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Northwest Newsradio
"jonathan abram" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
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The Lead
"jonathan abram" Discussed on The Lead
"Well, Mike sandell welcome back to the show. It's great to be here. So Mike, the last time we had you on the show, we talked about your annual NFL quarterback tears piece where you ask NFL coaches and executives to rank the league's starting quarterbacks. You recently checked back in with those voters at the season's midway point to get their thoughts on how those guys are performing. Let's start with the guy who was at the top of the preseason rankings. Patrick Mahomes. It's obviously been a turbulent season for mahomes. So where does he stand now in the eyes of the experts you spoke with? Well, no one's going to after half of a season in which, by the way, about half of the games he's been productive. I mean, there's been about a 5 game stretch where they've been solved until the game against the Raiders on Sunday Night. So no one is saying he's not a tier one quarterback. He's established enough that people are trying to figure out and explain why it looked so difficult for them. And kind of like a basketball player who makes a bunch of really difficult shots for a long time and makes a bunch of incredible passes behind his back and halfway down the court and no looking and you do it so well for so long that when the shots stop falling and you bounce it off of your toe, it's hard for anybody to tell you, don't play that way, right? Because you've had such amazing success. So there's been some concern that kind of the freewheeling creative way of playing has caught up to him and them. But I think he's so established as a great player that it's really more about them kind of just adjusting and working their way through it. Well, as you said, he has been productive, but there have been weeks where their offense looks like they've been struggling. We saw mahomes and chiefs put the SmackDown on the Raiders, though, on Sunday Night. Former Holmes 406 yards for mahomes. And it's a route. So what did Kansas City do differently in that game to get back to their winning ways? Do you think that game could be a turning point in mahomes season? Well, I think some of it is the Raiders probably are not ideally suited defensively necessarily to play exactly the way some of the other opponents have. Because basically, there hasn't been a big secret. I mean, teams should put two safeties deep and taken away the really big play and just made it impossible to throw over the top behind the coverage and go deep. I haven't broken down the film within 24 hours of the game or talk to enough people to know exactly how the Raiders played it but my impression was that they were not necessarily playing exactly the same way out of teams. I think there's some adjustment by Kansas City, too, you know? In how they were able to play and probably a combination. They showed some patients. Play action. Flipped to Williams into raider territory bouncing off raiders breaking tackles to the 39 yard line. He goes gain of 22. But there were also some kind of wild place in that game that could have gone the other way. I mean, one of the touchdown passes that mahomes through, you know, where he's rolling to the side and throws a wild pass that easily could have been intercepted was a touchdown in this game. Trying to time escapes. Goes to the end zone. It's Williams there, and he makes the grab. Oh my goodness. Daryl Williams. Deep downfield for 38 yards beats Jonathan Abram. You know, I don't think it means that everything's fixed. And everything is going to be fine. I think we need to see it over multiple games, and defenses have had some answers for several of these great quarterbacks. Russell Wilson didn't look good. Rogers wasn't as sharp, Brady lost to Washington. I mean, Lamar Jackson was kind of solved last week, so the defenses have their day too, and I think that was going to make things compelling for the rest of the season. The other guys in the top tier were, as you mentioned, Russell Wilson, who has missed several games with a broken finger, deshaun Watson, who is tied up in legal proceedings and hasn't played. And Aaron Rodgers, who was, of course, on the COVID list before returning this past weekend. The only other top tier guy we wanted to ask you about right now is Tom Brady. And there are some questions swirling around the box, especially after their loss to Washington on Sunday. But based on what we've seen from Brady so far, this season at age 44, which is insane to me. Is he still solidly atop tier guy? I do think that most of the voters realize that while he's very much tier one from his control of the game and a lot of his throws, he can still throw the ball amazingly well, that it's helped him too to have some a little bit of balance with the run game and for the most part a good defense there to not have it just be on his shoulders all the time, but I don't think anyone's knocking him down. I mean, shoot, if we just looked at his numbers, he's got 27 touchdown passes, 7 interceptions. And they have a 6 and three record. They're one in 67% of their games. So in any one week, you know, he had a tough one against Washington. There was a ball he forced. There was another one that was kind of batted around that maybe it was just a little bit of luck. Those things happen, but I don't think anyone's knocking him or thinking he belongs in a lower tier. Just Brady being Brady. Yeah. He's pretty good. Well, moving to tier two. According to your ranking system, these are QB's who can carry a team, but not as consistently as the guys in tier one. And we wanted to start with cowboys quarterback dak Prescott. He and his team put a hurting on Atlanta on Sunday. Are we seeing debt climb into tier one right before our eyes? I think so. I think he's going to make it this year. Now we'll see how the rest of the season goes. But people really liked what dak was doing last year when he got hurt. I mean, I think it's been a best case scenario for them that he was able to come back so strong and look so good. And he has made some decent athletic plays too, running away from trouble, and that sort of thing. What's coming, press down in trouble lofting into the corner. Touchdown. Was that beautiful? I think there's a real respect for where he's at in his career, you know, certainly he's playing ability, but I think his leadership and his calm and just his knowledge of the game and all of that, I mean, he's just gotten better. You're up 33 points. You're star franchise quarterback is still willing to lower his shoulder on a must have it fourth down conversion. That sums up dak Prescott. He has made a jump, I think he will be joining tier one next year how to be surprised if he didn't. Well, speaking of quarterbacks with injuries, another tier two guy, Kyler Murray has missed the last two games with the sprained ankle, but it seems like his stock just keeps on rising. In the conversations you had with NFL coaches and execs, what did you learn about how Murray has been elevating his game this year? Yeah. One thing you forget about Murray may be is just how young it was coming into the league. You know? And I think there's a maturity factor for all the young quarterbacks. But I think that's been a big deal for him. And I think some of the leadership of the team has gone to him. If you just look at what their team was before, Larry Fitzgerald was there, Patrick Peterson, there were guys who'd been there ten years, you know? And were the unquestioned leaders of the team. But I think sometimes for you to grow into that role as a quarterback, we saw this with Russell Wilson. You know, his team had a bunch of incredible defensive leaders, right? It was never really gonna be his team while cam Chancellor or Richard Sherman were there. So I think a little bit of that is probably happened with Kyler Murray in Arizona. The one thing that people have been concerned about is just can you do it for the whole year? It's kind of been the cliff Kingsbury concern. Okay, can you keep it up the whole year? And same thing with Kyler Murray. So here we are at the mid.
The NFL Show
"jonathan abram" Discussed on The NFL Show
"He scored again but we have to do a better job of figuring out identities offense if they don't figure out identity office is going to be a long season for us and nauseous too. Good not to give him the ball. You see thorn receipt. Dvd's only till we just got this man to ball man. We hope to. We gave them to carries while he does about me to catch this. The at four. I think but why he does somebody off off the top rope. Then you know the other one he's a touchdown he's he's a dog in making. We just have the figure my way to get the ball. Speaking of deformed boy man a man. I'm sitting here watching it. And i'm like man. I off. jonathan abraham. He ain't no pump down at the abram jonathan abram coming down with main intentions man. He ain't slowing down. He run it through. You nauseous stiff arm that man but hold on. Oh as he stiff arming. That man with his left hand ambidextrous. Ozzy rider left handed buddy man with his left. And i'm like man. You know what i mean and then i look jonathan at the neighbor made no punk like man he he grant he bring the wood man not nausea problem man but yeah they got they got to figure out how to get him to baltimore. They gotta figure out how to be balanced if not it's going to be a long season for 'em man especially i'll know how serious they injure. Injury is to tj wildwood of tj. Cain go off tj limited. That's that's going to hurt. The pittsburgh steelers man he. He is their defense. You know what i mean. He puts a lot of pressure on a quarterback. Makes it easier on guys on the back end so you don't have him now. You're going to be in a position where you gotta score some points to be able to help your defense out now for that yet..
KDWN 720AM
"jonathan abram" Discussed on KDWN 720AM
"Different about car, his pat his passing lanes what he's able to see where he's able to distribute the ball. Nine different receivers yesterday. Are you kidding me? Um, passing the ball around? Not only that, but his presence in the pocket is unbelievable. People who might not watch the Raiders a lot or closely might not realize it. But his patience his his ability to step up in the pocket and not be flustered. Even when the line does break down is really next level. I've always said Derek Carr is a great core A good quarterback, a very good quarterback. I didn't say he was an elite quarterback so far this year buying you can't argue he is playing like an elite quarterback, and he's telling the Raiders Get on my shoulders. I'll take you with me and the confidence is through the roof. This offense says all the confidence in the world and I also think that's extremely important. If you're just joining us. We're speaking with Scott governments, and he is the founder of Silver and Black today, talking about the big win on the road yesterday. Huge win. I don't think we're overstating it. Uh, this is a huge win. Make no mistake about it. You would be the football team that had a pretty good week one in the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ben Roethlisberger, not the same quarterback. He once was, but he's still pretty darn good, but what they were able to do with him. Scott is they know that he's not very mobile. He's not not not the scrapper. He once was not the most athletic quarterback, even though he's going to be a Hall of Famer, and they put all the pressure on him in the world. They made life for Ben Roethlisberger. Miserable yesterday. Did you see how many times Roethlisberger was walking off the field, shaking his head? The negative kind of kind of the negative mannerisms yet yesterday you could see it and usually doesn't do that. He was really, really frustrated. And I think you've got to give all the credit to the radar defense for doing that. You do and you look at guys like Solomon Thomas, The guy that signed out of San Francisco former 49 or two sacks yesterday, and not only that there's a lot of we get wrapped up in the numbers around sacks with the defensive front. For football teams, but in reality, like you said, yummy times, they got to Ben Roethlisberger and took him to the ground and, you know, play after play. When that happens it wears on the quarterback, and it does impact performance, so they were able to do that You saw again yesterday. Maxx, Crosby had another game up front to you saw a lot of guys really doing things differently. Carl Nassib had another good game. And as well So so you like what you see, And I have to say this to Brian. Remember, the Raiders have been constantly pressured. Go to Lamar Jackson, Who's no slouch. You go to Ben Roethlisberger. Both those games both those winds. They pressured that quarterback and we're constantly in that defense and that offensive backfield And you know what? They've only blitzed twice right season. So they're getting pressure up front. Brian with four guys, right? Right. No question. Solomon Thomas. Let's not forget he was a top three pick out of Stanford. By the Niners. I mean, he was He ran like a 47 at the combine. He was He was a freak athlete. He had a great college career. I want to talk about Denzel Pyramid. 12 tackles Trayvon Martin, seven tackles. To pass is deflected in Jonathan Abram moved to me is playing a lot like Bob Sanders that play where click Chase. Claypool tried to jump over Jonathan Abram last year that may have been a touchdown. Abram stopped that play in its tracks, talking about those three players. Yeah, I think Well, number one. Having Perriman there in the middle and at linebacker for the Raiders is a huge thing. He's an experienced guy who knows the system and it shows right. He's very comfortable in there. He's making plays. He knows where it is not only doing that, but if you watch you can see him directing the guys who are new to the system, But they've all adopted. They've all adapted very well. Jonathan Abram was a massive question Mark. I had serious doubts. But when they moved him to box safety to a natural position where he can play better and be aggressive, that's what they needed to do. They were able to do that because they were able to go out and find safety is to play the natural position. That's what the problem was with the Raiders the last couple of years, guys was you had a defensive coordinator that wasn't very creative or motivating and not only that, but he's playing a lot of guys on a position. Jonathan Abram has benefited from moving up and doing that. And so you see that this defense man, you talk about confidence, Brian. You mentioned it with the offense on defense. This this this defense just have that you can see it already and listen, Let's face it. The Raiders are not going undefeated guys. Okay? How can you go in defeated there will have their ups and downs. But I'm telling you, the down should be a lot less significant. They shouldn't last multiple games like they did last year in that suite at the end of the season. You just like the makeup of this. You'd like the coaching staff. The mood that's been sent the culture that's been sent and you're seeing it with guys like Pyramid, Abram and then, of course, Mullen, who continues to perform at a very high level, and I think if you ask the coaching staff and you ask the fans and you said, you look at these first two games if you're able to go one and one, you'd be ecstatic with that, or at least very content or happy with that. The fact that they're going away in these first two Seems to and also I think it is incredible. It's what a start. And again, it's only two games into the season. We got a long way to go, but I think early on in this season, we have seen what this team is made of and what they're capable of. So now let's look ahead to next week. The Miami top fins didn't look too good over the weekend, They got blitzed, figuratively speaking and, well, they did get blitzed as well. They lost 35 to 0 Buffalo bills. The Dolphins looked awful. They have injuries. Now they come into Las Vegas. Now they're playing a Raider team with a ton of confidence to know is day to day, But he may play for the Raiders. You have to say there's Stuff, right? We don't. We don't want to look ahead. We don't want to take these guys for granted, but the same time. This is a game where the Raiders need to take advantage of the Dolphins team that is that is really sucking in all categories right now. They do the one area that the Dolphins are good in still and they need and I think the Raiders need to be cognizant of this, but I like the Raiders chances because of how they're playing offences. Miami is still very good about takeaways on defense. Their defense is tough, right? Um Jerome Baker is a good good linebacker. You have Brandon Jones and safety. They have a good defense. I think that's the core..
