Sunday night is Raiders night! It's desperation mode now for the Silver and Black. This is the 1st half open thread of the Raiders-Dolphins Week 9 matchup on Sunday Night Football. Leave a comment below the post and share your thoughts on the game.
Q2
OAK 13 MIA 9
The Raiders weathered the storm and take a four point lead. Tavecchio adds three more on a 53-yard chip shot. If there's early indication, the Raiders are gonna have to beat the Dolphins with the passing game. There was a little rain in pre-game, which caused a lot of concern for me. But, luckily that has subsided before kickoff. Going back, the Raiders' running game couldn't get anything going against Miami's front seven, but Cook was able to step up and bail the Raiders out on 3rd down. The biggest negative right here is make a guess. If you guessed penalties, that is correct. Most of them were bogus calls from the refs, especially Lee Smith and Karl Joseph's unnecessary roughness penalties. The only legit penalties were Penn's false start and Jared Cook's holding penalties. So far, the Raiders are hanging tough despite playing against two teams. The 2nd half will open up shortly.
Q1
OAK 3 MIA 0
My goodness, that run game to start was horrendous. The Dolphins have a decent front seven with Suh being the epicenter of that. The Raiders tried to run the football to get things, but not a lot of holes to get a decent chunk of yardage. The offense was bailed by three great catches from Jared Cook on Derek Carr's pass. Everything else, Miami's D was ready for everything that the Raiders tried to run on offense. We have to see some better play calling in the 2nd quarter.
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