Typical Raiders

Summary

In this episode of the Silver and Black Radio podcast, the hosts discuss the disappointing performance of the Raiders, focusing on the struggles of quarterback Geno Smith, coaching decisions, and the impact of injuries on the team's success. They express frustrations with the team's inability to execute effectively and the need for better communication and accountability. The conversation also touches on expectations for the upcoming game against the Titans and the importance of community engagement among fans.

Takeaways

The Raiders' performance has been disappointing this season.
Geno Smith's struggles are a major concern for the team.
Coaching decisions, particularly play calling, are under scrutiny.
Injuries have impacted the team's performance significantly.
Fans are losing faith in the team's ability to win games.
The importance of running the football effectively is emphasized.
There is a need for better communication and accountability within the team.
Expectations for the upcoming game against the Titans are low.
The community's engagement and support for the team are crucial.
The team needs to play a complete game to succeed.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Game Recap
02:59 Frustrations with the Team's Performance
05:59 Coaching Decisions and Player Accountability
09:00 Offensive Struggles and Play Calling Issues
12:01 Injuries and Player Management
15:00 Expectations for Upcoming Games
17:58 Final Thoughts and Community Engagement

Transcript

Raider Wil (00:02.163)
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 boy representing TBH West Co. Matty B. What's up my brother?

Matty B (00:20.162)
What's up fam, how's everybody doing?

Raider Wil (00:23.613)
Good, good, man. Now, representing the big TX and Dallas Fort Worth greater nation for life, our sister, Lady Vance.

Val (00:40.807)
My Matt.

Raider Wil (00:43.549)
She says, get well, man.

Val (00:45.202)
Come on, Maddie.

Matty B (00:46.859)
Baby

Raider Wil (00:48.953)
Yes, sir. Well, yeah, hey, let's get right into it. The Raiders just played the Colts, an absolute ass whooping we took, man. We obviously have a lot of problems, but, yo, let me get your guys' take on the game. Matt, let me start with you.

Matty B (01:06.881)
Dude, I don't know.

I don't know what's worse this year or last year. Like I could understand last year with not having a head coach that had the position to do what he needed to do. But this year with the pieces that we have, the players we have, the coaches we have, what the fuck is the problem here? Like what is not going on? I don't understand the line situation. I don't understand the not running the rock. I don't understand.

Not mentioning Gino when he's throwing interceptions. It's just, it's frustrating, man. So.

I'm at loss for words, honestly. don't know what we do. It's the same shit every year, it seems like, man. just, don't, there's, what do we do to fix it? I don't know.

Raider Wil (01:58.867)
Absolutely, my brother. Lady Val, your thoughts.

Val (02:05.363)
when I find you.

We're fighting in the streets. So disappointed. So disappointed because I was expecting a little bit more this game and I don't understand why they didn't bench him either because in the what in the post conference Pete's like, Oh yeah, I thought about it. Why don't you just do it? Just do it. I stopped watching.

like the beginning of third quarter. I literally just stopped watching it. Like I was so mad. was.

I couldn't watch anymore. I'm like, what the hell would you do? And then I look at the score afterwards. I'm like, this is this is unacceptable.

Val (02:59.601)
And I can only imagine how Crosby is feeling and the other players, mean.

Raider Wil (03:10.147)
Hey, salute, Ray to Ryan. Thanks for clicking in, man, and giving us a view here. Yo, guys, this is what I'm going to tell you. This is terrible. Guys, what did we sign up for, right? When we're looking at this, we can't say there was one good thing that came out of this game. Special teams, where are you?

Matty B (03:32.564)
Garbage.

Raider Wil (03:34.853)
You know, hey, every single aspect of the game, we got dominated. We couldn't move the ball on offense. You guys are correct. Geno Smith, I'll be like, when Pete Carroll comes out and says, hey, we're sitting there and we're trying to get this guy more practice. That's why I didn't pull him out. That's what Val was referring to. I'm talking about practice. I'm like, practice is done during the week.

Matty B (03:48.108)
garbage.

Raider Wil (04:03.761)
That is done during the week. That is not done during the game. I get that they need reps. I get that they need better players. But to tell me that Geno Smith needs practice. Practice. Are we for real? You do that during the week. That's when you give him quality reps and stop making excuses for him. That's the biggest problem the Raiders have right now is Geno Smith and Pete Carroll making excuses.

I don't understand it. It's like every single time a coach joins the Raiders, they lose their mind.

Matty B (04:39.474)
Yep. Or any even players, even players.

Raider Wil (04:40.115)
Thanks.

Yeah.

Matty B (04:45.168)
Even players, like, as soon as they put the shield on, it's like everything in their fucking head goes out. They don't know anything anymore and they're, they're... It's like the money went to their head as soon as they joined the Raiders.

Val (04:45.252)
Yeah.

Val (04:56.71)
Yeah. Yeah. They don't know how to. Yeah.

Raider Wil (04:59.133)
Well.

Raider Wil (05:04.849)
Well, and we're sitting here, right? Every single week, every single week I'm being told by Gino, I got to do better. Hey, here's this what happened. I'm like, when you blame a player who's a rookie because he didn't go up high enough and you read the coverage wrong, I'm looking at the play. They're in a too high. It's like cover two, the guy's blitz and you throw it right where the guy's supposed to be in coverage. That's not on the wide receiver. That's on you, Gino Smith. And stop throwing around the blame.

Matty B (05:27.421)
Mm-hmm.

Raider Wil (05:34.589)
Take some responsibility, have some guts and say, I've been messing up. You got nine interceptions.

Raider Wil (05:43.1)
Nein!

Matty B (05:43.154)
Yep, and they're not all tipped at the line either, like he was saying. they're all tipped balls. And he ain't tipped.

Pain tip they had maybe two tip balls. I will give you the tip tip balls. Okay, so you still got seven fucking interceptions, bro

Raider Wil (05:50.119)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (05:59.155)
Hey, we got Mark Sanchez in the building. says, tell Gino I'll fight this girl in his place. Hold on. me, let me. Tell Gino to fight this girl in his place. Get ready, lady. You about to mess with Mark Sanchez. And then it says, a World War II rat got slick today with me today. So I went all my Tyson on him.

Matty B (05:59.165)
And they're garbage interceptions, man.

Val (06:02.342)
Yeah.

Val (06:09.966)
The what?

Matty B (06:19.399)
Thank

Raider Wil (06:27.021)
That's what that's the mark sanchez you're talking to have some respect Obviously guys you guys i've also heard that during that time frame mark sanchez did get in trouble with the 95 year old man i'll be like Okay

Matty B (06:42.383)
Yeah, he stabbed him or something too, huh?

Val (06:42.42)
Was it 95? I thought he was 74. I was like, what are you doing messing with a 74 year old driver?

Matty B (06:47.066)
I know he was he was older. I know he was an older cat and like that guy stabbed Mark Sanchez or some shit after he fucking like started punching him or some shit and fucking that was some weird crazy shit. Do you like I was like, what the fuck?

Raider Wil (07:02.163)
Well, it'll be like when you.

Matty B (07:02.824)
If you can't beat up a 74 or 90 year old bro, like There's a reason why you fumble when you ran into that beads, but

Val (07:08.656)
So did that guy said?

Raider Wil (07:12.103)
Yep.

Val (07:12.506)
So the guy said he's fighting with me.

Raider Wil (07:15.571)
I don't Tell Gino I'll fight this girl in his place. What girl? I don't even know what girl he's talking about. Who knows? I have no idea. I have no idea what he's trying to say there. But, you know, thanks for chiming in, Mark. We appreciate it. But like I was saying, guys, Gino Smith has nine interceptions this year. Nine. Tell me that's acceptable.

