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Jason Campbell, Oakland Raiders’ Scrubs Fall to 49ers on Late Drive

August 29, 2010   ·     ·   Jump to comments

If an injury was to ever put a damper on a hometown crowd, Oakland's injury to Jason Campbell was a bit one.
In the second quarter, Oakland's offensive line let through a linemen, causing another sack for Campbell, but this one caused Jason to be on the ground for five minutes.
As it was, the report from the locker room was a stinger, not nearly as scary as the hit that took Rich Gannon from us...but equally disturbing.
Here was the player that was meant to lead the team out of the doldrums...out of the game, about a quarter early.
As it was, his replacement didn't do badly, though. Bruce Gradkowski gave the Raiders two touchdowns, one on a 74-yard strike to Louis Murphy, and the second to a fighting Zach Miller who dragged a player into the end zone to score, putting the Raiders up by four.
The lead was not to last, as the 49ers cut that to one, then after Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 57 yarder, Oakland's scrubs let the 49ers go down the field, taking the lea...

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