A Change for The Better?
According to reports, Aaron Brooks will be the starting quarterback on Sunday.
I hope that Andrew Walter didn't talk his way out of job. If that's not the case, then he apparently played his way out of the job. I'm not sure how I feel about this.
I won't be surprised if Brooks gives our passing game an immediate lift. The offensive line and the playcalling were utterly ridiculous during those first two games. Brooks never had a chance. I think that things have improved a bit since then, and that his veteran experience and mobility might add some spark to our offense.
If this happens, I will be ecstatic. I'm literally starving for some offensive fireworks.
At the same time, I hate to see our presumed quarterback of the future go back to the bench after starting seven straight games, because it means he either simply doesn't have the chops, at least this year, or that he is a victim of larger circumstances on offense. Neither scenario is terribly appetizing.
So no pressure, Aaron Brooks. All you have to do is make it better. Fast. I'm rooting for you.
I hope that Andrew Walter didn't talk his way out of job. If that's not the case, then he apparently played his way out of the job. I'm not sure how I feel about this.
I won't be surprised if Brooks gives our passing game an immediate lift. The offensive line and the playcalling were utterly ridiculous during those first two games. Brooks never had a chance. I think that things have improved a bit since then, and that his veteran experience and mobility might add some spark to our offense.
If this happens, I will be ecstatic. I'm literally starving for some offensive fireworks.
At the same time, I hate to see our presumed quarterback of the future go back to the bench after starting seven straight games, because it means he either simply doesn't have the chops, at least this year, or that he is a victim of larger circumstances on offense. Neither scenario is terribly appetizing.
So no pressure, Aaron Brooks. All you have to do is make it better. Fast. I'm rooting for you.
posted by Raider Take at 4:28 PM
17 Comments:
Well, there's always Brady Quinn for QB of the future.
I a way, I almost hope the Raiders are not put in a postion to be able to draft him. If so, I would go crazy if they didn't pick him (which would be highly likely); and if they did pick him, it could be a risk. High QB picks always are.
It looks like it is our rusty QB (Brooks) vs. the Chief's rusty QB (Green).
I would love to see Brooks get our offense in gear and for our D to plant Green's head into the turf.
If Walter sits the rest of the season and Brooks is average/serviceable over the next 7 games, where does that leave us? Will the QB picture be more clear or even more unsettled? I would hope that AW gets another crack at it by season's end.
If nothing else I think a change was necessary to shake things up. Why stop there though.
How about starting Curry and selectively inserting Morant into the game? If Randy drops a few balls and takes a few plays off in the 1st half, how about sitting him for the rest of the 2nd half? What about Madsen seeing some extended playing time in the 2 TE sets?
I don't see the wisdom of playing Brooks at this point in the season.
If we are simply trying to win 2, or 3 more games this year, then, ok, I can understand playing Brooks.
But if the overall goal is to get this team to a championship level, then only Walter makes any sense for this team.
Brooks, I think it's safe to say, is not our QB for the long term. We need to find out everything we can about Walter before the all important draft in April.
Based on what we've seen so far from our QB's, I would jump out the window if the Raiders did not select one of the blue chip QB's with their top pick
Trying to find the positive!
I want A$W to finish the season, but the "O" needs to get a feal for working together....maybe if Brooky can be efective...the "O" can jell....and we will understand more about the players we have on the "O" side of the ball....maybe if A$W gets a chance to step back for a while he can see more clearly....see how it is suppose to work....that is if Brooky can make it work....if not...back to the side line with ya....and A$W can finish the season....but I don't worry about what he said to reportes....he made a proper applogy and that is good enough for me....as we know the Mediots are always trying to get a story and a young QB is a good target for a "Sack"....
As for the "D", a little spark on the "O" would go a long way towards keeping their spirits up.
PantyRaider...Wait-n-See!!!!
My late comment to the privious post recoppied here.
PantyRaider said...
Roy:
Stuck in Tacoma for the Chief's game with the Raiders, becouse I have been in federal court sence Monday, as the plaintiff, civil rights 4th amendment excesive use of force after being shot 5 times in the back with Tasers by 3 officers who had detained me for questioning, where I had commited NO crime or even a violation and I was currently according to SSA 100% dissabled as a result of severe spinal injuries and also by the VA and consequently have been diagnosed with PTSD and have been it treatment with the VA for the trauma. Monday will be closing arguments and the verdict....Wow! What an education...the hard way...I would rather be on the field with Moss and take a beating than go thru this again. We should get together and I will have the court transcript....should be interesting reading....5 days of testamony, I was up for about 6 hours.....I had no idea what I was getting into....but just like football.....if you believe in the game....you must stand up and play the game....to your best ability....the entire time....despite the pain....right down to the final play of the game....there is NO excuse to give up.....and in the end....win or loose....it's how you played the game that counts....with honor....with effort....with commitment...with respect....even if your opponet is cheating, lying, taking cheep shots and making personal fouls....it is a measure of your toughness...your commitment...to stand up.....for your team as a player....for your country as a citizen....for justice as a victom....my friends.....it is about life.....what we learn on that field as a player....what we learn in school as a student....what we learn on the job as a worker....what I learned in life as a victom.....and finally what I have learned in court as a plaintif.....this is life.....and if that football field is your life....or that job.....or that court room......you damn well better do it, live it, play it to the best of your damn ability without any EXCUSE for failing to commit.....I believe in this...I will live it!! And my friends, you do not know when it will end.....and it's over....and you can't go back....so you damn well better enjoy it while it's there....while it lasts.....until the final tick of the clock.
