Alright so welcome in to the post game for the MNF Divisional showdown between the Raiders and the Broncos in which the Broncos beat the Raiders 21-37. This Raider team, the word "QUIT" doesn't exist in this team. Even though we were being blown out early in the game, this team managed to haul in great poise and muster a little bit of offense to make this score the indicated final score rather than a 25-30+ point defeat.
Let's start off with the positives, Terrelle Pryor slow start early in the game, but he is showing his doubters that he can throw the ball besides running. Pryor completed 19 of 28 passes for 281 yards and 1 TD to Denarius Moore for that 73 yard TD reception. This is the first game where Pryor was really showing great confidence in the pocket though he was sacked 3 times mainly due to our offensive line crumbling from the suffocating Denver defense. Hopefully Pryor is ok after suffering that vicious hit late in the game, couldn't remember the defender's name who decked him while he was scrambling to the end zone, but other than that, it was a slow start for Pryor early, but he picked up real late to lessen the embarrassing margin. Our receivers had one of their better games of the season and their best so far and Denarius Moore had his best game for the season hauling in 6 catches for 124 yards and the 73 yard TD. Big positive from our receivers making plays when Pryor was trying to make a play.
On the limbo, our defense, not so great early, but managed to slow Peyton Manning and the Broncos O 3 TD passes from Manning and 1 TD run from Ronnie Hillman. If it weren't for stalled drives, the Broncos would've blown this game wide open and our defense managed to slow that high powered offense as much as they could as well as getting two turnovers to put us in good field position so that's another positive point because without those turnovers, we wouldn't be able to put more points on the board.
The negatives, all credit where it's due, the Denver defense totally shut down our running game and gave our O-line a hard time to protect Pryor. So it's no surprise that O-line was struggling to create holes for McFadden to run and the Denver defense never gave us room to run the ball.
Other than that, I'm glad we put up a fight. I know I easily get mad because it's a division rival and I love to hate the Broncos, but we competed against a team that's heavily favorited to win it all this season. Hopefully after 3 games into the season, teams will start looking at us as a competitive team rather than a given win. We have the Redskins next so Pryor vs. RGIII will be a good one and I hope we sell out that game.
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