KDWN 720AM
"jonathan abram" Discussed on KDWN 720AM
"The NFC West haven't played the game if I do, and if the line goes up to four, I'll be on Minnesota. Sort of just as a contrarian play. Alright, then Raiders in Pittsburgh some late money coming in today on Pittsburgh, line back up to 6 47 total. I did play the game under Uh, Again. No, Mario to that kind of hurts because I like that. I like having that dual threat there. Pittsburgh's defense is solid, and they were able to shut Buffalo down in that second half and we knew fixed. Patrick was a great acquisition last year and then getting Schobert earlier this year and you got T J wanting company. I mean, that defense is is tough. And so that's why I looked at the under because I think the Raiders defense with the simplified Defense Now with the way Gus Bradley runs things as opposed to gun there, I just kind of feel like they got a better handle on a lot of young kids there, but a lot of potential as we saw from Maxx, Crosby we saw from NASA. We saw Jonathan Abram play a very solid game. Your take on this radar team. Can they go to two and Oh, can they somehow steal one? You know they're in the steel city. Yeah, uh, it's going to be tough, but it's almost like when I talked about the Penn State Auburn game. This could be one of those games where Pittsburgh covers that six. It's going to be a low scoring game. If the Raiders cover the six It's probably going to be a high scoring game because they'll have to put points up against that desperate defense, which is extremely strong while at the same time there on defense, they allowed what 400 yards to Baltimore Monday night so that it's a work in progress with the new defensive coordinator, so we may see something Improvement. We might see it against Pittsburgh. Is there not a very strong, uh, offensive team. Although with Najee Harris from Alabama, they've now got a legitimate Running game. Roethlisberger looks in just tremendous shape. Probably the best condition that he's been in in five seasons. My inclination initially is to back Pittsburgh in the game. Uh but I'm not sure I'm going to end up playing. I think they're better games that are more attracted to this week. I got about 2.5 minutes here. A I So Tennessee did they rebound? They go to Seattle. The 12th man not involved with the Covid protocol last year, But now they're getting some money. Big time that line up to 6.5 total 54. Or from Seattle. Yeah, I'll be back in Tennessee. I like to see if it goes up to seven. Seattle just has a way because quite frequently of hard earned winds, usually by a field goal or four points, and I could see Tennessee rebounding off of that horrible effort. No question Casey at Baltimore Sunday night game Again. Baltimore still shorthanded. I mean the running game, even though they grabbed Murray. Not anything life like it was going to be with Dobbins and Edwards and company And then, of course, losing Marcus Peters on defensive side of the ball hurts as well. Casey up to four A couple places 3.5 most places here in Vegas Total 54 a half Baltimore is at home. Casey did struggle That was against the Cleveland defense. Real solid. Baltimore's defense. Even without Peters is still pretty prolific. You take here, Casey laying the points on Sunday night. It's hard for me to get on Baltimore. I want to. I don't want to see them go into. Although, you know, I mean, I don't care if they go on to, but I'm saying I It's hard to see a team that good And that consistent with the coach like John Harbaugh start out onto What about it? Can they get it up and be and be Kansas City? I'm going to be on Buffalo, Baltimore. What to see if this line goes up to four of the public comes in. It's a Lamar Jackson has yet to beat the Kansas City Chiefs as a pro. I think this is as good as spot as any for them. They didn't play terribly against the Raiders just wacky over time, and some of the other things that occurred that prevented them from winning a game that they seemingly had in control early, But I give the Raiders a lot of credit for Uh, Constant Baltimore. Some of those problems Circuit West Gate and Caesar's All showing four right now. Kansas City minus four. Let me go to that Monday night game and get that from you before we get out of here. Green Bay off the pathetic performance from Aaron Rodgers, uh, sat out basically the last 11 minutes of that game 11. Well, that's the spread their favored by 11 against Detroit at home Monday night football and we saw the lines closed big time to get within eight of San Francisco and actually had the ball inside the nine or 25. I've yard line in the waning seconds. But ran out of downs your take here, Do you take the points in Detroit and you look at Green Bay to rebound and go to 11? I laid the 10.5 when it first came out. This is a game that if it's Green Bay does not win convincingly. There's real trouble and Packer land. I think that you know again, 38 to 3. The defense was embarrassed. The offense was embarrassed. This is a much more talented team than we saw last week, and I think that we see that on this play. It's real tough spot for Detroit coming off of last week's game, where the final status of the final score look better than the way 80% of that game was played great stuff from Andy Isco. That's going to do it on a throwback Thursday, Ken Thompson, thanks to Joni, Thanks to you, the listeners and you know the rules here. Sports X radio folks. No drinking and driving, no texting and driving. Most of all, God bless her troops. God bless you live from Vegas Sports. Ex radio one at.
Mornings with Keyshawn, Jorge & LZ
"jonathan abram" Discussed on Mornings with Keyshawn, Jorge & LZ
"Insider joins us now. Mike great to have you. The raiders. With a thrilling overtime win on monday night football derek carr delivered a rate comeback in a game. I really thought it was important for the raiders to not just compete to win key has said that derek carr is elite and now he leads the nfl in passing yards through week. One ski sean. J will amac presented by progressive insurance. We're going to bring you mike into this conversation on the goodyear hotline but i kee- what did you see in car last night. Well i first of all. I thought he played well especially down the stretch early in the game. He had you know a little bit behind catchable. A couple of dropped balls waller tried to make a one handcuffed when he should have caught it to that. Incompletion goes to their car. But i thought overall he played an excellent game. He gave them a chance to win which they did. You look late. In the game in overtime interception. Not on car ball went through the hands of the receiver as if he had a hole in his hands. I carve always liked car. I am not like everybody else. I don't follow the hype. I see an evaluate. Talent is because. I do think i know a little bit about quarterbacks jay. What was your Impression last night of last night's game i think baltimore's in trouble. A baltimore actually had a legit chance to win. That game should have won that game but with all the pieces that they're missing issues at the right tackle. I mean watching karl. Nazi came through so many times. And that's when he punched the ball out for lamar jackson issues even with their secondary. It's going to be a long year for lamar. Jackson has to carry that type of load each. And every game. Now my tantamount. I gotta tell you my big takeaway. I look at quarterback coach combinations. And i see the those that compete year-in-year-out and horrible and lamar jackson to me. Is that kind of combination. I know the ravens will be competitive. I know they'll be right there at the end in the mix. I don't know about that. I don't know that about the raiders. And i thought christening with fans your new stadium against a team like the raiders gruden and derek carr had to come through in a game like that and they did your thoughts mike. Yeah well starting with the raiders. I thought look derek. Play really well. I agree with key. They've invested a lot between brian edwards. Henry rugs they should be able to move the ball on offense still concern about that offensive line. They go to pittsburgh ex. We and i'm really curious to see losing three stars. Rodney hudson gave jackson trent brown going on the road to pittsburgh. How can they hold up because if he can be protected. Derek carr move the ball. I totally agree with key from that standpoint. I actually also agree with jay. Well here's my concern about baltimore. I work with rex. Ryan for a number of years defensively. What baltimore wants to do is they want to change the math. If you're blocking six they're going to sign seven if you're blocking seven they're going to send eight and don martindale beard. Defensive coordinator is very aggressive. Not only did they lose all those running back. Is they lost. Marcus peters a man-to-man corner. So i'm concerned that over the course of the season that remain secondary could get exposed. So i'm cautiously optimistic. About the raiders. If they can protect car and i'm worried about the secondary of the ravens. You've been in this position before. Mike as a general manager when a team needs a win so desperately to to give them some sort of hope over the season. What does this way. And do for the raiders in terms of giving them that momentum or that you know cachet as they head toward making a playoff. Push key big mistake. That was a huge win national tv. Creating a new stadium still concerns about their defense. They put it so many resources into the sighing on concoc- way over the last couple of years. Clean them feral jonah. Jonathan abram first round picks and baltimore were still able move the ball despite having lost three running back. So if i'm the raiders. I think i can move the ball. But i'm still concerned about that defense. Thought they made enough plays. But let's face it there. Go on the road against pittsburgh. We'll see how they do against ben rothlisberger. So if i'm jon. Gruden almost relieved. I won that game. But when you try to address something from a perspective of roster standpoint like they put so much into their defense and baltimore is able move the way they were. It would still be a big concern. Mike if you're to washington football team obviously lose fitzpatrick for six to eight weeks Taylor heinecke is there. But what do you do at the quarterback position is this position an opportunity for a cam new and even rama very that down early one hundred percent j. Well i signed cam newton right now. He's not vaccinated. There's a lot more protocols to get him on the field they're sixteen more games to go. They have a good football team. Goes sign cam newton. Get them into your system. Make sure that he's eligible to play. Taylor hanky is a good player if you go back last year. In the playoffs he played really well against a really good buccaneer defense. So give them credit for having hanky. But i would absolutely go sign. Can't noon he can help you in a meaningful way over the course of the next sixteen games and i was candidly a little bit surprised about what ron rivera said. Yesterday mike tannenbaum. Espn nfl front office. Insider.
