Alright, welcome in to the full recap between the Raiders-Texans game where the Raiders squander an opportunity to tack on a win as they get beat down by the Texans 30-14.
"Wow." That's all I could say when I was witnessing this game. It was pathetic, it was embarrassing; it's hard to express this frustration without any profanity, but I'm sorry this game was just absolute shit. It feels like I'm just saying this now even though I've seen this movie over and over and over again as lifelong fan where game day, you're pumped up, ready to see the Silver & Black kick some ass and then they perform like this, all of a sudden that feeling turns into melancholy. It's frustrating.
The Positives
Darren McFadden, 12 carries, 37 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD. Maurice Jones-Drew out, Latavius Murray didn't see too many snaps, for McFadden I thought he played a decent all-around game. The stats don't say otherwise, but if you watched the game, he converted on 3rd downs when needed, he blocked for Derek Carr. He pretty much kept JJ Watt in check from terrorizing Carr. The outcome would've been much worse if it weren't for McFadden laying down those key blocks when needed.
James Jones, 9 reception, 112 receiving yards, 1 receiving TD, 1 fumble lost. I was really mad about that fumble James Jones made. He was in Houston territory before he muffed it again. He made that mistake and redeemed himself just enough to remove himself off my negative list. He was Carr's go to guy this game. The other receivers were just terrible. D. Mo didn't do anything, Streater, nothing. We signed Jones in the offseason and his acquisition is paying dividends, just at the wrong time when the game is well out of reach. On a little note, if you have Jones on your fantasy team, he's a late round value pick or a good waiver wire pick up as always. I started him today and he gave me solid points when needed as a WR3. Other than that, aside from the wild fumble, Jones had a decent game.
The Negatives
Turnovers. 4 turnovers and all of them turnovers were momentum-killing. Derek Carr, had a good run to put the Raiders in Houston territory, then threw it to Kareem Jackson for an INT, bad throw, the aforementioned James Jones fumbles, definitely that play is going to be on "C'mon man!" tomorrow night, and the Mychal Rivera fumble, it was awful to watch. The turnovers pretty much summed up how bad the game went down.
Defense. Once again, no pressure on Fitzpatrick, the secondary giving up big plays on critical 3rd down plays, it was the same old story as last week, just that the points were piled up more. Nick Roach's absence, the absolutely thin secondary is definitely piling up early on for this defense. The defense wasn't pathetic last week, but man were they absolute trash this game.
Conclusion
Next week, who do we have next? *checks schedule* Crap the Patriots at Foxborough, in Gilette Stadium. Their game today vs. the Vikings showed before this game and whenever you think the Patriots are down, they find ways to bounce back in convincing fashion. It's always tough to go down there to face Brady, Belichick, Wilfork, not to mention, the Raiders are riding a 16 game losing streak in the East Coast. After that, it is the London game against the Dolphins. If the Raiders go 0-4 heading into their week 5 bye week, I can guarantee, Dennis Allen is going to be packing his bags and head out the door, if not maybe earlier considering how this game went down. I'll see you guys next week for the Patriots game.
Oh and by the way, if you guys like the Dennis Allen meme I put up at the end of the fourth quarter section, here's the link: http://memegenerator.net/instance/54337643
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