Derek Carr throwing at Raiders Wednesday practice

17The Baltimore Ravens face the Oakland Raiders in one of the NFL Games on Sunday, September 20, start time at 4:05 PM ET at O.co Coliseum, Oakland, Ca. When the injury happened, Carr feared the worst. It’s just one of those things, man. It’s a chess match. Before his injury, Carr didn’t look all that impressive last week, however I find it hard to blame him for having trouble passing when the Raiders run game was as bad as it was against the Bengals. “We can’t keep on thinking about the Bengals when the Ravens are coming to town”.

As of Thursday morning, National Football League betting odds have the Raiders (+7) as home dogs by a touchdown and a point-after versus the visiting Ravens (-7).

“He’s a competitive guy”, Del Rio said. “We need to take our shots, if nothing else at least to let teams know that we’re going to do it, and have the confidence ourselves to do that”.

Latavius Murray was relatively effective with 11 carries for 44 yards, but with the Raiders down 24-0 by halftime, the ground game was non-existent with only three second-half run plays. “But a good thing is, those guys have a lot of talent”. Both teams look to rebound from opening the season with a loss. All of Carr’s drives ended on 3rd downs with more than 5 yards to gain. “I thought Jack would be a flawless fit for Ray Lewis”. I don’t see them drastically changing what they like to do because Terrell [Suggs] is out, even though he’s a great player. Dallas was in the market for a wide receiver after Dez Bryant broke his foot in the regular-season opener. If Mack can get constant pressure on Flacco and Murray can rush for over 100 yards this can be a very winnable game for the Oakland Raiders. But any Raiders fan with deflated hope over Oakland’s 33-13 beatdown needs to, in the words of Aaron Rodgers, “Relax”.

The Raiders, meanwhile, had six receivers on the roster – Amari Cooper, Michael Crabtree, Rod Streater, Andre Holmes, Seth Roberts and Butler.

Defensive tackle Justin Ellis (ankle), defensive end Benson Mayowa (knee) and fullback Jamize Olawale (ankle) did not participate.

This leads to the group that needs to step up the most: the offensive skill players.

Woodson was at practice with his jersey but no helmet and was an observer rather than a participant.

The best news when it comes to positive takeaways for week 2 is how poorly the Baltimore Ravens offensive line performed per pff.com. While some think the rookie wideout asked for some retaliation because of a downfield punch/straight-arm to Jones’ throat, it was the Bengals’ corner who looked like the young hot-head and not the savvy veteran.

Defensvie Coordinator, Ken Norton Jr. talked about Asante and Mays and what’s expected of them on Sunday. Joe Flacco did not throw a touchdown pass and threw two interceptions.