KNBR The Sports Leader
"jonathan abram" Discussed on KNBR The Sports Leader
"And it's always on 6 80 am these sports leader, alright, plenty to get to as far as week. One of the NFL is concerned, however. We're not done with week one. We still got one left overnight. Did say, Hey, wait about what about me? Wait till tonight's over. Then we can put the cap on week one. The Raiders are opening tonight. Monday night Football at a Legion stadium first regular season home game with fans since the death star opened last year. Thank you, Al. Uh, last year, Mark Davis was like, you know, we're, uh, he said, I'm not even going to watch games there. Until until the fans are alive. Well, now the fans are allowed. Riders are 100% vaccinated. The they're opening the doors going to have their first big Raider game big event tonight at Allegiant Stadium. You know they've had some other concerts there, and they've done a summer slam there. But here to talk about it will be out there tonight. Former offensive lineman for the Raiders and current radio analyst for the Raiders Lincoln Kennedy joins me now on the, um I guess. Line talking week one of the NFL and Raiders Ravens tonight. Lincoln. How are you, Man? Welcome back to the show. Well, I'm feeling pretty good, and I'm actually excited to not only be with you but looking forward to seeing the fans in allegiance we had. You know, the preseason game against the Seahawks is almost a sell out, and it was really good to have fans in the seats and there's been some other events where it's been full. So I'm looking forward to the NFL season kicking out, he said some other events you weren't out there for for summer slam for the WB, huh? No, no, no. We were in Los Angeles so far had to play Rams that day for three season, But I did see the what was that the Copa Cup where America was taking on Mexico? Yeah, the soccer match and then I heard about the Garth Brooks concert as well as the big raid. That went on allegiance. So it was a wild month of August for the Legion stadium. They had events left and right, and it's going to officially get baptized. Monday night. Ravens come to town. We'll get into some of that stuff with with their injuries and problems that they're facing heading into the first Monday night football game of the season, But your outlook on this team man a little bit of a rebuild. I don't want to say like from scratch or anything like that. But obviously new defensive coordinator comes in Raiders had to do some tinkering. This off season and into the preseason. What's your outlook on this team right now? What's the biggest strength may be the biggest weakness, things that you're looking forward to for 2021. Well, I think for sure the strength is based on the reputation with the offense has been able to do over the last couple of years. Unfortunately, because we've been kept in the dark with no preseason starters, not really playing in the preseason. I really don't know what we have in the tank. To be honest with you. Potentially the offences capable because we've seen what Derek Carr and company have been able to do I like what they did with the offensive line. I like the addition and Alex Leatherwood. I think Britain will be able to get back to his power running attack, but because he didn't play in his starters in three seasons, not sure what the king injury and Josh Jacobs sort of combination is going to look like. I'm not really sure about how Henry Ruggs is going to do. Following his rookie season, and Brian Edwards already had a good camp. But there's just so much unknown. I'm not trying to escape the question. But the truth is, I really don't know. I'm only going off a reputation. On the other side of the ball, the defensive side, you know, Gus Bradley coming in and all the raves that defenders talking about they believe in the system. They're buying into the system. They've got to be better. But I do believe that this defense doesn't have to be, you know, like the 85 bears of the 2000 Ravens. I think this team has to be, you know, mid rank and the National Football League and for them to get into the playoffs this year. It's so funny. The way football is gone right. It used to be all about the two a days used to be about grinding guys getting prepared for the regular season. Now you get to the preseason and they say we're going to sit down all these starters. None of you guys are going to play and so I think there's a lot of teams that did that coming off of the season last year where? Well, it was a different season, obviously because of the pandemic, but into this offseason, they, of course, make the change to three preseason games. How do you think that adjustment period is going to be? Do you think we're going to see and there were some people afraid of this last year with no pre season? Is there going to be some sloppy football? Do you think the joint practices were a big factor in getting guys more prepared? Then maybe these preseason games. How do you think the development of the start of the season is going to go for some of these teams that did not run their starters out there for the pre season? There are certain players I don't believe need preseason someone like Tom Brady, Orhan Rogers or even a Derek Carr. Doesn't necessarily need pretty season, but they need to get the rhythm, the lather and just understanding what it's like to prepare for a game without doing that. I think you kind of go into you know things like if you're Henry rose a third For Brian Edwards, who didn't play pretty much the entire last season because he was injured. How does he know how to get warm before a game? I was, you know how to get prepared for again. I mean, it's a minor things, but they become big instances when you win, take them all as a whole on defense. You know that we saw flashes with Jonathan Abram going out there and playing and this new position almost like a rover or box safety, which I think bodes well for him because I think playing in space hurts him. But you know, for all in all, a lot of the defenders didn't play together, didn't start..
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"jonathan abram" Discussed on Silver & Black Pride
"And they're only gonna keep five linebackers. I mean you have cory littleton. He's going to make the team team tantrum us. I'm pretty sure it's gonna make the team denzel. Perryman was just acquired and kind of a similar player. Ask mcaliskey so. I think he's going to make the team. Obviously more would be on the team and then it comes down to divide diablo. Nick wykowski and jason white. And i mean i'll be honest like that is a tough decision to make and where i'm looking at is i kind of think you know if you cut mcaliskey at least with him. You don't have to risk him getting picked up on waivers like you would with divine diablo jason white which white since they're younger players they'd have to go off waivers and especially with jason white. Who's had a great preseason if you put him or if you cut him another team could easily come in and swoop them up and then the raiders are sol with cook hausky. It's still a risk because you're going to cut the guy and he will be a free agent what you can kind of come to a little under the table or handshake agreement of. Hey we might. We're gonna cut you but that's just so we can put somebody. Maybe like jane wider nicholas moro on injured reserve so that we can give them an injury designation and don't have to risk losing them obviously. There's the risk of moral not being exactly thrilled with that and wanted to go play somewhere else or sites using make more on nick. Witkowski wanted to go somewhere else. But i think that is really an option. That the raiders can explore. You know they did it in two thousand nineteen. I think again with the with josh moro and i think witkowski could be a similar situation where they end up maybe cutting him and then bringing them back or just cutting him completely like i said denzel. Perryman has a similar skill set. You know chelsea's probably a little better than coverage whereas paramount's better run-defender but between littleton and muse and diablo and even morrow those are kind of your coverage linebacker so with the raiders are looking for are maybe that guy in the middle that can be that thumper in the run-defender and perryman has that same skill set and chelsea's been injured for the last two or three weeks. Maybe threes little dramatic. But it's at least been too. Well i think you kinda go with the guy that you just acquired the guy that does have some familiarity. Playing with gus bradley. And i mean. I legitimately think you know quick hausky could be on the chopping block and i mean i think we're due for surprise in in this position group no matter what it's a it's a group full of a lot of guys that are sold good players nobody. That's a real standout and so many injuries just makes this complicated. Because if you put the guy on i are. Now you're gonna end to season or you can have or you're gonna have to have them make the roster and take up a roster spot which could end up screwing you out somebody else so the linebackers going to have a lot of drama and i think we'll be right up to the deadline until the raiders. Make that decision so get the ob on the edge of our seats for a while when it comes to the lb's moving on a safety. And i think this is another position that gets a little complicated with the numbers right. Last year they kept three. I think they'll keep four this year if they do keep three than i think. They'll keep an extra linebacker co calc- will be safe. But i have a feeling. We're gonna go with four and i think dramatic jonathan abram. Those guys are hands down on the roster. And i think tyrod gillespie is gonna make it and i think down eleven is going to make it as well just because of what he's able to bring on special teams which leads me to believe that karl-josef and roderick teamer is going to be The cuts the biggest surprise is coming from there is going to be karl-josef boss obviously and when it comes to karl-josef joseph he's a guy that i've liked a lot guy liked when the raiders drafted him back in. What was it twenty. Sixteen or whatever and you know. He's been when he's been on the field. I think he's been a good player but the problem is i think he's been off more than he's been on it and even this year is dealt with a lot more injuries and dealt with injuries and training camp already and again i keep saying keep harping on it. We all know how much patience. Jon gruden has for injuries. And i think that's ultimately it cost them as well as not being able to play special teams. Special teams aren't supported. As i'm thinking or maybe kirie glaspie is gonna get going to be the special teams contributor from this group that may be karl-josef gets the nod over dow levitt. Who like i talked about last week doesn't bring much as actual defender so we'll again you know you're gonna hear me. Keep saying we'll see what happens. But i would not be surprised to see on the outside of the raiders roster anwar wrapping things up with cornerback. And i mean. I don't really think this one is going to be much of a surprise anymore. But it's never lawson now the raiders. Do get some help because never lost the suspended. And they can't cut him but at the same time he doesn't count towards towards the roster counter or anything like that so it's not that big of a deal for these first two weeks in the raiders to see what nate hobbs look like in the first two weeks to see if they want to bring back lost or not. But i'll tell you i think nate. Hobbs has just taken this position. I think talked about that last week too. I think nate is earned the earned the starting cornerback. Spot earned the starting slot. Cornerback spot and i mean yesterday for lawson i think put the nail in the coffin. It felt like and. I don't think they work because it was a preseason game but it felt like the forty niners were targeting loss and like they had a game plan of like. Yeah once twenty six on the field. Just throw at them like he got. He gave up a few catches and the benefit of a benefit of a few drops. As well and i mean it was just an ugly game for them. And it's a guy that you know. He's a veteran player. He kind of he is what he is at this point and i don't know if you can really expect anything more from them. So i got a feeling that nevin lawson's days are raider over and even when his suspension is up and week three. I don't know if he'll be back on the team. That's going to do it today. 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"Where here he tweet. Give you some of our thoughts in las vegas raiders before entering the world news and topics. We seem to find interesting here. We go had him here. We are out of the raiders facility for the second day of practice. I'm training camp opened on tuesday but the last two days we actually guys in the field. Want to get your thoughts right away you here. He came off vacation. You're here for the first time today. Anything stand out to you. I know they're not in paget. But what position groups are you looking at anything. Stand out to you that you might not have thought you'd see. Yeah i think you know first of all first of all it's on location here at the facility. Good to be back here doing podcast around here. It's fun But yeah. I think i was watching a lot of Defensive line against oftentimes line drills and you can tell exactly zero from those drills really. They're not in pads or not going full contact or not really Hitting each other very hard. But i was looking at that. But i'll we'll get back to that in a second. Forced monroe stood out to me. I know i asked greg olsen about him today. Because i thought he had a really really good practice again not full pads in the defensive backs it seemed like were instructed to not really attack. The ball They weren't really going hard after interceptions not going for pass. Soda's kinda trying to stay in coverage but Moreau really got deep on jonathan abram. A couple times. I thought that was a pretty impressive from him and actually saw out in the field because one field was mostly starters and i would call the one and a half's starters immediate backups. And then you've got your twos and threes and kind of depth on the field. And that's where marietta and peterson were kind of taking their peterson. Peterman we're kind of taking their shots. Peterman my my former bills phantom. They're kind of peterman is over there. And you know. I've i'm maryelle. Had a couple of really nice throws with just a change from last year when in training camp he couldn't hit a five yard out he was bouncing balls. The running backs like it was. It was bad and this year. He looks really really good So you know. I feel like That's something to watch but in terms of the defensive line against offensive line The i think it was a change from your past. We saw a lot of defensive line winds make you read into it. Two ways one that the defensive line is a lot better and they went and invested in got guys like johnny cochran who was a beast out on the field today They got other depths guys on the defensive line. And they've got guys like saw thomas who could get to the quarterback they've got guys in pressure or you can say three boat off it's of line and they're struggling early on. I'm not gonna say either. I think that you're gonna have to wait and see a lot more. Get when they get getting pads when they're doing some more things like full-contact of a right now today outside the defensive line probably won that battle. Good stuff there. I want to also talk about. We've seen several players with masks on When their helmets arnon now that signifies a few things according to the team won they are unvaccinated players or two. There is a preponderance of caution for whatever reason whether the you know. They were