You remind of that ESPN commercial. Talking out of your ass. Piteous defense? They ranked 1st in passing yards/game last season, and 3rd total yards allowed. They're defensive line is still the same but Sapp is still good 5-10 sacks per season and Derrick Burgess is a good 10+ sacks a season. They have one of the most promising defenses in the NFL. Kirk Morrison? Michael Huff? Nnamdi Asomugha? Thomas Howard? Fabian Washington? Stuart Schweigert?

Their offense is a different story but if Daunte finds a connection with one of the recievers and Williams has a reconnection with his former positions coach, it should be a good 5-6+ win season. Easily.

But if they went 1-15, it wouldn't matter. Hello Darren McFadden.  

I honestly don't know what else you could say that would prove how little you actually know about the oakland raiders. Seriously, it's understandable if you bash them in some random forum. This is the home of a basketball team based in oakland.

I could name the differences to this team easily. First of all, we actually have a real quarterback. Not Walter. His names Cullpepper, and he's actually a bonafide starter. JaMarcus has nothing to do with this team this year. He won't play.

The defense was ranked 3rd overall last year, and they're actually a very young defense. Other than a couple of fossils they are going to be well oiled. Our schedule is fairly easy compared to years past. As typically there would be 8 games we just couldn't win this year there are only 4 that are virtually unwinnable: the two against san diego, indy, and chicago.

Our defense gives us a legitimate shot at every other game we play, especially if our offense is marginally better than it was last year, which it should be considering we have wide recievers who will actually cooperate with Kiffin, and a quarterback who's been a winner before.

Is this JaMarcus' team in the future? I think so. Is it JaMarcus' team now? No.

Is he even relevant? Not yet.

We always get spanked by Denver. If we can beat the teams we need to beat, there's no reason we can't go 8-8. It's unlikely though. I don't see them improving that much over the course of a year. I see 6-10 and 7-9 Both being in their grasp.

In any case, I think they're much better than last year and they will not be in the cellar anymore.

They will win 2 games in the first month.

i can tell your a niner fan who doesn't know what hes talking about.  atleast you realize that you won't go 10-6 but i think that even 8-8 is a stretch.  puh-lease nfc west stacked?  havent you been watching espn at all.  they say possibly the 6 or 7 best teams are in the AFC.  And the two best nfc teams chicago and new orleans are not in the niners division!  do the math...nfc west isn't very good.  on knbr some guy said that it will be interesting because all the teams in the nfc west will have a shot at winning the division.  my logic:  your division must suck if the niners are just as good as anyone in it.

now.. the raiders may lose more games then the niners, but remember, just a few years ago the niners were the most pathetic thing in football.  we were atleast competitive with our defense last year.  its just that our qb was getting sacked every play.  we have a much better coaching staff this year and our line IS better this year.    my prediction we win atleast 5 or 6 games.  who knows, maybe our offense will surprise some people because we do have some talented recievers and we win 8.  not likely but we will be way better this year.  

like the other guy said.. you sound like your talking out of your ass.

If the 9ers don't win their division after this off season then it's a colossal waste of time and money, not to mention a huge disappointment. They're ready.

Hasselbeck is going to get hurt early. Seneca Wallace is a decent backup but he can't put the team on his back.

It's the 9ers to lose, if you ask me.

bro do u know how dumb you sound when you call someone out for being a biased raider fan and you follow it up with "im a niner fan and we will go 10-6"

Asomugha was one of the best corners in the league last year.  and if you watched the raider games, the other teams had the ball the entire game as our offense went three and out every time because of the offensive line and the stupid ass coaches, and our defense was still impressive.

I havent heard anyone who thinks the niners have a shot at the superbowl and whoever you heard that from you should have slapped them on the spot.  what i have heard from most people:  alex smith doesnt look very impressive and that the playoffs would be a stretch.  its pretty bad when people on knbr half jokingly say that the first game of the year for the niners is a must win.  and half jokingly means it has some truth to it.  if they do make the playoffs it will be because the nfc is hella weak.  
and as much as i hate the denver broncos, they are a damn good team.  they may be second tier to the colts and company, but if you put them at second tier the forty niners and the raiders are a 5th tier team.  really dude.  the niners have absolutely no shot against a team like the broncos.  neither do the raiders, but im not pretending they do.