Scouting Report

Sun., Dec. 22, 1996

By Jim Meehan jimm@spokesman.com (509) 459-5585

Player matchups

Passing PC-PA Yds. TD Int. Rick Mirer, Seattle 136-265 1,546 5 12 Billy Joe Hobert, Oakland 45-81 492 4 4

Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD Chris Warren, Seattle 203 855 4.2 5 Lamar Smith, Seattle 128 593 4.6 6 Nap. Kaufman, Oakland 135 808 6.0 1 Harvey Williams, Oakland 116 424 3.7 0

Receiving Rec. Yds. AVG. TD Joey Galloway, Seattle 55 948 17.2 6 Chris Warren, Seattle 40 273 6.8 0 Tim Brown, Oakland 85 1,039 12.2 9 Daryl Hobbs, Oakland 42 409 9.7 3

Injuries

Seahawks: Doubtful: RB Steve Broussard (hamstring). Questionable: DE Phillip Daniels (knee), WR Ronnie Harris (shoulder-quadricep), QB Rick Mirer (quadricep), DE Michael Sinclair (elbow), RB Mack Strong (knee), RB Chris Warren (ribs).

Raiders: Questionable: S Eddie Anderson (neck), WR Olanda Truitt (hamstring), RB Harvey Williams (shoulder). Probable: T Robert Jenkins (knee), LB Mike Jones (hip).

Analysis

The phrase: Playing out the string. The definition: Oakland-Seattle, today.

Probable quarterbacks: Stan Gelbaugh, 0-11 as an NFL starter, hasn’t taken a regular-season snap since 1994, hasn’t started since 1992, vs. Billy Joe Hobert, 0-4 as a starter, who punts (41.2-yard average) better than he passes.

Seattle’s top rusher, Chris Warren, and top pass-rusher, Michael Sinclair, might not play.

Go ahead, try analyzing this game with two underachieving teams slugging it out with their second strings.

Yummy.

We side with the Raiders, only because they’re at home, they’ll probably have more first-teamers in the lineup, and their second-string quarterback (Hobert) is better than Seattle’s trio (Mirer or Gelbaugh or Gino Torretta).

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