Coaching Accountability: Key To Improvement

Summary

In this episode of the Silver and Black Radio podcast, the hosts discuss the current state of the Raiders' season, reflecting on their performance, coaching decisions, and the challenges faced by the team. They emphasize the importance of accountability, the need for changes in the offensive line, and the potential of rookies. The conversation also highlights the significance of fan engagement and community support, culminating in a discussion about keys to victory against the upcoming opponent, the Bears.

Takeaways

The Raiders are currently 1-2, which aligns with preseason expectations.
There is a need for accountability among players and coaches.
The offensive line has significant issues that need addressing.
Defensive performance has shown improvement compared to last season.
Rookies need more opportunities to prove themselves on the field.
Fan engagement is crucial for maintaining passion during a tough season.
The importance of community and shared experiences among fans.
Keys to victory include playing all three phases of the game effectively.
The team must improve its performance against running quarterbacks.
The hosts emphasize the importance of staying positive and supporting the team. 

Sound Bites

"It's hard being a Raiders fan."
"We need to make changes."
"It's all about One Nation, One Team."

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Team Overview
02:51 Performance Analysis and Expectations
06:04 Offensive Line Issues and Solutions
08:57 Coaching and Team Dynamics
11:59 Fan Reactions and Future Outlook
27:22 The J-E-J Situation: Unpacking the Drama
29:41 Coaching Dynamics: Maximizing Team Potential
31:50 Trade Talks: The Future of JPJ
35:34 Injury or Ego? The Mystery of JPJ's Absence
38:03 Brendan Carroll: The Coach in the Hot Seat
45:05 Rookie Class Review: Progress and Potential
46:42 Evaluating Rookie Performances
51:49 Maintaining Passion in a Down Season
01:01:07 Keys to Victory for the Raiders
01:06:07 Watch Party Locations and Community Engagement

Transcript

Matty B (00:06.118)
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Raider Wil (00:07.566)
And welcome back to the Silver and Black Radio podcast. I'm your host, Raider Will, and I am here with my misfit crew. I got my girl representing the big ex Dallas Fort Worth Raider Nation for life. Our girl, Lady Val.

Lady Val (00:35.665)
It's been a long time.

Raider Wil (00:36.694)
Yeah

Matty B (00:39.97)
I about a long time.

Raider Wil (00:43.788)
Hey, we're not late. Big luck. Sorry about that, man. We are late. Well, I'm actually late. This is all on me, man. I had some stuff run over, so that's why we're late. But, then, yeah. Yeah, it's on me, man. I'm like, like I told Val, I got to get my life together and organize myself. But, Yeah, we're going to get into that mission.

Lady Val (00:52.689)
Hehehe.

Matty B (00:54.917)
Accountability, accountability, way to go, Will.

Matty B (01:04.121)
Yeah, yeah. I know, man.

Lady Val (01:06.897)
Sounds like, sounds like the readers.

Matty B (01:09.199)
Sounds like my football team sometimes.

Lady Val (01:10.924)
Thank

Raider Wil (01:13.378)
We're gonna get into that for sure. Yo, Maddie B. We got my boy Maddie B representing TBH West Coast. What's going on, baby?

Matty B (01:23.215)
What up, man?

Raider Wil (01:25.378)
Yo guys, we've had a long, long season to be honest, know already. It's been three games. I know we haven't gotten together. This is our first time getting together this season. I want to know where you guys are at with it. I want to know where what you guys are thinking, what you guys are seeing. I think honestly, it's a we are one and two right now. This is where I expected us to be.

Lady Val (01:37.838)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (01:49.708)
At this point in time, looking at the schedule at the beginning of the season, I know a lot of people are gonna say, hey, know, Jaden Daniels wasn't playing, et cetera. We could have won that game. But at the end of the day, I do believe that, hey, this is where we're at because of that fact. You know, with Jaden Daniels and everything like that, I would say, hey, this is where we're gonna be. Even if he, with Jaden Daniels playing, this is where I expect it to be, Matty B.

Matty B (02:05.826)
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Raider Wil (02:19.672)
Go ahead.

Matty B (02:22.783)
Yeah, was I'm not saying that I I was expecting us to be a little bit better than where we are the record I kind of see the one and two record, you know, starting out but the way we got that one and two record is Like it shows we need a lot of work man, like you know, we're a long ways away from writing this ship in a game or two so

You know, I think there's some, I think there's people that need to step up. and I think there's some coaches that need to make some adjustments and if it don't change, man, I'd hate to say it, but I think there's gotta be some firings or something like that going on because it's not good to start out like this.

lose the way we did this last weekend because that was just uncalled for, was just no, absolutely no blocking, no offensive line. It just, it looked horrible. So something's got to get fixed.

Raider Wil (03:28.182)
All right, brother. Well, hey, let's go to our sis, Lady Val, what do you think?

Lady Val (03:35.856)
So sad, it's pitiful. was expecting a little better start than what we've been doing. I was expecting a little bit more out of Gino.

Lady Val (03:54.83)
Like I've already been stressed out. week two, ended up leaving the bar. I think there was like nine minutes left in the fourth quarter. I was so frustrated. I just laughed. I mean, like listen to it on the way.

Matty B (04:14.721)
Bravo.

Lady Val (04:15.191)
Like we didn't listen to it, like on the way home, didn't, nothing. I didn't even look at the highlights the next day. I was just so mad. And then this past Sunday, it's it's disappointing because how they play like offensive, defensive, like what are they doing and why.

I don't know, I expected that at least for us to play a little bit better than we did last year. I figured.

Lady Val (04:49.807)
I don't know. I don't know. I would have figured maybe they were put together a little bit better with Pete. It maybe just needs time. But we're in week three and we're already stressing out, pulling out our hair, a of TVs, you know? I mean, it's hard. It's so hard being a Raiders fan. I mean, I feel like we're right there with them Cowboy fans, you know? But they're still over here hollering.

Raider Wil (05:04.142)
Hey.

Matty B (05:12.832)
So.

Lady Val (05:17.942)
You know, they go in a Super Bowl like, dance.

Matty B (05:19.36)
Val, Val, don't ever put us, compare us to the Cowboys fans, man. We're way better fan-bees.

Lady Val (05:24.554)
I'm just saying.

Well, yeah, but our team's not that great.

Matty B (05:32.943)
and team.

I just fuck with you.

Raider Wil (05:39.246)
But yo, I'm there with you and I'm gonna tell you like this, big luck is in here, he's in the building, he's letting us know right now that he didn't like the energy at the presser today. He said, hey, I didn't like the energy at the presser today. I really wanna see better energy, right? What I didn't like about the presser today is this, right? Pete Carroll said we're there to compete, correct?

Matty B (06:04.895)
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Raider Wil (06:06.988)
that we are going to compete at every position. And today he came out and said, you know what, guys, we are pretty much good on the line. We've spent a lot of time putting these guys to work in those positions. And the only position that's up for grab is right guard. Guys, this is right here. Like to me, I'm like, what are we doing? I'm like, at the end of the day,

Matty B (06:08.606)
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Raider Wil (06:36.938)
I'm like, if you're telling me that this is what we're quality quality quality line looks like, you know, it's erratic. You can't see people out there dominating their position. You don't see it. You see a lot of guys out there doing whatever they want. They look lost. We don't look organized. We're getting a lot of pressure in the backfield.

