The upcoming Raiders game, 10/9/2011

[popanot]

Originally Posted by painekiller

I'm to lazy to look it up, but IIRC AJ has never had a big day against Oakland and we have held up pretty well against them.

And I get that this is not the same Oakland team of the last few years.

The problem with this logic is you're not factoring in Dre's presence on the field. He may not have had big games, but with him on the field it takes their best DB (Nnamdi at the time) and quite possibly a S out of the equation opening it up for others. That won't be the case this time around. Even still, this is a very winnable game. As chuck said, they just need to play smart, not give the football away, and keep DMC in check as best they can.

[WMH]

Originally Posted by popanot

The problem with this logic is you're not factoring in Dre's presence on the field. He may not have had big games, but with him on the field it takes their best DB (Nnamdi at the time) and quite possibly a S out of the equation opening it up for others. That won't be the case this time around. Even still, this is a very winnable game. As chuck said, they just need to play smart, not give the football away, and keep DMC in check as best they can.

Great point, but its not like we haven't been down this road before. As best I can recall, we still moved the ball rather decently without AJ last year, so there is a good possibility that we can again.

Of course last year, we couldn't stop ANYONE from moving it on us.....tale of two seasons I suppose.