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Published on 10/20/2010 at Wed Oct 20 11:46.
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Raiders don’t have a starting quarterback

Posted Wed Oct 20th by

Kyle Boller #7 of the Oakland Raiders turns to hand-off against the Chicago Bears during a preseason game at Soldier Field on August 21, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Kyle Boller #7 of the Oakland Raiders turns to hand-off against the Chicago Bears during a preseason game at Soldier Field on August 21, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

When asked who his starting quarterback against the Denver Broncos in Week 7 would be, Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable couldn’t give an answer.

“We have no idea at this point,” Cable said Wednesday, before offering the understatement of the year. “We’ve got some issues.”

QB Jason Campbell, who came into the season as the starter, posted the 2nd worst passer rating by a Raider since the 1970 merger in San Francisco last week. He’s reportedly suffered a knee sprain and won’t practice fully.

QB Bruce Gradkowski, who replaced the struggling Campbell earlier in the year, suffered a shoulder injury and hasn’t practiced in over a week. It doesn’t appear he’ll be ready for Denver.

That leaves QB Kyle Boller of former Baltimore fame. Boller had a decent preseason for the Raiders, completing 26 of 43 passes (60.5 percent) for 360 yards, 2 TDs and no INTs (102.9 rating).

However, his last regular season work was in seven games (four starts) for the St. Louis Rams in 2009. Boller didn’t quite match those preseason numbers: he posted a 61.2 passer rating.

Earlier in the week, Cable told Oakland media that Boller could “absolutely” be the starter against Denver.

All that being said, the Broncos can’t overlook how JaMarcus Russell took over INVESCO Field at Mile High last year and sent the Broncos reeling with a 19-20 loss. The Broncos need to do what they nearly did against a tougher foe last week: take care of business at home.

  • http://manchester-architects.com T-Money

    I'd love to see a 50-0 blowout. Just for the fans…kind of an 'i'm sorry we let you down last week' type of thing… that would be nice.

  • mikebirty

    schadenfreude

  • anthony33

    How can BT nation influence Bowlen and company that the Broncos need to be in their ORANGE home jerseys permanently??

    Kyle,

    Can you start a pole or use our friends at MHR to do a poll and send it to the Broncos brass. I am fairly certain the overwhelming response would be in favor!!!

    Thoughts… or am I the only one that feels the Broncos (in orange) just flat out looks and feels like the 'real' Broncos???

  • anthony33

    Sorry… that would be poll.

  • AKfan

    Looking good on paper but hard to forget last year when the Broncos allowed Jamarcus to come in and lead a 4th qrt comeback in Denver. Now is the time for Denver to prove the prolonged slide is over. We know Denver is not quite up to taking out the top teams, hopefully they are ready to consistently beat up the bottom feeders.

  • Jackfnburton

    The Raiders haven't had a starting quarterback since 2003. Next story.

  • Scochran

    Although Orange Sunday was an aweseom sight to see, I think if we cannot convince the powers to be to wear the Orange, that doen's mean that the fans cannot wear their Orange to every game, that would be a statement to make.

  • the_nationOForange

    i agree orange is the only way to go at home..it should be our default jersey i say change the jerseys next year and make orange our color….where the orange crush last i checked

  • Gary_in_SD

    No sympathy for raider-nation here. We need a win and I'll take it any way it comes!

  • http://broncoszone.blogspot.com/ Jon

    Somebody asked McD about that at his press conference and he said that he and the players love them too but because they are alternate there's only so many times they can wear them in a season … So, I guess if they Really wanted to if they wanted to wear them more they could make them the norn and make Blue the alternate, I'd really like that.

  • http://Facebook.com/BroncosZone Jon

    Somebody asked McD about that at his press conference and he said that he and the players love them too but because they are alternate there's only so many times they can wear them in a season … So, I guess if they Really wanted to if they wanted to wear them more they could make them the norn and make Blue the alternate, I'd really like that.