We're also making sure that hey, at the end of the day, we're not getting the job done.

In my opinion, we need to make changes. There has to be something that's coming up and saying, hey, we're looking for solutions, right? They said, hey, we're not going to show where we're good. Guys, tell me what part in what game have you felt that we're so secure before besides the first drive of the Patriots game that you and I were there?

We drove straight down the field. was first down after first down. Now it's like, yeah, we're not getting it together.

Lady Val (07:51.126)
Something switched.

Raider Wil (07:55.502)
So, go ahead, Val. What do you think?

Lady Val (08:00.056)
something changed because even in the week two and week three, like it's not there, you know? I'm not like, don't get that vibe. Cause I mean.

Matty B (08:15.909)
What what is sorry, what's going on with jpg wasn't he there first week?

Raider Wil (08:22.49)
We're gonna get there. We're gonna get there right now. I'd be like, and that's part of the question, right? Like, where's JPJ? Where is this? But let's go with what Carol was talking about, right? Carol comes out, says, hey, we're solid at every position. We don't need to make change at every other spot on the line. The only position that's up for grabs is the right guard position.

Matty B (08:25.731)
Okay, how is this?

Yeah.

Raider Wil (08:50.838)
Maddie, did you watch the same game that I did last week?

Matty B (08:54.236)
Yeah, because the left guard looked like garbage. left side of our line. Everybody.

Raider Wil (08:57.556)
Dylan Parham Dylan Parham looked terrible. Glaze has been in Gino's lap a quarter of the time.

Guys like that have come in and made a ton of mistakes. They've come in and done absolutely nothing. But guess what? We're saying we're good at those spots. We're saying that we're solid. So that kind of drops a lot of questions in my mind. And I think, you know, we have to look at that. So this is something where

Lady Val let us know and she wanted to talk. progress.

Guys, have you seen progress with our team? And if you have, what is it? And what are the changes that you've seen that are an improvement? I'm gonna start with, I'm gonna start with Val. Go ahead.

Lady Val (10:06.603)
Hmm. I don't know. Like I said, I feel like something's missing. It's the same old Raiders, but I'm trying not to look too deep into it because it is week three, but still, like, last Sunday's game was winnable if we had done the correct plays and we didn't drop the ball.

Lady Val (10:36.396)
I don't know, something's missing because it's just, I can't put my finger on it. But I'm trying to like not like, not look too deep into it and just like, okay, but it's week three and they're not playing. They don't look like they're playing at their, like as best as they can, you know, at full capacity. I don't think they're doing that.

Raider Wil (11:05.826)
absolutely.

Lady Val (11:06.155)
Like even, I don't know, it's just, it's hard.

Raider Wil (11:11.363)
But again, I'm like, what's the progress? Have you seen any progress? Have you seen our team get better from last year?

Lady Val (11:22.259)
No. That's just my opinion.

Matty B (11:22.275)
Okay.

Raider Wil (11:23.51)
Okay. Maddie B. Have you seen any progress with our team?

Matty B (11:33.993)
Offense Not much Defense I mean fuck it's like we have it's no different than having fucking garnet mentschi back there, you know fucking but when it comes to defense Defenses stepped up. It's improved. Um Last week's game was a lot different. I mean all the way up until last week's game the first two weeks. We were We didn't get a touchdown scored on us. You know, our defense was only holding on to 20 points a game

You know, that's not bad for the way we played last year, but now I'm starting to have my doubts because it's like if our offense can't go, you know, we just stall out every time we get on offense. It's going to start putting stress on our defense, which is going to cause them to be what bottom tier defense again, like it usually is. So, you know, that's the only thing I can say that I think is is. An upgrade is the defense, but

Raider Wil (12:21.368)
Mm-hmm.

Matty B (12:30.569)
Not for long, if our offense don't bring it

Raider Wil (12:35.064)
Raider Nation, I got some news for you guys. I'm gonna tell you guys right now, we are an absolutely better team than we were last year. This team right now is right where they're supposed to be. We are one and two. We lost to two good teams. The Chargers are gonna be a playoff team, the Commanders were a playoff team last year. The Patriots, we are a better team than.

Guys, we went out there and won a game that we were supposed to win and we lost two games that we were supposed to lose. I get a lot of people are going to say, yes, the commanders had Marcus Mariota. Well, guess what? The Raiders are notorious for losing to second string quarterbacks. And that is the absolute truth. And we all know that. Now, what I'm going to tell you guys is this. This team has more fight.

The defense hasn't come back to let us down. We've come back and been activated all season long. I'd be like even in the commander's game I get a lot of people are going to say yes, our points came during trash time. Our points weren't there when it mattered. But I'm going to tell you guys right now that this team didn't roll over. This team didn't stop fighting. And that right there shows me that there is some improvement in that locker room.

that these guys want to win. Now, am I going to say that the O line is great? Am I going to say that this offensive solution that we're going to have an explosion? Absolutely not. We're still going to figure it out. But what I do see is that this team is better. I'm going to say that this team has progressed. I'm going to say that this team has a lot more than we think they do. And that if we move forward and keep doing what we're doing,

Do I see a sum?

Raider Wil (14:33.218)
finding the answer or the golden water or whatever. No, but I do believe we'll become more efficient on offense. Now, do I think it's gonna have to have some heads roll and there's gonna be some growing pains? Absolutely. But do I think we're a better team? Yeah, I do think we're a better team. Now, hey guys, let's move on to the next thing. Let's get to expectations.

Yo, Matty B now from now that you've seen us three games in, not that we have a big piece of the pie. What are your expectations for this team?

Matty B (15:11.698)
My expectations, man, is like, didn't, don't think we were a playoff team to begin with. I think I've said that before on the other pods, but I think, I don't think it's a rebuild necessarily either. You know, I think it just kinda.

What do you call it? Rebuffing the team, I guess. But I think after watching the first three games, man, I think I'm going to still say right around like eight and nine. You know what I mean? Like, I still think we're somewhere right around that area. I'm not going to say playoffs, anything like that. We still got a long ways to go, especially with this line. There's no way we're going to the playoffs with this line.

That's just my God's honest opinion, but I mean, that's kind of where I'm at. We might even go seven and 10, who knows?

Raider Wil (16:12.844)
Lady Val, what are your expectations for this team?

Lady Val (16:18.985)
like going forward.

Raider Wil (16:22.616)
Yeah.

Lady Val (16:27.945)
feel like coverage needs to be better. And besides that, mean, some of the plays that they did kind of made me mad because it didn't make sense to me. We all know I'm still learning though.

Lady Val (16:46.823)
I just wish that they can get past, you know, they're down to their third down. It's just like, wish that they can get that first and they're not, they're returning the ball. So I'm hoping that there is, I would like to see a couple more touchdowns. It'd be nice to be able to cheer when we get a touchdown. Not just one.

two, three, you know, not just rely on like field goals and stuff. I don't know. I just, I want, I want there to be more coverage and for the place to actually work out better than what I'm saying. And it'd be nice if Gino would stop giving them the ball.

Raider Wil (17:32.504)
Yeah.

Lady Val (17:34.012)
Three interceptions in one game made me mad.

