Buffalo Bills at Oakland Raiders

And that includes a game in Mexico City. On the very next play Taylor faked the handoff and went around the right side for the rushing touchdown to give the Bills the 17-to-9 lead.

“He’s one of the best in the business”, Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio said. We all saw the injury last week, his finger bent out at a really ugly angle.

“We feed off each other, that’s for sure”, quarterback Derek Carr said. Have thoughts on how the Raiders and Bills are performing? Multiple articles dubbed it Carr’s “Willis Reed Moment”. “Because if we want to find ourselves in the playoffs moving forward – not only this year but next year – and changing the culture around here, we have to be able to stand up as men and collectively rally together”.

The Raiders are well on their way to reclaiming the top spot in the AFC at 10-2. If the Raiders are 4-2 in games in which they trailed at the half and they’ve won 10 games already this year, then who cares if they come out of the gate slow from time to time? Unfortunately, they couldn’t cross the endzone after getting to the 3-yard line and were stuck with a field goal.

Over the last several seasons, for whatever reason, it seems like the Bills just lay down and accept defeat when a team goes on a run like the one Oakland had on Sunday. We have to keep going out there and winning, and take care of business.

OAKLAND It’s never over with these Raiders. It hasn’t cost the team yet, but as the postseason nears and the margin for error evaporates it could cost them dearly down the line.

It’s been a long time since the Raiders-Chiefs rivalry has featured a meaningful matchup with playoff implications.

As will fans who believe both players should be in the MVP conversation. On 3rd-and-24, Taylor’s pass to Marquise Goodwin was incomplete.

Earlier this week, Buffalo offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn said Watkins foot was still broken, something the player has since denied. Known as mostly a special teams standout during his first nine seasons in the NFL, Alexander has emerged as a big-time pass rusher in Buffalo.

Oakland has had some difficulty stopping the run this season, although there have been signs of improvement over the last month of the season or so.

During his Monday press conference, Ryan also fielded a question about his defense not being good enough to follow the model of running the ball and playing great defense.

Raiders starting DT Stacy McGee (ankle) and backup DT Darius Latham (ankle) were inactive.

Defense: B – After falling behind 24-9, Oakland’s defense tightened the screws over the final 15-plus minutes of play and kept Buffalo from scoring in the final quarter.

Sebastian Janikowski was money converting his three field goal attempts (all in the first half). That should help bolster Oakland’s defense against Buffalo.

Carr told the media all week that his pinky was fine, but that didn’t stop the Raiders from giving him some extra protection on Sunday by not letting him take a snap from under center. But this team looks far from satisfied – an attitude they’ll need as they approach a first-place battle against the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night’. I wanted to win so bad as a statement.