Val (07:23.607)
Me? Is he defending Gino?

Val (07:41.964)
Nine too many!

Raider Wil (07:43.655)
Tell me that that's what we signed up for. No. And I'm tired of this because I'm looking at it and you guys are right, there's no competition. He said, there's gonna be competition. We're gonna compete out there. We're gonna look for spots. We're gonna do what we have to do.

Val (07:47.918)
you

Val (08:00.303)
They're not.

Raider Wil (08:01.852)
They're not. This is not acceptable. And at the end of the day, if you're Pete Carroll, you have to have some intestinal fortitude and say, I got to do this. I got to do what's best for the team. Stop telling me that that's what's best for the team. What's best for the team is going out there and kicking ass and taking names. And if Gino's not cutting it, then you got to bench him.

Val (08:18.351)
Something's gotta go.

Matty B (08:33.562)
I think the problem lies with Chip Kelly.

think 90 % of the problem is Chip Kelly. his plate calling is just a terrific plate calling, man. Like, just don't, I don't get it sometimes, man. It's like, like I said,

Raider Wil (08:49.522)
I'm gonna cut you off right here though. There are plenty of plays that we're watching on TV where guys are running open, wide open, Gino's not making the throw.

Matty B (08:53.752)
Okay, all right.

Matty B (09:00.12)
Yeah.

No, I get that, but I'm saying there's also plays where you're like, why the fuck would you call that play right there? That makes no sense to make a play right there.

Val (09:03.513)
Yeah.

Matty B (09:12.61)
How many of those have we seen this year? Why are we running that play right there?

That's not on Geno Smith.

Raider Wil (09:17.746)
We've seen a lot. No, but at the same time, what I'm saying is sometimes it's not the play call. And those interceptions, when you're throwing into double coverage, tell me it's the play call.

Matty B (09:27.556)
No, I'm not saying I'm not saying that Gino's not responsible for that stuff I'm saying but the play calling has a lot to do with it too man and The how many times we run how many times this year have we stopped running the ball in the game? Why do we rely on Gino if we know he throws nine interceptions in a game? Why do we keep continuously? Keep letting him throw the ball downfield When you can see Ashton Gentile running the ball every time he gets the ball. Yeah, he might not get

Raider Wil (09:42.386)
You

Matty B (09:55.384)
big chunks every single play, when he does, he does.

Raider Wil (09:59.665)
No, absolutely. And I get what you're saying by us not making the right choice,

Matty B (10:03.556)
That's what I'm getting at. I'm not getting out at the, I'm not trying to like say that Gina does the reason why Gina's throwing interceptions is because of that. I'm just saying in general, like it's, the offensive play caller is the guy that's got to run the ship when it's, the offense is on the field. The quarterback throws the interceptions, that's on the quarterback, yes. But when we're running the ball on third and 15, when we're,

Val (10:12.847)
He's heard our more.

Raider Wil (10:19.365)
Absolutely.

Matty B (10:30.372)
Things like that. It's stupid, bro. Like, it's dumb. Don't even get me started on the special teams. Fuck my god.

Raider Wil (10:37.65)
No, I want to thank Al Davis for stopping in. He just said, just when, every once in a while, great while,

Val (10:51.959)
Hey, much love to you, El.

Matty B (10:54.691)
Yeah

Raider Wil (10:54.8)
Yeah. But like when you're saying that, right? People are saying, yeah, Chip Kelly's play calling into me. I get it. It has some validation, but when it comes to those interceptions, it's just an excuse right now. I'll be like, Gino is doing some really bad jokes.

Val (10:56.141)
I got my present.

Matty B (11:07.808)
Yeah, no, I agree with you 100 % on that. Mm hmm. Yeah.

Val (11:11.158)
when Pete was saying, know, I thought about it, but he's got to get the practice in, he's got to get it until he gets it right. I'm like, this dude, he's not a rookie, he's not somebody that we're building, he's a vet. He should already know how the game goes. Why is he still throwing like that?

Matty B (11:30.112)
He should be able to read a coverage.

Val (11:32.253)
Exactly, and he's not.

Raider Wil (11:32.654)
And he's not going through his progressions. He's forcing the ball. He's not reading the field. He's not going through his progressions. He's not doing what he's supposed to be doing.

Matty B (11:36.961)
Mm-hmm.

Val (11:37.517)
I feel like he's...

Val (11:42.318)
I feel like he's panicking sometimes. Like, I don't know, just, it doesn't look like he's got his mind straight. And it's like, like, the ball, do something. You're just, you're standing there and, mm-mm.

Raider Wil (11:51.153)
No, A-3!

Raider Wil (12:01.414)
Well, and the frustrating part is this, right? We can say, hey, you know, we need to run the ball more. We need to do this more. We need to do that more. Absolutely. But also when your numbers call, when your numbers called, you got to make the play. And Gino's not doing it. I'm sorry to say it. A lot of people were saying, Gino is going to be great. He's going to be the savior for the writers. He's going to be the next step up. Man, he's been a step down.

Val (12:10.296)
that they're not helping.

Matty B (12:25.939)
How How many? How many? Let me ask this though. How many years has Geno Smith been good in the NFL?

Raider Wil (12:33.616)
Not very many. Not very many.

Matty B (12:34.993)
Not very, he's had more bad seasons than he has good seasons. That's for damn sure. So I mean, I just, we gotta stop going with these quarterbacks.

Val (12:42.093)
So why did we sign them in the first place?

Raider Wil (12:46.45)
You guys take over for a second. I gotta grab my dog

Val (12:50.349)
Why did we grab them in the first place?

Matty B (12:50.471)
Yeah, just...

Matty B (12:55.998)
Because Pete Carroll, he's familiar with him we didn't have one on the roster that he was comfortable with. You're not rolling with Aiden O'Connell because you already know what he is. You can't run with your rookies that you had last year. Why would you do that? They're unproven. We didn't get a good draft pick this year for quarterbacks. So you have to pick somebody you're familiar with. And the only person that he's been familiar with besides Russell Wilson is Geno Smith.

Val (13:02.327)
You know.

Val (13:26.433)
You would think that with Gino having the experience he does and Pete being a quarterbacks coach that Gino would be playing a lot better than this. You would think. And he's not. Doggy! And he's not. I mean, it's just straight up trash. Like the disappointment of just every game and...

Matty B (13:26.693)
That's why he has to go after him.

Matty B (13:45.266)
Yeah.

Val (13:52.284)
I'm like not even excited, you know, to watch the games right now. I'm just like, you know, you want to make a bet on how many interceptions you're to throw today? Like, it shouldn't be like that. I know we're used to bad seasons, but this is bad.

Matty B (14:07.343)
Yeah, no, it's horrible. I still I'm still watching every single week, but do I look forward to it? No, it's not something that I'm like, Hey, guess what? The games on this weekend? Yeah, I like football and stuff. I like watching my team play, but I'm not expecting them to win. I'm not out there like, yeah, we got to win this game. We're going it is what it is now at this point. Like I said, by week five, we should know what our team is. And right now it's week five and

Val (14:12.108)
You know, even my aunt.

Val (14:18.4)
I mean, I'm.

Val (14:24.983)
Dude, I'm getting, I'm.

Val (14:34.433)
time.

Matty B (14:36.676)
We're not very good.

Val (14:39.304)
Yeah, Maddie B, I'm getting schooled by my resident.

Raider Wil (14:39.538)
Hey.