Raider Wil (17:38.414)
I understand that, hey, do we understand that? He was under a lot of deras and stuff like that. But now let me ask you this, Val, how many wins do you think we're gonna get just from here on out? How many wins do you see for the season? I'm gonna give you that chance.

Matty B (17:41.359)
you

Lady Val (17:55.058)
So before the season, I was thinking like nine wins.

eight maybe there's still there's still a chance you know

Raider Wil (18:06.232)
Okay, no, I gotcha. No, absolutely. Yo, and you know what? We got big luck, like I said, still in the chat. So he said nothing good about the O-line. And then he says he thinks that we're gonna get six wins this season. That's where he sees our team. And I'm gonna tell you what, big luck. I don't think you're far off, man. I'm gonna stick with my eight and nine.

Matty B (18:26.65)
Thanks.

Lady Val (18:27.144)
Thank you.

Raider Wil (18:33.474)
That's where I really do think our team will be eight and nine. I think this weekend will be a great game. I think it's gonna be a fight. The Bears are coming in hot. I'll be like the Bears are coming in off a great game by Caleb Williams. So, know the- Go ahead.

Lady Val (18:50.631)
Is he? Oh, go ahead. Sorry.

Matty B (18:54.605)
you

Raider Wil (18:55.938)
So it's gonna be an interesting thing to see. I feel like this weekend is definitely gonna be a great game. Now, guys, we talked about it earlier. So, Maddie B brought it up. We got some offensive line issues like a mo' bow. Maddie B, you are a coach of a youth football team.

I'm gonna let you just take it away with your offensive line issues and hit me with your solutions though. I think a lot of us come out here and we always have a show about, hey, you know what? This is bad, this is bad. Now, can you hit me with your solutions as well?

Matty B (19:40.331)
Yeah. I've seen better blocking in my youth football team than I did this week on our team, man. But I mean, it frustrated me, man, because this is what I see in youth football. You know, I see kids that don't come off their blocks on time. don't. I see kids that don't make a block and they're just standing there, you know, like. And that's what I was seeing this weekend from this game.

Like it was frustrating the shit out of me, man. I think I even had to leave because it wasn't like I had a family issue going on. But like it didn't bother me that I left. I was just like, this is whatever man. Like we're playing like garbage, dude. Like this offensive line, like when how many times was it like? I can't remember the stats on it, but they said like twenty seven rushes or something like that, man. And he had like eleven of them in his lap, you know, like something like that. It was crazy, like crazy stats.

And I'm just like, you never like what happened from last year with the same guys that we had minus Kappa to this year. Like what, what went wrong there? That's what I'm still trying to figure out. Cause this just blowing my mind away that it's a night and day. It's a night and day offensive line right now. Then what it was last year. We could win more games with what we had last year.

Raider Wil (21:02.85)
Yeah.

Matty B (21:06.336)
And I just got, like I said, I don't know what's going on with JPJ. I've heard rumors that he's not getting along with the offensive line coach. I've heard rumors that he's taking a step back. Like he's not up to par. I don't know what to believe because there's, it's all rumors, man. Like, so where is he? You know, it's like, where's Waldo? Where is he at? So what's going on with him? Why is he not out there? He's one of the best offensive linemen we have.

Raider Wil (21:06.486)
Okay.

Matty B (21:37.122)
Yeah, but going forward, I think we need to mix it back up. Yeah, I think Kappa, think Kappa is no good. Get that guy out of there. Like he is, I don't know why he's still in there. He was one of the guys I seen that were like, where are you going? What are you doing? Why are you just standing there? Like you're double teaming a guy and there's a guy right in front of you. Like this makes no sense. Like, so go back to our line last year. What's it going to hurt? We're already bad.

Let's see how good we can get with the line we had last year.

or go out and get a friend by the way through it.

Raider Wil (22:11.0)
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Raider Wil (22:17.59)
Hey, look man, Maddie, look, I'm gonna tell you something and I'll take this. The O-line issues, right? O-line issues start with Brennan Carroll. My boy Big Luck hit it on the head. I've been coming on a couple podcasts. Man, I'm telling you guys right now, Brennan Carroll, I love Pete Carroll. I think he's doing great things.

But hey, we cannot be playing daddy ball. This is not you going against and saying, hey man, I'm gonna get you this job and you're gonna do this job because you're my son and you're gonna learn on the job when the running game, okay, he's the run game coordinator. He's the offensive line coach. Bro, where are we having the most issues at? Now where are we having the most issues at?

Raider Wil (23:17.716)
Val, are you listening? Where are we having the most issues at?

Lady Val (23:21.751)
I am listening. Our offensive line.

Raider Wil (23:27.374)
You hit it on the head. You was disturbed at Gino Smith through three interceptions, right? You said, hey man, you can't be having that. I'm telling you like this though, my man is seeing ghosts out there. My man is seeing ghosts. I'd be like, he's feeling pressure that doesn't exist, but hey, it's because our guys aren't blocking. Val, you know it, I know it. If you see some big dude running at you,

Lady Val (23:38.039)
It's like Mintu all over again.

Matty B (23:40.776)
Just not.

Lady Val (23:46.654)
evidently.

Matty B (23:48.327)
you

Raider Wil (23:56.345)
full speed, not getting freaking blocked, that your eyes immediately are gonna go to that person. Geno Smith is no longer looking down the field. He's literally looking right in front of them to say, hey, where are these guys coming from? And that's the problem, right? That our offensive line can't block.

And we've had this issue for the past three years. And I'm going to ask you a question, guys. What did we do to address it in the draft? We drafted a guy in the third and the fourth round.

Raider Wil (24:38.73)
What are we gonna do, right? With that being said, we drafted a guy in the third and the fourth round and we're not giving them any playing time!

Raider Wil (24:50.742)
If Alex Capa and Param are getting whooped like that, why are we not putting these guys in?

Lady Val (24:58.51)
That's a good question.

Raider Wil (25:01.174)
Are they really that bad?

Matty B (25:04.728)
They can't be that bad. They can't be. There's no freaking way. Like I said, it's gotta be something. Like you say, it's the coach, man. Like I said, you know, like I just, hate to put it on the coach because you know, you like, want to give the coach that little bit of, you know, lean and see it's only the first three games, but you might be right, man. It might just be the, it might be the head coach or the offensive line coach, you know.

Raider Wil (25:09.698)
Yo, I bo-

Raider Wil (25:34.755)
Yo, and you might be right. like, hold on, like we got our boy chiming in big luck. said, hey, the secondary is getting burned too. Then we got a thanks to Wayne, our boy from Spokane, Washington, chiming in. He got true, all fat. And Mike, thanks for chiming in. And he says, no, we suck again. Gunny Raider.

Matty B (25:55.555)
Thank

Thank

Lady Val (26:01.475)
goodness gracious.

Matty B (26:01.827)
Hehehehehe

Raider Wil (26:02.094)
You know what it is baby. Yo Gunny you know what it is. Hey you gotta get on this stream Gunny. If you can you know where the link is at brother. It's in the podcast link. Yeah you gotta scroll.

Matty B (26:05.793)
What up, guinea?

Lady Val (26:07.895)
What up, Gunny?

Lady Val (26:15.499)
Yeah, don't make me find you.

Matty B (26:15.639)
It's

Lady Val (26:20.181)
I, Genny, I will find you.

