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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Meh. A lot of the negatives picked out happens to lots of teams over the course of a season and trying to make the Cooper trade a negative is lol territory. I don't have any defense of Tom Cable being employed but if the OL doesn't improve this season he will be gone and if the OL being bad this year is what it takes to get him fired it may be worth it IMO. Sucks for Oakland fans but all the moves that have been made since Gruden took over has been made to ensure they are competitive in their new stadium as they have another two first round picks in the 2020 draft. They have arguably the worst schedule in the history of the NFL this season (travel more miles than the Bills, Jets, and Giants combined) and after week 2 they don't play in Oakland again until week 8 which is unprecedented so even if they improve it's not likely going to result into more than 6 wins. The 2019 season unfortunately is a bit of a write off.
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Yeah, I've been doing my annual preseason homework where I try to project wins for each team (more on that at a future date) and one of the things I noticed for the Raiders is that the majority of their home games are against some of the better teams in the league and their weaker opponents involve them either travelling quite a ways or playing an early morning game. The advanced metrics don't really give them much hope either as there's nothing to really indicate that they're due for positive regression outside of their fumble recovery rate from last year.
Gonna be another tough year I think unless a lot of lucky bounces go their way or all of their first round picks turn into superstars this year.