like to thank Derek Carr for his three years of service and wish him well in his future QB endeavours.
Week 7:(4-1) @
Didn't we just play this game? The Raiders and Broncos meet for the 2nd time this season. This is the first game with McGloin back in the helm and the first game since the Carr trade. A Raider win today would give Oaktown a bit of breathing space but a loss and the division lead will be gone.
The game starts with Oakland moving the ball well and ending the drive with a 39 yard FG to go up 3-0. The Broncos go three and out but on the next Raider drive McGloin is picked off (because this is madden, not real football... aka the corner covered 30 yards in under three seconds and crosse dthe entire field to make a pic... need I say more). The Broncos then score a TD (also as per usual). 7-3 Denver to end the1st.
Oakland responds with a 5 min drive ending in an 8 yard TD rush to make it 10-7 Oakland. Denver's low rated rookie Zac Dysert doubles as a Greek god... the guy is outstanding. He gets his team in scoring position (sort of) as Prater hits a 65 yard FG. That makes it 10-10. Did I mention the wind is crazy today???
F&^ck I hate Madden I really do! I run a screen pass the ball past the line of scrimmage and its called a fumble. Denver takes over at the Oakland 3 with 1:41 left in the half. Lucky for me my stud D holds them out and Denver is forced to go for a FG. That makes it 13-10 Denver to end the half (well technically Oakland 10, Denver 10 cpu 3).
On a hale merry, McGloin throws another pick... this one legit. The only real question at the half is whether or not the cpu has decided to win? Oh by the way, more reason to hate Madden... Denver goes for a 72 yard FG to end the half... wow!
Denver goes 3 and out to start the half. Not to worry thoughh as the cpu records another take away as MJD fumbles at the Oakland 12 and the result is a TD. 20-10. Oakland gets to the 2 on the next drive and then 4 straight plays stopped. Don't want to sound like I am crying but this is utter bull sh#t!!!
To end the 3rd, Oakland hits a 46 yard FG. It should have been a TD but Terry dropped a sure TD. Just for the record, Denver has 1 drop today while Oakland is now up to 9!!! 20-13 Denver.
Denver starts the half with a 57 yard rush from the I... the play end with another TD. 23-13 Denver. Regardless, Rader battle backand McGloin hits Bailey for a 41 yard TD to make it 23-20 Denver.
With 55 seconds left, Oakland hits a 31 yard FG and the game is tied 23-23.
F'n bullshit! Denver wins the game on a 65 yard FG. The Broncos win 26-23. What a joke! CPU decided to win plain and simple. Proof...
Zac Dysert 21-24 211 yards
Oakland Wr's 13 drops to Denver's one
Oakland 2 fumbles (and 2 ints... only one was legit)
Oakland 4 penalties and Denver 0
Denver 2 63+ yard Fg's
Denver 9 sacks to Oakland's 1
McGloin played so hard but the cpu would not give him his due... 26/44 274 yards and 1 TD with 2 int (1 legit). Keep in mind, 13 drops and 9 sacks an he still played amazing. PS most sacks were non blitz rerlated but rather defenders running by O linemen...
WR Bailey had a good day with 6 catches for over 100 yards and a TD. On the D side, rookie MLB Lynden Donaldson had 10 tackles and a strong outing.
Oakland was robbed. This should have been a win... no doubt in my mind. It's this type of stuff that makes me walk away from Madden for long stretches of time. The cpu should not pre-dtermine victory... even though the devs say it doesn't anyone who has played madden knows about this tye of stuff. So frustrating... anyays.... let it go... breathe....
65 yard field goal? Goddamn...
#TheScriptIsDead
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
Two 65 yard Field Goals... both good. Plus a 72 yard attempt which was wide left and just barely short. Prater is good but not that good. The wind was strong but not that strong. To put it in perspective my kicker, Sturgis barely made a 46 yard FG. Man I was furious at the end of the game but after walking away, it's just a cpu game. That being said, I hate pre-determined victories and losses as it really ruins the experience!!!
I have a harder time believing a decent performance by Zac Dysert than I do with the field goals
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17/25 192 1 int.
21/24 211
Zac Dysert this season versus Oakland... 38/49 403 yards and 1 int.
The one stat about this kid this is not recorded are the sheer number of broken tackles. Multiple times I have had him sacked and he stiff arms/ducks/throws tacklers off and then makes a strike, usually for big yards. He also scrambles like very few others can and carves up my D for big yards. The real shocker though... Denver is much tougher with him that they were with Manning.
