HUGE NEWS That Makes Rams Game A Must Win For Raiders

You know, I was sitting here prepping some sort of video because we're talking a lot about Brian Thomas and we're talking a lot about Ashton Gentry. Now, actually, maybe he's having a better season than people think in the offensive line, blah, blah, blah. And I was like, do I have enough here to talk to you about to make a full video? Because, yeah, I can come on here and yap again about Brian Thomas or Ashton Gentry for 10 minutes and then pretend that was enough to give you a video. But I want to really have something to talk about, to actually press record and to give you guys something that's valuable. and as I was sitting here thinking, is there enough to talk about, boom, Puka Nacua injured. I've got takes about this in particular. A take obviously is, what's the word I'm looking for, it is contingent on the idea that Puka might not play in this game, because if Puka doesn't play in this game, there are zero excuses for the Las Vegas Raiders. I do not care, this is a must-win game. The Raiders are on a three game losing streak, but it's the weirdest three game losing streak I've ever seen because with each loss, I guess, except for the Patriots loss, my confidence seems to be growing in their ability to compete with the best of the best, even though they keep losing the games. I mean, they lost to the Chiefs and the Bills by a combined six points. And the fact that it's still sitting at a 66% chance for the Rams to win this game on Kalshi is wild to me i think there is some extreme value in purchasing the yes contract for the Raiders if you put 25 on that if the Raiders win outright it's 70 payout 26 cents obviously you have different point spreads here you can go down to if you're more comfortable with that anytime touchdown first TD I like the Raiders in this game Devontae Adams is out six to ten weeks we're scoring 30 points per game and we can't even run the football yet imagine what we're going to be able to look like when we start playing up to our full potential now if you are interested in checking out Kalshi you can use code all aboard to instantly get 25 when you trade 25 and the reason why Kalshi is so unique and different and why i prefer it over your traditional sports book is because unlike your traditional sports book where you're betting against the house on Kalshi you are trading purchasing yes or no contracts with the market that's set with peer-to-peer trading and you can trade on anything you want sports media movies politics you name it Kalshi has it okay there are moments maybe besides last year in every Raiders season that we point to the ones that come to mind are a handful of years ago we beat Lamar Jackson in Baltimore our home opener against the Bryce Youngless Panthers because he was benched for Andy Dalton if we win this game we're two and one we can go on a little run here, we get blown out. Last year, we were 1-1 going into Washington, D.C. to play a backup quarterback in Marcus Mariota. We get blown out. Tyson Bagent beating Josh McDaniels. There are so many moments where the Raiders have a chance to rewrite a narrative, the Raiders have a chance to prove themselves, and it's a game where things have lined up for them to be able to win a game that people think maybe they shouldn't win and then they don't do it they fall flat on their face they don't get the job done we started out three and oh we've dropped three straight besides the Patriots game which right now feels like a bit of an outlier we were very close with the Chiefs game very close with the Bills game and very close is awesome and it steps in the right direction and yada yada yada but you need to learn how to finish games and you need to learn how to compete in games and steal games that you shouldn't win people said I was crazy before the season started to predict that we could beat the Rams, because I thought the Rams had an older roster than people were talking about, and now, what is it, the roost is coming to rule, what is it, what's the thing, you know the thing, Devontae's out, Miles Garrett's out, Puna Ford's out, they have some other injuries they're dealing with, and now Puka Nakua leaves practice early due to a calf injury, we know he wasn't healthy coming into the season, it took him a little bit to get going, now he is healthy, now he's not healthy. Kyron Williams is complaining about not getting the ball enough. Matthew Stafford is having his worst year as a Ram. He's a statue. We're top half of the league in getting pressure. We're not great against the run, but we can stack the box because they don't have any receivers. And this is that classic game where the Raiders go into it with a chance to win, and they've got all the injuries that they're dealing with, they being the opponent, And Sean McVay gets out of his slump Because he plays the lowly Raiders It happens time and time again I'm sure in the comments You guys can list A bunch of other examples of games like this Like the Commanders game Like the Bears game Like the Panthers game That have absolutely destroyed Our season and our spirits I don't want to be Competitive in this game and lose I thought maybe we could beat the Chiefs Who knows what happens if Darien Young doesn't fumble