Carr’s late INT sends Raiders to 16-10 loss to Broncos

The Broncos still knocked off the Oakland Raiders 16-10. Witten also lost a fumble. “It turned into a pick six the other way”. The Raiders were charging, down two points, and in field goal range. But, as coach Jack Del Rio said, there’s no reward for simply playing competitive football. None of Denver’s wins have been easy; all except a 24-12 victory over Detroit have been one-score games.

It is being floated out there that a flyover by the Blue Angels directly before the play where Carr threw the interception to the Broncos could have distracted the Raiders offense.

Denver limited the Raiders to just 2.6 yards per carry. Janikowski did bounce back to make a 50-yard field goal with 1:40 to go, but the Raiders couldn’t recover the ensuing onside kick.

And on Sunday Woodson intercepted Peyton Manning for the first time in their long careers, to cut off a possible Broncos touchdown drive at the end of the first half. Denver wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders caught nine passes for 111 yards. “Monday-morning quarterback has got flawless vision”. What should have been characterized as a banner day for the Raiders’ new-look defense simply slipped away into Oakland’s second week of heartbreak. Raiders K Sebastian Janikowski played his franchise record 241st career game, passing WR Tim Brown…. Anderson is averaging less than three yards a carry, and between the two back they combine for less than 400 rushing yards in 4 games.

Woodson hoped to get an interception on Manny prior to Sunday’s game.

Charles Woodson came up big for the Raiders on two occasions.

“It was a hot situation”, Del Rio said.

But, Green Bay – which led 14-10 at halftime – racked up 10 unanswered points in the second half. Brandon McManus added a 52-yard field goal in the third quarter to give Denver the lead for good.

Way back in 1997, Michigan’s Charles Woodson and Tennessee’s Peyton Manning engaged in one of the best Heisman competitions ever.

– Matthew Stafford threw a first-quarter touchdown pass to Theo Riddick in Sunday’s game against the Cardinals in Detroit. Denver’s defense threw a few curves at him with disguised coverages and blitzes.

The Denver Broncos defense is underrated.

The Raiders allowed the Broncos only two third down conversions on 13 tries, a 15 percent clip.

During and after the game, Raiders fans vented their spleen on Twitter.

Amari Cooper, Michael Crabtree and fullback Marcel Reece had excellent showings.

Woodson played a big part of that by intercepting Manning in the end zone late in the first half and making a leaping grab near the sideline in the third quarter, but it wasn’t enough.

A converted cornerback, Woodson is the oldest player with a multi-interception game in National Football League history. Until Harris picked Carr. The difference between regulation time ending and overtime beginning.

The Broncos managed just two field goals on three trips into the red zone.

“That’s a good place to start”, Del Rio said. “Today wasn’t one of them”. Carr didn’t seem energetic after the loss, which is a rarity for his brightening presence; the young quarterback always has his way of remaining positive.

Oakland won in every facet.

The Denver Broncos (5-0) at Oakland Raiders (2-3) resulted in another AFC West battle.

Yet it wasn’t Hollywood. No matter how you look at it, that’s a good thing.

“I really don’t have an answer for that”, Del Rio said when asked about that play call. “It would be one thing if we weren’t getting down there at all. We know there’s a ton of work in front of us, so we’ll reflect on our beginning, heal up, and get ready to go forward”.

“Got to come up with another one, that’s honestly how I feel”.

Josh McCown: From the same game, McCown definitely earned his stud title. While he has been a mediocre washout as a head coach, the son of former Saints coach Bum Phillips is a defensive mastermind. My God, man, can anyone play better than you right now?

Murphy’s Law in full effect. If it weren’t for the Broncos defense, Manning’s team could easily be 1-4 on the year.