Before the game, the Denver Broncos were talking some serious smack about my team. They said, "You guys suck ass without Bo" and "We ownz j00" and "Bob Golic is a fat piece of s***". I told my players not to listen to any of that, because Golic is actually pretty lean compared to some of the players out there. Besides that I told them that they better give the Broncos the beating of their miserable existance...or else.

Injured:
RAI: Tim Brown, Bo Jackson

1st Quarter On my first play Jay Schroeder dumps it off to Marcus Allen and he slashes his way to the Denver 17. Steve Smith, filling in for Bo, runs it into the endzone from there. At my 45 yard line, Steve Sewell makes fools out of my linebackers for a 14 yard gain. After that, they waste 3 plays and kick a field goal. On my next possession, Schroeder throws a bullet to a diving Mervyn Fernandez at the Denver 23. After a short run by Allen, Schroeder hits Fernandez on a curl pattern just across the goalline for another TD. Raiders 14, Broncos 3

I think this was back before they even had pass interference. At least in video games.

This wide. Like, "No one on the screen" wide.

2nd Quarter At the start of the 2nd, Golic and Scott Davis each get a piece of John Elway to make it 3rd and 24. Golic, apparently fired up from pregame comments, unloads on Humphrey for a loss. After a lengthy punt that brought me inside the 20, Allen runs twice for 14 and a first down. Unfortunately, the next 3 plays aren't as successful, so I punt it back to them. Sewell makes a diving catch on first down and ends up at midfield. Humphrey gets smothered twice in a row, and Elway overthrows his receiver by 20 yards, so Mike Horan makes his way onto the field again. With 20 seconds left, Schroeder hurls a bomb to a wide open Willie Gault. 70-some yards later, Schroeder is jumping up and down and pumping his fist.

Halftime; Raiders 21, Broncos 3

So far, I'm doing a bang-up job. I haven't had much of a running game, but Schroeder has made up for it with about 170 yards passing. I've been pretty much been shutting down their offense, mostly thanks to Mr. Golic. Sewell is still irritating me.

3rd Quarter After sending Humphrey to the turf yet again, Golic knocks down a pass from Elway to bring up 3rd and long. Bob gets in Elway's face again, but the pass is completed to Mark Jackson at my 36. Humphrey gains 10 on the next 2 plays for a first down, but Howie Long takes avantage of the grapple between Elway and Golic on the next play for a loss of 11. On third down Elway is blitzed and throws it away, setting up David Treadwell to kick a 48-yarder. For most Tecmoers that would be a chip shot; of course, the CPU kickers have a harder time with those. After the missed field goal, Allen runs 18 yards to midfield for an obvious first down. My receivers are left wide open on the next play, but Schroeder instead dumps it to Allen on the flat for a first down. On 3rd down Schroeder ignores Fernandez and Gault again and Allen gets another one thrown to him and gallops 20 yards to the endzone (that was the worst sentence ever). Raiders 28, Broncos 3

Just makes me want to break out those old NFL Films tapes.

Don't mess with Golic, fool!

4th Quarter On Denver's next drive, Humphrey gets to midfield on a huge 21 yard run. After another sack by Long, Golic forces a John Elway fumble, but unfortunately he recovers it himself. On 4th and 20, Elway fires a pass to Jackson, but Anderson was there to bat it down to force a turnover on downs. On first and 10, Warren Powers becomes the lucky one out of the 11 blitzers to record a sack. The Broncos get lucky again as Schroeder throws a pick to Steve Atwater at the Denver 40. But their luck runs out on the next play as Humphrey is taken out with a broken pinky toe. After Mark Winder gets an warm welcome from Golic, Jackson makes another catch for 38 yards on 3rd down. I zone out for a while, but I get the ball back on downs anyway. After my next 2 plays get picked, Schroeder throws an incompletion and we're punting. Winder gets anihilated on 4 straight plays, so I get the ball at the 17 with 20 seconds left. I finish the game with a TD catch from Fernandez.