Val (14:45.076)
my residents with dementia are clowning me and the caregivers. I'm still yelling all my weird things, but you know.

Matty B (14:45.776)
And they're all-

Raider Wil (14:45.821)
home in it.

Matty B (14:50.244)
Yeah. Yep.

Raider Wil (15:00.371)
But so we talked about Gino and we were just getting done talking right sorry about that, but my dog is being a pain in my ass so When we look at it right we obviously know that Gino is part of the problem Hey chewy. Thanks for chiming in salute to you my brother. I appreciate the love man stop Thank you for stopping by yo guys

Val (15:09.492)
It's okay.

Raider Wil (15:27.217)
That's just part of the problem. And I mean, like, let's be honest. Like the whole JPJ situation, the way that was handled, the way the offensive line situation has been handled, the coaching issues with that, coaches are coaches are being rubbed the wrong way.

Val (15:45.557)
Mm-hmm.

Matty B (15:49.89)
Are coaches being rubbed the wrong way or are the players being rubbed the wrong way?

Raider Wil (15:50.13)
You also got players. Players are being rubbed the wrong way by coaches. You know, what's going on with their tight end depth? Where are our playmakers? I'd be like.

Matty B (15:57.794)
Yeah.

Matty B (16:03.904)
Why are we playing guys that are injured?

Raider Wil (16:08.477)
Why are we playing guys that are injured? Why did Raheem Nostra not play?

Matty B (16:08.534)
You know what I mean? Like, it makes no sense. Why are we letting guys go?

Val (16:11.455)
Yeah, why ha- why-

Matty B (16:16.045)
Yeah. And why did we let Jermaine Pratt go?

Val (16:16.213)
Why has he been playing?

Matty B (16:21.944)
There's something going on in the locker room.

Raider Wil (16:22.005)
that's easy. I'll tell you why Jermaine Pratt was let go because he didn't want to play special teams. Because he came into the locker room and there was a disagreement between him and the coaches. That is exactly why Jermaine Pratt was let go.

Matty B (16:37.496)
Over special teams.

Raider Wil (16:41.091)
Over that, they asked him to play special teams. He said no.

Raider Wil (16:51.187)
So I'd like, salute, thank you for stopping in brother. I appreciate you, man. Hey, so when you look at that though, bro, I'm looking at this and this is more than an issue with just one part of the team.

We got problems all over this mother-

Val (17:14.014)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (17:14.183)
with the coaching, with the players, with like us not making the right play calls. I'd like making the right adjustment. Why can't we just make the right adjustment?

I mean like, is, bro, we ran a QB sneak and couldn't get a QB sneak.

Matty B (17:26.328)
100%.

Raider Wil (17:35.634)
Four to one!

And we couldn't convert?

Bad is bad. It is bad.

Val (17:44.86)
Yeah

Matty B (17:46.869)
We don't even know how to block a guy on the end when it comes to a field goal.

Raider Wil (17:51.877)
Well, and that's what we're saying. These are basic things.

Val (17:51.916)
Yeah.

Matty B (17:54.867)
It is.

It makes no sense to me, dude. Like, you're, all these guys that are on the line have played football before and they're, they should know their schemes, right?

How do you not know how to play inside, over, and free? How do you not know how to do that in zone blocking? In any kind of blocking.

Raider Wil (18:09.767)
Yeah!

Raider Wil (18:15.975)
Yeah. Hey, me about it. Accelerators in the building.

Matty B (18:19.166)
Do not know how to down block? mean, dude, come on, man. Like, you guys should all know how to do this stuff, man. Why do we have guys that are standing there looking around for a block?

Raider Wil (18:28.987)
Yo, so this is what accelerator thinks, all right? I'm gonna hit you up, I'm gonna put that back up. He said, we gotta get back to the Al Davis way of building an overall team instead of praying for a superstar QB. And that's what you do have to do. We can't depend on one player to come out here and take care of this whole situation.

Hell, we can't even depend on one coach to do that. We need multiple people to come in and help.

Matty B (18:56.013)
But this is the thing, like I get where he's coming from with that mentality, but you got to have the guys that do it. And right now you've got to start from scratch. So, I mean, the guys that you have on your team are not going to be here when you got to rebuild to be to that.

Raider Wil (19:12.211)
100%. Now let me ask you this. Let me ask you this, okay? And then I'll grab my dog real quick. But I'm gonna leave you off with this and then you take it from there.

Matty B (19:12.637)
You get what I'm saying?

Raider Wil (19:26.383)
We have a deep situation. What would you do in order to fix this? I'd be like, we have so many problems. I want to know how we move forward from that.

Matty B (19:37.171)
Thank

Val (19:41.929)
No.

Matty B (19:41.988)
forward from this situation, right? Or how would I fix it?

Raider Wil (19:45.02)
Yeah, how do you fix this?

Matty B (19:47.506)
Well, I mean, we got to figure out where the problem lies. it in the play calling? Is it in the quarterback? Where's the problem lie? I mean, if it's in both of them, then we got to figure out, we got to get a whole new guy in there that can run the system that the guys want to run. it's the, let me see, like, see, if it's the play calling.

Val (20:03.934)
Yeah.

Matty B (20:15.047)
We gotta get somebody in there that can do what they need to do to call the plays. If it's the player, we need to get a player in there to, they can run the plays that's being called. Like, it's plain and simple. But you can't go and put guys in certain positions that are not proven in that position. And that's what we've been doing. Look at our offensive line. We have guys playing out of position that are not comfortable playing in those positions. And we continue to put them in that position and hope for the best.

Val (20:38.814)
Mm-hmm.

Val (20:43.516)
Why though?

Raider Wil (20:44.755)
So what's your solution for the O-line?

Matty B (20:45.554)
every single week. It's the definition of insanity. There's, no, you have to be able to play your guys to their benefit and we're not doing that. So I would fix the offensive line. I would fix your offensive line. I would fire your offensive line coach because he obviously don't know shit. So

Raider Wil (20:53.491)
Absolutely. Where where who are you gonna put where?

Raider Wil (21:02.707)
But Matt, who would you put where to fix your offensive line? You said, would fix my offensive line. Who are you putting where?

Matty B (21:06.787)
I would move them back to where we had them last year at the end of the year. You put you put Meredith to the guard, right? You had Meredith at guard. had you had JPJ at center. Parle McGard and then you had right Parle McGard Glaze was at tackle and then you had Miller at tackle, right? Which I mean Miller right now is hurt. So obviously you got to bring somebody in. You can't just go. I mean, I can pull up the next big guy, but at Forsythe it's not the guy.

He's definitely not the answer. We've seen that in one game in two snaps. How bad that guy is.

Raider Wil (21:41.597)
Well, let me ask you this. For me, I look at that and that might tell you how that might not be the solution. If you move those guys back.

Matty B (21:50.114)
It might not be, but you know what? It'll probably push the ball a little bit better. It might keep you in a game a little bit more. It's not the solution. You definitely gonna have to fix that through the off season and through drafts and trades and all that stuff. You're not gonna do that during the season. You're already set in stone with what you got. But if you know that that's what they played best at last year, then go back. Why not go back to it? We ain't gonna lose nothing anyways.

Val (21:55.005)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (22:14.065)
No, absolutely. get what you're saying. And for me, I think it's more than just having guys move around. It's not just, and also it's not going to be a scheme thing. It's going to be a coaching.

Matty B (22:25.731)
Yeah, it's got to be a system. got to be bought into the system that everybody's got to be bought into it. And if nobody's bought and you've only got four or five guys bought into it, what's the you know, you're never going to have success with it.

