Raiders Run Defense Leaves a Familiar Stench

There was something about Saturday night's loss to the 49ers that was awfully familiar.

It's the sort of awful familiarity that makes it hard to wholly accept whatever good vibrations were established in the previous pre-season game, and it's the same sort that sends tremors of discontent down even the most optimistic fan's backside.

The scoreboard never matters in a pre-season game, but so often the statistics do.

The Raiders’ run defense allowed 275 yards rushing on only 47 carries (5.9 average per rush), echoing the same troubling issues of last season.

Rookie running back Glen Coffee amassed 129 yards rushing while averaging 8.0 yards per carry, converted quarterback Michael Robinson ran for 97 yards on only 14 carries, and even undrafted rookie Kor...

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