Oakland Raiders: Thanksgiving Thoughts

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Published: November 27, 2009

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... it on the scoreboard. It wasn't all bad, though, and there were some signs that were encouraging for the future. There were some of the usual frustrations, as well.

Trevor Scott played standing up yesterday at linebacker, and played very, very well. He had two sacks, three tackles for a loss, and was in the backfield quite a bit. He did make a huge mistake, though, one that made it obvious that Mr. Scott has probably never played baseball in his life.

When a ball is in the air, it's always the right-of-way to the guy coming in on the ball, not going back for the ball. Scott, of course, was just trying to make a play on a pass that Chris Johnson deflected, but he should've bailed out and allowed Branch to come on and make the pick. He backs off, Branch most likely has a pick-six and it's a whole new ballgame.

Instead, Scott went for the ball, and I applaud his effort. What I don't applaud is the result: he smashed into Branch, causing the ball to careen to the tur...

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