Raider Wil (22:38.299)
Well, and it's hard to say that, right? Because like, should, as a coach, adapt yourself to your team, to your system, to your players, to the people that are around you, to maximize their ability.

Matty B (22:49.71)
But your players have to be involved too. They have to be invested in it too. Because I have players too that could be... Go ahead.

Raider Wil (22:55.507)
to a certain extent.

Raider Wil (22:59.805)
To a certain extent, absolutely. But at the same time, mean like, you're not gonna change your whole offense because your player's not comfortable in that team. You know what I said? Absolutely.

Matty B (23:09.216)
No, no, but I'm going to find the next man and put him up. If that guy's not doing his job, I got to go out and find the next man to go up and do his job.

Raider Wil (23:18.339)
Yeah, I'm not saying that you don't, you know, but when we look at that, man, we really have to say like, who's the next man up? Who's the guy that's going to Right. So when I'm looking at our offensive line, I think our coaching has a lot to do with it. Our players look lost. Our players don't look like they know who they're blocking. Whether their assignments are being told or they're being missed coached. don't know. From the get.

Matty B (23:27.47)
Mm-hmm.

Val (23:43.611)
They're set up for failure.

Raider Wil (23:49.318)
And for us to say that, yeah, these players are well-prepared. Well-prepared where? We don't look like we know what the fuck is going on. We look like we have a box of crayons out there. Go ahead.

Matty B (23:55.085)
Mm

Val (23:55.515)
Yeah.

Val (23:59.718)
Yeah.

Matty B (23:59.735)
Hey Will!

Hey, you remember when I did my skimmage with my 12U? And my coach came after and he was like, what did my coach say? What was the first thing he said when you were like, I wish Matt was over here right now? We had flawless blocking, great blocking. That's kind of, and we didn't, it was not flawless by any means. It was not great by any means. But.

Raider Wil (24:08.541)
Yeah.

Matty B (24:28.383)
What I'm trying to get to is that's kind of how Pete Carroll and these guys are acting right now. They're like, it's flawless. You know, like we're doing great. You know, like we're just going to keep on keeping on and we're just going to keep getting better because we got to keep practicing. And that's kind of how I'm feeling right now.

Val (24:39.665)
Mm-hmm.

Raider Wil (24:42.629)
I agree. So let me ask you.

Matty B (24:42.697)
It's frustrating.

Val (24:44.934)
They're not aligning, and I wish I knew why.

Raider Wil (24:50.013)
So sis, it's because we're dysfunctional as fuck. Let's just be real with it. The coaches can't get their messages to their players. They don't understand it. There's something going on there where like the coach can't get his message across. Accelerators here saying there's no one fix. Team needs repairs on every aspect of the car. Bring that up. And that's absolutely right.

You know, there's no one fix. There's nobody that's going to say, hey, you know what, let's fire this guy. No. But this team had a whole offseason. Spitech had a whole offseason of getting players, having players available for free agency, having all these guys available to him to make this team better. And what did we do? Nothing!

Val (25:20.934)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (25:47.335)
We saying Gino Smith!

Matty B (25:48.07)
God's worst.

Val (25:50.854)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (25:51.22)
Exactly. So tell me that we did our job in free agency to make this team better. Tell me that we set up this team for success.

Val (25:59.814)
because we're

Val (26:03.364)
Yeah, because we're not losing with effort. You know what mean? Like, they're not putting worth the effort and then just losing. We're handing them the win every single game.

Matty B (26:15.976)
Mm-hmm.

Raider Wil (26:17.171)
I'm not gonna say that we're like rolling over. I don't feel like we're necessarily rolling over each game

Val (26:21.284)
And with Gino, we are, in my opinion.

Raider Wil (26:26.397)
Well, I so when you talk about rolling over, right, you're talking about the team, the whole team as the whole team just giving up. And I felt like the in the commander's game, they try to make a valiant effort at the end to come back. And we've had a lot of the fighting spirit. But against the coach, we got absolutely throttled.

Val (26:43.877)
More than that.

Matty B (26:44.579)
My thing is, you see the energy that Max gives, Every single game. How come other players just can't feed off of that? I don't get it. Like you see a player in there doing his job and doing every single play going 100 percent, 110 percent, every single freaking play. When you're on the sidelines or you're on that same line with that guy, why is it that you can't go?

Raider Wil (26:49.681)
Yeah.

Matty B (27:13.893)
the same amount of speed that guy's going and give that much effort that that guy's going if you truly want to win a game. I do not understand it.

Raider Wil (27:22.668)
you

Absolutely, brother. And that's why I gave you the horn right there, bro. That's an absolute point. Right? You look at it and you say, why is one player putting out maximum effort and the other ones are going out there looking like we're training for the Special Olympics, trying to compete against a real Olympic team? That's exactly what Accelerator said. You know what? But I'm going to tell you what.

Matty B (27:45.143)
That's it.

Val (27:47.493)
and

Raider Wil (27:52.902)
I think players do feed off Max's energy, but there's only so much that that can do in a game. After you completely fail on offense and you continuously cannot score, cannot put the ball in the end zone, are the worst team in the red zone, bro, your defense is gonna go flat. I don't care who you are.

Your defense can only do so much in order to keep you in a game, in order to keep you competitive without them getting feedback back from their offense. You need first downs, you need touchdowns, you need those things to keep you energized on defense.

And guess what we do? We kick field goals when we're down 40. And you're telling me we're...

Matty B (28:39.371)
We don't even get those.

We don't even get those, dude.

Raider Wil (28:45.971)
And that's where we look at it and we say, man, so again, I get what you're saying. You wish you had those, all those players were given that type of effort consistently all the time. That's the effort. But when your offense doesn't give you shit, your whole defense is going to be like, dude, we're just getting out here killing ourselves. Like, like, like eventually you need that too.

Val (28:58.309)
It'd be nice.

Matty B (29:08.279)
Did? Yeah?

Raider Wil (29:12.315)
You need your own to give you some energy and be like, fuck yeah. If I get you the ball back, we're going to go score touchdowns. Isn't that what you know you're doing? Right. You go like, Hey man, give me the ball back. Yeah.

Matty B (29:18.775)
Yep. A hundred percent, or at least keep them on the field for a little while. You know, I mean, shit, wherever defense down a little bit, you know, or something, you ain't even got to score every single drive. You just got to be able to keep the team on the field and put up a little bit of numbers here.

Raider Wil (29:30.503)
But here's the thing, right?

Val (29:36.719)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (29:39.302)
Absolutely. So check this out fam. But I'm going to tell you why. It's because I believe that we're lacking on offense not only because we're having troubles with coaching, we're having troubles with players being injured, but it's because we have a lack of playmakers. We have a lack of guys that can get open right now. You look at Bowers, Bowers is injured. You look at your coach.

Val (29:39.439)
Show some good effort.

Val (30:00.238)
Yeah, why has he been playing while he's been injured? Why?

Matty B (30:06.944)
I don't know, I brought that up earlier.

Raider Wil (30:07.337)
Because you gotta tell me.

Val (30:07.564)
He's only making it worse.

Matty B (30:11.84)
It would have been like a week or two thing if they would have just sat him out the first time. Now it's multiple weeks because they kept playing him. So why? I don't know. Maybe it's because they thought we didn't have enough playmakers and they needed them out there. Maybe that's what it was. Maybe they know what Will knows. Maybe Will's saying the same thing that they already know, that we just ain't got the playmakers to do it. And we have to keep him out there. He's our best player.

Val (30:17.028)
and

Raider Wil (30:20.529)
Hey, so.