All-in-all, there has resumed a real hatred between
Forgot to mention that with the injury to WR Randy Chaney the passing game has fallen off. Most disappointing this season though is how little the TE is taken advantage of in Mike Smith's offense. TE Rivera only has 13 catches this season (in 6 games). The Raider o is still trying to figure out this completely different playcall system.
WEEK 8:(1-5)
The Raiders travel to TB to take on a BAD Bucs team. The bad refers more to the Bucs and those horrendous unis. The team itself is decent but have struggled ith poor QB play.
The game starts off well but the Raiders stall and go for a 52 yard FG. Sturgis misses on one of the ugliest kicks you will ever see. The score remains 0-0.
The whole first quarter went back and forth with no real offense. This is an ungly game thus far.
TB starts things off with a 50 yard FG early in the 2nd and take the lead 3-0. With 2:52 left in the 2nd, the Raiders tie it up with a 42 yard FG by Sturgis. That makes it 3-3.
The 3rd starts with Glennon mimicing his hero Tom Brady and going 7-7 and marching the field for a TD. 10-3 TB. Oakland then goes 3 and out... the drops are just getting ridiculous.
DJ Hayden comes up big and pcis Glennon. Raiders then turn it into 7 as on 4th and 1 from the 1 McGloin hits Moore for the TD. 10-10 with 2:03 left in the 3rd.
Glenon goes lights out again and his recievers cannot drop a pass if they tried. 8/9 for 72 yards and another goal line possession. However, praise CB Brown and he makes an endzone int to keep the game tied.
80 plays later and Raiders have the lead. Reece punches it in with 3 :32 left. 17-10 Raiders. Oakland went all run and it paid off. MJB went over 100 yards on the drive.
TB runs out of downs ans they go 4 and out at the Raider 31. Oakland then runs out the clock. Raiders win 17-10.
This game was far too close. TB's O was good and Okaland's D bent a little too much but did not break.
McGloin 13/21 83 yards 1 TD
Glennon 28/42 244 yards 2 int.
MJD 26 carries 145 yards
Stevenson 10 carries 79 yards
Martin 7 carries 83 yards (TB ran 7 times and passed 42)
Moore 5 rec 23 yards 1 TD
Edelman 9 rec 85 yards
Jenkins 7 tackles 1 TFL 1 sack
Johnson 11 tackles
On Hayden's int he injured his sternum. He may be out for awhile???
With the win, Oakland moves to 5-2.
The Texans are struggling this season. Hopefully the Raider passing game can get some more rythm to it this coming week.
Week 9:
Welcome to Thursday Night Football! To celebrate the occasion the Texans wear their red jerseys.
Oakland starts off the game with a 42 yard FG to take a 3-0 lead. On the Texans first drive CB Hayden comes up with a pic six. 10-0 Raiders early.
The Texans use ball control and run the clock and the field but the drive ends with a 22 yard FG. Tat makes it 10-3. Okaland's next drive is short and they punt it away. This game is moving quickly. It's already half way through the 2nd.
The half ends with the score 10-3. The Texans have all the flow and most of the yards and time. The pic six is the difference. ZMLB Donaldson has played well with a sack and six tackles but the Raider O is out of sink thus far.
The half starts with a 3 and out. Raiders begin at their own 43. Another 3 and out for the Raiders and another long, long drive by te Texans follows. Neither team can run the ball but the ball but the Texans can move it through the air. A big hit drives the Texans out of FG range... no damage done.
After a few back and forth outs the 3rd ends, 10-3 with the Raiders driving. The drive gets to the 1 but the raiders (mainlyecause this game is developed by EA) go for the FG. The 18 yard FG is good and that makes it 13-3 Oakland with 8:06 remaining.
On the next drive Donaldson forces a fumble and CB Browns scoops it up for a TD. That makes it 20-3 Oakland with 7:59 left in the 4th.
With 3:54 left the Texans core a TD as TE Olson goes 81 yards ... untouched... and just like that it's 20-10. Hoever the onside kick fails and the Raiders get another chance to go 3 and out. On the next drive Hayden comes up with another int. to seal the game.
This game was ugly and pretty darn boring. The Raiders won 20-10 but this is not the type of game that gets you fans.
McGloin 14/25 119 yards
McClendon 18/26 232 yards 1 TD
MJD 16 carries 42 yards 2.6ypc
Tate 15 carries 32 yards 2.1ypc
Moore 4 rec. 39 yards
Olsen 5 rec 110 yards 1 TD
Donaldson 8 tackels 1 sack
Bush 7 tackles
WEST
4-4
4-4
7-1
leader
7-2
Bottom dwellers... 0-8:
Week 10:3-5 @
Raier coach Mike Smith looks to get payback against the team that fired him.
