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September 14, 2009	Photo by Sac D

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Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

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Sac D		15-Sep-2009 15:41
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Scoring Oak_Michael Bush 4-yard run (Sebastian Janikowski kicks PAT), 3:13 Notes: - Raiders come up with huge stop at end of first quarter, with Greg Ellis stripping LaDainian Tomlinson after a shovel pass and Michael Huff recovering. Darren Sproles had returned kickoff following Raider TD 66 yards. Richard Seymour had a sack on the drive and another tackle. Raiders fans think they’ve got themselves a team. – Who remembers 2006? Or 2008. The Raiders drove 84 yards in 10 plays, with a 30-yard Russell to Miller hookup and featuring the running of McFadden and Bush. The two runners have rushed for 76 yards in two drives and the Chargers are on their heels. – Nice opening defensive series, three-and-out, Rivers misses Gates on third-and-5. Seymour in on all three plays. Brown for Morrison on third down. – The Raiders had a promising opening drive come up empty when Russell locked in on Louis Murphy with Quintin Jammer recording an interception near the goal line and returning it to the 29-yard line. Bush and McFadden had rushed for 35 yards on four carries. Scoring SD_LaDainian Tomlinson 1-yard run (Nate Kaeding kicks PAT), 4:45. Oak_Sebastian Janikowski 37-yard field goal, :40 SD_Kaeding 47-yard field goal, :00 Notes: – Darren Sproles had his second big return following Janikowski’s field goal, racing 59 yards to the Oakland 41. Rivers got the Chargers in range for a 47-yard field goal by Kaeding for a somewhat deflating 10-10 tie after Oakland had outgained San Diego 217-74. – JaMarcus Russell got a classic two-minute opportunity to close out the half, with Oakland starting at the 36 with 2:23 left following a 65-yard Mike Scifres punt and 14-yard return by Johnnie Lee Higgins. He had key completions to Louis Murphy and Zach Miller, nearly had a pass picked that went directly to Steven Cooper, but fired a bullet to Murphy for a 19-yard TD with 19 seconds left in front of Steve Gregory. Except the TD was nullified on by the officials on replay, who said Murphy lost possession on the way down. Looked from here like he caught the ball, both feet hit ground, and THEN lost possession. Sebastian Janikowski kicks 37-yard FG with 40 seconds left. – Shane Lechler’s 55-yard punt, with Trevor Scott dumping Sproles at the 13, gave San Diego the ball with 3:36 to play in the half with 87 yards to go. – Darrius Heyward-Bey, who had a drop erased by penalty in the first quarter, let one bouncer off his chest and hands in the second quarter. Russell missed Louis Murphy on a third-and-5 slant to force the first Raiders punt at 3:50. – Raiders open next series with Samson Satele at center, Chris Morris at left guard. PA announcer says return is questionable with back injury. – San Diego converts turnover for touchdown with help from 24-yard Rivers-to-Gates strike to the 1-yard line. Finishes 45-yard drive in seven plays. On back-to-back plays, Tyvon Branch flattened Brandon Manumaleuna for a 2-yard loss on a screen and Chris Johnson unloaded on Darren Sproles on the next play for no gain. The crowd was howling, quieted by Rivers’ strike. – Illegal contact foul on Chargers gives Raiders one first down, Russell hits Miller for 17 yards for another. Drive ends on McFadden fumble _ the Raiders second turnover. They still haven’t punted. Robert Gallery is injured on play, a concern considering Paul McQuistan is inactive. No scoring Notes: – JaMarcus Russell found his security blanket Zach Miller for a gain to the 41, then Johnnie Lee Higgins took a reverse to the 21-yard line as the quarter ended. Russell was a lead blocker, pushing back safety Eric Weddle. – Chargers forced to punt again after three-and-out, Greg Ellis sacking Rivers, with Richard Seymour helping to collapse the pocket. Fans loving the defensive effort, growing impatient with offense. With third quarter winding down, Chargers have just 152 yards and have worked for every one of them. — Chargers melting down, faced third-and-30 after a taunting penalty and false start. Mike Scifres punts. Game just waiting for Raiders to take it over. – Russell drew some boos for misfiring on a third-and-5 