Raider Wil (26:26.574)
probably somewhere in Mexico or something but no I'm telling you guys right now right so I think it's Brennan Carroll. Brennan Carroll is the one main denominator there you're the you're the freaking offensive line coach you're the run game coordinator you're basically saying this is what we can do this is where we're gonna line up the guys this is what we're there he's being groomed to be an offensive coordinator

Lady Val (26:27.117)
I'll find you.

So give out his location.

Lady Val (26:40.738)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (26:53.1)
Guys, don't get me wrong. Again, I'm not hating on that. I 100 % understand that. But again, with the JPJ situation, if you're a coach and that's your best player, you better put your pride aside.

Matty B (27:10.303)
Okay.

Lady Val (27:11.201)
Mm-hmm.

Raider Wil (27:12.994)
You better like just say, man, you're the better player. I'm going to put you in and we're going to figure it out.

Matty B (27:13.122)
So.

Raider Wil (27:22.37)
But I'm really questioning a lot of things. So Matt, what's your thoughts now that we got on there about the J-E-J situation?

Matty B (27:38.022)
I don't like I said, I don't know like my thoughts like because I don't know what's going on with them. So I can't like speak on it. But what I can say is like you said it. If there's problems, get it figured out, you know, you've got to figure something out. We can't. If you're the best offensive player and you're sitting out or something to do with you having a big head and the coach don't like you or whatever, figure it out. Like.

But I don't know what's going on with him because there's no news about him. So it's like, is he injured? Is he not up to par when it comes to his offensive scheme? Is it he doesn't want to play for this guy or is it this guy don't want him playing for him? You know, that's where I'm like, I can't like say this is what I think should happen because I don't know what's going on with him. But that's just where I stand with that. I don't know. Honestly, I don't know.

Raider Wil (28:35.352)
So, Val, I know that this isn't your realm, you know, so let me ask you this, okay?

Raider Wil (28:46.678)
When you're at work and you have a co-worker and they're really good at what they do.

Raider Wil (28:56.448)
And let's say you need them to do that job.

Do you go out there and treat them like shit? Or what is your approach to try to maximize that person and to try to get them to do what you want with them?

Lady Val (29:14.188)
see what they need.

What are you missing? What are you needing? How can I support you? You know? I mean, that's.

Raider Wil (29:21.72)
So basically, you're being a coach. You're looking to help them out and seeing how you can use them and how you can get what you need out of them, first of all, right, because that's part of the job. But you're also looking at how you can help them and what you can do to maximize their talent.

Lady Val (29:34.018)
Mm-hmm.

Lady Val (29:41.282)
Yeah, I mean, it's a two way street. It's not a one way road over here like do it, you know, do what I say. You gotta be a team.

Raider Wil (29:52.707)
But guys, I'm going to say it like this. Val, you hit it on the head. I'm the coach. I'm the O-line coach. I see JPJ. This guy won college awards as the center on his college football team.

Raider Wil (30:13.804)
He's come in last year, he did a great job holding it down. He brought some nastiness to the O-line.

Lady Val (30:22.817)
you

Raider Wil (30:24.918)
I need to figure it out. I need to figure out what I need to do to get this young man on the field. That's my job if I'm Brendan Carroll.

Don't give me that, hey, we brought Kappa in, you know, and I'm lucky, I love what Big Love just said right here, okay? He said, they brought Kappa in, so they'd rather lose with him than win with JPJ. This is exactly what I feel like right now. It's a pissing contest.

Lady Val (30:57.601)
Mm.

Raider Wil (30:58.178)
The best player sitting on the bench, you telling me that he's under concussion protocol because I don't know what happened. The NFL didn't put him under concussion protocol. The Raiders did. And y'all know what happens, man, when you start putting guys under the fake injury list, right? Then they become available for trade.

So don't be surprised if you see something later this season where JPJ is no longer a Raider.

Matty B (31:33.914)
Wouldn't that be something?

Raider Wil (31:39.01)
Day.

Lady Val (31:39.893)
I'll find somebody.

Raider Wil (31:42.424)
Well, and I'm going tell you, I believe that that is a possibility. JPJ not being a Raider is a possibility.

Matty B (31:50.83)
Yeah, I could see it.

Raider Wil (31:54.541)
Now if you're in the chat stream, I know we got a couple of people in the chat stream. Yo, let me know what you guys think about JPJ being traded. Would you guys trade them? What would it take for you guys to trade them? Or if not, let us know. But all right, man.

Matty B (32:15.001)
I don't know if you trade him. I think if you trade him, you're only going to get like a second. I don't even think you're to get a second rounder for him. You'll probably get a third. I just don't know if he has enough. Like, you're not going to get a good pick out of it. I don't think. You don't have enough tape and enough background to get a high enough draft pick. And he wasn't drafted real high. I mean, what, second rounder, right?

Raider Wil (32:40.835)
Yep.

Matty B (32:41.869)
Yeah, so he would only get like a third round, maybe a fourth round pick for him. Shit, we're getting receivers, fucking top notch receivers for third round picks and fourth round picks. So you're not going to get much if you do trade him. And then who do you trade him to and what are you getting back in return?

Raider Wil (32:59.618)
Well, and that's the big question, right? What do you get back for JPG? Like if you're saying you get a third round draft pick, do you think Raider Nation is going to be happy?

Matty B (33:09.603)
don't even know if I want to go with a pick though. I wouldn't even take a draft pick. I would do player to player. That's the only way you're to get any value out of that pick. You're going to wait a whole year to try to either trade that draft pick and move up or sit on that draft pick and hopefully you land somebody better than who you just had. It would almost like, in my opinion, you'd have to trade player for player. You want this guy, I want this guy. But then again, who's that going to be?

It won't be just JPJ if you're wanting a top notch player. It's going to have to be JPJ and something else.

Raider Wil (33:45.735)
We got our boy the Predator in the chat now. Watch out baby. This chat is about to get hot. Yes. But alright sis, so if you were to so before you go big luck chimed in he said I wouldn't trade him but if there are gonna not gonna play him Spice Tech he would love a draft pick for him.

Lady Val (33:54.252)
Is it?

Raider Wil (34:12.45)
You know, to say what draft pick, I don't know, but that's what big luck is saying here. So let me put that on there. And of course we've got our boy, the Predator saying, what's up, Amelia? We're going to have to have the Predator on here soon. so. Yes, sir. Yo, sis. And again, I know this isn't up your alley.

Matty B (34:27.8)
Good luck, fam.

Lady Val (34:30.154)
Hi, brother.

Lady Val (34:34.816)
Thank you.

Raider Wil (34:42.68)
But if JPJ were to get traded, what would it take for you, like let's say as a fan, for you to be happy with the trade? What would you have to see? Would it be a player for player trade? Or would it be more of a player for a draft pick?

Lady Val (35:04.383)
I mean, it makes sense what Maddie B says, know, I still do player for player. I mean, I don't know about a draft, but you got to make the change now. You got to do it now, right? That's what we need. We need to make moves now, moves that count. Can't be waiting a whole year.

to try to bring somebody in. But I want to know why he's not playing too, so.

Raider Wil (35:34.658)
I think everybody wants to know why JPJ's not playing. I want to know the inside scoop. Yep.

Matty B (35:39.798)
Yeah, he played first game, didn't he? He played the first game in New England, right? Yeah, he was guard, right? He played guard.