Val (30:21.846)
I did it.

Raider Wil (30:24.531)
So here's a question.

Val (30:30.147)
But.

Raider Wil (30:35.301)
he should.

Matty B (30:42.09)
We're gonna keep pushing him and pushing him and... What's that?

Raider Wil (30:42.407)
I'll be right back guys, gotta get my dog.

Val (30:42.574)
But is it worth a major injury and lose out?

Raider Wil (30:47.197)
Be right back. get my dog back, guys. Be right back.

Matty B (30:50.526)
I mean, if it's not worth the major injury, no, but if they see it as we were still competitive at this point, you know, we wanted to win a game. And we were actually competing for it. I could see where they were like, yeah, we kept him in.

Val (30:51.332)
Is it?

Val (31:09.409)
Yeah, but even if we're competing, you would think that they were like, okay, we're going to really need him. Let's let him hill so he can be more than just what he's at now. He can be a, you know, 110%.

Matty B (31:18.302)
Yeah, but that's also on the player. I mean, it also goes on the player too, because I mean, if the player says I can go, you know, and I'm ready to go, you know, they also got to get it all OK by doctors and all that stuff. There's a bunch of stuff they got to go through. a lot of these players, I mean, take this for instance, look at Matt Stafford, OK, you guys remember the drive with Matt Stafford when he takes the hit, he hits the ground, his shoulder gets dislocated or broken. One of the two, he runs to the sideline screaming in pain.

Val (31:33.153)
They should know better than that.

Val (31:46.04)
Mm-hmm.

Matty B (31:48.102)
They call the timeout, he comes back in and throws a play. And scores touchdown, the game, right? Okay. Players will push themselves to go play. Coaches will let players do that. I've never seen a coach physically tell a player that he has to go play if he's hurt. I've never seen that, but.

Val (31:52.674)
Yeah.

Val (31:56.909)
Mm-hmm.

Val (32:16.502)
You would think they would do it out of good judgment though.

Raider Wil (32:16.561)
You're talking about the house.

Matty B (32:16.962)
Why as a franchise would you even allow that to happen? Like if you know that he's her and he's in a cat or he's in a brace.

And it's it's minor now, but it could be worse. Why would you? Why would your doctors allow that to happen? That's my thing. It's not the coaches. It's more the doctors. Yeah.

Val (32:34.722)
Right.

Raider Wil (32:35.235)
your doctors allowing that to happen. I don't think so the doctors will give you if he can play or not. They're going to tell you that.

Matty B (32:41.872)
But is that now is that like that's what I was just telling Val like is it the player that decides that if that's the case or is it the coach that decides that if that's the case because like I was talking like the Matt Stafford situation when he broke his arm and he went in there through the game winning touchdown right he pushed himself to go back into there if a doctor doesn't if the doctor says that it's okay it's up to him is that up to him or is that up to the coaches at that point?

Raider Wil (33:06.291)
So in that total situation, it was kind of different, right? Hey, what up, Cheeto? Our boy Cheeto's in the house.

Nah, it'll be serious.

Matty B (33:15.853)
And yeah, I know it's kind of a different situation, but I'm just saying like in general, is it like up to the player to go back in or is it up to the coaches to keep them out or go back in?

Raider Wil (33:23.205)
I it's so it's so it's very difficult, right? So when you go to the medical tent, the medical will have to clear you. You obviously have to get cleared, right? Then the coach has to make the decision. The coach has to go in there and then he can make the decision and say, Hey, you know what? The trainer told me this. And you know what the player will tell you. iPad players come up to me and tell me, coach, I'm ready to go. Put me in the game.

Matty B (33:32.908)
Right, obviously,

Raider Wil (33:54.108)
Like I'm sitting there, but no, I'm, talking like grown ass men, right? And when I go coaching and you get the guys, can tell you that they can play that they're ready to go in there and get it.

Matty B (33:54.331)
I've had kids do that too, but I mean like...

Yeah. Mm-hmm, yeah.

Matty B (34:06.651)
Mm.

Raider Wil (34:10.781)
But you have to make that evaluation as the coach. You have to be the end all say all and say, hey, even if he says he's good, even if the doctor says he's good, if you see something on that field that he's not doing what he's supposed to be doing, then guess what, bro? You gotta make the half balls, pull it.

Matty B (34:26.522)
Well, then yeah, you pull him out. Right, I get that. I totally understand that part because I've had to do that before. Even with my kids, I've had to, know, even when they're hurt and they're ain't doing their job, you put them back out there after they come off an injury and they're just not doing it, you gotta take him out, you gotta put somebody else in there. I get that. But that's why I was like, when it comes down to the medical, like, I don't know, I don't know. Like, if he was in that brace, right, and the...

games he was playing before right he was getting hit i think there was one game what was it the who did we play the week before the cults was it the commanders

Matty B (35:10.201)
Yeah, so the commanders. Yeah, it was the commanders when he took that shot, man, and like almost like right to the knees. I don't know if you remember watching that play. He caught the ball and it was like almost right to the knees where he caught it. You know, and I think that might have been the play that they were finally just like pulled him out. But why would as a team, knowing that your best player, why would you put him out there? And he's like, I couldn't even tell that he was.

Raider Wil (35:18.651)
Yeah, yeah, but I mean like.

Raider Wil (35:27.411)
Because he's going to be our best player. Because he's going to tell you that he's ready to play. He's going to tell you that he's ready to play. A player is never going to tell you that they don't want to play.

Matty B (35:38.739)
Right. But now the bow's point would he would he want to risk a long term injury to play or

Raider Wil (35:40.243)
So that's where, I mean, like think about it, you're a best player. Hold on.

Matt, some players will. Some players will risk it. Like you're definitely thinking about it. Yes, the coach. Correct.

Val (35:52.993)
But even then, coach should be making a decision in good judgment. Why would you do that to one of your best players? Why would you risk that? Well, that's fine and dandy. Everybody wants to win, but you...

Raider Wil (36:02.535)
because the coach wants to win and the coach realizes.

Matty B (36:04.914)
Right. But we weren't winning in any of those games at that point. So that's why it was like baffled to me.

Raider Wil (36:09.649)
But think about it. But think about it, Matt. So think about it. You coach. Your best player comes to you, tells you that he could play.

Matty B (36:14.75)
Uh-huh.

Matty B (36:19.177)
Right.

Raider Wil (36:22.447)
You're probably going to play him. You're going to watch him. And that's what they did. That's what they did.

Matty B (36:24.572)
No, and like I said, I put him out there and if he's not doing his job, it like if, okay, so let's see, like if it's yeah. So they put him out there, but I mean, I just, I think he was too injured even by me watching him. thought he was too injured to even be out there. He wasn't moving fast enough. He wasn't getting open. He wasn't able to run on the leg. Like I would have called that in the commander's game before fucking letting him get hit three or four times before pulling him out. I don't know.

Raider Wil (36:41.928)
Bye.

Raider Wil (36:53.531)
Yeah. And I mean, like you can say that you can say that in retrospect and stuff like that. And I agree with you. He was struggling. didn't look the same. But I'm like, if you were coaching the team, if you're there sitting there and you're like one and two or one and three and your best player.

Matty B (37:08.487)
Dude, I'm sitting there, honestly, to tell you the truth, if I'm the coach there, I wouldn't even have played him. I wouldn't have played him. I would have sat him out. Give me a week or two or whatever out of the time.

Raider Wil (37:18.961)
It's hard. It's hard to say.

Matty B (37:19.6)
I'd rather, like, I would rather not risk a long-term injury if it was me, in all honesty. I wouldn't risk the long-term, I wouldn't risk it. Especially if he's my best player.

