Raiders Blog and Q&A

News, observations and reader questions about the Oakland Raiders

August 29, 2009
Raiders-Saints running game blog

Captains - Tommy Kelly, Oren O'Neal, Sebastian Janikowski

Out - Justin Fargas, Mike Mitchell, Ike Ekejiuba, Kirk Morrison, Slade Norris, Khalif Barnes, John Wade, Matt Shaughnessy, Chaz Schilens

Raiders cut linebacker Napoleon Harris and signed undrafted linebacker Chris O'Neil.

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Saints take opening drive 80 yards in 10 plays, culminating with Heath Evans four-yard TD run. Drive took 5:31. 7-0, Saints

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Russell, after two completions to move Raiders to New Orleans' 27, fumbles...Saints bal

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Raiders with no pressure, and no coverage as Brees hits a wide-open Deverey Henderson for 40-yard TD.
Saints 14, Raiders 0

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Raiders go three and out, RIcky Schmitt punts, Shane Lechler still nursing sore groin

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Brees is picking this defense apart...here come the boo birds

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Saints score again...5-yard TD pass Brees to Lance Moore...Saints go 78 yards in 11 plays in 3:53. Saints 21, Raiders 0

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Thankfully for the Raiders, Brees is out...Mark Brunell now in...with 11:43 to play in first half

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Murphy with his second dropped pass

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Raiders defense can't stop anyone right now. Brunell leading Saints down field now. Two PI flags on Stanford Routt on this drive. 1st and goal and Raiders 7 yard line

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Carney with a 35-yard field goal, Saints 24, Raiders 0, with 5:09 left in second quarter...

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DMC fumbles, Saints ball at Raiders' 6-yard-line

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Hiram Eugene picks off Brunell two yards deep in end zone, returns it to the 31 yard line

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Robert Meachem rambles 71 yards through a non-tackling Raiders defense and a catch and run before he's caight at the 1-yard line...

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TD Saints, P.J. Hill...PAT good, Saints 31, Raiders 0...1:21 remaining in half

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Halftime...thankfully. Chris Johnson picks off Brunell's Hail Mary pass in end zone with one second to play and returns it to the 50...

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Second half begins, JaMarcus Russell still under center...Jeff Garcia should play most of second half, though

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First half horror - Saints outgain Raiders 344 yards to 60, including 92-1 on the ground. Raiders also called for 6 penalties for 69 yards

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Louis Murphy with a circus catch, 56 yard pickup before having the ball stripped. Not a good day for the Gator.

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With the Raiders' starting defense still on the field, Saints score again...Hill with 11-yard run. Saints 38, Raiders 0, 4:40 remaining in third quarter.

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Garcia finds Murphy, who holds onto the ball, for a 16-yard pickup...

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Garcia finds Murphy, who picks up 30 yards and does not fumble...1st and 10 at Saints' 20 yard line...

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Raiders turn ball over on downs, and Joey Harrington - remember him? - leads a scoring drive. Saints 45, Raiders 0...Raiders lost a preseason game to Chiefs, 48-0, in 1967...in Portland Ore

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Garcia hits Jonathan Holland and he eludes two tackles for a 43-yard score... Saints 45, Raiders 7. 6:06 to go

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Post game news - Nnamdi Asomugha has a chip fracture in his left wrist, Cable says he should not miss much time, if any at all

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Matt Kawahara was born in Sacramento and attended McClatchy High School and UC Berkeley, where he wrote for the independent student paper The Daily Californian. He graduated from Cal in 2010 and started at The Sacramento Bee as a summer intern. He joined The Bee's sports staff in fall 2011.

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