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To place blame for 0-10 on a promising rookie QB w/no supporting running game would be crazy. There are chances still for a Raider win in 2014. Next up is the Chiefs at home, and this could be a trap game for KC. Maybe a letdown after the Seattle win? Chiefs play Denver a week later so the Raider are sandwiched between two big games. Then there's SF. Raiders sandwiched between two Niner-Seahawk games. Raider defense has played well in recent outings, maybe a couple breaks could spell a win for Oakland?
If that fails, there's Buffalo.

If that fails, there's Buffalo.

Like I said, EVERY time they have a promising start, it follows with a 2nd half of the season implosion.

Since the 1933 season there have been 46 teams in the NFL who finished the season
with one or no wins. Nine of these teams were winless although two of them (1982 Colts 0-8-1 and 1960 Cowboys 0-11-1) tied one game. The Colts tie came in their seventh game and the Cowboys tie was in their 11th game.

Of the 37 teams with only one victory 13 had one or more tie games. The remaining 24 teams had records ranging from 1-9 to 1-15.

Of these 24 teams only four began with 0-10 records.
The 1971 Buffalo Bills won in their 11th game, the 2000 Chargers in their 12th game,
the 2007 Dolphins in their 14th game and 1980 Saints in their 15th game. The 2007 Dolphins victory was in overtime – the only game won by these 24 teams in overtime. Conversely the 2001 Panthers, 1969 Steelers and 1936 Eagles each won their first game and were winless the rest of the season.

Of the 24 teams with only one win, only two teams scored their sole victory over teams who finished the season with winning records: the 1969 Steelers defeated the Detroit Lions 16-13 in week one and the Lions went on to finish with a 9-4-1 record; the 1989 Cowboys in their ninth game defeated the Redskins who finished at 10-6. The 1991 Colts in their 10th game defeated the Jets who would finish at .500 with an 8-8 record.

So there's still hope for the Raiders.

Just win one, Baby.

And they did!

Looks like Derek Carr and James Jones answered the question last night.

Hmmmm ... I haven't seen any stories about the 1976-77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers drinking champagne ...

I think the Bucs used up their champagne in 2008 after the Lions' final game....

I think they'll eke out one more win this year. And actually, most of their losses have not been blowouts.

I would still trade the first-round pick down though for more picks.

rhickok1109 wrote:Hmmmm ... I haven't seen any stories about the 1976-77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers drinking champagne ...

I'm pretty sure that when you're 0-16 you drink Kool-Aid.

JuggernautJ wrote:

rhickok1109 wrote:Hmmmm ... I haven't seen any stories about the 1976-77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers drinking champagne ...

I'm pretty sure that when you're 0-16 you drink Kool-Aid.

I'm sure when you go 0-16, you start drinking.