pass to a wide open Darrius Heyward-Bey after Oakland started a possession on its own 48. Three-and-out. – Chargers are seriously hurting up front with G Louis Vasquez and now C Nick Hardwick out with injuries. Raiders force a three-andout and get possession at the 48 following 19-yard return by Johnnie Lee Higgins of Mike Scifres bomb. – Raiders opened with their worst series of the game. Three-and-out, two incompletions not near anyone by Russell. Second one under pressure. – Huge stop by Raiders on opening series. With Rivers heating up, Michael Huff picked off a pass which deflected off the hands of Antonio Gates and returned it 10 yards to the 38. Score would have given Chargers considerable momentum following events that ended the first half. Scoring Oak_Sebastian Janikowski 34-yard field goal, 13:01 SD_Vincent Jackson 15-yard pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kicks PAT), 7:22 Oak_Louis Murphy 57-yard pass from JaMarcus Russell (Janikowski kicks PAT). SD_Darren Sproles 5-yard run (Kaeding kicks PAT), :18. Notes: – Sproles scores from the 5 as San Diego gains 166 yards in its last two drives. The Chargers had 152 yards total offense before those two drives. – Too much time left on the clock, Rivers quickly completes three straight passes to the Raiders 32 before Scott pressures him into an incompletion with 1:38 left. Already in range for Kaeding FG attempt. – Fourth-and-14, Russell to Murphy 57 yards. Man, what a blown coverage. Place goes nuts. – On third-and-15, JaMarcus Russell threads the needle to Johnnie Lee Higgins, who takes fercious hit from Eric Weddle, ball comes out incomplete. Fourth-and-14, 2:41 left. – Russell sacked by Ogemdi Nwagbuo (conventional spelling), took quick look to his right, didn’t see rush, lost seven yards. Third-and-15 at the 43. – Big break for Raiders, illegal hands to face on Shaun Phillips turns third-and-12 into first down after play came up short. Russell returns in place of Gradkowski. – Third-and-3 penalty, Cornell Green false start, turns it into third-and-8 at the 42-yard line with 3:57 left. – JaMarcus Russell injured a leg on a third-and-1 keeper for a first down, with Gradkowski coming in. – San Diego finally punctured the Raiders defense with a 77-yard, 10-play drive which featured the first real breakdowns of the game by Oakland. Jackson got loose behind Nnamdi Asomugha with Rivers throwing a perfect pass toward the left end zone, with Stanford Routt arriving late with a leap. The big defensive breakdown _ leaving Darren Sproles all by himself in the middle on third-and-12 for a 15-yard gain to the 16-yard line. – The Raiders drove 51 yards into the red zone but were forced to settle for a field goal when Russell’s third-down pass to Miller went for just two yards. It was disappointing in that a touchdown could have seized momentum, perhaps for good. Russell is out of synch with every receiver except Miller at this point. Here is referee Carl Cheffer’s response when asked by a pool reporter why Louis Murphy’s 15-yard touchdown reception late in the first half was overturned: Cheffers: We had a situation where the receiver caught the pass in the air and as he is coming down to the ground, he is actually going to the ground. That’s a defined term in our rule book, a player, a receiver who is going to the ground. The rule book says, if a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass, with or without contact by opponent – so that can be on his own; In this case, he got hit by an opponent – he must maintain control of the ball after he touches the ground, whether in the field of play or in the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete. That wasn’t the case. What we ruled, what we saw in replay, was that he was going to the ground, as he came down the ball came loose, he lost control of the ball, the ball skidded along the ground, he eventually completely lost control of the ball. So, by rule, by what we saw in review, it’s an incomplete pass. Q: So, this has nothing to do with him having both feet down – it has nothing to do with that, it has nothing to do with making a football move? It’s just what you said there? Cheffers: Yeah, he was up, I think if I remember, (on) one foot, he was getting contacted prior to his second foot coming down. By definition in our rule book, he’s going to the ground and has to maintain possession of the ball throughout the entire act