The New Era Begins, The Unofficial Official Game Day Thread

[Attyla]

Training wheels come off, it is time to make this a reality.

Welcome to the NFL Mendoza, and welcome to being the leader of the Raiders Klint Kubiak. Let's get this thing going. And yea, as always, I sipped the Koolaid.

[Fedlingen]

Sooooo, when are we cutting Eichenberg?

[Raidernation1979]

Defense certainly looks terrible. Was hoping for a little better.

[pfish57]

D still looks like trash

[rich72]

So Mendo didn’t look like gold jacket Brady in his first possession in the first preseason game playing with the 2s?

Bust obviously

Its not like we are playing the Eagles, this is the Cardinals. Its only uphill from here. Masses looks like a starter, the rest of the 2nd string defense is making me question our Rob Leonard. I always had my doubts about him because he was Patrick Grahams underling.

[Be_Easy_25]

Thumbs up or thumbs down for Fernando’s first drive?

Someone please advise for those of us who can’t watch.
No grading on a curve, please.

[RaiderandBulldog]

Well looks like we are not making the Super Bowl this year.

[Arsenal Raider]

Raiders backups

[Raidernation1979]

Its not like we are playing the Eagles, this is the Cardinals. Its only uphill from here.

The announcers did say the cardinal starters vs raider backups on Mendo’s drive

[rich72]

Thumbs up or thumbs down for Fernando’s first drive?

Someone please advise for those of us who can’t watch.
No grading on a curve, please.

Thumbs down on the first drive. It could be the quality of our receivers though also.

[Xramfan]

Thumbs up or thumbs down for Fernando’s first drive?

Someone please advise for those of us who can’t watch.
No grading on a curve, please.

C?

Had a couple completions but a penalty or two stalled things.

[16 to 88]

Lol, refs in midseason form two push offs already on them and not a call on either one

[Arsenal Raider]

Thumbs up or thumbs down for Fernando’s first drive?

Someone please advise for those of us who can’t watch.
No grading on a curve, please.

Not much happened. Short run up the middle on 1st down, threw the ball away on 2nd down, completed an 11 yard pass on 3rd to move the sticks.

Next set of downs had a penalty which put us in 3rd and 18 (they called a draw play which got about 10.) Mendoza threw one hospital ball but otherwise looked fine for his first action

[ELCAraiderfan]

Damn that was a dart!

Mendoza nice play action then threw 15-20 yard dart

[Xramfan]

Great play action and then a dime

[3rd and Long]

Was a nice pass by Mendoza.