RiverDog wrote:I just got through the first quarter of the Raiders game, and yes, that pass play to Lockett was perfect. The cornerback did stumble, but I still think Lockett would have beat him even without the stumble. He also made a nice catch on a back shoulder throw that he had to go down and get.
What impressed me more than Lockett's play was that of Frank Clark's. That guy is a monster, and had another fine game. Our DL is as deep as I've ever seen it. I've changed my forecast next week from an opening season loss at St. Louis to a win. I still don't think that highly of our offense, but that D should carry the day.
Yeah, we didn't see much of the first team Offense to make any judgements last night. The 2nd team looked fairly good for the most part but it might be that our overall talent is much better than Oaklands and as the backups play, it shows up more.
Lockett does have some wheels and Clark looked good against mostly 2nd stringers but he showed enough in pre-season to answer why they thought so highly of him.
I still think it will be tough to not have at best a 1-1 record after 2 games and more likely be 0-2. As usual, it will be up to the Defense to determine the outcome, and both Safety positions if ET isn't ready could be the Achilles heal of our Defense. I like how the young guys in the secondary are coming along, but they aren't ET and Kam.
Maybe more pressure from the front 7 will be the answer until one or both return to play.