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Oakland Raiders: Week 9 NFL Power Rankings (#29)

Found October 31, 2012 on The Football Fan Spot: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Cooper Carlisle,  Miles Burris,  Tyvon Branch,  Matt Giordano,  Tommy Kelly,  Sebastian Janikowski
TEAMS: Oakland Raiders
Last week: 29 (+2) Record: 3-4 After unimpressive wins over the crappy Jaguars and Chiefs, the Raiders are now 3-4 and somehow right in the thick of the playoff race. However, I’m still not sold on this team just because they beat some crappy teams. They schedule gets tougher going forward as they host Tampa Bay, go to Baltimore, host New Orleans, go to Cincinnati, host Cleveland, host Denver, host Kansas City, go to Carolina, and go to San Diego. I don’t think they’ll win very many games. Studs LG Cooper Carlisle: Did not allow a pressure on 29 pass block snaps, run blocked for 8 yards on 3 attempts ROLB Phillip Wheeler: 11 solo tackles, 1 assist, 6 stops, 1 sack, 1 quarterback hit, and 3 quarterback hurries on 9 blitzes, allowed 7 catches for 66 yards on 7 attempts LOLB Miles Burris: 6 solo tackles, 1 assist, 5 stops, 1 missed tackle, 1 quarterback hurry on 8 blitzes, allowed 4 catches for 25 yards on 4 attempts SS Tyvon Branch: Allowed 1 catch for 1 yard on 2 attempts, 4 solo tac...
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