Tomorrow night's NFL contest could have been a great match up, had both the Raiders and the 49ers not gone into the toilet so hard, so fast. As often the case with TNF games, they usually are quite bad and not very entertaining. There have been a one or two exceptions this season, but that's all. Now I'll explain why it's going to be such a shit show tomorrow night.
On paper, the Raiders had a decent roster, and made a couple of moves during the off-season that made them even more of a contender, the main one being the hire of Jon Gruden as their head coach for his second go-around with the team. This is a guy who made something of Brad Johnson and won a Super Bowl with the Buccaneers many moons ago. Derek Carr, who is actually much better (or so we thought) than Johnson, could have gone far. Instead. the Raiders are 1-6 and have opted for an instant rebuild. The defence is clueless, Derek Carr is horrible, and everything is going wrong for the Raiders, who look AWFUL.
To quote Jim Mora: "Playoffs? Playoffs?!?! I just hope we can win a game!"
My 49ers, on the other hand, are just as awful if not worse. Star quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was knocked out earlier in the season with a tear to his ACL (What the HELL WERE YOU THINKING RUNNING LIKE THAT JIMMY?!?!) , which has left the 49ers with less than nothing. The offence is not very good under QB C.J. Beathard, who in my opinion, shouldn't be a starting QB in the NFL. (I mean come on! He's BRUTAL!) The defence looks worse than Swiss cheese, and special teams..... well, they don't really exist. I will not blame Kyle Shanahan, as he has nothing to work with at this point. I will put the blame squarely on management for dropping the ball in the off-season.
To quote Vince Lombardi: "What the hell is going on out here?!?!"
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