Lady Val (35:40.35)
Bye.

Matty B (35:48.536)
because they had Meredith at the center,

Raider Wil (35:48.716)
Yep.

Raider Wil (35:52.77)
Yeah.

Matty B (35:53.993)
Yeah, and then they had him on the other side. So Kappa was opposite. They had him at right guard, I think, right? I'm pretty sure they had him at right guard.

Raider Wil (36:03.81)
Yeah.

Lady Val (36:05.183)
But you have the man if he's not really hurt or under any sort of protocol, why aren't you playing him? If he plays well, use him. Like we're not playing, we're not. Go ahead.

Raider Wil (36:14.111)
Absolutely.

Matty B (36:14.228)
Like I said, it-

And like I said, it's got to be something that's going on between him and the coach or him and the staff that they're just not like, it's got to be something along that.

Raider Wil (36:24.11)
I am there 100 % I'll tell you something man. I was on Twitter earlier today, right? And our boy Joe Mo- Mo-Motron from uh... What is it? From the...

Matty B (36:31.862)
That's the thing.

Raider Wil (36:42.894)
was out there tweeting and he said, hey, something smells fishy here. You got to explain to me why JPJ is not out here. You know, he's a, he's a reporter. This is a guy that's there. This is a guy that knows that he's a beat. And he's looking at it and say, like there's something fishy. This JPJ situation can become a trade situation.

where we are looking at it and saying, hey, why is he not playing when he's the better player? Don't tell me Alex Capua is the better player.

Does he just show to me?

Matty B (37:24.414)
Mm-mm.

Raider Wil (37:28.758)
So there is a really odd situation happening there, but again, I keep going back to it, Matt, you and I know, okay, we both coached.

Your best player has to play. And your job as a coach is to maximize his ability to put him out there on the field and to get the best out of him.

Matty B (37:45.076)
100%.

Raider Wil (37:53.858)
So what is Brandon Carroll doing?

Matty B (38:00.372)
I don't know man. I don't know.

Raider Wil (38:03.694)
Alright, let's move on. Hey, let's move on for that egg. So now let's get to this right here. Brennan Carroll. Guys, if you guys are right now, he's in the hot seat.

Lady Val (38:04.368)
No, sir.

Matty B (38:06.696)
I don't

Lady Val (38:10.749)
you

Raider Wil (38:20.514)
What are you telling? It should be.

Matty B (38:20.637)
Easy.

Matty B (38:24.412)
I think he is but I mean like is he really though cuz I mean who's who's who's his boss?

his dad, I mean, the one that brought him in Mark Davis, they're go in there and fire him. He's gonna, he's gonna leave it up to his dad to fire him.

Raider Wil (38:41.482)
so I'm going to give you guys something here real quick that a predator said on the JPJ situation. His first thing was, but who do you trade JPJ for? And then his second thing, or do you think he's hiding an injury?

Raider Wil (39:05.314)
Daddy B, I'm gonna let you,

Matty B (39:09.586)
So if he's hiding injury, it's different story, but it don't let it come out.

Raider Wil (39:10.027)
and

Matty B (39:23.41)
Cause that's definitely going to get you in a lot more trouble than where you're sitting right now. So, you know, if you're hiding injury, keep it hidden, you know, but get out there.

Matty B (39:37.788)
Cause if I'm a coach and you're hiding an injury or you know something like dude, I'd be pissed. You gotta tell me.

Raider Wil (39:43.15)
you

absolutely. Val, do you think that he's hiding an injury? Or you think that it's something else?

Lady Val (39:47.258)
Thank

Lady Val (39:58.579)
I think it's something else. That's not the vibe I'm getting.

Raider Wil (40:06.39)
I'm with you Val. I would love for JPJ to be an injury situation right now. Even as we would be saying that he's injury prone. But this is not an injury situation. I believe this is an ego situation. What up Israel? He's in the building. got love lock in the building baby. What's cracking? Yes sir.

Lady Val (40:26.812)
up.

Matty B (40:27.728)
ba-da-ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-

Lady Val (40:30.589)
I'm sorry. I forgot to tell y'all. SSJ says to send his love to all of you. I forgot to tell y'all, sorry.

Raider Wil (40:38.318)
SSJ leaving his love. man, if y'all don't know the legendary SSJ, you know, as part of the crew, he went to the home opener.

Matty B (40:42.617)
What up, baby?

Lady Val (40:54.041)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (40:56.264)
and I heard the legend got even bigger in Las Vegas. We will leave that for another episode though.

Lady Val (41:07.036)
You

Raider Wil (41:09.166)
So and let me.

Matty B (41:12.592)
We're have to get him on here to explain it or what?

Raider Wil (41:15.916)
Yes, yes. I want we're going to have I'm going to tell you like this. I'm there with you, Israel. JPJ does need to go back to center, but this is what we're going to do next episode. We're going to have a recorded episode, guys. We're going to have Israel here. We're going to have the Prada Raider on. We're going to have SSJ on to tell us about their legendary home opener weekend. All right.

Lady Val (41:17.828)
I don't know if you remember what this you remember

Matty B (41:18.704)
Yeah, you gotta have it coming.

Lady Val (41:42.908)
Do they remember it?

Raider Wil (41:45.755)
You're gonna have to ask them. Sacktown's in the building. He says, Steve, where's your VP?

Lady Val (41:49.98)
Listen, SSJ was away from alcohol for a couple of days, okay?

Y'all, we all went very hard.

Raider Wil (42:04.622)
And he says, let's fucking go.

Matty B (42:08.93)
Wind don't, wind don't they?

Raider Wil (42:13.728)
All right, so we're looking at it, right? And we're talking, hey, we think it's a personal situation where the guys are going and saying, hey, JPJ and Brendan Carroll have some type of turmoil. I'll be like, that's the only thing I could see. I don't think it's an injury situation due to the fact that.

Raider Wil (42:42.062)
I'm gonna, so due to the fact that it wasn't long, like this whole concussion protocol thing, like the league didn't intervene, nobody else intervened, just weird, just an odd situation.

So we got a Chewie in the house. Chewie's Raider coverage. Salute brother. Appreciate you just chiming in and dropping by showing some love, You know, we could just stop by the show and show some love as well. And hey, we got a Israel tailing Val. Val said we can't hang no more. LOL.

Raider Wil (43:28.14)
man...

Lady Val (43:28.891)
tell you what, Maria's coming out in Houston and that's my alter ego when I drink. So, SSJ is going to have to supervise. Will, you know, she was out in NOLA.

Matty B (43:32.563)
Thank

Raider Wil (43:35.365)
here we go.

Raider Wil (43:39.744)
Hey, yes, we've seen Maria and Nola. Let me tell you, she leaves lunch and dinner somewhere on the street.

Matty B (43:48.349)
Is that like regurgitated?

Lady Val (43:53.285)
It was only the first night. It was only the first night, okay? It was the tequila.

Raider Wil (43:59.455)
man.

Matty B (43:59.563)
Is that regurgitated or just in a bag? Like I took it out of the restaurant and left it on the street.

Raider Wil (44:06.478)
Ugh.

Lady Val (44:07.245)
in front of the hotel.

Raider Wil (44:09.39)
It was bad. It was bad. Bad.

Matty B (44:11.242)
Yeah.

