What Needs to Change to Make the Raiders Competitive?

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Published: November 30, 2009

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... blame for the Raiders' 3-8 record cannot be placed at JaMarcus Russell's door.  It goes deeper than that, and a number of other players have underperformed too.

 

Receivers

Oakland needs receivers who can get open and consistently catch the ball (besides Zach Miller).  Louis Murphy and Darrius Heyward Bey have started most of the season, but both often run poor routes, are slow out of their breaks, and worst of all, drop a lot of catchable balls.  Unfortunately, they don't look much better now than they did at the start of the season.  Their receivers rank dead last in the league for yardage and receptions.  That has to change.

 

Offensive Line

The only genuinely good starters in this group are Robert Gallery and Mario Henderson at left guard and tackle, respectively.  The remainder are average at best.   

Cornell Green was brought in as a stopgap right tackle three years ago, and is still t...

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