According to most reports, the Raiders worked primarily on blitz pickup and red zone passing during practice on Wednesday. The Raiders ranked 29th in the league in red zone scoring in 2009 and scored on just 41.4% of their red zone possessions. Red zone scoring is often time a predictor of playoff teams and four of the top five teams in red zone scoring qualified for the playoffs in 2009. The top five teams in 2009 were Arizona, Miami, Indianapolis, Minnesota and New Orleans. The passing game behind JaMarcus Russell was especially weak in 2009, but the team only managed to put up 0.6 passing touchdowns per game, good (or not good) for last in the league. Again, four of the top five teams in passing touchdowns per game were playoff teams, New Orleans, Minnesota, Indianapolis, Green Bay and Houston. Another factor to consider as a key to winning is the all important third down conversion percentage. It is also well known that blitzes are often used on third down. Getting first downs...