Tafur: The weight of false expectations and where the Raiders season went wrong

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What the heck happened? Where did this Raiders season go wrong? Well, it turns out the roller coaster car was pretty rickety way back at the start, VicTafur writes.

after the game — hey, it’s been a rough nine years — and Davis not only gave McDaniels a vote of confidence but said he was doing a “fantastic job.” Which told you all you need to know about his expectations this season. When the Raiders started off 0-3, he basically acknowledged the roster wasn’t good enough and started counting down the days to theWhen Mark Davis gave Josh McDaniels a vote of confidence, the writing was on the wall for Derek Carr.

And to be fair, the roster wasn’t good enough. Last year’s playoff team was gritty, but not super talented. All the horrible draft classes in the last 11 years by Reggie McKenzie, Jon Gruden and Mike Mayock took their toll, not to mention all the money tossed in the fire with bad free-agent signings. Jacobs,

 

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VicTafur Del Rio, white, Hugh Jackson, joe Bugel , Norv turner, Dennis Allen, Joe Bugel , Tom cable, Kiffen , and now McDaniel (hopefully) all less than 4 years. Trader Gruden only one Time to get a coach and keep him

VicTafur Carr last year was solid. I understand pocket presence, getting happy feet, lack of mobility are ie clear issues. But are we sure some of this isn’t McDaniels and Mark Davis maybe even Ziegler? Some folks putting whole thing on Carr not sure about that.

VicTafur Re the “Mack Hollins home run”, I think Duron Harmon was actually his best signing. Followed by Billings. Hollins also good. Really can’t build a roster with free agency. You need years of solid drafting.

VicTafur McDaniels sucks, Davis sucks even more for hiring him

tashanreed VicTafur What’s it going to take to get Davis to sell the team? Raider Fans are loyal to an organization that has not done anything other than lose year after year for decades.

VicTafur Pechi Daniels is what happened.

VicTafur The season was doomed the moment they hired McDaniels

VicTafur The very bottom of this article explains what happened. McDaniels is awful and blown lead after lead based mostly on his play calling. It’d be frustrating if close wins from last season turned to losses this season but this has been embarrassing by this regime with blown leads.

VicTafur Commitment to Excellence 🙄

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VicTafur What's will need to happen is Devante speaking up to Mark including former Raider players like Tim Brown. They need to get McDaniels out. I don't care if Mark is cash poor ask for a loan.

Jimmy_Durkin VicTafur It’s closed until Davis sells the team.

VicTafur What’s the date that McDaniels was hired? That’s when it went wrong.

VicTafur DOA once McDaniels was hired

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