The Raiders respond as MJB goes 72 yards for the TD on the 2nd play of the game. Nice! 7-0 Oakland. The Raider D then does a 3 and out.
Raiders go 3 and out but rookie MLB Donaldson makes a pic off a Jenkins tip. A few plays later McGloin hits Moore for a 2 yard TD and it's 14-0 Oakland with 3:25 left inthe 1st quarter.
The 1st q ends with the Falcons driving. Then RB Spiller punches it in from the 3. Oakland had 8 in the box but Spiller went through the middle untouched... 14-7 Oakland with 9:27 left in the half.
Then the dead offense begins... 3 and 0outs backand forth. However, with 1:31 a breakthrough occurs as McGloin hits TE Rivera for a 19 yard TD. That makes it 21-7 Oakland.
At the half this game is tight. Since MJD's first drive he has done nothing. McGloin is 11/16 with 2 TD's but only has 98 yards passing. Ryan is 10/18 for 89 yards and has been hit and miss for Atlanta.
Late in the 3rd Ryan hits his FB for a TD. The drive was total BS that only madden could do.. again completey out of my control. 21-14 Oakland with 1:41 left in the 3rd.
More Madden bullshit on the next Raider drive and Oakland goes 3 and out. Not worth complaining about but honestly this game AI is horrendous and the physics and I use that term lightly are an embarrassment to sports video games! Regardless, the game must go on.
The 4th begins with the score 21-14 Oakland. After a few back and forths, the Raders led by McGloin go beastmode... a 15 play six minute drive ending with a 1 yard TD run by Stevenson. 28-14 Oakland with 1:59 left in the game.
The final score, Oakland 28 Atlanta 14.
Ryan 21/37 208 yards 1 td 1 int
McGloin 18/28 155 yards 2 td
Spiller 17 carries 79 yards 1 td
MJD 17 carries 129 yards 1 td
Britt 4 rec 63 yards
Lattimore 6 rec 39 yards
Haralson 8 tackles
Donaldson 7 tackles 1 tfl 1 int
Ahead of this week's game vs the rival Chiefs, Oakland will be getting back WR Randy Chaney and MLB Nick Roach. Chaney goes back to #1 on the depth chart. However, Roach will be #2 MLB as rookie Donaldson has been having a strong campaign thus far and has earned the start.
Update: well it's official, Derek Carr has replaced Matt Stafford as the starting QB in Detroit.
Week 11:
The Chiefs and Raiders will play each other twice in the next three weeks. Charles and MJD have been the staple backs in the NFL for the past few seasons. Both are in the top six this year, a little down from last year. The big story for this game though... Chaney is back!
On the first drive the Raiders use Chaney for 3 catches and a TD reception. What a way to return! 7-0 Raiders. The Chiefs are stopped on their first drive and the Raiders begin again this time from their own 21. Another dose of Chaney and this drive ends with MJD punching it in from the 1 to make it 14-0 Raiders with 9:53 left in the 2nd quarter.
A 3 and out and the Raiders start at their own 38. The drive fizzles but the Raiders pin KC to the 1 and on the next play Sio Moore gets a safety on Jamaal Charles. 16-0 Raiders.
With 1:58 left Sturgis hits a 29 yard FG and the Raiders increase the lead to 19-0. Again the key player... Chaney with a 37 yard reception on the drive.
On the next drive McGloin is picked off as only madden could do. The Chiefs then go 51 yards in 4 plays and 39 seconds and end the half with a 49 yard FG. At the half the score is 19-3 Oakland.
After a couple 3 and outs KC gets down to the 1 of Oakland. However the Oakland D is fierce today and forces KC to take an 18 yard FG. That makes it 19-6 Oakland.
With 9:42 left McGloin hits WR Terry for a 21 yard TD strike. The Raiders go for 2 but do not convert and that leaves the score 25-6.
With under two minutes remaining MJD punches it in from the 5 and the Raiders make it 32-6 Oakland. That is also the final score as the Chiefs run out of clock.
Smith 13/21 196 yards
McGloin 22/40 244 yards 2 td 1 int
Charles 13 carries 23 yards
MJD 25 carries 119 yards 2 td
Bowe 4 rec 47 yards
Chaney 11 rec 135 yards 2 td
Smith 8 tackles
Moore 5 tackles 3 tfl 2 sacks
This game was all about the return of Chaney. He makes the offense and not having him the past six weeks was just awful. The guy is the real deal and frankly the BEST reciever I have ever drafted in NFL video game history!!!
It finally happened... the
How many times simming did that take?It finally happened... the
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