Raiders take a pass on scoring

Raiders coach Lane Kiffin said he wanted to see what his offense could do if he opened up the playbook Saturday night against the Arizona Cardinals and let quarterback JaMarcus Russell drop back and fire at will. Well, he saw. And you couldn't have blamed Kiffin if he had requested a blindfold long before the first half ended in the Raiders' 24-0 loss. And I'm not even talking about the knee injuries to wide receiver Drew Carter, one of the Raiders' key free-agent pickups, and fullback Oren O'Neal, a cog in the running game and on special teams. With Russell throwing pass after pass after pass for three quarters, the Raiders came up empty. "Unfortunately, I think I saw what I already knew," Kiffin said. "And that's if we try to just throw the ball around, you're going to get penalties, you're going to get your quarterback hit. He's going to start running around a lot and you're going to be in trouble. "I t...