Current record after nine weeks (post-bye): 7-1
In just over one month’s time, the Chargers will take on the Raiders again and I feel a bit more confident this time around than I did when I wrote about their first match-up.
Within the last week, the Raiders traded away slot receiver Ryan Switzer to the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for draft capital. Earlier in the preseason, they traded DL Jihad Ward in return for the former-Tar Heel.
The most surprising part, other than a good slot receiver getting passed around like the stuffing at Thanksgiving dinner, is that he was traded for what seems to be the inability to beat out WR Griff Whalen for a starting position.