Carr made the most of it, tossing a 12-yard touchdown pass to Seth Roberts two plays later that secured a 24-21 victory over the Titans at Nissan Stadium. “We have a lot of playmakers, we have a line that’s been doing a good job protecting players, and Derek has been the guy who is leading the way”. But it was a penalty flag that kept its winning drive going. But cornerback B.W. Webb was called for holding Cooper far away from the play, bailing the Raiders out.
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“I personally think it was a awful call”, Webb said. I’ve known Orakpo over the years when he was with the Redskins. But you can’t complain. “When you’re running those plays, you have a chance to be explosive”. The rebirth of Charles Woodson could be another.
“I’m sitting in a restaurant I have to hear about people talking about us losing”, Walker said. Both Tennessee and Oakland don’t really rely on the run game, but more use it as a go to when needed.
Right before the interception, Mariota had a nice completion to Delanie Walker that brought them close to midfield with a first down, 56 seconds left and two timeouts.
Michael Stafford managed to claim a career high five touchdown passes, with three of them going to Calvin Johnson, as the Lions claimed their third straight win.
“Amari had a double move, the DB held him, and we got the call”, Del Rio said. “It’s been a frustrating year for us”.
Tennessee scored 15 straight points to take a 21-17 lead on Marcus Mariota’s 1-yard TD pass to Jalston Fowler with 4:41 left. He has 42 yards receiving already, two catches, no touchdowns. Defensive end DaQuan Jones fell on the ball for the Titans, setting up the go-ahead TD.
Oakland coach Jack Del Rio said the Raiders aren’t concerned about Cooper’s level of play.
The Raiders (5-6) blew a 17-6 lead in the third quarter but recovered in time to snap a three-game skid to the Titans, winning for just the second time in seven trips to Tennessee. Pushing the team to 5-6 and keeping them within striking distance of the final Wild Card spot.
Carr was referring to the last play of the first half when, with two second left, Roberts caught a pass and ran for 20 yards down the middle of the field before circling around to keep the play alive.
Mariota completed 17 of 37 passes for 218 yards, breaking the franchise’s single-season passing yardage record for a rookie. I’m sure that the rookie is anxious to make up for the 1 catch four yard performance he had last Sunday in Detroit. “That’s a good thing, because now we know we can fix it. You can say, ‘I missed something there.’ And then correct it”.
NOTES: Tennessee WR Harry Douglas played in his 100th National Football League game….
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Despite the awful weather conditions, Derek Carr was 24/37 for 330 yards, three touchdowns, zero interceptions, and a pretty sparkling QB rating of 120.3.