around close contact if they went in that realm if they just are over cautious about it. Vaccinations kind of taken. It's hold here. The last few days and we were able to ask. Derek carr on wednesday his thoughts on you know being vaccinated and yet also any inherent pressure those who are vaccinated in the locker room would put on players who aren't specifically him as the team leader. Here's carr edison so hard like everything. No matter what. I say someone on one side will be mad at some y other. There's a lot of that has been going on last four or five years. You know as like man. We want to stand up here and answer those. But to answer that i i personally feel like you know. I've been getting shot since i was a little kid. You know i have my mom. Take me out of school early. We get this shot. I remember that as a kid my kids to you know and those things and this one is a little different because his new right. You know you know the other ones was measles mumps you know all those kind of thing. Hepatitis b. You know how that kind of stuff you know. This one was new so so people and families have certain opinions. And i can if someone wants to ask me my opinion absolutely. I'm sharon my opinion. Absolutely you know. But if they don't want my opinion. I don't think it's my right to go. Tell them what to do. As as a man you know especially in america you know. I don't think it's my right to do that. So if they want my opinion i will absolutely give it a hundred percent. No problem with that. But i think it's up to them and their family because they they know what they wanna do for family. I'm not. I can't make the decisions for them in like their kids and stuff. Okay saddened me here. Derek karstadt so you know went out of his way to say look. It's not my place. These are men and they can make their own decisions for their own families and if they ask me. I'm going to one hundred percent. Give them their Give them give him Give them his opinion on this stuff. Talked about his kids being fascinated like he was as a kid did any of what he said. Surprise you this. Is this the you thought him as a team leader would take. Yeah i think. It's it's you expect out of derek carr for sure And i think especially the part. That says hey. I'm not going to go find them and seek them out and tell them anything but if they asked ask me. I'm here to tell them you know. What the benefits are what you know what i think of it. What i've seen in my research and and things like that. And he said he would encourage it. If asked which. I think makes a lotta sense. I don't think you need to go be aggressive about it. I think players understand players here. lecturing all the time of. Hey this is why you need to do it. And there's guys that are never going to get it. They just don't believe it. They don't think it's right and and that's totally fine but you also have to take that responsibility. I'm one that says i'm totally pro vaccination. I think it's the right thing to do everything for society and everything else and even if you don't think your risk i think you're doing for other people i'm all about it but i also don't necessarily think that you should be demanding it or or forcing it on anybody but i do think you need responsibilities if you say. Hey i don't wanna get vaccinated. I'm not comfortable with okay. Fine stay home. don't go out. Don't go around people in in separate yourself. That's not get it but then make sure that you're not exposing other people and i think you've heard that from others and then in terms of football like yeah you understand that you are causing a problem for the rest of your team and again. I don't think it should be mandated or forest. But you do understand that if you're on the fence the tiebreaker should be. You need to help your team. You need to get back to normal. So you need to do everything you can from a competitive standpoint To be back to being fully normal and as you said. I think we heard from players who had some thoughts on what we heard from cleveland for today. Who said i had co very bad. Last year it sucked It took a toll on me for sure And he said that he wanted this off season. Not sure if you'd get vaccinated. He's at the more he looked into it He decided to do it but he did do it very late in the process. So very late on He said you know. I finally decided to get it. And he did get it. He said. Today he's vaccinated. He's not vaccinated because you're not vaccinated until two weeks after you get that second shot so he kind of you know on a technicality. They're misspoke but two weeks after your shot you are vaccinated. That's that's the process that he's in right. Now he's in that two week period Waiting it out to he'll be there soon. And then that's one more step closer to what the raiders want which is one hundred percent Vaccination rate which means you can be back to fully normal all players on the same page and all working toward just not worrying about protocols anymore and just worrying about football. I was able asca greg olsen today. You were there as well and by the way we're taking this on thursday might be hearing on friday. We talked to greg old snaps coordinator on thursday after practice. And i think the question was more like look your top ten offense last year Is it is simple to say that whether you're a top ten or even better or even much worse you know relies completely on a rebuilt offensive line andre james center denzel good is now. They're outs leatherwood along with the routine guy. News of that and colt miller. Who while with that contract says the suggest. He's a veteran. Giving he's got forty six million dollars guaranteed coming to him. But do you think it's we. We've seen some running-backs already. Jalen chard and others out with the code protocols. Kenyan drake has a non. I think a non football related injuries. Suppose he's going to be back friday but is it as easing your mind to say this offense hinges.
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"jonathan abram" Discussed on Vegas Nation - Raiders Football
"To and most important thing is. Heidi is getting everybody in the right place. Right time you saw it last year. There were so many guys who are playing out of place so many guys weren't in the rights so many boys in the secondary when he came coverage options that it creates big plays against the defense. So that's the number two thing that you're gonna and then three which is always the basic is always a great part about it is execution. You want everybody to be able to move at full speed. Whatever their responsibility is and get to that point make an impact and so you know those are those are things that at last one is not something that you really coach. It's all a matter of past the personal desire and the player but players will have more competence if they won. Know what they're doing in two or in the right place and to that. The bringing up the secondary. I wanted to get your take on. Casey hayward coming into the mix of that fold And also some of the safeties as well with trayvon marriage. Come on the scene here as into jonathan abram and whether or not they have Somebody in slot who comes into that space as wanted to get your take on some of the guys they brought in to help improve the secondary and do you think they have a bonafide leader in that secondary core right now. No layer lighter question. I they don't have leader. And that's why they brought in guys like aca word that's why they're going to try to have guys with by with this e fats coming experience level play the look. I don't know who's going to be stocked corner I know that trayvon mullet step forward last year. Dan arnett didn't really necessarily regressed because it was his first year but he didn't take steps that people thought he would and i don't know if he's out for this defense so that's a question. Mark the see where they place him where he plays in how he Else maybe just you know when you pick a first round and you don't want to get rid of you don't have any use for him you might have to and that's just doing business But when you talk about jonathan abram he was out of position last year he's not a field. Safety is more a in the box safety. More what. I like to refer to as a rover which is a guy who plays run and plays a short pass About i think in coverage in and a lot of the places that heath but last year made him reliability rather than you know an asset so that needs to be addressed. But i don't wanna lose his tenacity. I don't wanna lose his bigger. I don't wanna lose his ashram for the game. You just have to find a place where it so You know. I hate to be. Even one is one of the reasons why i don't do a lot of these. How is when you ask a question like that and don't have a definitive answer because you just don't know and i wanted to ask because i was like links been there. He's been all mega. Diane led that i've seen it. Yeah but at the same for you. Just don't know i don't i'm at..
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"All this get ready for war. Say it say you've put me between a rock and a hard place because you have created the narrative that i'm a hater antagonists of dak and lamar help a little bit. I'd rather build around deck but it's no indictment on the more hear me out. I've been looking forward to this topic all day. If you just clicked and do not click all. I'd rather build around deck and it's not lamar's fault. Here's the issue lamar's unique ability to run a four three two. Run a fourth the quarterback position. I wouldn't be so a so captivated by that that it would be impossible for me to convince myself and more importantly management to ignore that. Okay with that being said. I'd be looking at lamar not be so enthralled by lamar's ability to run that i would actually do a disservice to lamar and a disservice to the team because i wouldn't worry about his passing ability marcel. Thinking about this. This morning you har- harp on this often do the curse of the gifted. Yes there the gifted janas to kumho. He shoot sixty percent from the free throw line. Why because he can get away with because he can still drop forty points in back to back finals games and thirteen and twelve rebounds and back to back finals games. 'cause he's so gifted. If you're honest was six four you better believe is free. Throw percentage would be much better. You better believe. He'd had an having outside shot because he'd have to work on other skills lamar jackson because he is so gift did you. Don't look at him and say man. We gotta build talented receivers around man. We have to develop a talented passing offense attack. Because at the end of the day you can still go thirteen and three ravens. You can still get to the playoffs win a playoff game. Doing what you do. However i would take dak prescott because that prescott more limited which would make me have to put more him which would make which would make me have to put more around got so if they backwards way of thinking but i'll end of everybody can rock with this when you get with the super attractive woman when you get with the super attractive man. You don't care about their their personalities as much you don't care about what kind of they came not as focused on their election capacity. Because you're so enthralled by their physical appearance and their physical attributes. So you get a year into that relationship dating or marriage and you realize man. I probably should have focused more on some of the other important details. I would be so captivated by lamar jackson's physical attributes running a four three forty. I wouldn't worry about developing some of the other important details and not only that happened to me is happened to gregg roman. The of to harbaugh the head coach. So that's why. I would pick that man you had the into. You didn't have me and you can have. Long is lamar jackson. And you know the these some dak prescott book god lee lamar jackson. That was way of thinking. You're right you do have a backwards way of thinking. You're backwards way of thinking was i'm going to build a team with two lesser players. I can have more in resources for the other good players. I built my team that way. I'll be better quarterbacks. And you know who else had a backwards way of thinking this executive this anonymous executive who says moore's better all around football player but dexter better quarterback you know lie why lying he's anonymous noah. Lamar only played quarterback. How the hell you know how good he is. An eighty other things will play quarterback and he plays quarterback better than deck. And dammit when i see you better gimme a hook. But i love me some lamar jackson. Let's just compare them statistically and just see a little head hey shall we and let's go since two thousand and nineteen go all the way back and they really gets ugly so i'll try to give back a little hill. Twenty four and six eight hundred. Win percentage for the mar- oh decky under five hundred. Come on now decks house school right because he got great. Roman lamar jackson. You know he limited it that bad public school with bad principle gregg roman. And look. you ain't got some the classmates hollywood. Ain't that any still outperforms points per game. thirty two. To twenty eight up touchdown interception sixty two and fifteen versus thirty nine and fifteen. Wait a minute. I sixty two touchdowns in only fifteen picks it is again. thirty nine and fifteen picks passer rating. Does this add it all up marcel to talk too much. You got pick coming out to ma and understand what you're saying. What six point. Six versus nine ninety nine point seven decades the second highest paid player and fell history. You want to know should be no number one. No petrol homes out there with their bad. Contract is should be lamar jackson because he had to hit dak. Prescott doesn't hold up to lamar jackson is. You're right nothing i not. With lamar is a better player. Not disagreeing the lamar jackson's about a quarterback. Here's a problem ignoring which is what no ravens offensive personal person can't ignore lamar jackson's ability to run has been an inhibiting factor to the baltimore ravens and is not as fall. You've been in locker room cell where you see a phenomenal pass. Rusher phenomenal pass rusher. As a result they don't make them play the run. there's such a good pass rusher that they're liking. You know what we'll get gassed you just make sure you get off the give twenty sacks a game but they're also twenty two seasons they're also going to allow twenty first downs a game on down because running the ball right at okay. Who's that great. Pass rusher the falcons. Jonathan abram was during the thanksgiving day and i used to remember the his mantra was stopped. The run on the way to the quarterback. Yeah i know a few guys like that to be linebacker behind the guy who stopping the run on the way toco. Somebody thought to run all the way to the quarterback is somebody that's not stopping the run quarterback schroeder's that being said it's the same parallel draw. So lamar jackson is such a captivating runner that you look at him and you know what we don't have to worry about the passing game. I don't have to worry about developing you as a passer to worry about building around duca. You're still pretty good as a runner you won't want mvp. It's the same thing we honest which you just spent the last twenty minutes telling me bottom four percent all time in playoff history outside the paint free throw shooter all time in playoff history of somebody avenue more than twenty points. He's still a two time. Mvp lamar jackson still unanimous mvp. But because of how talented they. Are you overlook some of the flaws that you're not allowed to overlook with players that are less physically gifted. that's why i can't overlook his flaws and a half to build a better team around this.
