I don’t really have any analysis on the game, since I was busy putting up Christmas lights at my parents’ house, but what a win for the Silver and Black today! I really didn’t see much hope for the Raiders to sweep the season series against a San Diego team that hadn’t lost in December since Philip Rivers became the most maligned player in the NFL, so I didn’t go out of my 
way to catch. I’ve wasted too many Sundays watching games like the ones against Miami and Pittsburgh. A December showdown AT San Diego didn’t really seem like one worth catching. But alas, the GOOD Raiders showed up once again and dominated the Chargers en route to a 4-0 division record – for the first time since 1990, which could prove huge with Kansas City leading the way just two games ahead. The two teams still have a matchup looming on the schedule. All I know is, being in the hunt at 6-6 this late in the season may be the best thing going for an Oakland fan these days. Even if they end 6-10, you can’t take away the fact that they won both games against the team that had won the division for the last I-don’t-know-how-many years.
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December 6th, 2010 at 6:47 am
mceezy
I think that this Chargers’ loss has all but put a nail in their coffin in terms of their postseason ambitions and may well have given the Raiders an outside chance of making the playoffs . The remainder of their schedule remains an intriguing one and is certainly achievable in terms of that goal .
😛
tophatal …………. 🙂
December 6th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
I hope so, but I can’t count the Chargers out just yet. They’ve been there, a lot. I can’t say the same for the Raiders or Chiefs.
December 7th, 2010 at 6:42 am
mceezy
The loss to the Raiders though not putting them out of contention in the AFC West it has put a damper on that resolve. However the division is such a toss up who knows who’ll make it out of there ?
tophatal …………… 🙂
December 6th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
It was a great win! I can’t believe they did it. The whole game I kept waiting for the gazillion penalties to catch up to them, but they never really hurt! I wish they could figure out how to play like they did this weekend every week. Cable had balls early going fo 4th downs often, maybe that will be our strategy going forward!
Can’t wait to see the christmas light spectacular!
December 6th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
Speaking of Christmas spectactulars, the W’s play on Christmas night!
December 6th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Well, I’m out of my eliminator pool but a good win for the Raiders.
What will it take for guys like Norv Turner and Marvin Lewis to follow in the footsteps of Wade Phillips, Brad Childress and Josh McDaniels?
January 1st, 2011 at 9:52 am
The Raiders have made a great stride this year. I like how they have balanced (although not completely) the offense a little bit more and allowed their defense to show some bullish properties.
Meehan