Alright so welcome in to the full recap for the Raiders game against the Giants where the Raiders fell short of gaining their first East Coast win in a long time.
This game hurt us the most this season and we'll be looking at certain plays. We are a touchdown away from making this game tied and we settled in for a field goal.
The positives, defense and special teams. This was the perfect bounce back game for our defense after taking a massive blitzkrieg by the Eagles. Our defense generated two turnovers one to put us in good field position to settle in a field goal and that pick 6 by Tracy Porter to put us up 17-14 during the half. The special teams also a big factor of keeping us alive, good awareness by Andre Holmes and the good punt block by Kaelin Burnett. The defense allowed 7 points minus the turnovers and it was just what the doctor ordered for a bounce back after the major debacle last week.
Onto the negatives, blown red zone opportunities. If there was a time we'll be looking at missed opportunities, we'll be looking at this game as a whole. Rashad Jennings is the only guy on offense that did work rushing 88 yards on 20 carries, but his almost walk-in TD came back to haunt us and credit to Antrel Rolle for that TD saving tackle. The Giants defense are also known for bending at times, but they refuse to break. Terrelle Pryor, even my faith in him is starting to deteriorate (a little). Pryor completed only 44% of his passes for 122 yards, but threw a costly pick and fumbled in the clutch. I'm still holding out hope that Pryor can thrive in the future if he had 1 or 2 true playmakers and a bulwark O-line, but he's already 9 games into the season as a starting QB and it's unfortunate that he taking baby steps back. On the O-line, Khalif Barnes has to go. I'm tired of him costing us good drives.
Like I said this game hurts. I don't know how long the training staff is going to keep Jared Veldheer out because we need him badly since Barnes couldn't get the job done covering the blind side and what more when we travel to Houston against another daunting pass rusher in J.J. Watt. We need all the help we can get if we're going to run the table for a wild card spot, which in my opinion is highly unlikely, but this team believes and whatever this team believes in, we the Raider Nation will be there to support them and believe in them too.
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