As a passionate Raiders fan, it is by nature that I hate the Broncos. They have screwed my Raiders one too many times, so I would like nothing more than to pummel them into a smooth puree. Bobby Humphrey will most likely fillet my linebackers, but with a repeat performance of last week's pounding of Houston's passing game, I hope to send horse-toothed John Elway and his Broncos to the glue factory.

Dennis Smith falls apart at the 17 yard line while trying to chase down Bo Jackson.

1st Quarter Jeff Jeager shows his Raider pride by booming the opening kickoff in the endzone. Vance Johnson gets clobbered at the 7. On the first play they do the old flea-flicker and Mark Jackson gets 40. But after a Steve Sewell 3 yard loss and two Humphrey runs for 10 yards, the Broncos punt it over the goalpost. On the next drive, it's all Bo with honorable runs of 13, 3, and 64 to give me a TD. Elway's next throw is given to Eddie Anderson for his first interception of the season. But in an act of sabotage, one of Denver's hitmen takes poor Marcus Allen out of the game. Bo honors his fallen comrade with 10 yards and a first down to end the quarter. Raiders 7, Broncos 0

2nd Quarter After a pass to Willie Gault to the Broncos 7, Bo pounds it in for 6. Sewel runs 3 times in a row for 36 yards like the cheating bastard he is, then Elway finishes off the drive with a pass to Jackson that goes 27 yards for a TD. Two runs by Bo (8 and 13) put me on the 46 with 1:09 left. Shroeder takes a whole 27 seconds to make his throw on 1st down, but still throws an interception to Steve Atwater. Denver runs out some clock with a 0 yard reverse to Johnson and then Elway guns a pass to Jackson with 7 second remaining, just enough time for David Treadwell to miss one wide left. Good 14, Evil 7

He was so mangled at the end of the play, they needed two guys to carry him off.

Halftime

So far, good is triumphing over evil, but that last Denver TD has me a little worried. Usually the 2nd half is where the evil Broncos get cheap.

Townsend, I never want to see you tank a play like that again, you hear me!?

3rd Quarter Bo starts the half with his usual shake n' bake on 2 runs for 13 and a 1st. Karl Mecklenburg gets in a sack, but Ethan Horton saves my ass with a 25-yard catch at the 40. Bo gets 33 yards on his next 3 runs before Shroeder takes 2 sacks to make it 4th down. I don't even know why I bother to kick a field goal at the 45 but I do, just to see it sail outside the left goalpost. And yes, that was all one drive. Good 14, Evil 7 4th Quarter After Humphrey runs up the gut for a first down to the Raiders 43, Elway performs a magic trick where he throws the ball to the bottom sideline and

makes it appear at the top sideline (I really wish I would've screen-captured that one). The Broncos inch to the 2 and put it in the endzone with that cheap reverse. Two Jackson runs take me across midfield, and an unlikely screen play to Smith ends up at the 25. Two runs later, it's 2nd and 7 at the 9 with 42 seconds left. Smith, inspired by the crippled Allen's words of confidence during the time-out (I believe he said something like, "If you screw this up, I'll make sure Mike Harden gives you the beating of your life."), hauls one in from Shroeder, giving the Raiders their first touchdown from a player who's first name isn't Bo. Then, In an act of poetic justice, Vance  Johnson gets injured on the ensuing kickoff with 5 seconds remaining, proving that there really is a god and that he has a great sense of humor. Thinking they could get away with more cheapness, the Broncos run Sewell as a last ditch effort but ultimately fail.

Don't get used to it, Stevie.

Despite Steve Sewell's 7 carries for 65 yards--as well as an act of sabotage--the evil Broncos are defeated yet again by the heroic LA Raiders. Everyone worked hard to win this game--even Jeff Jaeger, who tried his hardest to make that difficult 45-yarder (well, for him, at least). I'm proud of you guys. *sniff*

I would have given it to Bo for his earth-shattering 193 yards, but it wouldn't be fair to give him POTG honors every week. So I decided to make Allen Player of the Week for his galiant efforts on the field and on the sidelines. Get well soon, good buddy.

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Rest of the Week

CIN 21, HOU 31 CIN: Esiason 53% for 216 yds 4 INTs HOU: Moon 62% for 326 yds 1 INT	JETS 28, SEA 6 JETS: O'Brien 75% for 204 yds 0 INTs SEA: Krieg 33% for 126 yds 4 INTs
MIN 14, ATL 17 MIN: A Carter 5 rec 92 yds ATL: Allowed 0 points in first 3 qtrs	BUF 28, PIT 14 BUF: Thomas 12 car 113 yds PIT: 98 rush yds
SD 6, SF 38 SD: Miller 5 rec 99 yds SF: Rice 4 rec 120 yds	NE 31, CLE 20 NE: Stephens 17 car 161 yds CLE: QB Browns 66% for 223 yds 1 INT
CHI 17, TB 14 CHI: 3 INTs, 156 total yds allowed TB: 1 INT, 168 total yds allowed	PHI 31, PHX 20 PHI: Byars 12 car 96 yds, 7 rec 171 yds PHX: Proehl 3 rec 97 yds
DET 24, GB 21 DET: 114 rush yds, 14 first downs GB: Majkowski 50% for 184 yds 1 INT	KC 20, NO 17, OT KC: McNair 3 rec 138 yds (Barry Word's still out) NO: 216 total yards
IND 16, MIA 28 IND: Bentley 11 car 70 yds, 2 rec 33 yds MIA: 149 rush yds, 17 first downs	GIA 28, RAMS 22 GIA: Meggett 7 car 34 yds, 4 rec 114 yds RAMS: Everett 68% for 266 yds 0 INTs
WAS 14, DAL 36 WAS: 0 first half points DAL: Aikman 58% 284 yds 1 INT

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Raiders' stats (2-0)

Offense: 566 total yds (9th), 192 pass yds (28th), 374 rush yds (1st)
Defense: 482 total yds (13th), 229 pass yds (4th), 253 rush yds (23th)
Individual:
Passing: Shroeder: 7 for 13 (53.3%) 192 yds (14.7 avg) 102.0 rating (NR)
Rushing: Jackson 31 car 362 yds (11.6 avg) 6 TD (1st)
Receiving: Smith 2 rec 32 yds (16.0 avg) 1 TD (NR)
Defense: Davis 3 sacks(T-5th); Anderson 1 int (T-11th)
Returning: Brown 15.6 KR avg (16th), 5.0 PR avg (18th)
Kicking/Punting: Jaeger 0/2 FGs (NR); Gossett 50.0 punt avg (6th)

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