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"jonathan abram" Discussed on Vegas Nation - Raiders Football
"What do you think the damon are. Net can really do to step up this year. I think dana has to get into the film room. Just become smarter. I think he has the ability to do everything needs to do a whole lot smarter and realize what's going on on not get caught off guard not situational. You know like the dolphins game can't you can't let somebody get behind you too late on karaoke coverage your door to like you. You want them to throats the flat throw behind you so you gotta keep getting your and you know it's situational things. He's got to become a smarter player because he's not smart as a matter if he fixes his transitions or fixes is his feet or whatever he needs to fix if he's not smart enough zone you get a matter and he's still not gonna play fast so he has to get in the film room or something and colleges figure out what's going on how the nfl you know works. You know not about talented here. You know i mean everybody's talented. It's bad news to take brian deer. Who who's putting the work in whose professional you know so a he has to get into that mode. I believe and you know because they got so many guys over there. There are veterans at argue like that so he has to figure out. Figure it out very fast and i think that gus bradley is a good coach to help do that as i speak a little bit i have. I have some questions for bbc. Two's coming on in the next half about You know the guys bradley system but from your end. I wanted to get your take on jonathan abram and whether or not he can be kind of like a kam. Chancellor and thrive as a buck safety undercuts bradley system. Yeah i i don't know about the kam chancellor or i don't know about that but i think that it can be better. I think he has to be a little bit more. I think the same has to go with how they just has to be a little bit smarter. You have to play smarter. He can't take chances. You happen to him a lot. Like he took chances like the chiefs game. With the homes touchdown he just cited to he was gonna go attack mahomes zona than mahomes smart and throw it over top of that so he he has to match be a hero. The time. I mean the broncos game he did the same thing on the ninety. Two yard jerry. Jeudy touchdown try to be a hero. Throw it over his head. Ninety two yards later it's touchdown so he has he has to do the same thing that I think arnett does. I think he's going to get more of a chance though because he has shown some flashes of being good like about three interceptions last year So i mean he. He has some flashes of being a playmaker. You know So if he has those flashes. You're excited 'cause especially when a young player that maybe it's something that could be untapped because it's not like our net. We leniency a lot of flashes. Last year you know. Abram yousof is somebody that could be good so that's how you have to look at is getting him in a position where he can win He kinda let him avoid man coverage as much as possible and try to get him like an in the box and maybe some glitz no cop made like ginger mall adams role type of seattle's. That's kind of how i look at it. So we need start thinking about the cornerbacks..
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"jonathan abram" Discussed on Vegas Nation - Raiders Football
"Preseason game in also thursday kickoff in start the season everybody else start training camp on june or july. Twenty seven in raiders. Out here anderson and soon after the leeann southern california. Raskin's rams games last to talk about but this is a very important step of their undertaking right now to get to that way so it was really addressing sam. Some of the guys first of all seeing is Is really taking a look at valley. Damon are net in henry ruggs. Who are both visibly bayer in stronger. Looks like So obviously they heeded the advice of might may general manager everybody else in the weight room. They look is the atmosphere of also also talkative players like farrell in jonathan neighboring. Two thousand nine hundred Transitioning now from young player rookies wide. I of nfl players impact veterans on the and i've always sensed syria saw with a barrel at he big over last year to I really noticed sam A more serious tone for him this year. You know it. How about the harder player being Player e savvy. That was always looking for the big play. Just made a play no also not always looking for a while. Big flashy hit is number one. So those raiders in vulnerable position but also for him physically is lead to injuries so listening to him. Sam or your takeaways from from what i feel is a little bit more of a Your like you said. Let me just a little bit more measured understand. I think that there's a sense of urgency. Not just for yourself. You know answering your three. Even though barely played his rookie plane. I t's really coming off first. Nfl season for defensive standpoint as a whole abby. this is a unit that we know wasn't good Last year we could go on and on about dad. They've made the necessary. Investments operators unit First pick john's neighborhood because of like you said he is an explosive layer at various teachable. That it has a knack for making big plays and that has talented tools of the upside to be a difference maker gus rallies defensive system and of course the raiders. Any get to see that all the time last year like you said for you know. He was out of position at times. You know taking big risks. That word always necessary as a result Charlotte at times struggled horses season. But it's not. It's never been question of of the tools of physical tools. Jonathan everybody you the ability. It's it's been a question of putting that all together like you said you what standpoint now where these guys are twenty thousand japanese. He's three your players in the raiders are gonna want figure out who's going to be a part of this future and you're going to walk from of course the way to get that. That big second contract is performing to play well and now with thirty forty eight games. Twenty twenty film jonathan abram dad a new defensive coordinator coming in and additions made around events across the live in in the secondary he. He's alive for a big step up in two thousand twenty one. It is on him now to perform so like you said. I think he's more measured and i think he understands. How crucial twenty twenty. One is for the raiders in this playoff. Even see that was not play. I'm seeing this. You know it's competing for the playoffs through nine ten games. Each of the last two seasons in the wheels fall off down the stretch. I don't know what he wants that to happen. Again i mean this is a group. Where would we talk about the investments. They made the resources allocated on that. Defensive side of the ball. I second round picks. David vested is on performance in the raiders. Have top offense as last year. You would think amir's restructuring reshuffling a little bit but with most of the key components back from that office. You'd if you figure that group performed two guys ableman that in that event next year to make sure arbizu coming season. Make sure that the team as a better at finishing strong in competing for the playoffs. I think definitely understand you. Yeah yeah and i wrote about john. The aroma started has come out some time. You'll probably tuesday ash posted. I should say run you girl on wednesday but you know any. The aussies wasn't about however as offshoot. Raiders changes the ama Especially on on defense. It's definitely the infrastructure around john. A very now conducive for him today. That next seven as sam mentioned on state advantage of all. What do you think about defensive coordinator that some of the talent of best. That's now around him. Veteran veteran leadership were. I felt last year. He was a de facto leader of a secondary nate. He wasn't quite ready to do that yet. Enough honestly no just kind of figuring out his own way awhile now on the leader of secondary which he was evacuate leader is l. Everyone else was pretty young as well so but also but he's going to be asked to do last year outta clayton more snaps sam at at cornerback de did that box city. This he's probably gonna move to almost exclusively now this year. And there's a reason why he had to move around was medically but it sure. Sounds like the ornate. Gus bradley as a vision. Forgotten about being a boxed safety and what does that mean while in a nutshell puts him closer. To the line of scrimmage it allows him to use as a calorie in run support Which is a stretch of is also going to unleash him now. Being closer line of scrimmage much more often.
