by Jeremy Kahn

ALAMEDA–The third game of the pre season with the Arizona Cardinals will be the Raiders showing off their starters and see what they can do this Sunday night. In this game the starters will get more time. This game is basically the showdown for them to see who wants to play come play the most on opening day September 13th against Cincinnati.

The offensive line looks impressive and quarterback Derek Carr he’s the leader of that team and they need to protect him and if he goes down their going to be in trouble because they really don’t have a good back up and and they need him to be healthy when the season starts.

Marcel Reece is an all pro at fullback he’s a proven leader and he knows how to win and he’s knows how to play all pro ball all season long and that’s the reason why they picked him to go to the all pro team. At wide receiver Michael Crabtree who came over from San Francisco and there’s Amari Cooper that’s going to be a really nice duel.

John Madden former Raider coach says the Raider tradition truly is “pride and poise” which was originally said by the late Raiders owner Al Davis: Pride and Poise, Just win baby, Commitment to excellence, and team of the decades. It’s the same statement that was made at Michigan “those who stay will be champions” and “a team’s a team is a team.”

That’s what Madden said about the Raider tradition and these kids on the Raiders don’t understand what it was like to be a Raider in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, all the way up to the time when former head coach Jon Gruden was in Oakland. They don’t know what it’s like they need to bring that winning mentality back to Oakland.

Jeremy Kahn does the Oakland Raiders podcasts each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com