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Titolo: (NFL) Raiders on the move

Chissà chi sceglieranno adesso con la prima scelta assoluta... Mah...
Raiders cut ties with Brooks after one season
Associated Press
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The Oakland Raiders cut ties with Aaron Brooks on
Thursday, declining to pick up the option on the quarterback's
contract after one difficult season.
Brooks, who would have been due a $5 million roster bonus if he had
stayed on the roster, failed to win any of his eight starts with the
Raiders. The QB, who signed with Oakland after six seasons with the
New Orleans Saints, will now look to join his third team in as many
years.
Brooks' one season in Oakland got off to a disastrous start when he
was sacked seven times in a season-opening 27-0 loss to the San Diego
Chargers. He got hurt after fumbling two snaps from center the
following week in Baltimore and missed the next seven games with a
strained pectoral muscle.
Brooks played better after his return in November, but still was
unable to generate a win for his new team. He finished the season with
a passer rating of 61.7 after completing 57.3 percent of his passes
and throwing eight interceptions and three touchdown passes. He was
sacked 26 times in eight games.
The problems on Oakland's offense went much deeper than the
quarterback. Receivers Randy Moss and Jerry Porter were disgruntled
and unproductive all season, running back LaMont Jordan went down with
a season-ending knee injury in the same game Brooks returned from his
injury, and the offensive line was one of the worst in the league.
Brooks acknowledged late in the season that he never could have
imagined all that went wrong in his one season with the Raiders.
Oakland scored just 168 points in 2006, the fifth fewest in a 16-game
season, and failed to score on offensive touchdown in eight games.
Offensive coordinator Tom Walsh, who had been out of the NFL for more
than a decade before returning to the Raiders, was demoted late in the
season.
Head coach Art Shell was fired following the 2-14 season, the worst in
owner Al Davis' more than four decades with the franchise. Lane Kiffin
replaced Shell and has overhauled the offensive coaching staff.
With third-string quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo expected to leave as
a free agent, Andrew Walter will likely be the only quarterback to
return from last season. Walter went 2-6 in place of the injured
Brooks last season, struggling with turnovers and accuracy.
Walter threw 13 interceptions, lost nine fumbles and was sacked 46
times. He completed only 53.3 percent of his passes, threw for three
touchdowns and had a passer rating of 55.8.
Oakland also has the No. 1 pick in April's draft and could use it to
select one of the two quarterbacks in the draft, JaMarcus Russell out
of LSU or Brady Quinn of Notre Dame. The team also could target a
veteran in free agency.

 failed to win any of his eight starts with the Raiders
oltre a questo
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Ma non era Raiders on the storm? (cit)
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> Ma non era Raiders on the storm? (cit)
era Raiders of the lost Gab
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> era Raiders of the lost Gab
Ma se Gab è Lost e non si e' mai visto nella serie, vuol dire che ci
sono degli others others others?
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 sono degli others others others?
è la puntata in cui Gabbo salta fuori dalla sabbia modello "tre uomini e 
una gamba" urlando a squarciagola "Yankees Sucks!", ma arriva il Gaspa e 
gli caccia in bocca una forma di ricotta. Il resto della scena è stato 
tagliato per motivi si sicurezza nazionale, ma tutti quelli che hanno 
assistito alle riprese sono ora sono seguiti da uno psicologo
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 assistito alle riprese sono ora sono seguiti da uno psicologo
ROTFL!!!!
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Saluti
Gabriele
Tessera ISPA #106
"Dodgers back to Brooklyn Club" #2 subscriber
HAIL TO THE REDSKINS! & GO TRIBE!

>ma arriva il Gaspa e  gli caccia in bocca una forma di ricotta
che schifo ste cose mosciiie ...
fossi igGabbo avrei preferito un classico TLA  !


CJ oltre ad essere 6-5 per 238lbs ha corso le 40 yards in 4.35!!!
Atleta mostruoso direi, difficile passarlo alla 1 anche se un WR non ti 
serve.
Magari fanno una trade down, cercando un QB
Adrian Peterson fa 4.38 e quasi sicuramente si assicura il pick di 
Cleveland.
CIAO
TEO