Week 17: For the AFC West Crown! - RAIDERS @ Denver Broncos 1st Half Open Thread and Discussion

Welcome in to the 1st half open thread and discussion of the Raiders' final regular season matchup vs. the Broncos at Mile High. We already know the stipulation here: Raiders win, they win the AFC West. Leave a comment below and share your thoughts on the game.

Q2

OAK 0 DEN 17

Talk about a dumpster fire start. Did they absolutely think Denver was going to lay down for them for the division? The way the Raiders are playing, it seems like it. The defense is allowing this Broncos offense to run all over them with ease and of course, flags are involved against the Raiders. This is not how Derek Carr would've want this team to play without him. I'm sure of it. This is a really pathetic start. Offensively, the Broncos' defense continue to put 8 in the box against the run and they're doing a good job accounting for that. Matt McGloin had a couple of good throws, but a lot of them were way off. He had Coop open in one of the drives and just completely missed. And now, it's likely McGloin is questionable to return after a rough hit and Connor Cook comes in despite not seeing a lot of action. I thought Cook's throws were on the money for a guy who hasn't seen regular season NFL action and hasn't had a full grasp of the playbook. But overall, we need to see better effort from the Raiders. The Chargers aren't doing them any favors against the Chiefs. Philip Rivers 2 INTs, both of them resulted in Chiefs points. Do you want the division and a first round bye or not? Hopefully, that's the question Jack Del Rio asked the team in the locker room.

Q1

OAK 0 DEN 7

It feels like this team wants to give the reins to Kansas City with the way this started out. The defense gave up an opening drive TD, 2nd time they've done it this season. Really inexcusable to have Siemian and the offense make it look easy on the first drive. Offensively, McGloin looked good in some short passing situations, but nothing else. Running game is off to a slow start. The Raiders want to win the division, they have to start playing like they want it.