The Official Oakland Raiders 2012 Offseason Thread
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ESPN's Bill Williamson calls free agent Matt Leinart a "likely" target for the Raiders' backup quarterback job.
Leinart and Carson Palmer have a USC connection. They're also both big, tall, unathletic quarterbacks. The Raiders could probably do better than Leinart, though. Aside from Peyton Manning, QBs left on the free agent market include David Garrard, Vince Young, Byron Leftwich, Donovan McNabb, and Billy Volek. Mar 18 - 5:40 PM
Leinart and Carson Palmer have a USC connection. They're also both big, tall, unathletic quarterbacks. The Raiders could probably do better than Leinart, though. Aside from Peyton Manning, QBs left on the free agent market include David Garrard, Vince Young, Byron Leftwich, Donovan McNabb, and Billy Volek. Mar 18 - 5:40 PM
For preason we play dallas and detroit away, and cardinals and seahawks at home
Raiders 2012 Opponents
Home: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Away: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Miami Dolphins, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers
Raiders 2012 Opponents
Home: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Away: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Miami Dolphins, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers
The league announced the 2012 preseason schedule, and the Reggie McKenzie era will be unveiled on Monday Night Football, on Aug. 13 at home against the Dallas Cowboys. Kickoff is at 5 p.m.
The following week (Aug. 16-20), the Raiders travel to Arizona. They return to O.co Coliseum in Week 3 (Aug. 23-26) to face the Detroit Lions in what should be a good dress rehearsal for the regular season.
Finally, Oakland travels to Seattle to close out their preseason schedule in Week 4 (Aug. 29 or 30)
The regular-season schedule is announced in a couple of weeks.
The Raiders have home games against Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Cleveland, Jacksonville, New Orleans, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay.
The Raiders hit the road to take on Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Atlanta, Baltimore, Carolina, Cincinnati and Miami.
The following week (Aug. 16-20), the Raiders travel to Arizona. They return to O.co Coliseum in Week 3 (Aug. 23-26) to face the Detroit Lions in what should be a good dress rehearsal for the regular season.
Finally, Oakland travels to Seattle to close out their preseason schedule in Week 4 (Aug. 29 or 30)
The regular-season schedule is announced in a couple of weeks.
The Raiders have home games against Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Cleveland, Jacksonville, New Orleans, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay.
The Raiders hit the road to take on Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Atlanta, Baltimore, Carolina, Cincinnati and Miami.
Palmer sees playbook _ and he loves it
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Thursday, April 5th, 2012 at 7:28 pm in Oakland Raiders.
Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer has noted in a couple of offseason interviews his frustration with not having seen the playbook which will ostensibly become his manual to an AFC West title and beyond this season.
The strength and conditioning phase of the Raiders offseason is four days old and Palmer can’t work with position coaches or coordinators on the field, but he’s in the formative stages of learning the playbook and has spent time in meetings as the offense has been installed. To say Palmer is excited would be an understatement.
Some of his observations during an interview late Thursday afternoon:
– “I think it’s really going to fit the personnel we have. The style of play with the offensive line and the zone running scheme, and the speed we have in the backfield, it’s built for making a read, making one cut, and getting vertical and putting pressure on the defense with our speed and our running backs just heading north when they find the hole in that zone.”
– “I spent time talking with Darren (McFadden) and Taiwan Jones about it, and obviously the running game is going to be big for the Oakland Raiders this year. And what comes off the running game is really cool. All the play-action stuff really utilizes what we have on the outside. There’s not a lot of routes where guys are stopping. They’re using their speed, they’re on the move. It’s going to fit the strong suits of a lot of guys we have on offense, including myself.”
– “Defensive players are taught to read, not to put their eyes in the backfield and get caught by the quarterback. But from the film I’ve been watching (of the Houston Texans), it looks like a run to the first five guys. They don’t know for a few second after the ball is snapped that the quarterback has already gone into his first read. The Texans played with three different quarterbacks and when their big guy, Andre Johnson went down, they don’t slow down a bit.”
– “A lot of things quarterbacks are asked to do in this offense are strengths of mine. There are a lot of naked bootlegs and I’ve always focused on working on that. I did so much of it in college and I’m excited to do more of it now. I haven’t done it a ton (in the NFL, but it’s something I’m comfortable doing.”
– “The good thing with all this play-action stuff and move-the-pocket stuff is that some of the best plays are the screens and checkdowns to running backs. When you cover Jacoby (Ford) downfield and Denarius downfield, one of the positives is the checkdown, the easy throw, the dumpoff to the running back. When Darren McFadden and Taiwan Jones have five, six or seven yards separation between them between the next defender, they rarely get tackled by the first defender. I love throwing the ball downfield, but watching Houston and seeing the completions that got with Arian Foster with 10 yards of cushion, were exciting to see. It gave him a chance to put his foot in the ground and go.”
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Thursday, April 5th, 2012 at 7:28 pm in Oakland Raiders.
Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer has noted in a couple of offseason interviews his frustration with not having seen the playbook which will ostensibly become his manual to an AFC West title and beyond this season.
The strength and conditioning phase of the Raiders offseason is four days old and Palmer can’t work with position coaches or coordinators on the field, but he’s in the formative stages of learning the playbook and has spent time in meetings as the offense has been installed. To say Palmer is excited would be an understatement.
Some of his observations during an interview late Thursday afternoon:
– “I think it’s really going to fit the personnel we have. The style of play with the offensive line and the zone running scheme, and the speed we have in the backfield, it’s built for making a read, making one cut, and getting vertical and putting pressure on the defense with our speed and our running backs just heading north when they find the hole in that zone.”
– “I spent time talking with Darren (McFadden) and Taiwan Jones about it, and obviously the running game is going to be big for the Oakland Raiders this year. And what comes off the running game is really cool. All the play-action stuff really utilizes what we have on the outside. There’s not a lot of routes where guys are stopping. They’re using their speed, they’re on the move. It’s going to fit the strong suits of a lot of guys we have on offense, including myself.”
– “Defensive players are taught to read, not to put their eyes in the backfield and get caught by the quarterback. But from the film I’ve been watching (of the Houston Texans), it looks like a run to the first five guys. They don’t know for a few second after the ball is snapped that the quarterback has already gone into his first read. The Texans played with three different quarterbacks and when their big guy, Andre Johnson went down, they don’t slow down a bit.”
– “A lot of things quarterbacks are asked to do in this offense are strengths of mine. There are a lot of naked bootlegs and I’ve always focused on working on that. I did so much of it in college and I’m excited to do more of it now. I haven’t done it a ton (in the NFL, but it’s something I’m comfortable doing.”
– “The good thing with all this play-action stuff and move-the-pocket stuff is that some of the best plays are the screens and checkdowns to running backs. When you cover Jacoby (Ford) downfield and Denarius downfield, one of the positives is the checkdown, the easy throw, the dumpoff to the running back. When Darren McFadden and Taiwan Jones have five, six or seven yards separation between them between the next defender, they rarely get tackled by the first defender. I love throwing the ball downfield, but watching Houston and seeing the completions that got with Arian Foster with 10 yards of cushion, were exciting to see. It gave him a chance to put his foot in the ground and go.”
