“He can really get into you and knock you back”. The question was really simple. They don’t believe that because we just had that meeting. “It’ll be a great flight home”.
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This was a tough game for our Raiders, especially offensively; Which in part, makes this win all the more sweeter! In the first half of Sunday’s game between these longtime AFC West rivals, the Oakland Raiders were down by a dozen while their team managed a mystifying minus-12 yards of total offense.
The Raiders, trailing 12-0 at halftime, won by holding Denver to four Brandon McManus field goals, and they shut out the Broncos in the second half.
THE MACK ATTACK: Mack’s five sacks were the most in the National Football League since 2012, when Aldon Smith had 5.5 for the 49ers.
“I’ll visit with Peyton here this afternoon before he leaves, ” Kubiak said.
It might help that he won’t have to worry about Khalil Mack, though. “It was a huge moment in the game for us to come out with that turnover”. We know that we have a great challenge ahead of us. He keeps us calm, keeps us poised. He’s got a swagger about him. “Now we’re just focused on Pittsburgh and what we have to do to get this win“. It gets worse when the replacements also go down.
DENVER (AP) – Jack Del Rio’s decision to go for 2 was more of a no-brainer than a head-scratcher.
NOTES: Running back C.J. Anderson was active, but did not play a down Sunday as he recovers from an ankle injury. “And I thought we did that”. The play led to what turned out to be the game-winning points on a 16-yard pass from Derek Carr to Mychal Rivera. This game is the next one in line for the Raiders. A rushing touchdown by Latavius Murray was negated by a penalty. Come on now, after the start Brock Osweiler had you know P. Manning was just a bit anxious about his starting under center, ever again. Osweiler wasn’t able to throw the ball downfield much, though, partly due to poor blocking and dropped passes. The Raiders were helped by some key Denver dropped passes.
While Osweiler may have finished with 308 yards, don’t fall into the trap of praising him. Ronnie Hillman and Juwan Thompson were held to 28 yards on 17 carries.
Lions coach Jim Caldwell sought out an explanation from the officials, explaining, “I am not Earl Weaver when it comes to the rules, but I think I have a pretty good idea of what the rules are and I just wanted to make sure I got a clear explanation of what they saw”.
The back-up quarterback had tasted victory in all three of his career starts before the weekend, but he and the Broncos had an afternoon to forget in Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
In a defensive struggle where field position was crucial, King placed five of his 10 punts inside the 14-yard line.
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The Rams disagreed with an offensive holding call on Cody Davis that wiped out Tavon Austin’s 83-yard punt return for a touchdown. The Broncos offense has only produced one touchdown in its last eight quarters of action. The Warriors have been vocal about how the Bucks may have over-celebrated when the Warriors feel they are the better team.