Lady Val (44:12.975)
Listen, this is why I do not do tequila shots. was doing double vodka's. Me and Emmy, my partner, we were dancing and I was like, that shot did me wrong. I was like, I gotta go. Do not offer me shots of tequila. I will drink vodka all day. Don't get me shots of tequila.

Raider Wil (44:20.002)
you

Raider Wil (44:25.624)
yeah.

Matty B (44:30.4)
Yeah.

This is why I quit drinking.

Raider Wil (44:35.673)
Tequila You're gonna see like this oh you got our boy saying what up Maddie B So yo, what up Steven look at this we got a sack town in the house man Hey, I'm gonna have to have a sack town in the house as well to let us know. What's up? Oh big luck about hanging out with the raid raiders Hey, can't even raylift

Matty B (44:42.261)
What up, what up?

Raider Wil (45:05.11)
I don't know. I'll be hanging out with Ralph. yes. Yes. No, that's Maria. Maria. Maria likes to hang out with Ralph. Ralph.

Lady Val (45:13.595)
Maria hangs out with her

Matty B (45:16.906)
His name is Ralph.

Lady Val (45:19.323)
Who said that?

Raider Wil (45:24.219)
Yeah, so

Matty B (45:25.738)
My license is on the back of the car.

Raider Wil (45:35.139)
But guys, like we were saying, a chat, if you guys are in the chat, let us know what you guys think the situation is going down with JPJ. Do you guys think it's an injury? Do you guys think it's a situation that's like, hey, you know what the coaches let us know. But we're to move on here as let's go to Raiders rookies. Maria, let us know your thoughts on this year's rookie class so far.

Lady Val (45:37.482)
Yeah.

Lady Val (46:05.443)
She's not present today.

Raider Wil (46:09.123)
Val! wait, hold on. my bad, he said Maria.

Lady Val (46:10.553)
Hehehehe

Lady Val (46:16.909)
Yeah, Maria does. don't know what she'd be doing. She's her own person.

Raider Wil (46:23.342)
So, sis, what do you think about our rookies and the job they've done so far?

Lady Val (46:34.905)
obviously there's work to be done, but.

no, ask me in a couple weeks.

Raider Wil (46:44.8)
Okay, you're saying it's too early to evaluate. Matty B, go ahead. Okay.

Lady Val (46:48.941)
I think so.

Matty B (46:52.187)
Man, I like Thornton. He looks pretty good out there. He's making catches. He acts like he wants to be a part of the team. He wants a position. So I'm liking the way that guy's showing up.

taking care of business when the ball gets thrown to him. I like that about him. Besh, I think that guy, he's still got a ways to go, but I think he can, I think he could definitely be a major part of this team, but he's got a lot to prove. He's still raw, but I do like him. think.

Lady Val (47:16.889)
yeah, ham.

Matty B (47:30.139)
wide receiver aspect of our rookies. look good. offensive line.

Nobody knows. Sorry. I don't know.

Raider Wil (47:43.182)
We gotta see what those guys can do.

Matty B (47:47.623)
To be determined.

Raider Wil (47:51.083)
Exactly. yo, let me ask you like this. I'm going to say it like this. Our rookies, it's really early to evaluate, but I'm really disappointed in the way that we're using them offensively or in the way that we're using them at all. I'm like, I really feel like right now we're at the point that we have to be careful with Ash and Gentie.

Ashton Gentile, you know, his mentality is gonna be really fragile. He's had a lot of success in college, he's coming in, he's a rookie, and he's getting absolutely annihilated.

Raider Wil (48:33.026)
And that right there tells me that, and he got great drive, but sis, it's only gonna take so long before he breaks, before he goes like, man, I can't do this anymore.

Lady Val (48:34.775)
He's got trifle.

Lady Val (48:43.448)
Yeah.

Yeah.

Raider Wil (48:47.566)
So I look at that and I go like, hey, I'm disappointed in the way that we're using them. I'm disappointed in sometimes Chip Kelly coming out and telling me that we are doing a limited rep count for Ash and Gentie when we give them 11 runs in one game when we all know running back needs more than that.

Raider Wil (49:18.284)
You know, our and we look at that and we say, man, we need to maximize. We need to make sure that we're putting them in the best positions and getting the best out of them and having the best coaches that are available to bring them up and to bring those positions up. And you know what? The Predator just dropped in and he said, hold on, you got Israel.

Says, I'm gonna get take his comment first. says on JPJ, we know he didn't like the guard position is our center. But to be honest, Carol needs to needs to get rid of his son and get a new offensive line coach. Dad, I couldn't disagree with you there right now at the moment. Then we got the predator. Where is Tom Cable? That's what we need. And he said, let's be real.

Matty B (50:08.494)
Where's Tom Cable?

Raider Wil (50:16.448)
Is it our rookies or is it pleats old play calling and the play calling isn't done by Pete their predator. So just so you know, Chip Kelly is our play caller. He is our offensive coordinator. So he and he's the highest paid offensive coordinator in the league. And this is the production we're getting. This is the production we're getting from the highest paid offensive coordinator in the league.

Lady Val (50:37.622)
in the fall.

Lady Val (50:42.133)
Pitiful.

Lady Val (50:46.977)
You all want me to beat him up?

Matty B (50:50.372)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (50:50.584)
this would whatever it takes.

Lady Val (50:52.683)
know y'all saw that video of me in that punching bag. Come on.

Raider Wil (50:56.716)
Hey, you haven't seen that one?

Matty B (50:56.804)
I didn't see that.

Lady Val (50:59.903)
Awesome. I don't remember taking that video. was in NOLA, but it was in my camera roll. So I'll send it to you.

Matty B (51:00.632)
No, I haven't seen it.

Matty B (51:11.076)
Yeah, I want to see it. Do you miss it?

Lady Val (51:13.975)
No? No.

Raider Wil (51:15.286)
Yeah.

If you guys are the chat man, do us a favor man. Make sure you like, share and subscribe. Make sure you click that big old thumb up button down there and make sure you tune in next time. Put that little bell button, hit that up. So guys, now that we've gone through a couple things, know, what are your guys? So here, how do we keep the passion in the season in a down season like this?

I'm going to start with you, Val. How do you keep your passion going in a season like this?

Lady Val (51:56.993)
I just keep my hopes up, you know?

I'm like, we'll get better next week. Actually, I really hope next week we actually do a lot better. I'm really hoping that they're focusing on all of our fuckups and learning how to cover better and just not dropping the ball. I really hope that they're learning from these games, like go back and watch it, seeing where they're going wrong. I would like to see an improvement in.

the next game in x weeks or just coming up with I'd like to see improvements. If there's like the slightest bit of improvement, I'd like, okay, we're rolling, you know, but if it's the same old like it was the past two weeks, then it's gonna be really hard. I mean, it's not gonna wrap. It's just gonna be really hard to do it. I'm just not gonna be excited about it. I'm just gonna be moping like, yeah, here we go.

We'll see how bad we play today, but I don't want to be like that, you know? I want to be like, yeah, you screaming, you know?

Raider Wil (53:07.97)
Yeah, absolutely. So, B, I'm gonna ask you the same question, How do you keep the passion in a down season?

Matty B (53:21.032)
Well, I know what's you with its incentives.

These guys get paid millions, so I mean...

