Depth Finder

Wow. That was all Tom Flores could say about JaMarcus today. And that's an appropriate reaction to this game recap by Jerry McDonald.

It's worth a read. Among the "high" lights:

• Most rushing yards by an opponent (316) since 2001. That predates Rob Ryan.
• First sub-40,000 announced attendance (39,354) since the return to Oakland and lowest paid attendance since 1968. Yeah. The SIXTIES.
• DHB is now behind Crabtree, 5-4. His reaction to finally having more catches than names? "It’s good to catch the ball. I had two catches today. That was a positive thing during the game."

And of course Jerry reminds us that the Jets' O-line coach is Bill Callahan, who knows better than anyone how dumb this team can be and absolutely dominated the line of scrimmage when the Jets had the ball.

Hopeless.

There Is No Bottom

Welcome to new depths, Raider fans. I'm very pleased to report that I spent an incredibly enjoyable day in Half Moon Bay with my lovely wife and merely endured a portion of the game on the radio as we drove from brunch to Old Princeton Landing for some beer and darts.

Today I can't even venture to guess what could fix this disaster, although I'm sure avoiding two quick turnovers on their own 4 yard line might help a bit.

This is much more familiar

As Jerry Mac points out, this is the worst home loss ever.

I stopped watching the game a little bit through the third quarter, when the score was 31-0.

I took a shower.

Then, I made some bloody marys, one for me, and one for my host.

That was seriously the most pathetic game I've ever seen. For those of you back home in the Bay Area, you're lucky the game was blacked out. The crowd was pathetic; I've seen bigger crowds at a mid-week A's game. At a day game.

Which is, of course exactly what the Raiders deserve at this point. Without defending JaMarcus Russell, we learned, when Gradkowski came into the game, the the problems run so much deeper than our obese quarterback.

Al Davis, you are a sad old man. This is what the Greatness of the Raiders has been reduced to: they lose 38-0, and almost nobody cares.

Gradkowski

Gradkowski starts the 2nd half and has a nice 20 yard scramble for a 1st down. The offense has a bit of a spark here. The Jets are also kind of in prevent mode.

JaMarcus is getting credit for not sulking on the bench. Bully for him.

As if on cue, Gradkowski fumbles. Jets ball.

Stanford Routt is JaMarcus bad

The play that Tom Cable was trying to challenge occurred when Stanford Routt was called for Defensive holding on third down. Cable was trying to argue that the ball was tipped. Which is fine if the call is pass interference, but since it was holding, which occurs before the pass is thrown. Anyway, two long running plays later, the Jets scored.

The defense looks like it's quit.

Now Gradkowski comes onto the field to the cheers of the 200 or so people in the coliseum.

His first pass is almost intercepted.

Gradkowski?

Just as I receive my first "Fuck Russell" text message from Kristi mocking JaMarcus and questioning the effectiveness of his reported Lasik surgery, CBS shows Bruce Gradkowski taking snaps on the sideline from Sampson Satele and warming up.

To the delight of the crowd.

Also, Tom Cable is trying to challenge an un-challengeable play.

I love the Raiders.

Fargas

Just so it isn't all negative, Justin Fargas is amazing. He has two big runs.