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Originally Posted by Chronic

They said the same thing 2 years ago when the Raiders let Asomugha leave, Gallery left, Zach Miller, new coach in Hue Jackson etc blah, blah, blah...

Didn't affect the team one bit.. in fact they were better for it

Routt cost us 2 games because of his knuckleheaded decisions to PI WR's.. yes, he cost the Raiders 2 games and the AFC West title because he gets juked by WR on a constant basis.. you'll see soon enough

Kam Wimbley had 7 sacks last year.. 4 came in 1 game vs the Chargers against a backup filler tackle... lets not try and put Wimbley in the Lawrence Taylor circle mkay?

Raiders are better- they get back McFadden, Palmer now has a full training camp.. (And by the way, you take away his 1st game agaisnt the Chiefs where he had 2 days to learn the playbook, and Palmer finishes with a 86% QB rating.. putting him in the top 10 of the NFL last year) They beefed up the OL in signing Brisiel from the Texans who was a big reason why Arian Foster got those yards, in fact 68% of Fosters runs were behind Brisiel- They get back DE Matt Shaughnessey who had a great rookie year... Signed DE Tollefson from the Giants, picked up vet CB's, signed Branch to a long term deal..

Right now the Chiefs have just as many question marks as everybody else in the division but for some reason you failed to accept those things

1) Like, a new OC who has failed every place he's been

2) A raw, inexperienced center that's never even played the position before..

3) A RB coming off a torn ACL.. whom some say is not even 100% yet

4) a # 1 WR that might possibly holdout

And finally

5) Probably the worst QB in the NFL



Not with Cassell taking snaps you wont- If you woulda traded for Palmer.. I'd say there's a very good chance you could and might even give the Chiefs a nod to win the division

The Chiefs simply are doing one thing wrong

"Masking"

Masking the inabilities of the most important part of a football team

The QB

Backup the truck. One of your big negatives against the Chiefs is a RB coming off injury when the Raiders have a brokedick who's always injured but that's not a negative.

You have a total unknown at HC because the Raider job is considered poison. You give Daboll no credit for turning around the Dolphin's season last year.

Raiders are another year older while the Chiefs are the youngest team in the league. Raiders lost several key players to the cap.

The Raiders are better for Al Davis being out of the way, but will the younger Davis just turn into another all controlling owner?

I think if the Raiders get 4 wins this year, its a success.