Raider Wil (37:24.711)
I get what you're saying, but you're looking at it.

Val (37:30.121)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (37:30.964)
And here's the thing though, you're looking at like you're gonna be there for a long time. Pete Carroll ain't gonna be here for a long time. I'm sorry to tell Raider Nation, this guy's gonna probably be here a mat-

Matty B (37:35.206)
Mm-hmm.

No? He might not be alive for a long time. Who knows?

Raider Wil (37:43.408)
Exactly. So he's not looking at it that way. He's looking at it as when now what did he say? He came in and told Raider Nation, we're going to win a lot and we're going to win right now. Well, he has to put all the marbles in there. He has to fire all his bullets. So I'd be like, he can't sit there and be like, yeah, guys, you were trying to win, but we don't have Brock Bowers. And because people then are going to question it, is Brock Bowers good enough to play? Why isn't Brock Bowers not playing?

Val (37:54.971)
Mmm.

Matty B (37:55.09)
No we're not.

Matty B (38:14.161)
Right.

Raider Wil (38:14.279)
And that's the truth. And I love it, man. And it is what it is. But at the end of the day, like we have to look at it and say, man, like it's hard when you make those decisions. It's for you. Like you said, I think a lot of it is going to go down to the medical team. But when a player and the medical team tells you, Hey, he can still play. Like there's no serious damage in there, you know? And then they go like,

And the player comes over there he's like, coach, I can play. Like, it's hard to tell that player no.

Matty B (38:49.931)
Right.

Raider Wil (38:51.603)
So I think that's where that's at. But hey, so here's a question for you guys. right. Accelerator, I love this guy. So he says, hey, if the 2014 Raiders were to play the 2025 Raiders, who would win? Matt? Go ahead.

Matty B (39:13.551)
2014, readers?

Raider Wil (39:15.549)
Yeah.

Matty B (39:18.058)
Mmm, that's a tough one.

Man, I would almost have to say the 2014 only because think wasn't Terrell Pryor was their quarterback before Derek Carr got there that year.

Raider Wil (39:32.979)
Either that or it was Campbell, think. One of the two.

Matty B (39:36.129)
Yeah, it's either one of, but I still think if it was Campbell or Pryor, I think they still had the better year. They would probably beat this team this year. I just don't trust Geno Smith. I think the defense this year is a lot better than that defense, but that offense could definitely beat this offense.

Raider Wil (39:46.941)
So.

Raider Wil (39:52.689)
Yep. What do you think, Val?

Val (39:55.359)
I was trying to think where I even was in 2014. But I agree, I had to think for a minute. But I agree with Maddie. I mean.

Raider Wil (39:58.782)
Hahaha.

Val (40:07.834)
no.

Raider Wil (40:14.387)
Okay.

Val (40:14.591)
So disappointing.

Raider Wil (40:17.491)
Okay, okay. So I am going to say this. Accelerator, the 2014 would beat the fuck out of this team. They would beat the bricks off this team. We cannot get it together. We are struggling. We can't communicate. It looks like a complete shit show. And that's why, you know, unfortunately, and that's why I think the 2014 team would destroy us.

Val (40:39.653)
Yeah, they're not.

Matty B (40:48.012)
think honestly that's why I was like I think it would be kind of like a toss I think their offense would be our defense you know what I mean or I don't know I don't know I don't know toss up like I said their defense our defense is like we got better defensive players and we play harder defense now than we did in 2014 for sure but the 2014 offense could definitely put up more points than what we're putting up for sure in 2025

Raider Wil (41:09.267)
Bro, tell me that this is not the most Raider fucking thing.

Raider Wil (41:18.075)
I got you bro. Tell me this isn't the most raider thing ever. If we got a good offense, our defense sucks. If we got a good defense, our offense sucks. We cannot get shit together for the fucking life of us, man. And this is where it's getting

Matty B (41:25.019)
every time.

Val (41:31.432)
The Raiders.

Matty B (41:31.564)
Yeah, okay. All right. I get you. Okay. All right. I agree with you on that one. Okay. Yeah. So you're right. You're right. You're right. 2014 definitely beats this year. You're right. Now you put it in perspective that way. It makes a little more sense. Like all around. We just can't do shit.

Raider Wil (41:41.682)
Ha ha.

Raider Wil (41:47.857)
Well, I mean, like, here's the thing. Look at this last cold scam. Special teams failed.

Matty B (41:54.175)
Darn. Yes.

Raider Wil (41:56.068)
Offense failed. Defense? Where was it?

I couldn't tell you. I know ask you guys this and maybe we'll ask the people out there. You know, we got some people listening.

Raider Wil (42:12.581)
What good thing came out of this game? What positive thing came out of this game?

Matty B (42:22.948)
Max Crosby still playing pretty hard.

Val (42:26.493)
You

Raider Wil (42:27.251)
Hey, salute to my boy, appreciate you. Big dog. We're stopping in. says, yeah, but we don't have a good offense or defense when we were talking about 2014, 2015. You're right. We don't have a good anything. We just got done talking about this. Looking at the Colts game, we can't do a damn thing.

Matty B (42:27.947)
Hahaha

Matty B (42:40.651)
Yeah.

Val (42:50.865)
I feel like, okay, so we as fans are losing faith. Well, I don't know. No, I'm not speaking for all great. I'm losing faith in Gino, right? Cause he's just proven so like just, no, you're not. Like we can't, we can't count on you. What if the team is just like, they're just, they're losing it. They're not, yeah, they're feeling it. So they're not feeling connected. And then, so they're just like, we're going to lose this game anyways, because Gino's gonna go an interception, you know, or.

Matty B (43:08.746)
The same way.

Val (43:20.839)
You know, what if that's their mindset now? It's just like, they have no trust in their quarterback and they're like, well, if he can't help us, why should, you know?

Matty B (43:25.715)
And that could be what it is.

Raider Wil (43:32.979)
Why should we though, sis? I'd be like, look at it. Why should we trust Gino? Gino is throwing more touchdowns to the other team than he has thrown for our own team.

Matty B (43:45.311)
That's why he makes the big bucks!

Raider Wil (43:48.083)
Exactly! And I mean, like, guy throws more pick sixes than he does touchdowns right now.

Val (43:49.245)
Thank

Matty B (43:49.654)
Hahaha!

Val (43:55.409)
Mm-hmm.

Matty B (43:55.783)
man.

Raider Wil (43:57.268)
And for me, like if I'm looking at my quarterback and I'm sitting there as a wide receiver, okay, I'm out there, I'm locked in, I'm busting my ass trying to get open. And I see this guy and he's throwing more interceptions than he does touchdowns. I'm concerned.

Val (44:14.269)
I mean, if my quarter bag's not putting 110 % and making positive play, I mean, why should I?

Raider Wil (44:21.945)
Exactly. So and here's my thing, right, Matt, we talked about it earlier. It's not that the play calling is all the time bad.

Matty B (44:31.979)
Mm-hmm.

Raider Wil (44:34.523)
It's that Geno Smith is making some shit decisions as well.

Raider Wil (44:41.937)
You got crossing routes right open and he doesn't throw it. He's hesitating. He's a fake ghost. And I'm going to tell you like this, this whole Chip Kelly thing where he wants to like, you know, use the width of the field and then get vertical. Fuck getting vertical. Just get guys open.

Matty B (44:46.005)
You got deep routs wide open

Matty B (45:00.286)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (45:02.501)
Use the quick game. Use play action. Put a guy underneath center.

