Khalil Mack records 5 sacks vs. Broncos, catches ref’s penalty flag

A team to be regarded as a threat.

Raiders coach Jack Del Rio said at his weekly press conference Monday that the initial reports were not encouraging.

“They’re a good defense”, Cooper said. That even if they don’t make the playoffs this season, they deserve your respect.

“I was pretty average”, Mack told Treasure Coast Newspapers in August.

Mack said the Raiders knew they had a chance when they held the Broncos out of the end zone four times in the first half.

“I thought that was really huge”, Del Rio said.

Carr finished completed 12 of 29 for 135 yards in helping Oakland (6-7) snap an eight-game losing streak to Denver (10-3). The Raiders had one first down and that was by penalty. Instead, they turned the ball over on downs. However, they didn’t score a touchdown in that game, either. But after Emmanuel Sanders fumbled a punt early in the fourth quarter, the Raiders were in business 11 short yards from the goal line, trailing only 12-9. Though Denver led only 12-0 at halftime, it felt like 48-0 – it was that dominating. There is no way he’s getting thrown back in there against the Steelers in Pittsburgh.

The Raiders came into the contest with a defensive roster that had accounted for 24.5 sacks in 12 games. “We’ll see where we are [this week] and kind of take it a day at a time”. Despite numbers that have indicated improvement, the Raiders entered Week 14 with the league’s 25th-ranked unit in terms of fewest yards allowed.

And then Mack went to work.

By our Net Expected Points (NEP) metric, Mack was the second most valuable Oakland player from just his five sacks alone.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – For the first time since Brock Osweiler moved into the starting lineup a month ago, Denver Broncos coach Gary Kubiak opened the week without naming his starting quarterback.

The Colts (ninth seed) and the Bills (eighth seed) both lost, hours before Oakland was erasing a 12-point deficit to push its record to 6-7.

“I felt the pressure”.

As soon Davis grabbed Mack, Mack knew that a flag was going to be coming and that’s when the second-year linebacker showed off his hands.

Highlight: Our front seven played outstanding football. He just kept coming. Or kick a field goal?

The Broncos fell to division rival Oakland thanks to offensive inefficiency, poor quarterback play, and an offensive line performance fans will want to forget. “And it costs us the game”, Keo said.

Despite barely playing in his two seasons in the NFL, Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel has been one of the most polarizing players in the NFL since he was drafted in 2014.

Peyton Manning hasn’t played since a Week 10 loss to Kansas City. He’s a great football player.

Any idea that Denver had discovered a young star and, ala Tom Brady and the 2001 Patriots, would just ride him to the Super Bowl appears over until further evidence emerges.

After the game, Mack didn’t talk about his ability to get past the tackles, though.

“This guy, throughout his career, if he stays healthy, the sky is the limit as to what he can accomplish”, Woodson said. “I didn’t do that today”.

“I call it pure domination”, linebacker Brandon Marshall said.

Peyton Manning, missing his fourth straight start with a left foot injury, watched this one from the sideline after skipping the Broncos’ trips to Chicago and San Diego and viewing Denver’s win over New England from inside the locker room area. The two quarterback destroyers found each other on the field afterward.