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Our backs were getting stuffed in the backfield a lot. Their safeties and linebackers were cheating up to the line of scrimmage. You can't run against 8 and 9 man fronts. Even when they didn't stack the LOS, our offensive line didn't seem to run block very well. That has been something DV has talked about all preseason. They need to improve on that. Now, that being said, you loosen up a defense that stacks the LOS by passing. Green wasn't accurate and the wide receivers weren't getting open. The Raiders didn't respect the passing game and we didn't give them much reason to respect it. Hopefully, the next time these teams meet in December, Trent and his receivers will have their timing down a little bettter. This offense was just out of sync. I expect it to improve a lot over the course of this season. This is only the first game, don't bail on the team yet. I was kinda disappointed to not see more creativity in the offense. Also, was it just me or did the defense stop blitzing as much in the 2nd half? It seemed as though they laid back and allowed Oakland to pick us apart.
As far as Priest Holmes, hold your judgement on him until the season is over. I think he'll be a good one.
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