Matty B (45:04.667)
Yep, 100 % man. B, he's already running the shit like a college team. Run it that way, man. Use the middles of the fields, man. Use those crossing routes, man. Fucking throw some fucking beers in there or something. I don't know.

Raider Wil (45:22.151)
Well, you know, you got to do different things, right? You can't go triple ops in the pros because then the pros, they're too athletic.

Matty B (45:25.361)
Yeah. No, you're not gonna go down all the time, but I mean, like, do something, you know, mix it up a little bit. Do something.

Val (45:33.671)
Something.

Raider Wil (45:34.707)
And that's where I'm like, you know, I got excited last game because I saw the way that he was getting the ball to Ashton Gentile. Getting them in different ways.

Val (45:37.734)
something positive.

Matty B (45:46.023)
Yep. Then we got to continue to do that.

Raider Wil (45:47.035)
And I don't understand exactly.

Exactly. I want to know why. I want to know why we can't continue the same thing. But I'm going to tell you like this. I'm going to go into my Chip Kelly voice and I'm going to give you my Chip Kelly explanation. Okay.

Val (45:54.479)
Hehehehehe

Raider Wil (46:10.043)
Hey guys, I was out there and I looked at the play and it looked good. So I had to run the wide zone so that way I could set up my play action. I don't like to use Jeno Smith to his main abilities.

Val (46:11.899)
Hahaha!

Raider Wil (46:37.745)
Because I'm Chip Kelly and I know what I'm Ashton, you gotta be lean up and then make sure you don't get in your normal stance because I know better. JPJ, you're going to God. Meredith, you're a sinner.

Matty B (46:41.481)
.

Raider Wil (47:05.267)
And that's why. Because Chip Kelly said so. That's problem there, you know? Chip Kelly isn't like a game.

Matty B (47:14.952)
pretty good chip Kelly impersonation, man. It sounds just like him.

Raider Wil (47:19.059)
It's a difficult thing because I don't feel like chip is talking with this guys I Don't feel like chip is a player's coach He rubs guys the wrong way. He tries to like bully them and tries to use that to his situation Watch a lot of that bouncing around is gonna give me a seizure. Shit, I love you Jeff, you know what it is, bro. I gotta be animated

Val (47:24.965)
Mm.

Raider Wil (47:49.223)
But like I keep saying, man, like Chip Kelly isn't a player's coach.

Matty B (47:51.304)
you

Raider Wil (47:57.648)
He is a coach that just says, as I say, and then it's going to work. And if it doesn't work, then it's because you're doing it wrong. Yeah.

Matty B (48:02.416)
He's basically a Josh McDaniels.

Val (48:06.127)
gross.

Raider Wil (48:07.431)
But here's the thing. I feel like Pete Carroll is an excuse maker right now.

Val (48:08.933)
Where is that guy?

Matty B (48:11.334)
and do what he's doing.

Val (48:13.346)
Raider Wil (48:15.195)
Yeah, but Pete Carroll is a straight up excuse maker right now.

Matty B (48:20.636)
Yep.

Val (48:20.891)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (48:22.748)
we need practice. you know, we're not getting enough reps. We're not. We need to get these guys more looks.

Val (48:28.475)
Okay, and what week is it? This should have been done like a long time ago. So what the hell are you talking about? What's going on exactly?

Raider Wil (48:30.641)
We... Exactly! What happened with preseason?

What happened with all this other time? You're going to tell me that all this other time they didn't have the time to evaluate these guys?

Val (48:46.405)
Like what have you been doing?

Raider Wil (48:49.851)
I know. But guys, yo, let's move forward, man. Let's look against this game against the Titans. I want to know what your guys' expectations are. What are we going to do? I mean, like, are we going to win? Are we going to lose? What do you got? Matty B, hit me with it.

Val (48:50.754)
Not Jack shit.

Matty B (49:08.696)
any high hopes of winning this game right now.

My own personal opinion. I don't think we're going to go in and win this game at all. But I'm to be there to watch it, not in person, but I'll be there to watch it at my watch party. You know, but. Man, I just. Until we get those reps and until we can, you know, we're satisfied with those guys getting those reps and that practice. We're just not going to be good, man, like.

It's just, we gotta have, it's the same spiel as last week. Special teams, offense, defense, give me all three phases. If you can do that, you can win a game. If not, on to the next week.

Raider Wil (49:56.36)
Yes sir. Hey, Raider Jeff says, salute Matty B. He's like, is that Matty B? Yo, salute. So and Chip Kelly's coming on. He says, this is defamation. Copystrike, copyright strike, fool. Chip, Chip, I love you, baby. But let me give you a little motivational talk right now.

Matty B (50:02.543)
Yes sir!

Raider Wil (50:16.583)
Chip, you gotta get it together. You gotta use your offense to the best of their ability. Stop doing the same thing. This isn't college football where you just throw the ball deep and you have the best players in the game playing for your team. You have to use some strategy here, Chip. I love you, my man, but you gotta use some strategy. You gotta use the players,

You gotta use the width of the field. Stop trying to go for the big bomb. Start the intermediate game. Go play action. Go from underneath center and develop your own play calling. I love you, champ.

Val (50:51.139)
Breathe. Take a breath.

Raider Wil (50:56.266)
But I'll be like so I'm gonna tell you like this man against the Titans right now, I'm really looking at it and saying I'm concerned we are in Def Con 5

Matty B (51:10.039)
Thank you.

Raider Wil (51:13.041)
The way the Raiders played, we're lucky that that team is not, that they don't have a win or that they got a win. Because I'll tell you what, if they didn't have a win, I totally expected the Raiders to lose. That's just how we are.

Matty B (51:28.005)
Yeah, I was gonna say it. I was gonna say it. At least we don't play the Jets this year.

Raider Wil (51:33.972)
Yep. But I'm going to tell you like this. got get says, I think it's going to surprise everyone. But shout out to the Raiders is going to be 35 to 32, both defense giving up 20 plus points every game. We got Jeff saying 30 to 21. I'm going to tell you like this. Right now, I expect to win by three points. I expect to win by a field goal. This game is going to be that tight with the rookie QB.

And this is going to be my keys to victory for it. We got to run the football. We got to get action gente 20 plus carries. Stop giving me this bullshit where you're only giving them 19 carries in a limited time. Give them 20 plus, feed them the rock, give them the ball in space, let him do what he does. Defense. I'm tired of seeing the soft ass shit. Play some press, play some man, get aggressive.

Matty B (52:32.159)
Mm-hmm fucking soft zone is fucking stupid

Raider Wil (52:35.672)
This is getting ridiculous. Play like men.

Look like you shop at the fucking men's department.

Special teams, whoever this coach is, we need to get fired up. We need to get engaged. We need to get them to lock in. Run your lanes, be disciplined, earn your stripes.

And that's the way we'll win by three points.

Now, let them know.

Val (53:10.399)
Mmm.

I don't want to think that we're going to lose like, we're going to lose because I actually want us to win. know, my dad's a Titans fan, so I'm going be on the couch sitting next to him watching this game. We got a bet going on. If the Raiders win, he has to pay for a round of golf. On the golf course, he's got to pay for the round. But if the Titans win, I have to pay for him. I really want to win.

I want to sweat. think after watching, I watched the highlights from, I do.

Matty B (53:47.136)
You just really wanna play golf, don't you?

I'm

Raider Wil (53:52.979)
But you know what? And here's what Getz just said.

Val (53:54.344)
Okay.

Raider Wil (53:59.4)
Yeah, yes, yes, yes.

How? What's up, sis?

