Raiders week four report card vs Browns

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If you had to describe the Raiders 45-42 overtime win over the Browns Womens Gabe Jackson Jersey , roller coaster should come to mind.This game had it all, controversial calls, big plays, lead changes, and overtime.Unlike the previous three games the Raiders did not lead at halftime.The Raiders trailed 28-14 midway through the third quarter and needed some Derek Carr heroics to pull this one off.Grading the teams performance is a challenge in a game like this because although the result was a Raiders win, there are many areas where the Raiders need improvement.Let’s take at the week four Raiders report card.Aerial Attack: A-It’s difficult to be too hard on Derek Carr after this one.Yes, you can question the decision making on both of his interceptions but he showed tremendous heart and a desire to win when his team needed it.Carr finished the game 35 of 58 with 437 yards and four touchdowns.He showed toughness in the overtime period when he took a big hit, was slow to get up but stayed in the game and led the Raiders offense down the field to set up the game winning field goal.Carr delivered passes to eight different receivers.Amari Cooper (8-128-1) led the way along with Jared Cook (8-110-2).Ground Game: AMarshawn Lynch takes full responsibility for this grade.The offensive line was not great but Lynch did his part grinding out 130 yards on 20 carries.Lynch’s 130 yards on the ground was his most since 2014.Lynch longest run of the day was a 52 yard gain.He also caught three balls for 27 yards.Offensive Line: B+It was a slow start for the offensive line this week but they showed some toughness and grit this week against a good Browns defense.The group paved the way for Marshawn Lynch to gain 130 yards on the ground.Going into the game a key match up was Kolton Miller versus Miles Garrett. Although, Garrett was disruptive at times was not a game wrecker.Extra points were added to the grade for the Raiders ability to deal with an injury to Donald Penn.Donald Penn did not finish the game, due to a lower leg injury.Rookie, Brandon Parker was forced into action and played well.Browns defensive coordinator, Gregg Williams is known for his exotic blitz packages, the Raiders offensive line held up well in pass protection.Defensive Line: DAs long as the defensive line continues to lack a pass rush and get gashed for big plays on the ground they will earn low grades.Maurice Hurst kept this group from getting an F.Hurst came up with a huge sack, fumble late in the third quarter.The play started the comeback for the Raiders. Three plays later, the Raiders closed the gap to 28-21. The Browns gained 208 yards on 31 carries, while rushing for three touchdowns. Linebackers: C+Marquel Lee led the way for the linebackers, playing his best game as a Raider.Lee did a little bit of everything today showing up in the run (10 tackles) and pass (2 pass deflections).The reason for the C+ is too many missed tackles.Missed tackles by Whitehead and Lee led to both of Nick Chubb’s touchdowns.Secondary: BThe secondary forced two turnovers today, Gareon Conley intercepted the first pass of his career and took it to the house.The secondary get’s graded on a bit of a curve because the pass rush is so bad they can’t be expected to cover for as long as they are asked to.Baker Mayfield had all day to scan the field and find an open receiver.The Raiders defense and secondary in particular benefited from several Browns drops.Special Teams: B+The special teams unit played a critical role in the win for the Raiders.Keep in mind the kicker, punter, and long snapper were all rookies.Newly signed kicker, Matt McCrane made 3 of 5 attempts.His first miss isn’t completely his fault.The kick took place on the infield dirt and the ball slipped on the dirt while be placed by Johnny Townsend.McCrane made the one that mattered, a 29 yard http://www.oaklandraidersteamonline.com/leon-hall-jersey , game winner in overtime.The kick cover teams were on point, continuously limiting the Browns returns to no gains and putting the Browns offense is poor starting position. Dwayne Harris was excellent in covering kicks and returning kicks.His longest return of the day was a 49 yard punt return. Overall Grade: B It wasn’t always pretty but the Raiders did just enough to get a much needed win.Marshawn Lynch upset at being denied ball at goal line and ‘cute’ play leads to interception, Gruden says ‘he and I have a lot in common’ Late in the third quarter on Sunday in what had been a dominating performance by the Chargers, the Raiders had a chance to pull within 20-10 with first and goal from the one-yard line. Everyone in the stadium including the Chargers defense knew the ball was going to Marshawn Lynch, except it wasn’t. Instead, Jon Gruden elected for a play action pass, and quarterback Derek Carr threw it right into the arms of Melvin Ingram to all but end the Raiders chances of a comeback. “We haven’t thrown the ball in a goal-to-go situation all year,” Gruden said. “It was first-and-goal, the decision there was to throw it. If it isn’t open, you throw it away. It didn’t work out. We expected that we’d have a wide open receiver on the play and obviously that will be second-guessed, rightfully so . . . I’ll live to hand the ball off on the next play, possibly.”This isn’t the first time Lynch has been deprived the football at the one-yard line, as an almost identical play cost the Seahawks Super Bowl XLIX. “I done seen it happen to me on the game’s biggest stage,” Lynch told ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez after the loss to the Chargers Sunday. “Now it’s happened in a regular-season game. It’s alright, though.”Lynch was told the stat that since the start of Super Bowl XLIX, teams with Lynch have now thrown four times from the one-yard line and are 0-4 including two interceptions. “That’s cute,” he replied. Heading into Sunday’s game, the running back nicknamed ‘Beastmode’ had forced 20 missed tackles, five more than the next closest rusher, earning an NFL-best 105.4 elusive rating from Pro Football Focus. An incredible 254 of his 300 rushing yards came after contact. His ‘unreal performance’ against the Browns in week three carried the Silver & Black to their first victory of the 2018 season. So for Gruden to refuse giving the ball to him in a short-yardage situation is inexcusable, yet it continues to happen.In week two, the Raiders were up 19-10 in Denver early in the fourth quarter with fourth and inches at the Broncos 33. But rather than lean on Lynch in one of the biggest plays of the game Authentic Jordy Nelson Jersey , Gruden elected to run a play action bootleg to fullback Keith Smith who dropped the pass. The following week against the Dolphins, Oakland was in a fourth and goal situation from the one-yard line. Gruden gave the ball to Smith who was stuffed and failed to convert.Later in the game on third and goal from the one-yard line, Gruden called Lynch’s number who skied over the Dolphins defense for a touchdown. “With [RB] Marshawn Lynch, we love to give him the ball but we had shown some things and they showed on film that this should be good and obviously they covered it and it didn’t work out,” explained Carr after the game. “But it’s been five games now where we’ve just — pow, pow, pow — so you have to throw a play action or else they’re all going to commit on him and it’s going to get stuck.”That’s all fine and good, except the “pow, pow, pow” plays that weren’t successful were ran with Smith rather than Lynch. After Carr’s goal line interception, Lynch was visibly upset taking off his helmet and looking like he wanted to throw it. While Gruden understands his frustration, it won’t stop him from passing on the goal line again.“I don’t want to see anybody get upset, I want everybody to be happy,” Gruden told the media on Monday. “It won’t be the last pass I call on first and goal either. I think that’s the best time to throw down there. I regret that it was intercepted. It turns out to be a horrible call. But we were down 20-3, Melvin Ingram’s your middle linebacker in a jam front and I wanted to throw a play action pass on the one foot line. My opinion is it shouldn’t have been intercepted, we shouldn’t do that right down there, but we did, and Lynch is frustrated, I think I threw my visor and my headset, so I think he and I have a lot in common.” One thing they don’t have in common is Lynch’s role with the team in short yardage situations. Lynch’s agent CJ LaBoy perfectly summed up Gruden’s flawed logic when he tweeted, “You have the greatest and most ferocious/feared short yardage back of all time...and you don’t give him the ball at the goal line?”