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"jonathan abram" Discussed on Vegas Nation - Raiders Football
"I laugh a little when players get into. The criticism is people who didn't play the game. Kinda tired of that. I think if you follow the game and are studied game you can make you know what are intelligent observations and analysis. You didn't ask. The plane fell. So i always laugh when players say that kind of reaching their until you needed to be an nfl. Defensive lineman defensive line is good or not but you are on all the zooms accurate. What about when. I do also think that he said deepens. Sure to be fair to get into it. That was my question to greensboro. That he talked about So i'll always tossing trouble. Would i say that only because like that. What you just described. I think makes a lot of sense But he was specifically answering my question about that I asked him. I said hey. How hard is it Maybe to tune out everything. When you know you guys are trying to get better every single day. You're trying to get better. You're trying to improve your trying to learn a new system always other things in like every day. It's almost impossible. If you go on social media if you go anywhere and trust me they do but if you go anywhere you see how bad the defense is in. You know people saying well. This could be a super bowl team if the defense did anything. And the defense sucks in blah blah blah. All this other things about the defense like listen. We hear it. I know that he hears it. So i'm just interested in what he felt about it. Say sure you're it. I hear it when. I say it But i think. I just think it was interesting to to get his his i got. It was the answer. I expected but i just want to be fair and say like it's not like he said that i don't know where it's like. He just invented people. Whatever people say they can say. We don't care no questions asked was i am interested in how you avoid a lot of that discussion and a lot of that criticism and how you still focus on trying to get better when you have people saying that every single day at every log on the of your cleave furrow. I go through as mentions like. It's people trashing every day. How do you. How do you try to get better with every day. You wake up hundred twitter and it's like you suck you suck. You're terrible yeah. I mean you're right now you can't you. Can't google raiders. Defense go anywhere without at saint. But then i think tonight grieving get better. I mean they've been dare to what he said he said. We're sick of losing. And and you know that was a headline that everybody he kind of ran with and he said we're sick and tired of losing which you should be you should you should. You should be used to it. Used to be trying to get better. That's what he said he said. That's why we are here every single day. Trying to get better because we're sick of this what you make. I think we both agree. Jonathan abram has a long way to go in terms of his disciplined whether it be his angles over running plays just getting lost out there. You know the famous place. In last year losing travis kelsey It appears in agus brab system. He might be more comfortable. You can talk about this. Little in the spot. Guests probably has set for him Thought listening to jonathan abram. Nope is a makeup of it was a guy who has taken responsibility at least in his own mind that he has to get better. Yeah i think so for sure and and listen he. Is you know going into his third season. Shirley a second because he missed the whole first year basically You know he's a guy that there's a lot of pressure on a lot of lot has he's not very not been very good as a first round pick frankly and There's a lot of reasons again. He missed the first year then. He didn't get an off season the second year and try to try to do as well as he could. But it just wasn't always working out and we know that you know he. He takes bad angles sometimes. They were pursuing all those other things. But i thought it was interesting about what he said. Was that while we have sat back and said hey listen. Desperately system works better for him. It puts him in a different role. Puts them in a box safety role where he doesn't have to cover doesn't have to think as much About you know coverage concepts and that sort of thing. He's more run support guy past past the second But more closer. Line of scrimmage which much much better suits of what he what his skill set is. But we've been saying that. But i thought it was interesting for him to say that and for him to say. Hey look this position where my skill set is better like i get that i understand that you know That that was part of you're going to the system all those things like. I thought it was interesting that he kind of acknowledged all of those things that we've been saying In his kind of embracing that role and listened they brought in a lot of competition for him so he should he should see that and you should realize that you know that those guys are coming for him and that that they're drafting players that could play that position and that his his job may not be completely secure so i think he gets understands it. It definitely seemed like a not not Not that is immature out under thirty is immature before but it was a a maturing jonathan haber valuable so we've built a seven minute nonstop newscasts fifth into your daily routine. I'm john off. Seven at seven keeps you informed anytime anywhere. Look for top stories weather sports in sports betting business lifestyle and entertainment yet every bit of local news. You need in seven minute walk. Seven act seven. Am and seven pm. Streaming nonstop twenty four seven from the las vegas review journal on your mobile or smart tv. The economy is made up of real people doing real stuff and it affects everything which obviously no since. You're a real person doing real stuff marketplace's here to help you get smart about everything beyond the what of the day's business and economic news we dig into the how and the why with the real people driving our economy from big tech and interest rates to small businesses and what's happening at the fed marketplace breaks it all down so you don't have to listen to marketplace where ever you get your podcast. Okay i also want to ask you about this story. Limbo juniors free. Look at nfl by tyler. Done from go long. Td dot com. I think you know tyler. This is an interesting story. We know what happened with lynn boden. He was a third round dacic that they moved to miami quickly. They wanted him. The joker never happened. We also know unite covered this after the draft. Lynn boden was inactive grandmother's house. Where federal agents in florida stormed the house looking for drugs and weapons in this story. This is interesting. I i will preface this. I was not totally enamored with the story. Given it doesn't appear at least there was a reach out to the raiders for comment. I i think that's in essence wrong. But you know what. I were reading the story and that's what we see has happened. According to limbo junior a win this happened in the federal agents came in. He was walking across. he walked across. The street can get away from the situation And he called according to him a special teams coach. christmas saatchi. Who at the point was in a meeting with other coaches that quitting to limbo junior. He said he heard in the background coaches essentially saying. Hey if it's drug deal he's in trouble you know. He must be involved. I think that's very interesting. Series things behind the scenes os talking that loud. I don't know other things like that was interesting. He said if you weren't agreements guy you will include guy essence. If he didn't like it you had no chance and that gruden and may aw did not at any time reach out or discuss what had happened. How much of any of that. This is surprise you or do we need to know more about this to kind of take. Just limb bones side as as the truth. Yeah i mean listen i. I don't have any reason to believe that that that part of the story would at least line up with wia team would draft a player and that give out give up on him so quickly in an offseason where they never even really saw it like you headed off season where you barely saw a player. You barely got you. Don't get to in a first off in way but in the cova year like they didn't get to know him at all then traded before the season started so that part of the story would make sense. But i think you're right like that's one side. That's.
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"jonathan abram" Discussed on Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
"I saw that A team that made this list where the denver broncos and i'm going to have to disagree. They got patrick. Sir tan in the first round and they traded up to get to devante williams in a second round. They got in my mind the best corner in the draft and they got what some people thought was the best running back in a draft. Why is that bad. I don't i don't don't really get it and it's like well. You're already paying. Melvin gordon. Melvin gordon what is he my age. There's nothing wrong with the donkey's draft. There i wish there was but there wasn't The colts they got thrown into the. What are you doing category along with my race and Quit e pay. Look i would have taken quickly pay at seventeen. He was there that's not a bad first round. Pick and then you think about You odhiambo the defensive end. Sean davis the safety. The only thing that the colts got thrown into this was that they really needed some tackles and they didn't address remember. They took sam etlinger in the six round. Just a little fun little thing for carson wentz to think about As i said with my my raiders if they had taken trayvon marriage in the first round and alex leatherwood in the second round. I would have thought job now. The whole thing about. Are they gonna move. Jonathan abram look First of all eric harris has gone thankfully he signed with atlanta. He had one great game with to pick sixes other than that. He didn't know how to cover him but they they signed Carl joseph back who actually had a good year with cleveland. The guy the I didn't want to correct Sycamore on the air. But the guy diablo. They drafted out of west. Virginia he he or vodka. I think he's actually being moved to linebackers. That's not another safety but Jonathan abram has trouble staying on the field because he's injury prone and also he won't shut up and the late hits. I mean how old are you. I knew guys in high school that would do late. Hits and then they would get penalized and benched in yelled at punished and then they learned their lesson. The schedule hasn't learned it. It's like when draymond keeps talking keeps talking gets teed up keeps talking. Don't do it don't do it. Shut up shut up your thrown out the saints now. I thought getting paulsen day go. In the third round was great value. He was one of the best cornerbacks in the pac twelve at stanford but the defensive end peyton turner. Some people don't like him Pete werner the the linebacker some people thought was a bit of a reach in the second round. And i'm not an ian book guy. I don't know why you would draft ian book in the fourth round when you're already paying a chunk of money for tastes them hill and jameis. Winston is there if listen if if anybody's in the seventh round i will never criticize seventh round. Pick unless that pick is for jerry burke. I'm never going to criticize it if he in book is still sitting there in the seventh round go ahead and bring them in the fourth round so as i say we judge these a lot of people like to give letter grades you know. How did you do not do in the end. We won't really know for a while so to say winners. And losers i think is the is the bad Is the bad call. Now remember when kyle shanahan was asked about Will jimmy garoppolo beyond the roster on sunday and his quote was. I can't guarantee that anybody in the world will be alive on sunday. So i can't guarantee who will be on our roster on sunday so that goes for all of us remember what he said that and by the way shanahan politized to garoppolo for that he said. I totally bombed that on monday. I hated how that came off. I talk to jimmy about it right away. I didn't realize that. When i did it a person i have a relationship with who sometimes when he asked me what i think is silly questions. Sometimes i mess with him back. And that's kind of what i was doing. That was between me and that guy. That has nothing to do with jimmy. When i said. I don't know if we'd be alive on sunday. I was just trying to get not get my typical answer of guys. Anybody can be traded if you get a bunch of ones john trade. Me and i shouldn't be here on. Sunday. that's the answer for every person on our team but jimmy situation is if he isn't here on sunday i would be disappointed because jimmy is a quarterback who has played one year full year and took us to a super bowl played at a high level. He said some unfortunate injuries. But i do believe in jimmy as a person and he's shown what he can do on tape all right now. Microsoft low. The nfl network says that several forty niners players. Including george kittle and others called. Kyle on sunday and said coach. I'm alive. I just wanted to let you know. So they're throwing that.
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"jonathan abram" Discussed on Vegas Nation - Raiders Football
"Of play out on the stage and the super bowl where really the the reason. The biggest reason in my opinion that tampa bay was able to win that. That's the slowdown prolific. Oftens offense league was because of a formidable pass rush away. They able to control the line of scrimmage. The raiders can is closer to doing that and bringing in establish veteran defensive lineman a real heavy hitter somebody that can rush the passer Maybe you know an edge. Linebacker stand up a linebacker. Some somebody like that. Whoever that that to me. I feel like is is priority number one and then from there building the defense. I think they can use defensive back safety. Maybe a veteran corner. There's obviously they need Help everywhere on the defense side of all our could use help everywhere. But i think that's kind of the priorities. My opinion order where we'll go offensive line secondary and then linebacker where i think they were solid for the most part last season. What what. I won't ask you ve years. Do you think there are already tweets that need to be made of his offense or are you expecting any any tweaks with your on the office side while maybe on that offensive line what do you what do you think is coming from mass standpoint. Yeah and i think that one you know when we talk about the defense Almost exclusively You know certainly don't want to give the impression that the offense is perfect and that there's nothing that needs to be done and there's a couple of things that just completely jump out at you first of all what's gonna happen with trump brown What's going to happen with richie incognito. What's going to happen with denzel. good who's a pending free agent. What's gonna happen in nelson snag. Lar- appending free agent at wide receiver So those are four critical players are in you know Players that one way or another the decision that the raiders make On on all four is going to determine additional moves or whether they need to make any additional moves. Chuck brown is scheduled to make fourteen million dollars. it's interesting to me that He's been very Active in terms of posting videos of themselves working out You know obviously that's that would be a good sign if you're a raider fan that that you know he's healthy and that he's putting in the work In in the off seasons little conspicuous to me When we we've talked about this quite a bit Sam the the guaranteed money has run out of his contracts. He's on a pay per play. Basis there's no guarantee that he's even coming back with the raiders at that especially at that at that number of kind of interesting that all of a sudden you know he's You know mr workout warrior and letting everybody know But we'll just leave that at that For obvious reasons What has been a motivation of lease. And he's ready to rock and roll. That would solve a huge huge huge potential issue. Because you know with trump brown the offensive line is just better offense like the offense is a better offense without him. They need to fill that hole. And so we'll see what the what the raiders decided to their. You know richie incognito Sounds like he's back to work it out. I don't know some thirty seven years old coming off an achilles tendon injury You know He he's five point seven against the cap What do you. What do you think there's too much of a chance to take back to bring a player of that age. I know he's he's important in. The raiders missed him. They asked you speak last year especially in that. Run game if he's healthy and it has one more year left at him you know. That's that's not bad either. He asked to kind of gauge. Where he's at. I think and then the team of course has today's where he's at and if they think they can upgrade whether that's free agency or the draft i mean where do they feel like the rat. I think they're they drafted you know john simpson. Last year. i think with the plan of developing him into being a star on that offensive line. Is he ready to step in and fill that void in take over if if he is. Maybe the raiders for ways we reaching a cockatiel a move on if he's not enriching cognitive healthy and feeling good and there's an understanding there then may maybe he's back but i've said this on the podcasts multiple times vinnie. I don't think you could ever have so many good offensive lineman in one shock me. If they they look in the draft you know maybe in the later rounds to to add an offensive lineman or to to possibly develops just think the trenches is so important in the nfl and the rest of the offense is rock solid. We know deer while i was one of the best playmakers in all football regardless position. The young receivers have have room to develop a room to grow. You have an established back in josh jacobs that that of evolve as a pass catcher last year's a little bit more well rounded in is looking to bounce back off a solid year but not quite his rookie year and then the ended the the nelson agholor situation. What what they're gonna do their whether they're going to bring him back replace him. I'm not exactly sure We know that there's air but that to me the rest of the point being really long way of saying i think the offense for the most part is to find some skill position players der car. Like you said like we talked about is roxana quarterback there waller to me the offensive line feels like the only place that really needs legitimate significant tinkering or or is it that that really needs a close look. So it's it's it's it's to be interesting. It really is because there is a foundation there for a good team for good football team they. They showed signs signs of being a good football team Last year and were very good for for various functions during the twenty twenty season now is just about kind of solidifying the progress that they made so far. Yeah absolutely and You know There are wide receiver possibilities out there. If they don't resign including on their own rosser bryan edwards is ready to take a big step forward You know so. We'll see if if they don't get it done with nelson. I expect them to get it done with nelson agholor. But you have ryan edwards kinda waiting in the wings. Henry ruggs is the. There's an expectation that he's gonna take a big step forward In year two and that in itself you know when we're talking about the offense and You know an and not ignoring it. Necessarily as the raiders. Go about china Get the defense squared away. There's there's options in house. There's there's players in house at the raiders fully expect to take big step forwards in their second year And in some cases third year and that means that that in and of itself You know Could result in improvement. Offensively you know if you could get henry ruggs. More involved in the offense defense is going to be more explosive. If you can get bryan edwards more involved in the offense especially In that red zone. I think that that's where they're really looking at him. To be a factor. That improves the offense. You don't necessarily have to go out and get players. You just need players. That are here to get better same with the defense. So you know guys. Like david are net. Trayvon mullen and max crosby clearly jonathan abram And even you know Cory littleton if if somehow some way gus bradley and his staff can get to get cory littleton to be more the player that he was with the rams. That's almost like getting another player. Yeah right because he wasn't he didn't didn't. There was nothing about cory littleton last year. That reminded me of cory littleton in los angeles. there wasn't and i just. I refuse to believe that cory littleton is forgotten how to play football And so it'll be interesting to see how he's utilized. This shared the kind of bounce back year that he's capable of and if he is it's kind of a game changer. On that defense one hundred percent a hundred percent. Especially i mean..