Val (54:05.915)
I was going to say, I wasn't done. I wasn't done. Okay. Okay. So I'll watch the highlights of the Titans game last week or yeah. So I watched their highlights, right? And I'm like, that was comical first of all, but then I don't know. feel like it obviously it's a winnable game, but

Matty B (54:08.16)
She's all weird. What?

Raider Wil (54:12.348)
All right, go.

Val (54:33.567)
Just because it's a tie and they can't let their guard down and play worse than what they already are and think that they got this game. What?

Raider Wil (54:43.683)
I love you, sis. I love you. But here's the thing. We're the Raiders. Like, and that's the hard part, right? Where I say, man, we play up and we play down. And this is where Get comes out. Get says, Titans don't got a defense. We're going to do it up and throw four picks.

Get Dutchill. That's exactly the things that can happen with the Raiders right

Val (55:10.593)
feel like we're gonna get a tie.

Raider Wil (55:13.543)
Rita is sweet. Ty?

Matty B (55:15.609)
Well, that's not a loss.

Raider Wil (55:19.783)
Man, I hope, well, I'll take that right now. I'll take it. I'll take a tie over at last for sure.

Matty B (55:25.008)
Yeah, it's not a loss.

Val (55:26.67)
That's a lot.

Raider Wil (55:29.703)
But yo man, here's the thing, right? What I wanna see is a complete game. I just want for one time in my fucking life, one time in my life, I wanna see the Raiders play a complete game. I wanna see the Raiders go out there and absolutely dominate.

Val (55:48.779)
Yeah, maybe nice.

Raider Wil (55:49.97)
We should dominate the team. It's a rookie QB. We should be sending pressures from all angles, coming with different disguises, trying to confuse him, keep him contained, because he is like bobble.

And we gotta run the fucking football. We just gotta dominate up front and have an attitude about us and a nasty streak and a want and a will.

Val (56:13.473)
Yeah.

Matty B (56:14.748)
And all they gotta do is play a Tampa 2 on us and they beat us.

Raider Wil (56:18.963)
man. Let's not get started with that. But then that also comes back to what you said, right, with Chip Kelly. With Chip Kelly, we have to make the right choice.

Matty B (56:27.272)
Yeah, he's got to be. got to make pretty calling man. He's got to be able to make the right play calls, man. Like you said, dude, found the ball with Ashton Dinty. That dude should be had that you should have a hundred carries a game, dude.

Raider Wil (56:33.459)
And why am I questioning this?

Val (56:41.985)
but he doesn't have support.

Raider Wil (56:42.183)
You wasted the number six pick. The number six pick says, we put the number six pick for a guy to be limited on reps. Where you work, do you go hire the most expensive person to do the least amount of work?

Matty B (56:51.155)
Yeah.

Matty B (56:57.47)
After Union, just kidding, just kidding. Just kidding.

Raider Wil (56:59.475)
But I mean, like, if you think about it, Like, you got these workhorses, you want to work them, you want to give them the ability to make things happen for your team.

So use them. Chip Kelly isn't using anyone. He's putting people and saying, this is my scheme. This is what I do. Instead of going and saying, what players do I got? Matt, what did I tell you when you first started to practice? What are you supposed to do? Go evaluate your team.

Go look where you got strengths, go look at where you got weaknesses.

Matty B (57:41.569)
Yep, 100%.

Raider Wil (57:44.776)
What the fuck did Pete Carroll do? Like, like, yeah, like playing grab with them. I mean, like, is that what happens when you turn 70? You just forget that you're supposed to coach these guys up, that these guys are men looking to win, that have contracts, that have babies at home, that are trying to do things.

Val (57:47.71)
Nothing.

Matty B (57:47.964)
He was over there wrestling around with them.

Matty B (57:53.022)
Yeah

Raider Wil (58:09.073)
That's the biggest thing. We need to coach these guys up. We need to be involved. We need to have that want from the coaching staff. I don't see it.

Raider Wil (58:20.615)
And now the players are starting to fall into that.

Val (58:23.317)
you

Where's the raiders from the first game?

Matty B (58:27.271)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (58:30.983)
The first drive was the most efficient drive that Chip Kelly has called all year long.

Matty B (58:38.545)
Yep.

Raider Wil (58:39.175)
First drive against the Patriots.

Bueno says it right here. It's us against the Titans, the refs, and Geno Smith right now.

Matty B (58:43.325)
K-Tucker Touching.

Val (58:50.371)
Yeah.

Matty B (58:52.413)
wouldn't even say the refs, man. I wouldn't even say the refs. Like, all the calls that we've gotten this... I mean, just the calls that we've gotten this year are calls that are blatantly obvious that they have called on us, man. Like, it's not like we've gotten any bad calls on us this year. I wouldn't really necessarily... We haven't played the Chiefs yet, but I haven't really seen any bad calls when it comes down to the ref officiating crew. Like, we've... I mean, you look at the calls, man.

Raider Wil (58:52.507)
No, he's not here! But... The rest of that even ca- This is just hardcore!

Val (58:58.005)
you

Val (59:04.564)
Yeah.

Val (59:12.597)
you

Val (59:20.797)
We're doing it to ourselves.

Matty B (59:21.115)
Like, go back and watch the tapes. You will see where they call it and you're like, that's, yeah, that's definitely a hole. That's definitely a block in the back. That's definitely a face mask, you know, like.

Raider Wil (59:28.915)
The Raiders worst enemy right now is Geno Smith.

Matty B (59:33.657)
Mm-hmm, exactly 100 % and I'll agree with you on that 100 % that's their worst enemy right now is him

Raider Wil (59:37.811)
If I'm a defensive coordinator right now, I'm loading the box. I'm putting eight, nine guys in the box and I'm saying throw them.

Matty B (59:42.545)
Yeah.

Val (59:42.901)
you

Matty B (59:44.987)
I'm gonna get I'm pressuring you all day long and forced me to throw that ball deep into my coverage.

Raider Wil (59:50.95)
Exactly.

Matty B (59:52.124)
Yep.

Raider Wil (59:53.779)
So I'd be like, that's how bad it is. Bueno's right, man. I'd be like, now the Titans, I'm basically saying, hey, man, we're going to make you one dimensional. Gino, you're on our team. Throw us some pick sixes.

Raider Wil (01:00:06.811)
If you see this team start struggling on first and second down to run the football, watch Geno Smith throwing on third, and we're probably going to have two to three picks this game.

Matty B (01:00:14.956)
Yep.

Raider Wil (01:00:17.341)
Sad to say it.

Raider Wil (01:00:21.265)
But y'all, hey, you know what, man? We got our hour. We hit our hour mark. We appreciate y'all chiming in. Thank you guys for stopping in. And I saw the live chat. We got way more people in this time. We appreciate y'all. We love you guys. Hey, we're going to keep doing this. Hey, I'm your boy, Raider Will. I got my boy, Maddie B, up above me right now, I think, in my screen or on the main screen. And then we got our girl, Lady Thao, representing DFW for life, man. Hey.

Val (01:00:29.085)
already.

Matty B (01:00:45.144)
You're off over here.

Raider Wil (01:00:50.779)
If you guys want to be a part of the show, make sure you hit up our link and make sure you hit us up and we'd love to have you guys on. Hey, until next time.

Matty B (01:00:56.686)
Yeah, thank you guys for showing up, man. It's awesome. Love you guys.

Raider Wil (01:00:59.877)
Yes sir, we appreciate you guys man. Until next time guys, it's all about One Nation, it's all about One Team, it's all about the Raiders!

Val (01:01:00.542)
for sure.

Val (01:01:08.87)
Raider!