Shock Report:NFL's Oakland Raiders Threw the Game...

Armstrong and Getty ^ | 9/29/17

[Mrs.Z]

Inside sources say that the Oakland Raiders offensive line threw the game against the Redskins after QB Derek Carr refused to kneel for the National Anthem.

[laplata]

Don’t respect the Country, don’t respect the game.........gee wonder where this will end up? Once fans questions the integrity of the players, it’s “Turn out the lights, the party’s over”.

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And no respect or loyalty to the country translates into no respect or loyalty to the team. The big pay check is all that matters to many of them. Thug mentality.

[GSWarrior]

Will we see two leagues—BFL and the WFL?

[Alberta's Child]

New York just cut a deal last year to allow DraftKings and FanDuel to operate in the state. For all its flaws as a leftist state, New York keeps an industry like this with enormous exposure to potential financial shenanigans under very close scrutiny.

[Rummyfan]

Well, the Raiders did lay a big egg in that game. Im no Vegas line-setter, but I expected Oakland to wipe the floor with the Redskins. If this is true, the league is in even bigger doo-doo.

[butlerweave]

The NFL becomes the WWF/WWE in one season ,LOL

[Reno89519]

The owners ceded control over to their employees. Serves them right if those employees threw the game. Losses and boycotts will cost them in the pocketbook.

[cincinnati65]

Didn't watch the game, but watched a few highlights at the link. What I saw was Carr making two really bad throws that weren't protection related -- just bad throws, and then one of the Raiders' corners was getting burnt like toast all night. He did show good hustle back to the ball when he was burnt to lay a lick on the receiver, but it looked like the corner was just giving too much cushion to me, and Cousins picked him apart on it.

I don't think that necessarily constitutes "throwing" the game. I think the corner was just worried about getting beat deep more than he probably should have been.

[laplata]

Was a big Raiders fan in the 60s and 70s (I was born in Oakland) but gave up on them years ago when Gruden went to Tampa.
Also haven’t watched an NFL game in over 15 years, so I didn’t watch the game. While it would actually please me if true, I’m *very* skeptical of this claim.

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I went to some great Raiders-Broncos playoff games in Denver in those days. Madden pounding the ground was part of the fun. Those were good times. Now it’s gone. Very sad.

[Rebelbase]

This is heading to a new NFL bowl game called the Zebra Bowl.

White all-stars vs. black all-stars.

[The Sons of Liberty]

ins & losses is not the point here. It's thuggery disguised as a sporting event.

Exactly, but these thugs are cutting their own throats - the epitome of stupidity,

[SteveH]

Kaepernick’s original take the knee protest seemed to target NFL “racist” owners as much as anyone else. Kaepernick was influenced by his radical Muslim fiancee and radical BLM sympathizers.

Accordingly anyone who did/does not take the knee along with Kaepernick against the NFL owners could be viewed as a supporter of racism.

A significant amount of NFL income comes from domestic and international gambling audiences.

Accordingly NFL is now vulnerable to charges of throwing games if any of their teams demonstrate disunity over taking the knee and subsequently exhibit suspicious unsportsmanlike behavior on the field. NFL teams and games have to be 99.9% above reproach in order to form a basis for gambling and generating gambling audiences.

[laplata]

The NFL becomes the WWF/WWE in one season ,LOL

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Yep.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I wonder what those offensive linemen will do when Vito and Vinnie show up for a little talk? :-)

[CIB-173RDABN]

Unfortunately, waiting for bombshells to be proven before hopping on the bandwagon isn’t as common as it should be.

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It is called KARMA and she is a b1tch

[mewzilla]

How will Vegas deal with this?

Cement cleats.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Go look at the highlights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHlA-tbRxkU

The first two sacks occurred early. Oakland was in a shotgun, which should have made it easier to protect Carr. The O line formed a small pocket which immediately collapsed on Carr. Next play, same thing. It looked like Carr's protection just backed up until he got buried. There was also talk about a bunch of dropped passes but I couldn't find any video or even stats.

In any case Oakland's offense looked disorganized? out of synch? disinterested? Pick one.

[kabar]

And in two years the Raiders will be moving to Las Vegas where betting on NFL games is legal. Now what could go wrong?

[cincinnati65]

That was pretty damning audio. The quote was not good at all for the NFL.

[Terry Mross]

If it’s true there will be players who admit it. Like the Tennessee Titans player who said if people don’t like it then don’t have to come to the games. These people typically “arnt tu bryte”. Plus, they believe they have all the power. And right now they do. As Trump said, the owners are afraid of the players.

By the way, some former Bush appointee said “the game is about the players”. Mmmm, I thought it was about entertaining the fans.

[Lockbox]

Ticket sales are off 18%.