I think Campbell is leaps & bounds better than Jamarkass, but shit, go back to when we first signed him I posted about him not being all that raw. He's a decent QB, he never had an O-line and they kept switching OCs on him and changing the philosophy. Right now is not much different from where he was at in washington IMO, a couple good players but not a great team around him. Portis is the main difference, he was the best player on the skins, our best player is on the other side of the ball on an island.
I do think the Raiders seriously upgraded this year in comparison to the last few years, but that isn't saying much since we have been ass.
Raider fan hate comes from one place: 49er fans dumbass shit talking. I personally have never stepped virtual foot into any of the 49er off/regular season threads, but there's HELLLLLA posts from 9er fans just talking shit in the Raider off/regular season threads.
Alex smith is an above average QB, when in the spread. Gore is the strength of the team, he's a beast and should be unleashed, but if they having a spread offense it ain't gonna work.