At the close of the third week of the NFL the oakland Raiders have one win and two losses. Last sunday they suffered a heart breaking loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Sebastian Janikowski, the Raider's place kicker, missed the winning field goal wide to the left. After a fantastic performance with the new starting quarterback Bruce Gradkowski, and Darren Mcfadden at the helm, it came down to their kicker. If Sebass(as many fans refer to him) would have made a one out of the three field goals he missed that day, the Raiders would have came out 2-1.
Bruce Gradkowski recently replaced Jason Campbell as the starting quarterback for the Raiders. In Week 2 of the season, when the Raiders played and beat the Rams, Jason Campbell started the first half. By the end of the half the crowd was fervently chanting "Bruce...Bruce...Bruce...Bruce." It was obvious that the crowd wanted him to play. I think that this, in combination to Jason's lack of offensive production and energy, is why the Raiders ended up starting Gradkowski for the second half of the game. When Gradkowski enters the huddle you can tell that he demands respect from all his teammates in the game. He plays with a passion to win. Somehow he seems to make the rest of the players on the team look like pro-bowl caliber athletes. Hopefully going into weeks 4 and further through the season he continues to inspire and lead this team. With Gradkowski at the helm, i believe the Raiders can work their way back to respectability, which is essentially an 8-8 season
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