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August-13th-2011, 05:40 AM
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-- The penalties, three fumbles and injuries concern Hue Jackson. The fact that the Raiders scored only 18 points despite completing 23 of 36 passes in Thursday night's preseason opener doesn't faze the first-year head coach in the slightest.
"The issues with scoring in the scoring zone ... We got better as the season went on a year ago so I think I know how to fix that very quickly," Jackson said. "I feel very comfortable with that one."
Especially considering how efficient all three of his quarterbacks were in the 24-18 loss to Arizona. Jason Campbell completed 6 of 9 for 66 yards, Kyle Boller was 7-for-8 for 42 yards and Trent Edwards completed 10 of 19 for 140 yards and a well-placed touchdown pass to David Ausberry.
"I was impressed with all of them," Jackson said. "Obviously Jason did a fabulous job of running the first team and getting the ball to different people. That's what we were trying to do ... is get everybody an opportunity to touch the ball.
"Kyle came in and he lit it up ... he was spectacular. That's what I expect from him. Obviously Trent, who hadn't been here very long, I was so impressed with him because here he is getting the information from me and trying to figure it out in his mind, and then going out and executing pretty flawlessly."
Jackson said all three showed poise and the ability to lead the team. He could see the big fight between Cal's Boller and Stanford's Edwards for the backup job going down to the wire.
"Both of those young men are very competitive and they want that opportunity," Jackson said. "It also makes it fun. Those guys go and every day they compete in the classroom and they compete on the field, and they're very good friends."
As far as the injuries, Jackson didn't shed much light Friday night on safety Hiram Eugene's dislocated hip or receiver Chaz Schilens' knee. He said there was no timetable on Eugene yet and with Schilens, "we're just further evaluating what's going on. I think later in the week we'll know."
Jackson liked what he saw out of the offensive line, singling out center Samson Satele, center/guard Stefen Wisniewski, guard/tackle Stephon Heyer and tackles Joe Barksdale and Jared Veldheer.
And he wasn't too concerned with the troubles that backup cornerbacks Walter McFadden and DeMarcus Van Dyke had against Arizona.
"I'm comfortable because they're young players," Jackson said. "They'll step up. They got to rise up and play, and I expect that they will."
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-- The penalties, three fumbles and injuries concern Hue Jackson. The fact that the Raiders scored only 18 points despite completing 23 of 36 passes in Thursday night's preseason opener doesn't faze the first-year head coach in the slightest.
"The issues with scoring in the scoring zone ... We got better as the season went on a year ago so I think I know how to fix that very quickly," Jackson said. "I feel very comfortable with that one."
Especially considering how efficient all three of his quarterbacks were in the 24-18 loss to Arizona. Jason Campbell completed 6 of 9 for 66 yards, Kyle Boller was 7-for-8 for 42 yards and Trent Edwards completed 10 of 19 for 140 yards and a well-placed touchdown pass to David Ausberry.
"I was impressed with all of them," Jackson said. "Obviously Jason did a fabulous job of running the first team and getting the ball to different people. That's what we were trying to do ... is get everybody an opportunity to touch the ball.
"Kyle came in and he lit it up ... he was spectacular. That's what I expect from him. Obviously Trent, who hadn't been here very long, I was so impressed with him because here he is getting the information from me and trying to figure it out in his mind, and then going out and executing pretty flawlessly."
Jackson said all three showed poise and the ability to lead the team. He could see the big fight between Cal's Boller and Stanford's Edwards for the backup job going down to the wire.
"Both of those young men are very competitive and they want that opportunity," Jackson said. "It also makes it fun. Those guys go and every day they compete in the classroom and they compete on the field, and they're very good friends."
As far as the injuries, Jackson didn't shed much light Friday night on safety Hiram Eugene's dislocated hip or receiver Chaz Schilens' knee. He said there was no timetable on Eugene yet and with Schilens, "we're just further evaluating what's going on. I think later in the week we'll know."
Jackson liked what he saw out of the offensive line, singling out center Samson Satele, center/guard Stefen Wisniewski, guard/tackle Stephon Heyer and tackles Joe Barksdale and Jared Veldheer.
And he wasn't too concerned with the troubles that backup cornerbacks Walter McFadden and DeMarcus Van Dyke had against Arizona.
"I'm comfortable because they're young players," Jackson said. "They'll step up. They got to rise up and play, and I expect that they will."
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/12/SPU31KMSNA.DTL#ixzz1Uu6njiO0