Oakland Raiders Week 7 : Pressures, Hurries, and Knockdowns

Hello again, Raider Nation, and welcome to this week's edition of Pressures, Hurries, and Knockdowns, Raider style.

After beating the Chargers, the team got a bit of a reprieve from me last week as there were less pressures and general negativity than usual. One thing I mentioned, though, was being worried about playing an 0-5 rival Niners squad that would be fired up and motivated to win.

Well I was half right; the Niners were 0-5 and I was worried, but they weren't fired up or inspired at all.

Unfortunately, after stagnating on two early drives, neither were we, and the malaise in that stadium was so thick you could taste it. Eventually, the Niners decided they should show up, and we still stayed back in the locker room and slept-walked through a 17-9 loss.

So,...

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