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2007 AFC West Predictions2007 Oakland Raiders Predictions & Season PreviewUpdated now our 2008 Oakland Raiders Predictions! Our 2007 Oakland Raiders predictions aren't showing any Saints like turnarounds, but this team should be much improved from a year ago. It seemed like Art Shell had lost his touch with today's players, but there still are problems when veterans are going to be taking orders from a 32-year-old like Lane Kiffin. At quarterback there are issues, but the team did have a pretty good defense last year. Still, when you haven't won a division game in 14 tries, and didn't win a single game on the road a year ago, you don't have to get much better for it to be a significant improvement. Bet our 2007 Oakland Raiders Predictions at Bodog, the most trusted name in sports betting! Andrew Walter and Josh McCown will have the first shot at starting under center, and neither should have trouble improving an offense that scored only 12 touchdowns and allowed 72 sacks. This is the biggest question mark on the team, and the Raiders are just hoping that one of these two can play well enough and get a few wins so they can hold off and let JaMarcus Russell learn before being thrown into the fire. LaMont Jordan and Justin Fargas were inconsistent last year, so Oakland brough in Dominic Rhodes from Indianapolis. The problem is that Rhodes is suspended for the first four games so it will be more of the same to start the year. Hopefully Michael Bush can recover from the leg injury he suffered last year at Louisville. Jerry Porter was non-existent last year, and Mike Williams has been a major disappointment. Ronald Curry put up decent numbers last year, but has been injury prone. If these three can play to their ability, the pass catchers could be an offensive strength. It's hard to believe that Oakland had the third best defense a year ago and was the top team against the pass. The good news is that almost everyone is back. Warren Sapp came back strong a year ago and is still an excellent tackle while Derrick Burgess causes problems for the opposition at the end spot. Kirk Morrison is one of the best middle linebackers you may not have heard of, and Thomas Howard and Sam Williams can hold their own at the end spots. The bad news for opposing offenses is that the team doesn't think any of them has reached their full potential. The secondary is young, talented, and should continue to improve. Nnamdi Asomugha and Fabian Washington are quietly one of the best duos at corner in the league, while the safeties Michael Huff and Stuart Schweigart both had solid seasons a year ago. This defense should be tough once again, as long as the offense can do anything. Even as bad as we think the Raiders are going to be this year, we have to go with over five wins simply because by our calculations they should be good for six, and only getting to four this year will be pretty tough. Don't mess around and think they are going to be out of the basement of this division though, but they will be better than most of the general public thinks. If you want to know who we think is going to beat the NFL odds each week, then get signed up for one of our NFL picks packages and start winning this football season. Bodog has the following futures wagers available on the Oakland Raiders:
Raiders Over 5 Wins:
-135 Odds to Win 2007 AFC West: 12/1 Odds to Win the Super Bowl: 75/1 See Also:
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