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Raiders (1-2) vs. Texans (1-2): My Prediction
Published: September 30, 2009
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The Raiders are coming off their worst performance thus far this season. They were defeated by the Denver Broncos 23-7.
The Raiders looked like a high school football team instead of a legitimate NFL team.
JaMarcus Russell had one incredibly horrible game. He was 12-of-21 for 61 yards, 2 interceptions and no touchdowns. He was very inaccurate and really never seemed to get comfortable the whole game.
Darren McFadden had a pretty rough game as well. He had 12 carries for 45 yards and also no touchdowns. He also had three fumbles, one of which was recovered by the Broncos.
Louis Murphy didn’t have a great game either. He had 2 receptions for 25 yards and no touchdowns. Murphy did have a 12.5 yards per-catch average though.
The Raiders are ranked almost dead last in every category on offense.
-12 points per game (30th)
-223 total yards per game (31st)
-119.7 passing yards per game (32nd)
-103.3 rushing yards per game (20th) being the one decent stat.
The last time the Raiders met the Texans, they shocked everyone by beating them 27-16. JaMarcus had a great game, throwing 18-of-25 for 236 yards and 2 touchdowns. Johnnie Lee Higgins returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown.
This week I think the Raiders need to go back to what they were doing in week one, Go with what works.
The Texans can’t stop the run, they are ranked 32nd in the league. Darren McFadden, Michael Bush, and Justin Fargas should have an outstanding day and put up some big numbers.
Although the Raiders passing game has been pretty awful so far, Russell should have no problem throwing the ball this week and getting it to Zach Miller and Louis Murphy.
The Texans are giving up 436.7 total Yards per game, With those numbers, even a bad offense should have a great day.
The Raiders haven’t been preforming very well as a whole unit. In fact they have just been getting worse with every game. Tom Cable insists that the team is almost there and he believes it is best to stay the course and things will happen as they should.
As much as I don’t want to, I have to go with Tom on this one. It’s true the Raiders have been showing small signs of greatness on top of their horrible performances.
I have said before that they need to bench JaMarcus and give someone else a chance. I guess it’d easier for someone on the outside to say it when Tom sees what goes on in practices and knows where his team is at.
So I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt this week. I see JaMarcus bouncing back and having a career day. I look for him to throw for 250 yards and 2 touchdowns.
I also look for McFadden and Bush to have big days also, both getting at least 80 yards on the ground and one touchdown for Bush. I see Louis Murphy having a great day as well. He’ll see his first 100-yard game this year and have one touchdown.
Also the Raiders re-signed Justin Miller this week. so look for him and Johnnie Lee Higgins to have big games as well.
These may be bold predictions, but I see the Raiders being hungry and wanting to show they aren’t as bad as they look. Get all these monkeys off their backs. Show Raider Nation that they have something to cheer for and a team to be proud of.
Raiders 30, Texans 17.
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