Just gotta keep going, man. I mean, you gotta you eventually gotta get better, you know, I mean, you would think. Do what the. Yeah, yeah, just the players gotta come together.

Lady Val (53:42.273)
you're talking about the players, my bad.

Raider Wil (53:45.794)
No, no, no, we're talking about the fans. No, no, I'm talking about the fans. Yeah, like you're yourself.

Matty B (53:50.08)
Are you talking about the fans? Oh, okay, bad. I thought you talking about the players. My bad. I was like, yeah, man, I just get my kids incentives. I'll be like, hey, here's 10 bucks. What's your favorite candy?

Lady Val (53:54.171)
I was like, I entered completely wrong and off the wall.

Raider Wil (53:59.855)
He said, he said I'll give my kids 10 bucks. Watch out. Hey man, we got.

Matty B (54:05.524)
Yeah, give me an interception, I'll show you some money.

Lady Val (54:06.152)
again.

Raider Wil (54:08.825)
my gosh.

Raider Wil (54:14.286)
So yeah, go ahead Maddy B. How do you keep the passion going?

Matty B (54:17.34)
No, man. man, you just got to show up, man. It's football, baby. It don't matter. It don't matter if you win, lose or tie, baby. It's Raiders every day to the day we die, man. So just show up, man. That's all it's about, man. It's about seeing your family. It's about seeing your friends. It's about having a good time, even if the team ain't doing that good. You know, that's what it's all about. So, you know, don't let the football game get to you too much and hurt your feelings too bad because it's just a game at the end of the day. So.

Lady Val (54:27.987)
Just show up, baby.

Lady Val (54:39.507)
You know...

Matty B (54:46.76)
It is what it is at the end of the day, in my opinion. Just be there to root for them, because they're bound to get better sometime.

Lady Val (54:52.176)
of the games.

Raider Wil (54:54.71)
Yo, big luck. can't agree with you more here, Honestly, surround yourself with great people who share the passion. And that's what we do here. I'm going tell you, man, I love the people that we ride with. Hey, you're going to see Israel. I know he chopped up in the he jumped up in the chat. I know the Predator has been here. SSJ, we got our lady Val. We got Maddy B. We got Tony Bova. We got all these guys that when we travel across the country.

Lady Val (54:55.315)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (55:22.702)
and we bring this passion and love. doesn't matter whether our team is like 1 in 16 or 16 and 0.

Matty B (55:32.798)
you

Raider Wil (55:32.877)
You know, we just bring this passion and this love, man. And that's what I love about it. Like Israel drove from, I think, love lockdown in Arizona. He got showing love. was telling me how it was amazing at the home opener. You know, the Predator just came on. You know, he just said,

Be loyal to your team. You pick 100. Death before dishonor. And be real Raider Nation. Be a real Raider Nation fan, not a bandwagon. And find real Raider's familia. 100. And that's where I think it's a unique situation for us, right? As we travel, as we've seen things, as we do things together, we build family. We build experience. We build love for each other.

Lady Val (56:19.764)
the show.

Raider Wil (56:20.974)
And it's through those trials and tribulations and through all those experiences that you build stuff like that. And I mean, like that's where that's the passion that keeps me going, right? I love going on Sunday and for those two hours, I don't have to worry about anything else but watching my Raiders and yelling, let's go Raiders to the TV with my people.

Matty B (56:48.187)
100%.

Raider Wil (56:48.302)
I mean like for me watching the game is a stress relief man. I'll be like it's a great time it's fun. I'm sitting there laughing with my friends having a great time and then I know that it's it's a great thing to do and I suggest for people to do this. If you have not signed up, sign up for a local booster club doesn't matter which one and go watch the game with another fan.

Lady Val (56:52.616)
Mm-hmm.

Raider Wil (57:18.594)
Go watch the game with the people that are there with you and then you're going to see the relationships you're building and it's a lot better than watching the game on Sunday and being by yourself and just crying about it. Hey, Israel said it right here. Being a Raiders fan is not for the weak. That is absolutely correct, baby. And bro. It says here, the Predator says, bro.

Lady Val (57:18.707)
for the

Matty B (57:39.717)
Mm-hmm.

Lady Val (57:42.973)
yeah what go ahead

Raider Wil (57:47.498)
Israel and his wife picked me up and my wife up at the airport straight love in Vegas.

Matty B (57:55.584)
That's how was when we first met, same thing.

Lady Val (57:56.807)
Awwww.

Raider Wil (57:59.305)
Absolutely. So let him know. Let him know what happened when we fly down there. Let him know, Matty B. Yeah.

Matty B (58:01.051)
No.

Matty B (58:06.361)
Me? man, man, when we flew down to Dallas, we didn't know anybody, man. We were just like invited. So we were like, all right, let's go. So we rolled down there, man, and.

some dude named Joe's gonna come pick us up. We showed up man, this dude showed up with all kinds of goodies, man. He showed up with beer for us ready to go on ice. This dude was like, I'm getting you guys where you need to go. I'm taking care of you guys. Like it was just, it was like family from the get go, man. Like there was, was nothing but love from the beginning. So I mean, and that's how it is everywhere we go. it's.

Raider Wil (58:21.73)
Ha ha ha!

Matty B (58:43.929)
I it man, like even this last trip we took to Boston was just everybody was just nothing but love from everybody so it's awesome I love it man, I do whatever

Lady Val (58:53.939)
And, and you guys got to go down through downtown yelling Raiders out the window.

Matty B (59:03.841)
Yep, yep. Right by where JFK got shot, yep.

Raider Wil (59:03.918)
Yeah, absolutely. Hey, that's 100%. Yo, and Christina, who's Predator's wife, know. Yo, you're absolutely right, man. This is the best family ever. I'm gonna tell you guys, man, it has been quite an experience for us. We went down to Dallas. SSJ rolling up.

to the airport with Modellos in the back. I'll be like, I ain't never seen that before. And then he goes like, here's a beer. And I'm in the passenger seat. And he goes like, don't worry about it. We're in Texas. As long as I'm not drinking, we're good.

Matty B (59:49.389)
Hahaha!

Lady Val (59:49.715)
You

Raider Wil (59:52.835)
All right, man, so we cruise down there and then, you know, we went to the home opener and that's where we met Christina and Anthony. I think we met Israel there too for the first time. And we met Stephen and we were like, hey man, let's roll together to the home opener. And then we built different experiences there. Stephen lost his VP Israel, you know, like Israel got lost, VP sat down.

Salute to my brother. You know, then we met T.B.H. Lovelock and then we met Anthony and then we went up with Marlene. And I mean, like, bro, it's just been a whirlwind, man. And it's been an awesome, awesome whirlwind with Raider Nation. And I cannot tell you how much I have enjoyed watching the games with you guys and just making memories with y'all and my wife. And I want to thank you guys for that, because it's hard, man, with Raider Nation. You never really think about.

your family and your others, but you know, my family is part of the family now. And I enjoy that. And know, Predator hit it right on the head.

Raider Wil (01:01:04.64)
Instant family and Israel and Israel said the truth right here the birth of the travel brigade You know All those things happen. So guys, you know what? We're gonna get up to the end of the show here. We're up over an hour now. So guys I Want you guys to give me your keys to victory

Lady Val (01:01:07.281)
Yep.

Matty B (01:01:12.414)
Yep. 100%.

