This is the open thread of the first half of the Raiders' Week 6 matchup vs. the LA Chargers. Leave a comment below and share your thoughts on the game.
Q2
LAC 7 OAK 10
It seems to me that it's going to be the Raiders vs. the Chargers and the Refs based on what I saw on the first half. The positive here is that Oakland was able to get out of this slow first half with a lead. The offense is playing safe out there and understandably so to protect Carr. They did a nice job establishing the run against the Chargers' poor run defense and they decide to go with quick, short and intermediate routes to ease Carr in. With that gameplan, they got a score with Carr finding Crabtree for an early 7-0 lead. To think, the Chargers could've lead at this half, but Nick Novak missed a field goal and they failed to convert on one of their two fourth down plays. The defense for the most part did its job minus the Gordon TD late in this quarter. TJ Carrie is standing out early on, making a couple of big 3rd down plays. The secondary needs any positive right now at this point. Anything would be great. Slow, safe first half, but the Raiders need to open it up a little bit in the 2nd. They are in dangerous waters if they're letting a 1-5 Chargers team hang around. 2nd half open thread will open up shortly.
Q1
LAC 0 OAK 7
Wow, that was a very questionable call to end the quarter. False start on Penn? He didn't flinch one bit. Okay, back to the overall summary of this quarter. I thought we were gonna be off to another shaky start after Carr threw a pick. I was thinking "this is where the Chargers" score a TD. But, they missed a field goal. Raiders get back on the field and they put together a very methodical drive to establish the run and ease Carr with easy completions, culminating in a TD to Crabtree. So far, so good, but there's a lot of work to do. But, I'm still stunned on that call. Chargers jumped big time.
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