Bold Predictions for Ravens vs Raiders in NFL Week 2

Del Rio then handed another back to Carr for leading the comeback.

The former practice squad member made his only catch of the afternoon count tenfold when he grabbed a 12-yard pass from Derek Carr with 26 seconds left to serve as the decisive blow in the Raiders’ 37-33 win over the Baltimore Ravens. It escalated him from potential to producer. Not this week. I’m super confident that the Ravens roll into Oakland fired up, and ready to avenge last week’s lost.

He wasn’t exactly Tom Brady on the drive.

One play later, Carr rolled left and threw back all the way to his right, hitting a wide-open Crabtree for the score.

Was it the sleeves? “Like I said earlier, you can’t replace Terrell Suggs in the sense of he’s that emotional leader, but there are other guys that can lead in other ways”.

But he was cool when it mattered most.

The Baltimore Ravens will be coming to Oakland this weekend and quarterback Joe Flacco is going to want to throw the deep ball. But victory would go the quarterback who could finish it.

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Mays joined the Raiders late in training camp after spending time in the offseason with Vikings and Detroit Lions. But it was obvious that Baltimore missed his leadership. He was unable to get both feet inbounds on Flacco’s off-target pass late in the fourth quarter, forcing the Ravens to settle for a tiebreaking field goal.

First of all, the Raiders must place last week’s blow-out behind them. The Broncos won that game by the way, in case you were living under a rock or have forgotten.

Oakland Raiders’ Seth Roberts (10) makes an NFL football… He’s talented and big and he is the default No. 1 receiver on the Raiders. They had already saved face by giving a playoff caliber team a good fight. Flacco misfired to an open Steve Smith Sr. on third down to force Baltimore to kick, which positioned the Raiders to win the game with a touchdown.

And very necessary for the Raiders (1-1), who were eager to avoid beginning the season with two straight home losses. Choking away statement wins aren’t good for the psyche of young teams.

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). To bring real credibility to all the talk of improvement. Everyone knows that. But he has some serious talent in guys like Kahlil Mack. He needed to bail out a defense that gave up 30 points for the second consecutive week.

That’s huge considering whats expected of the Raiders receiving corps. He wasn’t settling for fruitless dump-offs out of impatience. If he’s forced to move and run for his life, he’s not going to be able to sit back and pick apart the Raider defense a la Andy Dalton. He struggled throughout preseason work, which was a concern for quite a few Oakland fans that have seen talented quarterbacks fail for their franchise. The duo needs to get Flacco on the ground to help out a beat-up Raiders’ secondary.

Michael Crabtree hopes to find the endzone. Donald Penn was having none of it and showed some veteran leadership by responding but not drawing a penatly. A critical holding penalty a play before the touchdown wiped out a Baltimore interception and gave Carr a second life that he seized.

This was a required step in the development.

Derek Carr wouldn’t have been as successful today if it wasn’t for the strong play of his wide receivers and offensive line today.

I don’t know what the Ravens strategy was going into the game, but five yard out routes on long third downs aren’t going to bode well for the team’s success. Because of his brain and arm and clutchness.