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"jonathan abram" Discussed on KDWN 720AM
"There you go. Meanwhile, the wild have gotten that gold to get back within one of the L A kings 12 22 to go. Third period from Los Angeles. 3 to 2 Kings lead the Wild 3 to 2 Golden Knights lead the Ducks 12 04 to go in that Kings game 12 35 to go in that golden Knights came in regulation will keep an eye on both those games as they move down towards crunch time. And Matt Gutierrez your take us far as Gus Bradley being tabbed. By the Raiders as their new defensive coordinator. Of course, about four years head coaching experience. There were Jacksonville. But part of you know, the guy. Really, that helped orchestrate that legion of boom up in Seattle and different type of defense for the Raiders may be a little bit more simplistic, which may actually help out some of the younger guys and there are some veterans there as well. But he's got a tall task to try and mess this stuff together and also figure out who's he going to keep? Who's going to be let go, and then we'll see what he does as far as His staff, moving forward Richard Smith, the linebackers coach, that was part of his defense of team over there from with the L. A Chargers. His son, Travis Smith has been the assistant defensive line coach here for the Raiders, now in his ninth year, so I didn't know if there's a chance to Maybe Travis's dad. Richard could come over from the Chargers and help out somewhere on defense. We'll wait and see. Richard was also instrumental and solid getting a intern job back in the day, as well as well as Dan Quinn, so he may have other opportunities as well. But your takeover all Matt on the initial hiring of Gus Bradley, because I know we thought Wade Phillips because Bradley is a guy that's been, you know, pretty successful on the defensive side of the ball and for him to stay inside the division and come over here to Vegas from the Chargers organization and again a defense that you know has Joey Bosa and and several other Really key James and then some other key players. That tells me something that he sees the vision that Mark Davis and you know Mike Mayock and Jon Gruden sold him. No, I I'm too full here with the Bradley higher. I like the higher Don't get me wrong. I think I think Bradley is going to do a good job here in Vegas, and I think he's a solid defensive coach. I think one of the one of the biggest assets to hiring him is he knows how to build a defense. As far as personnel is concerned, we saw him do it. In Seattle. Hey, did it in Jacksonville, and you saw what he had there in and in l, A almost a San Diego again, man. I can't get away from that can But you saw what he did in L A there. Um The problem is I think everybody's expecting him to come in and immediately make this a playoff caliber defense and I don't know. Where they fit right now. If they have the personnel for that he's going to have to make a lot of changes. His hay said It a lot during the press conference is introductory press conference there that you know. It all starts up front, everything that his defense is about. It's starting with that front four because he doesn't like the blitz that we know how his defense is. Place that cover three style doesn't really blitz blitz the whole lot. And that means that you need those front four guys to really get after the pass rusher and let's be honest, There's not a whole lot more disappointing in the NFL. As far as the front four goes on with the Raiders have thrown out there the last several years. They? They're just not getting after quarterback at all. So 21 sacks this season. Couldn't couldn't get the ball from anybody. They only had what were their minus 11 in the turnover difference. Only 15 takeaways. Yeah, the whole season, so he's going to he's going to have to find Some legitimate pass rushers to put on that front four to really make a difference on the positive side, though I think this this absolutely helps a guy like Jonathan Abram out. Abram gets lost in coverage a lot..
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"Paul duty as I have a question for you where are you right now? I am in an RV at an RV park in Las Vegas and barring my mom and dad's RV while I'm here covering the now Las Vegas Raiders Paul Gutierrez not only covers the raiders for ESPN. He's written a book about Raiders Fandom and followed the team Vegas kind of living like. A little bit. Paul I of about fifty fall of questions about what life in that our views like. But it does feel like the ability to pick up and react to sudden schedule changes is especially important to covering the raiders these days starting with what's happening right now, we are talking on Thursday evening ahead of this highly anticipated raiders game, and there is a Kovic scenario that you've been covering in depth so. What do we know about the game schedule? What do we know about who's playing or who is not playing? Basically, what has happened is is right tackle. Trent Brown tested positive for covert. Now as part of the protocols here anybody who's deemed a high risk contact with him has to self isolate for at least five days plus one which would be the. Last point of contact, which was practice on Monday they are all there. They were all there together It's the raiders entire starting offensive line, plus let's just throw safety Jonathan Abram in there as well. So man, all of those guys were just placed on the covid nineteen list again doesn't mean any of them tested positive. I was actually told that none of them. But as part of the protocols they have to selfies late for five days. Another other source told me that they've been doing virtual preparation. In case they can indeed get cleared play against the buccaneers in the meanwhile, it was supposed to be a big Sunday night football game. Yes. The League wanted to make sure that that game actually happens. So they bumped the raiders out of their move Seattle in Arizona into that spot. So a game will happen well, guess what if you guys I just mentioned you consistently Test negative on their Cova test the rest of the week and then again Sunday. Morning will then they'll be cleared to play. But at what time? Sunday morning Oh. Yeah. kickoffs at one o'clock. So the backstory all that as well. I gotTA catch my breath here when I started figure this out understandably. Yeah. They on their fifty three man roster. They currently have five backup offensive lineman. That's WHO's been trodden. They've been trying out there in practice every day. That's who Derek Carr has been had protecting him. That's who Josh Jacobs has been trying to run holes through those five guys plus they also have two guys on the practice squad that they could suit up if need be. So as we sit here right now on on Thursday late afternoon the raiders starting offensive line is anchored by Andre James and if you need to know who that is I got a couple of media guides for you can look about. Paul Creek me. If I'm wrong here, but I believe this is the very first case of an entire position group being taken down by cove like I know that we've had players here and there. You put on this list but in terms of the magnitude of what the raiders are facing with the offensive line, this feels extreme. Yeah. An and it's part of the protocol. Really. Because only one guy really has tested positive but it's out of the abundance of caution which we've heard a lot of since since the pandemic hit right you've got to self isolate you gotta make sure you don't test positive or show any symptoms, and even if you don't show any symptoms, still self isolate because you could be symptomatic. It's just very bizarre. It's a strange world we're living in Derek Carr said this week that you know he's been with the team for seven years seen a lot of weird things. He's this is the weirdest thing he's ever seen and it's worth noting like weird is by no means foreign to this organization even within this context I mean, I still need help Paul disentangling what exactly happened for instance with Jon Gruden their head coach who took an approach to corona virus with the team earlier this year that had me confused the media confused, and then ultimately Jon Gruden himself pretty angry at everybody. Yeah. So beginning at Camp, we show up in a media member. We have to test every day just to get in I have fifty two on my belt. All negative so far, which is a good thing Jon gruden passes out t shirts to the media with there waiting for us as we walk in the media room that say crush the virus because I was going to be his mantra he took issue with the NFL network reporting that he faked having the virus but yet kind of just went away then on the home opener on. Monday night football when he later would get fine for not wearing his mask properly, he brings it up himself and says that he never faked the virus it as a matter of fact, he did have it. So he talked about just how it was not fun. It made him feel bad and this is all before training camp. When he said he he went through this and beat it in in that. He has the utmost respect for it and he still wants to crush it in beat it into the ground like it was some sort of opponent.
