Three Overlooked Things, Week One

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(09-15-2015, 02:01 PM)tigershrimp Wrote: 1. Oakland should be embarrassed, playing football on a baseball diamond! How bush league is that? Fast-track them back to Los Angeles ahead of the Chargers, I say.
Here's an excerpt about Oakland Coliseum, rated the absolute worst NFL and MLB sports venue:

Oakland’s Coliseum is so bad, it is the worst stadium in two sports! Built to be a football and baseball stadium it became a baseball-only park in the 1980s. It was then ruined for both football and baseball when the Raiders returned from Los Angeles demanding the construction of a garish tower of suites and stands. The result looks like a new stadium someone forgot to finish.

Now it is home to strange odors. Rainwater puddles on the field and backs up in hallways. The baseball field is ruined by football even as football hates trying to run plays on the dirt of the baseball diamond. It’s too big a stadium for baseball and so the seats in the upper deck and on Mt Davis are covered in green tarps. It has become too large for football as well, especially with the constant threat that the Raiders will soon move again, leaving an empty Mt Davis to blight baseball games for eternity.


2. Pacman had a whale of a game, fisticuffs notwithstanding. Led the team in tackles, defensed a pass and forced a fumble. Plus Carr busted his hand on Pacman!

It's quickly forgotten that Pacman was such a reclamation project that he was asked to address the 2013 NFL Rookie Symposium. NFL executive vice president Troy Vincent, a five-time Pro Bowl defensive back, marveled at how impactful Jones was in speaking to rookies.

Then there was the bleacherreports article last year that spotlit Jones's community outreach:
"Given a chance, Jones doesn't gush about his volunteer efforts. He mentions the Special Olympics, but he doesn't mention Rothenberg Preparatory Academy in Cincinnati or the Georgia Wheelchair Athletic Association in Atlanta."

This guy is a leader here. Like it or lump it.


3. PFF has Clint Boling as its #1 Guard from Week One. Mikey just extended him in the offseason, and prior to the contract extension Boling was RotoWorld's #3 in free agency. Mike Zimmer tried desperately to lure Boling away to Minny. (This is one season removed from a rebuilt knee!)

I had no idea Boling was ranked higher than Zeitler. That is interesting, but I am assuming this is just one week in 2015. How were both guards ranked in 2014 for the entire year?

TY for the thread and I agree about the dirt, it is embarrassing for the Raider and their fans. Maybe they used the money to build a practice facility instead.....J/K