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Oakland Gets a Wakeup Call…Is It Going To Be Enough?

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Published: August 30, 2009

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... calm down....it was one game.

For that matter, it was a preseason game, which ranks it somewhere with obscure memories of pro-bowls and that American Bowl played in Berlin.

This was a game that was set up to measure how far the team had developed, how far the team has to go and what needs help.

And contrary to the score, not everything was horrible.

JaMarcus Russell threw for over 150 yards. Both Zach Miller and Louis Murphy had over 70 yards in catches.

But the biggest problem today was Oakland self-destructed at the worst time.

Three fumbles were lost, 10 penalties for 94 yards were assessed. Although a few seem odd, such as a holding call against the Raiders, when the referee didn't know which side of the field the Raiders were on.

We did not have a good day at third down. We managed one first down, in 10 tries. Granted, a first down should be expected from 1-3 yards away but if you are looking at a third and 14, it's going to be to...

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