PantyRaider....Commited!!!1
2:12 AM
Raider00: I agree with you. I too don’t see the wisdom in starting Brooks over Walter. Personally, I’m far less concerned about winning one or two more games this year than righting this ship asap for long-term Raider dominance.
Does this mean they’ve decided Walter is not the QB of the future? It appears to be a living-in-the-moment type move, possibly a lame attempt by the coaches to save face for all the heat they’ve taken... which lends to your theory #1 Raider Take (Walter talked his way out of a job). The coaches have something to prove, which is less than fair to Walter, who had to stand in there and take a beating while they tried to make the playcalling “human”.
The only good I can see is that Walter will be given an opportunity to step back and see the game from another prospective. He will see how Brooks reacts to certain situations in which he struggled. We can only hope that Brooks is up to the task of being such a mentor.
I look for Art to pull Brooks if he is ineffective.
I agree with you 100%! Hopefully we some scoring on our side! You know our D will be there to play!
I'm as concerned as everyone else here that this could be it for Andrew Walter. Although starting Brooks now could pay off short term gains, in the end it doesn't fare well for Walter. The Raiders very rarely develop QBs in house, and it's possible he just failed a rare audition.
I hope that's not the case though because--lets face it--he wasn't exactly provided ideal conditions under which to develop.
The only hope we have at this point is that Brooks not only bounces back, but that he does it significantly. If he oversees an offensive turnaround late in the season, he may just turn out to be the Raiders QB-of-the-immediate-future. Sure, for the Raiders that may only for a couple of years given their tendencies to lean on veteran QBs, but I think that at this point we should only be looking forward to 2007.
And I'll take any kind of offensive optimism I can get at this point.
In support of CoachShell and the Raiders:
If I remember "TheSnake" struggled at times early on but the Raiders stuck with him. I also remember the Raiders sticking with MarkWilson far too long, and was that not under ArtShell?
PantyRaider....Tryin-to-Hope!!!
Oh, and more Moss from Fanball today:
Raiders receiver Randy Moss is not thrilled with the direction of the Raiders franchise and would like to be traded, again. "It's done sort of set in, man, and I'm tired of it," Moss said on his weekly Fox Sports radio spot Friday. "I might want to look forward to moving somewhere else next year to have another start and really feel good about going out here and playing football."
Interesting excerpt from a recent Jerry McDonald article.
“San Diego coach Marty Schottenheimer may own the Raiders, but gets horse-whipped by the Broncos. His teams are 3-14 in Denver (including playoffs), and he has twice as many losses overall (22) against the Broncos than against any other team.”
It’s all about coaching and game planning!
oh, god... it's happening again... just like Walter said... 3 chances, 3 punts...
maybe the coaches should listen to their players when they're all saying the same thing... just a thought.
watching this team lose the same way week after week is becoming too much for me to deal with.
I only hope I'm speaking too soon... Let's go Walsh, make the necessary adjustments to beat the Chefs, please, before I really lose it.
another heartbreaker. should have expected it I guess... my weekly optimism is gonna be the end of me.
Well, well, well, or not so well, that is the question. Brooks givith and Brooks tahith away....the only positive about loosing...."Just Draft Baby".....Otherwise, the "O" showed some life, held the ball for 32min, threw for 200yds, ran for 135yds, a TD and 2 FG's, 1 int and 1 sack.
The "D" was very good against the pass and stood up in the red zone at times, but the RUN is killing us, but we expected that with KC, so is there hope?...."YES"....I think so!...
Brooks showed some commitment, A&W came in and made some plays, lets hope they can keep it up but at this point I am not sad if we loose, just as long as we play a good game in doing it, I am looking ahead......"Just Draft Baby" and the "O" will be better next year.....I hope!....This is the "LearningYear" in preperation for the future.....
PS....Curry should start!
PantyRaider....Not-a-Downer!!!!
What? How could this NOT be a downer?
They led most of the game, only to go out and score ZERO points in the second half. They allowed the Chefs to drive 80 yards with a rusty QB and missing their star TE with the game on the line.
Then after all that, had a great chance (or four chances potentially) to win it at the end, only to fizzle out with a weak interception right to a Chef that was just playing a zone.
That's the definition of a downer.
"X", I understand the emotions, OK!
I am looking at it from the ONLY "Pos+" I can have at this point!!....The season is lost....now the only hope left is to see improvement week by week and look for "DraftPicks" who can help the "O" next year.....The ONLY "Pos+" is if we had pulled it off and won the game, which would have made us all very happy, we would have 3 "W"s and pick lower in the draft......Sorry Bro....I am desperatly trying to find the "+"s here and I is very difficult....
PantyRaider....Findin-da-"+"!!!/__
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