This reaffirms my assessment of the Denver Broncos. They suck beyond belief. I even think the Indianapolis Colts put up a better fight than these bums. If Jay Schroeder can put up 221 yards and 4 TDs, you know there's got to be something wrong. Their offense played pretty bad too. Oh well, I'm glad I pounded these losers.
Schroeder played a nice game, but the real hero of the day was that bearded wild man, Bob Golic. He was there to make the stop on nearly every play, especially up the middle where he made runners pay dearly. Just ask Bobby Humphrey; he's still feeling the power of Bob.

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Rest of the Week

CHI 7, MIN 17 CHI: 205 total yds, 11 first downs MIN: 216 total yds, 8 first downs	SF 23, NO 24 SF: Montana 58% for 215 yds 1 INT NO: 105 rush yds
HOU 19, DAL 27 HOU: Jeffries 4 rec 151 yds DAL: Aikman 52% for 215 yds 1 INT	CIN 24, PIT 20 CIN: 152 rush yds PIT: Brister 61% for 206 yds 1 INT
IND 30, JETS 28 IND: George 64% for 280 yds 1 INT JETS: Toon 3 rec 87 yds	GIA 21, PHX 25 GIA: 219 total yds, 11 first downs PHX: Proehl 8 rec 221 yds
BUF 24, GB 20 BUF: Thomas 13 car 100 yds GB: Sharpe 6 rec 161 yds	MIA 34, NE 20 MIA: Marino 76% for 242 yds 1 INT NE: Cook 4 rec 94 yds
CLE 17, PHI 20 CLE: 222 total yds, 6 first downs PHI: QB Eagles 75% for 207 yds 1 INT	KC 28, RAMS 31 KC: Okoye 12 car 113 yds, 1 rec 34 yds RAMS: Anderson 5 rec 119 yds
SD 13, SEA 28 SD: Butts 11 car 109 yds SEA: Krieg 68% for 288 yds 0 INTs	DET 27, TB 21 DET: Peete 75% for 232 yds 1 INT TB: Cobb 7 car 64 yds, 2 rec 57 yds
WAS 27, ATL 24 WAS: Monk 8 rec 206 yds ATL: Collins 4 rec 124 yds

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Raiders' stats

Offense: 2737 total yds (19th), 1098 pass yds (28th), 1639 rush yds (1st)
Defense: 1959 total yds (1st), 918 pass yds, (1st), 1041 pass yds (16th)
Individual
Passing: Schoeder 32/65 (49.2%) 1098 yds (16.8 avg) 12 TDs 5 INTs 142.9 rating (NR)
Rushing: Jackson 118 car 1346 yds (11.4 avg) 17 TDs (1st)
Receiving: Fernandez 11 rec 450 yds (40.9 avg) 6 TDs (NR)
Defense: Ellison 13 sacks (T-3), Anderson 4 INTs (T-6)
Returning: Brown 12.2 KR avg (29th), 8.6 PR avg (T-13)
Kicking: Jaeger 2/8 FGA (28th...), Gossett 52.1 punt avg (1st)

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Week 11 Standings

Buffalo Bills 9-1
Los Angeles Raiders 8-1-1
Miami Dolphins 7-3
Cincinnati Bengals 7-3
Seattle Seahawks 5-5
Kansas City Chiefs 4-5-1
Houston Oilers 4-6
Pittsburgh Steelers 4-6
Denver Broncos 4-6
Cleveland Browns 4-6
New England Patriots 3-7
Indianapolis Colts 3-7
New York Jets 2-8
San Diego Chargers 2-8

New York Giants 8-2
San Fransisco 49ers 7-3
Minnesota Vikings 6-5
New Orleans Saints 5-5
Los Angeles Rams 5-5
Philadelphia Eagles 5-5
Detroit Lions 5-5
Washington Redskins 5-5
Phoenix Cardinals 5-6
Dallas Cowboys 4-6
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4-6
Green Bay Packers 4-6
Atlanta Falcons 4-6