the football. I thought we could be competitive with the Bills, but probably fall a little bit short. I fully think we can, and I fully expect the Raiders to beat the Los Angeles Rams. I thought that would be the case with Puka Nakua on the field. Now that he's not on the field, Clint Kubiak and company have to show, like they did in the first three weeks, that they are capable of beating a team that they are equal to or better than at this current moment. because without Puka Nakua, the Rams have nothing. They have Kyron Williams and Matthew Stafford, and Matthew Stafford has not been playing well, save for one game against a Buffalo defense that everybody goes off against, with Devontae and Puka there. Now with both of them gone, how can you convince me that we should not win this football game in Las Vegas with the Jets coming up before a little bit of a gauntlet? You have a chance to grab hold of this season and have people talk about you in a playoff sense. You win this game, you win the next. You're 5-3. Mendoza is still a distant afterthought. Kirk Cousins still leading the league in touchdowns. Maybe you make a trade at the trade deadline. We get Ashton Gentry going. We're going to talk about Ashton Gentry a little bit here because there is a stat that's pretty crazy about Ashton's year because it feels like he's having such a bad year. He's actually having, and we'll get into it. But I stand by my prediction that we should win this game. And now with the idea that Puka is out, there's just no excuses there's just no excuses they gotta find a way to protect the football and win this football game now the Brian Thomas thing is very interesting because now Bill Barnwell who if Barnwell says something it really gets caught up in the NFL media cycle writes articles all the time potential trades and roster stuff and he's respected by a lot of people uh it's on Yahoo Sports story by heavy Raiders urge to finalize Brian Thomas Jr trade as Jaguars tension peaks. Liam Cohen didn't bother sugarcoating reality about Brian Thomas Jr. after the 34-31 loss to Houston. His cold post-game remarks, that guy simply have to step up and make plays served in the media, but bat signal across the league. ESPN's Bill Barnwell expects the Raiders to ride that wave to the phone lines. The most obvious candidate for a Thomas trade, though, would be the Las Vegas Raiders. Offseason addition to Jalen Naylor signed a three-year $35 million extension. He had six catches in five games. Bowers is brilliant, and Michael Mayer has been a viable inline tight end but head coach Clint Kubiak needs a receiver who can both stretch the defense and run a full route tree Barnwell sees the Raiders taking at least or the Jaguars taking at least 2027 second round pick for the Thomas Jr. trade the real question is can the Raiders pay up the Raiders playoff chances are sub 10 percent per FPI and barring a significant winning streak they're not really in a place to add short-term options for 2026 Thomas would be more of a long-term addition he's owed 3.5 million combined over the next two years and have a 50 year option available yeah we got him a long time here thomas would be making number three receiver money for the raiders with upside the potential lead option and yeah so if you want to just see it here ESPN's Bill Barnwell's trade proposal raiders get Brian Thomas Jr jaguars get a 2027 second round pick what are your thoughts what are your thoughts i don't hate it again if it's an effort thing don't love that don't love that if it's a scheme thing i think there's a real chance that brian thomas jr is better than a receiver that you get in the second round i will say this if they want brian thomas jr they being the Raiders if we want brian thomas jr on the team he can he'll be on the team if they don't trade for him assuming that Jacksonville's not asking for something crazy like a first they're not going to get a first from everybody anyway if they don't trade for him to me that signals that they're going to draft the receiver in the first round because they're not going to trade for one in the offseason their first round pick is too valuable we don't know we're going to be drafting and there's not going to be any huge free agents on the market maybe for George Pickens but George Pickens doesn't feel like a spy tech guy we could have had Marvin Harrison if we really wanted him we could have had we could have Brian Thomas Jr. if we really want him now does the emergence of Trey Tucker here wrinkle any of these plans. Maybe, or maybe they think it'd be the perfect possession receiver to match up with someone like a Trey Tucker. I do think the success that they're having with the two tight ends and Trey and Ashton receiving are maybe causing them to be a little bit hesitant in terms of going out and using draft capital because Spytek really hit with his second round draft pick and trade in Stukes. And I do think they believe in Jack Besh. Jack Besh was starting to have a little bit of a better year and then of course broke his uh forearm is there any update on how long an injury like that takes for someone like Jack Besh okay i'm reading blah blah blah jack Besh heads to the IR was it short term or is it out just indefinitely Jack Besh blah blah yeah