Raiders- Dolphins Game 12

This is not the stuff dreams are made of. Given the Raiders recent history playing on the East Coast, and worse their spotty record against the Miami Dolphins. I wasn't picking them to win, but Damn! what the hell was that?  Carson Palmer took a lot of flak for this loss, but it really is difficult to throw a football when you're being dragged down or flat on your back.  

Simply put, The Raider offensive line failed him, they were manhandled and it set the tone for the entire game.  I won't dump on the o-line, they've done an admirable job all season. No, this was just one of those Raider moments, they didn't just lay an egg, they laid the great speckled fucking egg.  They left their hearts in the Bay Area, but their pride was lost in Miami.

Inconsistency has long been a flaw in The Raider's quest for a return to the playoffs. They need to dump that chump and fast, because the way it looks  Denver may not lose another game this year.  Tim Tebow is now America's golden boy, his name probably gets mentioned as much as (John Lennon moment coming up) Jesus Christ on any given Sunday. 

Tebow's popularity doesn't come as a surprise.  His success on the field is also not surprising, when you consider that he's playing against many of the same guys he played against in college.  They rarely stopped him then, and the same holds true in the NFL.  That's what the Raiders are up against, a fucking locomotive with nothing but momentum behind it.

The Raiders have a way of making mediocre Quarterbacks and Running Backs look good. This Sunday it was Reggie Bush's turn, 22 carries for 100 yds. (only his third hundred yard NFL game) Miami out gained Oakland on the ground 209 yds. to 46, Michael Bush The Raider's primary runner had nothing on this day. 

Miami scored two touchdowns before the Raiders even picked up a first down. With The Raider running game shut down, Carson Palmer was a sitting duck. He was sacked twice and tossed to the ground on almost every play. Palmer and the entire offensive line were physically outplayed and beat up. 

Raider Notes:

Rolando McClain was arrested and charged with four misdemeanors  after a gun-related incident in his hometown of Decatur, Ala. He bonded out of jail and played in Sunday's game. Hue Jackson said he would address the situation, but that he was satisfied with Rolando's explanation.  Shit do happen, but what the hell was he doing hanging out with his homeboys in the first place?

On a sad note, defensive back Chris Johnson's sister was shot and killed and his mother wounded by the sister's former boyfriend. Johnson left the team to be with family in Ft. Worth, Tx. 

The Raiders and NFL Properties have filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against a San Francisco hamburger chain. Nation's Giant Hamburgers, which has 26 locations in the Bay Area is accused of infringing on the "Raider Nation" trademark. Nation's Giant Hamburgers introduced an ad campaign built around the slogan "When Hunger Hits, Raid a Nation's" 

Nation's slogan is "phonetically indistinguishable" from the Raider's trademarked slogan declared team lawyers. They also accused Nation's of altering their logo (a giant hamburger) by adding an eye patch similar to the one worn by The Raiders mascot. Silly Nation's what the hell were they thinking, you don't mess with an NFL team's logo. 

Highlights: breakfast was the only highlight in an otherwise dismal day

Lowlights: I hate to say the offensive line, but yeah it was the offensive line.  Oh! and the defense sucked every minute they were out on the field.

The Other Side: Reggie Bush, he was feeling it, after getting nailed by Aaron Curry he rolled over and started doing push-ups. That was cute, it reminded me of when he was with New Orleans and he crawled on all fours, puking on the field after getting hit on a kick return.

Lip Service:

"I wouldn't say it was shocking," linebacker Aaron Curry said. "It's embarrassing."

"They could point fingers, I suppose, but they would need to grow a few more digits" The Oakland Tribune

"There's no excuses," Jackson said. "It would be easy for me to say a lot of things. I'm not going to. This is the National Football League. We have good players ... and our good players have to play good every week. And we didn't do that today.

"After a loss like this there's really not much to say other than we got outplayed in every phase of the game," Palmer said. "We just got physically beat today, which is discouraging."

“We couldn’t run. We couldn’t stop the run. We didn’t pass very well,” Jackson said. “Just a bad day at the office.”