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Belichick reaches milestone as Patriots top Raiders 36-20
"Everyone is time for the bonus episode postgame recap for Vegas Nation podcast. I'm your host Heidi Fang and I'm joined with our readers writers, Ed Greenie, Adam. Hill we're going to break down what happened here in the Raiders Lost Thirty six to twenty against the New England Patriots here Gillette Stadium in Foxborough at an ir up in the press box Adam back in Vegas a from my vantage point it was. A lot of mistakes made by the raiders, which is something you can't do against the bill belichick coach team. So we're GONNA get all into that here but I I want to remind everybody that we are brought to you by Salmon Ash, indeed visa and also favor. So make sure to subscribe wherever you're listening and what was your first take on what you saw out in the field today with the raiders. You're right. They did everything you can't do and win on the road or anywhere turn the ball over three times. Once rent on. Didn't protect car when they were driving. Me fumbled the Fumble Alina Game Matter Games already overby fumbled the end zone. In the second half, they just wore down defensively I actually done the first thirty minutes be interested at him. I think thought the first thirty minutes they played. As good. A defense as they haven't a while let's be honest. Thirteen points here cam help them a lot. He wasn't any third, but they were down on the second Apple Sikhism Derek. Carr in the offense couldn't stand field. He gave up two hundred and fifty yards total rushing late Sony Michelle when expert in its players per talking, you know these of League so they were down and they just couldn't match. Match up. So a bad game they printed everything you can do and what on the road so Adam how much in fact that these running bags like just through the defense offered their game because I don't think they were looking to contain the likes of three different running backs in this one I think they prepared to contain Cam Newton? What was your thoughts on the running game? I think I was definitely a part of it and I think there was definitely adjustments made. By the Patriots coaching staff because as as ED put out for the first half of the, Patriots were able to run the ball somewhat. But I thought a it wasn't. There wasn't those explosive plays. There wasn't those big plays downfield and it was a kind of picking up some yards here. They're moving the ball effectively but not really gashing the raiders defense and then. They figured out something in the run game after halftime and I'll be interested to find out the later in the week. Interested to get the the all twenty two film comes out like Tuesday. Look a little what happened but I think just at first glance without really looking into what they were doing on the line maybe differently. They definitely started to go to some more cutback plays where they I thought really were able to take advantage of some over pursuit of the writer side in particular from Jonathan Abram, who you know, we know what he can do. In terms just flying around offensively and having people would kind of sending a message for that defense but at the same time. You can use that aggression against him and I think the Patriots kind of figure that out a little bit and it really hit him with a big plays on a place where he got into the gap, he was near the bulk area but just couldn't make up Adams exactly right and and they're going to have to here's the thing about a player John Neighbor might think they love is aggressiveness in his hitting all that he's got a swagger Jim and I. Hate to say this, but sometimes, you just have to you have to balance that it's hard to tell a guy like that. Don't play this way but Adams wait we should for resod against Christian McCaffrey, over pursues too much when you take the battling new pursue Sunny Michelle Christian McCaffrey, they're gonNA come back will go so Yeah. They just didn't play the run wellness second atoms right they adjusted and you have to give Michelle credit like I said when you go For, an average of thirteen yards of Kerry and I don't know if he's ever average per carry more than seven in a games and you also have saved in job I am. But they did they didn't play offensively were out of rhythm Waller. We'll talk about that I know atoms writing thoughts. Darren WELLM was non factor when you get a lot of good at the bill Belgium at he talked about. How good daring waller as well. Guess what he must have died because they ran every defense coverage double team run in stem and stopped him. So atom I know you you wrote about this mean, what did you hear the game to her? How they? You know bottle up there wall I thought it was a group effort I. think that's what of expected to hear from the Patriots Bill. Belichick obviously didn't go into detail about what he did. I think it was just a lot of deception what they were doing offensively disguising it and Bella check pointed out. Hey, it wasn't somebody covering him necessarily a lot of zone. We played a lot of you know bracket coverage a lot of. Men under there was a lot of different things. Defensively. On Waller but I think it was more just about the looks of they're giving up the line and never letting the raiders. No. Before the play what kind of coverage is GonNa be on Waller? Want Credit Anybody I. Think mccourty would be the one that you would like added. Say. Devin mccourty that Dinnie. Tremendous job on him but it was a little bit of everybody kind of in the mixer.
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Did the Raiders contact Antonio Brown's agent before Brown apologized?
"Something i wanted to get to the bottom of was did the raiders in fact contact. Rosenhaus awesome tonio brown's agent. I've seen this kind of float around but i'm not sure that this is what happens i wanted to see if either of you know <hes> if he was contacted before we're antonio brown's apology on friday and told that the guaranteed money and his contract would be voided as it was at that point so at that point basically antonio only lebron's going in apologizing knowing that the thirty million is a hit is that something that we know was already told to him before the apology or i don't i think to <hes> the bottom line on that is that they didn't have to i mean he knows as well as anybody once they imposed that discipline. They have the right to go after it so i mean i think he's smart enough to know without having that conversation that that was what they were angling for. It was clear we talked about <hes> when we first saw these letters on wednesday basically all those letters. There's are is is a legal paper trail down the road to say here's what happened. We had we had these issues. We had to find him. This is what went on that's all. Those letters are for <hes> so i think rosenhaus kind of knew he probably explai- tube and there i'm positive on some level even though no it's illegal according to the rules of the n._f._l. Under the c._b._a. I'm positive that rosenhaus was talking to other teams and saying if this happens if the contract is voided if for run out what is the market and i'm sure he knew what it was and so like. Did he know those things. I don't. I'm sure he did was explicitly laid out by the raiders. I'm i'm not sure about how that worked but <hes> i'm sure he knew exactly what the situation was yeah so in other words. He knew the patriots were looking at him and that he could play there. Air instead of explicitly said i'm sure he knew what the market was. When you think of maybe this is like a wild theory and so. I got on tin foil hat. You're so picture that all of us but if <hes> excuse me antonio brown got to the raiders he was happy happy for a little while then started practicing with these guys right maybe gets the training camp and he's like what they're not going to be very good and then he's just decides besides you know what bleep this. I'm just going to act ugly. I'm gonna throw crap all over the walls until i'm just going to keep doing it. Even though you tell me to stop even though you tell me you know i'm gonna find you find me on posting on instagram like i'm going to now make it even bigger mess and then he knows that he enforce himself out because he knows that there's maybe a winner. That will be there for him. I think that it's not out of their own with possibility as i now take my tinfoil hat off and put my reporter reporter hat right back on that. This is something that could have happened because when it's five hours after somebody releases you that you are with defending super bowl champions. There's maybe somebody should look into that right. I mean i think i went once the further with my tin foil will happen i tweeted and it was more of a joke but <hes> as as everything in my life does it relates to seinfeld but there was there was an episode of seinfeld where the mets wanted to hire george costanza away from the yankees and they couldn't just hire him because it would be tampering and they wouldn't be able to go hire them away from team so they told him to do everything he could to get fired from the yankees. He started dragging the world series trophy around he was wearing babe ruth pants from the yankee museum. <hes> everything do get fired so that the mets would be able to hire him like in my mind. Bella check like a go create chaos out there. We need to bring you in. That's the only way we can get you and that's again a complete and total conspiracy. Uh but i like to think that it's true. Let's talk about some of the possible reaction and we can expect here from the raiders because i wanna in a hypothesize what derek carr might say about antonio brown's tweet of bumper cars meaning. He and his brother david had been doing some conversation about antonio brown. That's what i interpreted that tweet demean. I can't imagine it would mean anything else so cars generally very nice well-spoken guy in front of the media very even temperament. Do we expect any crazy reaction from him. Certainly not i mean he's a quarterback right and quarterbacks are always is going to be measured in what they say. Now i do sort of wish that we have been hearing directly from derek carr instead of through really an intermediary as his brother on n._f._l. Network right. I think especially because derek carr was in the locker room today and we were told as he came back in that he was not going to be talking and and that's fine. He certainly has that right and he's a quarterback. He speaks one time a week but i just think it would have been nice to hear directly from derek carr car <hes> since you know he had been nothing but supportive i totally respect dirk are not talking but i think that you know it just it just would have been nice to hear from the quarterback in that particular situation and he doesn't have to but he could've essentially descending out press releases. I mean through his approach. That's what he's doing in. They're not it's not it's not like they're being secretive about it. I think that's that's the one thing i'll say about this is like if it was just some secret that if it was some random person in the media and derek carr was feeding things to get it out there and not talking to the media locally but hey i'm gonna feed this to whoever you you know whatever national reporter and it's coming out saying oh source close to the team said like that would be a little bit different to me than in this case. It's basically his brother going on tv serving mrs mouthpiece and saying explicitly. I talked to derrick this morning. Here is what he said. I think they're being pretty open about it. It just it clearly rubbed antonio radio brown the wrong way and you know we saw the other day he unfolded the raiders and derek carr on instagram and then reformed the raiders but not car like that was pretty telling of where they are have a check dam sure he unveiled the raiders as well now he did. Yes yeah <hes> but you know. I think that was incredibly telling that when he did follow the raiders he did not re follow derek carr. You know i it was pretty clear that that relationship was was heading in the wrong way. Even though derek carr continued to say how close they were and how they've played well after field and here's the other thing it listen it's part of the job we understand but how many times jon gruden was asked how many times micmac was asked just how many times derek carr was asked about the distractions in about everything that's going on and how many times they basically said. You're inventing this you guys the media are inventing the story story. No no weren't by the way to the same thing to the readers out there to the fans out there like these things are not invented. There's a reason isn't that story. Lines are storylines. This was something that was going on and it was bubbling over all the time and it was distracting the team. It was bothering the team. It certainly had been an issue for a while and now it just has has reached that point where they couldn't deal with it anymore but i think it would absolutely not be surprising if it was something that tonio earlier brown was like i need to do this i need to get out and this is my way out and the other thing is it wasn't blown out of proportion either. That's the that's the phrase that like gets on my nerves a little bit. <hes> men like all these things you're saying. They were blown out of proportion. It's blown out of proportion. He's just a wide receivers blown out of proportion. Friggin von miller said that on on a conference call the other day no. It's not blown out of proportion when you're yelling at g._m. In practice right you're posting your fines on instagram. When you ask on instagram to be released win. You recorded your ahead coach with a stencil your head coach with the conversation. Put it on a two minute youtube video in a two party consent state. I don't really think any of these things are being blown out of proportion so i love what jonathan abram had to say on twitter and he put this out just about a little over an hour ago he says in today's world the worst drug there is called attention
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AB reacts to fines from Raiders, has new helmet
"We have to address a couple more here. We're gonna start in with exactly what is going on in oakland oakland with antonio brown's so many things have happened. It's hard to keep track of and hard knocks being there to help the situation for the raiders in dealing with their star wide receiver and the various antics surrounding him the helmet issue has been well documented for some time for those who don't know antonio browns helmet that he has used his entire career was deemed illegal by the n._f._l. It wasn't safe enough for antonio so he decided to filed a suit saying that he wasn't enough time to adequately find a helmet. He likes to wear for the games. He filed two different grievances. Both it did not fly with the n._f._l. And he lost both of them so he has had to find a helmet he has reported to camp the newest thing being he has has been fined by mike mayock general manager for missing so much time with the team. Antonio brown has stated how upset he is about these fines being levied on on him but frankly i love antonio brown's charisma. I love the way he uses the media to help him and you got to think about the raiders in with hard knocks with everything around their team right now media wise. There's a lot of scrutiny jon gruden being signed that ten year one hundred million dollar contract trading khalil mack trading amari cooper everyone in the n._f._l. Media is trying to keep tabs on what's going on in oakland and antonio brown by taking taking so much of that media heat. He has really made it easier for guys like p._j. Hall arden key cleveland feral jonathan abrams josh jacobs all these rookies and second year players that really have some potential have not had to deal with this media blitz because antonio has been there to kinda shield them from that and on that side i think that the raiders as an organization as a fan base need to thank antonio brown for taking that heat off of their other players so they can develop and really dig into the system not having to worry about media relations however now with this new grievance hopefully it's nothing between antonio brown and mike mayock. They can just move past. It's obvious that he had to get fined for missing so much time with the