of the catch. And in this case, he lost possession and the ball hit the ground. Therefore, it’s incomplete. Q: It was pretty clear-cut? Cheffers: Pretty clear-cut. News, notes and quotes from the Raiders’ 24-20 loss to the San Diego Chargers at the Coliseum: – Cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha was having difficulty reconciling the way they played defense for three quarters before the Chargers controlled the fourth quarter. “It was like two completely different games with what we did in the beginning and those last drives when they started throwing and doing that stuff,” Asomugha said. “We were good with the run and good with the pass and then in the fourth quarter we had a couple of breakdowns. That’s what hurt us.” – Coach Tom Cable thought the defense played it to loose over the last two drives. “We were playing off, maybe a little bit too soft,” Cable said. “Rivers did a nice job in using his backs. An I think that was really the difference in the last two drives.” Asomugha doesn’t think the Raiders would approach it any differently next time, just do it better. “For the majority of the game we were just palyihg tight out there. During a situation like that you don’t want to play tight on them because that’s when they’re going to do those crossing routes on you and pick you,” Asomugha said. “So we tried to go into more of a zone effect and see if that would work. “I think that’s what any team would do in that situation. For it not to work out, you obviously can’t beat yourself over the head. If we did it again, we’d probably be doing calls similar to what we did in that last two minutes.” – “We left a lot of plays out there and we let some things get away from us, but the best thing to do about that is get ready for Kansas City because we’ve got a short week,” Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell. – “We’re going to be a much better football team than people think. I am not afraid to say that. I was not afraid to say that when I took this job. We still have some work to do. We’re not there yet. Thats a heck of a football team and and we had a chance to get them,” Cable regarding the future of the team. The Raiders weren’t the only team insisting they are on the verge of turning the corner. “Yeah, they aren’t the same team,” tight end Antonio Gates said. “They have guys that want to win and play hard. I’ll tell you what _ it was a battle . . . they played their hearts out.” – Both rookie wide receiver Louis Murphy and Cable were surprised to see a 15-yard touchdown play overturned at the end of the first half. “I had no idea I lost the ball, honestly. I came down, and when I was pushing myself up, that’s the only time I really felt the ball come out, when I was getting up to celebrate,” Murphy said. “It is what it is. All my teammates said they thought it was a touchdown. Both feet and my rear end land in the end zone.” Said Cable: “He came down with both feet then his rear end hit the ground, and then the ball came out when he hit the ground. I thought if you came down with the ball in possession it was a touchdown, but he said he had to take it all the way to the ground with the ball secure. I don’t believe that is the rule, but we’ll see.” – The Raiders were 6-for-8 converting third downs in the first half and only 1-for-6 in the second half. – Strong safety Tyvon Branch had nine tackles, one tackle for loss and a pass defensed, while Chris Johnson had eight stops and two passes defensed. Both players were standouts until the final two drives when most everyone in the secondary was victimized. – Russell left briefly with a shin injury in the second half, giving way to Bruce Gradkowski, but returned to throw the 57-yard TD pass to Murphy. He said he is fine. – Wide receiver Johnnie Lee Higgins was the target of five passes and caught none, taking a ferocious lick from Eric Weddle late in the game to dislodge one catch. He did not finish the game. – Guard Robert Gallery injured his back and left for a few series but returned to finish the game. – Huge upgrades at both end spots in veterans Richard Seymour and Greg Ellis. Seymour had two sacks, Ellis one. Linebacker Thomas Howard said all the Raiders did in preparation for the game with Seymour was talk to him about certain roles. They kept it simple and Seymour played most of the game, pushing the pocket on several occasions when he didn’t reach the quarterback.