Lady Val (01:01:15.473)
Yeah, yeah.

Raider Wil (01:01:29.56)
for this game, for the Raiders, for you guys. What are you guys key to victories? I'm gonna start with Matt.

Matty B (01:01:36.736)
Keys to victory, man, all three phases, offense, defense, and special teams, man. We got to put it all together and bring a full plate, man. We can't show up in one phase and not in the other two. We have to be there in all three phases, all four quarters, and everybody's going to have to do their job. So show up, put out, and let's go out there and win this game because that's what it's going to take.

Raider Wil (01:02:04.302)
business.

Lady Val (01:02:06.181)
I agree.

Raider Wil (01:02:08.142)
All right, and I'm going to tell you the keys to victory for me. The keys to victory for the Raiders are going to be real simple.

We need to get our head out of our ass, run the football, block people in the correct fashion, play physical defense.

and play like our hair's on fire.

Matty B (01:02:38.549)
except a gang.

Raider Wil (01:02:38.924)
We ain't got nothing to lose. Everything to gain. Bro, we ain't got nothing to lose. We got everything to gain. Nobody thinks we're going to win this game. Nobody thinks that we're going to go in there and do nothing.

Everybody thinks that we're just going to go in there and roll over. We need to bring the heat, like big luck is saying, and pressure Williams consistently all game long.

Let the dogs out, Patrick Graham. We need to be hungry.

Predator saying stop the QB run, put the pressure and score some fucking points.

Lady Val (01:03:20.241)
Yeah.

Matty B (01:03:25.404)
That's one thing that we're really bad about though, man. If we have a running quarterback, dude, they run all over us, bro. It's no different than versus a backup quarterback, Like we're just not good against those running quarterbacks. We can contain the edge and contain Caleb Williams. I think we've got a chance, but man, the way he played last week, he looked better than Marcus Mariota.

Raider Wil (01:03:50.786)
Well, and that's the thing. We'll see what defense shows up. We'll see what we do. Now.

Matty B (01:03:57.267)
Well, and it's not like I said, it's not even the defense. The defense is playing. It's the offense. If the offense can get rolling, because you got to roll off your offense, man. If your offense ain't going and your defense is out there all the time, you're going to get wore out. You can't put it all on the defense.

Raider Wil (01:04:10.442)
Absolutely. Now, what is your guys expectations versus the Bears? What's your score? What's game time expectations here? I'm going to start with Lady Val.

Lady Val (01:04:25.36)
I'm hoping we win by at least a double.

Raider Wil (01:04:31.02)
Okay, so give me a score.

Lady Val (01:04:41.776)
I know. I can't, I don't know. I'm just hoping we win, to be honest. I'm not asking for us to win by like a mile. You know, just win, please. Something, something. Give us some little, give us a bone, you know?

Raider Wil (01:05:07.726)
Okay, we go.

Lady Val (01:05:08.334)
I don't have a score. I'm sorry. I just want us to win, you know.

Raider Wil (01:05:11.15)
Alright. I got you. I got you sis. Predator got you. He got 1713. Big luck is saying 1310 Raiders.

Matty B (01:05:22.45)
I got 1720 Raiders.

Raider Wil (01:05:27.072)
I got, I got 20, 17 Raiders. Israel is 14, 10 Raiders. So all these scores are really, really tight. I think we all think that this game is going to be a nail biter, that it's going to come down to the end. And it's always going to be better with the cold Modelo and your Raider Nation family around you.

Lady Val (01:05:53.204)
yeah.

Raider Wil (01:05:57.313)
So guys with that being said, let's get on to the watch parties for this weekend. Sis, where are you gonna be at?

Lady Val (01:06:07.567)
Show I had to write it down because I don't remember the address DFW Raiders for Life it was Shaker Tens, but they renamed it. It's a Wilson Sports Grill 13 675 Noel Road, Suite 110, Earth and Dallas. Come by, see us. It's sectioned off for

Raiders fam, we got Raider fam selling merch. You know, we take a half time picture, just come by, come by, have a drink, chill with us. And we do raffles, so.

Raider Wil (01:06:50.348)
Let's go. Maddie B. Let them know where we're going to be at.

Matty B (01:06:55.459)
It will be at Eagles 595 in Grand Junction, Colorado. The cheapest beers in town, So you guys are thirsty, come down and have some. We'll be upstairs. Door to the left is always open. So come in and say, what's up?

Raider Wil (01:07:15.498)
And alright guys, I got some watch parties here for you guys, alright? So, if you are down there in Austin, Texas, what I want you to do is go down there, visit my boy, Mark Anthony.

Machaca Sports Bar, we're gonna have TBH Austin, we're gonna have TBH Houston, we're gonna have TBH San Antonio, TBH Fort Hood, and TBH Dallas all joining up together for one big bash down there in the Big TX. Now, if you're flying into Las Vegas,

You already know what it is, baby. The black hole is taking over Fremont and you gotta be there.

They're going to be partying at Troy Saturday night. Then you got Carnival Court Saturday during the day. And of course you got J-Lock for game day, baby. So make sure y'all stay locked in. Big luck. Unfortunately, he's going to be in New Mexico and we'll miss his Austin TBH party, but big luck.

Don't you worry brother, if you're down there in New Mexico, we got two clubs down there. Make sure you check out our boy with TBH Albuquerque, the Predator.

Raider Wil (01:08:51.414)
And we got another club down there, which I'm not sure where it's at. But I know we got two. So make sure that you look them up, And hey, the Predator said Albuquerque area. Bubbas, 33 off I-25. That's where you're at, baby. So guys, you guys got anything for our listeners?

Matty B (01:09:15.371)
No, man, just if you guys go into the game, you guys going to be there, man, rep, rep hard and bring home that win, man. So we need it. And thanks for being a part of this, man. You guys are awesome.

Raider Wil (01:09:26.52)
Sis? Yes? We appreciate y'all. You got anything, Sis?

Lady Val (01:09:31.138)
The show. The show.

No.

Raider Wil (01:09:37.346)
Well, you guys, this is what I got for y'all. Make sure y'all stay locked into the Silver and Black Radio podcast, baby, because we are going to be dropping a lot more content. Hey, we're going to see our big sis Marlene in Denver. Hey, much love to you. Salute to you, babe. Hey, there we go. There's our big sis. Hey, so check this out, Y'all got to stay locked in. We're going to start dropping more content. We're going to start doing more live shows. We're going to start.

doing a lot more streaming guys. We're going to have to be having shows Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. And then of course you already know that we got the most notorious podcast on Tuesdays. So y'all stay locked in and Hey, if there's anything that we can do for you guys, if there's any promotions out there that y'all need, let us know. Hey, hit up our boy Max with silver and black coffee. Make sure you go to www silver and black coffee.com. Buy yourself a bag.

It's really good coffee. Our sis Marlene is out here. Hey, she is doing the barbecue. May the 31st, I believe is the weekend up there in Reno. Y'all got to get up there. The Predator Israel myself, Maddie B. I believe my wife is going. Everybody and their mother is going right now. Guys, it's going to be the hottest tickets this summer and this spring. I'm guaranteeing it. So stay locked in. And until next time.

Salute to y'all, to love, and it's all about One Nation. It's all about One Team. It's all about the Raiders!

Matty B (01:11:14.368)
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Lady Val (01:11:15.219)
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