i don't know how long he's gonna be out i don't know if he can come back this season broken forearm broken I'm looking up the injury timeline here broken forearm recovery time NFL this is the AI thing grain of salt recovery time for a broken forearm is 6 to 8 weeks for a standard return to action though severe surgical cases 3 to 6 months hey so best case scenario I mean he broke it in what week 3 yeah that's going to be the end of the season if he comes back at all so look if they trade for somebody that means they think they need one badly and they can't do any better than the draft next year for a free agency. But if they don't, I don't know. I don't know. Only time will tell. Look at this stat here. It's just hard to believe, but it's interesting. Let me zoom in. Running backs with 300-plus rushing yards and 200-plus receiving yards. Kyron Williams, Jameer Gibbs, Jalen Warren, Ashton Gentry. I believe Gentry is, where did I see it? I think he was 19th in yards for running backs or something like that, and second yards receiving back. Look, Ashton Gentry, he has a lot of stacked boxes, and he's not seeing some of the lanes. Mike Washington has looked better in limited time. But where he is making up for it, I'm not just talking fantasy football, but just in general as an impact player, is in the pass game. Now, you don't want to draft Darren Sproles sixth overall. it's just so frustrating because it seems like like I was shocked when it said he had 10 carries for 22 yards it felt like he ran better in that game and he does make an impact passing the football and this stat is you know it's good company to have Jalen Warren's having a very good year this year it's just like if he you know what he's missing is the home run he seems like throughout the game he has these good runs in these good moments and he's breaking tackles and he's very impactful as a receiver which again was supposed to be his knock in college but he's just missing that home run in games where he went off last year against the Texans against the Bears he had those boom home runs gone 60 yards gone and right now we're not springing them and that's the difference between somebody like a him and a Kenneth Walker's Kenneth Walker's hitting these home runs Jameer Gibbs and Brian Robinson Bijan Robinson are hitting these home runs that he's just not hitting and that's the difference they got to find a way to have him be in a position to hit home runs again no more uses for him but this this did put in a little bit of a perspective of uh you know exactly what Ashton Gentry is doing this season he is an impactful player no doubt about it it's just when you're drafted sixth overall you expect more than 10 for 22 and i know some people think he's injured and you know maybe maybe he is injured maybe he's like he can't walk and it's a miracle that he's even playing football but like i said for the longest time and for right now for the time being if you're on the field i'm gonna operate like you should be a top 10 pick and i just haven't seen that yet but here's what we're gonna end with for a little bit more of a perspective here it's uh shut up and uh baldy talking about the perspective of the raiders so far this year i'm gonna work five to one uh biggest additions i'm start first of all i'm gonna go to coach we'll go clint kubiak as the fifth biggest addition from what we've seen so far in the league let's go to 2025 raiders this is a team that was 3 and 14 they averaged 14.2 points a game dead last in the league through six weeks they've already matched their win total they're three and three they're averaging 27 points a game six in the league they've almost doubled their offensive output kirk cousins comes in there he deserves some credit for that but i got to give clint kubiak uh a nod here for being a massive addition not just for this team but this organization and laying the foundation for eventually fernando mendoza yeah i agree and so just to put something into perspective there and also to say this everybody said and maybe i've said this at a certain point but i've now realized that it's it's a little bit skewed the most important thing about this season is what figuring out what fernando mendoza is he the guy is he the guy get him on the field blah blah blah that was not the most important thing. The most important thing was making sure we had a guy at the head coaching position in Clint Kubiak. Because if Mendoza is all that, but we don't have the guy at the head coaching spot, that could be the difference between Caleb Williams' rookie year and Caleb Williams now. That could be the difference between Trevor Lawrence now and Trevor Lawrence his first few years in the season. Mendoza could be awesome. And if Clint Kubiak stinks, then we stink. But I feel like I'm pretty confident in saying we know we got a guy in Clint Kubiak. And what DJ just said there, kind of proves that. So, there's a little food for thought. If Puka doesn't play, we gotta win this game. Like, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. And I think we will. I'm confident. I believe in Clint Kubiak. And if we don't, we're gonna have a separate discussion. Hit that like button, comment away, and please be sure to subscribe to this channel. I love you guys.