The Oakland Raiders rush defense is rank

If the autumn wind is a Raider, then this last decade has been as calm as a housecat on Valium. Second-year QB Derek Carr looks like a franchise talent and he’s got top-scale weaponry in rookie WR Amari Cooper and veteran WR Michael Crabtree. McCoy said it was because of the way the game plan unfolded, but many suspect Gordon was still being punished for fumbling twice — and losing one of them — in a 27-20 loss at Green Bay a week earlier.

One fantasy week after everything went right for the Oakland offense and everything went wrong for the Chargers offense, the Raiders face another playoff hopeful in the New York Jets. The team could tally 8 wins with victories over teams they should beat. “Great pattern runner. Rarely do you see receivers come out of college and they’re able to run patterns [so precisely]”.

Don’t let the Raiders record fool you, this is a talented team and they are showing improvement as the weeks go on. Ivory led the Jets with 102 rushing yards and a touchdown. Cooper’s breakout play this year was a 68-yard catch against the Ravens as part of a seven-catch, 109-yard day.

Thursday night the National Football League will hold a public town hall meeting in Oakland to hear input on the Oakland Raiders potential move to the Los Angeles area.

Homeward bound the Silver&Black return to the Coliseum to take on the Jets in an all important game to begin figuring out which teams in the AFC will make a run at the wildcard spots.

The Raiders seemed well on their way to a blowout win over their Southern Californian rivals. The most memorable game between the two teams was the “Heidi Game” on November 17, 1968, when, with the Jets holding a three-point lead in the final minute, NBC cut away to show the movie “Heidi”. Though Sunday’s outcome was never truly in doubt, the Chargers attempted a frenzied comeback as they scored 23 points in the 4 quarter.

The Raiders are historically underdogs, and they like it that way. “But I guess the cynic in all of us would say that it’s lip service”.

Yet we must give credit where it is due and these Raiders are definitely due.

The game has slowed down for Carr, the younger brother of former Texans 2002 No. 1 overall pick David Carr, whose career was sabotaged by a series of horrific offensive lines. He’s picked up from his first year. Should Cooper turn in another big game against that group, there probably will be a few more people agreeing with Skrine’s assessment of Cooper’s place in the league. The Saints, however, have three games against teams with winning records the rest of the way. “He’s that type of impact player”.