Oakland beat Tennessee 17-10 Sunday despite allowing the Titans to roll up 393 yards total offence, with the Raiders allowing 1,428 yards through three games. Want the latest news on the matchup sent straight to your inbox?
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The Raiders now boast the No. 1 offense in the league, and the Titans have only allowed one offensive touchdown through the first couple of weeks of the season, so something has to be given on Sunday at Nissan Stadium.
The Titans will be without tight end Delanie Walker today when they take on the Raiders. Seventh-round rookie Vadal Alexander filled in at right tackle for the remainder of the game. Now quarterback Derek Carr an the Oakland Raiders look to get back to a winning record.
First-round draft pick Karl Joseph’s debut on defense is coming three weeks later than he had hoped and maybe a few weeks earlier than the Raiders planned.
However, Oakland was able to keep Tennessee (1-2) out of the end zone when it mattered most, thanks to Carrie and a pair of costly penalties on the Titans.
Some serious Ohio State-on-Michigan crime just took place on Twitter this afternoon thanks to a boneheaded penalty in an National Football League game today.
With a little more than 30 seconds to go until halftime, Carr connected with Seth Roberts on a touchdown.
In the first three quarters of the Titans’ first three games, Mariota has hit on 60 percent of his passes with one touchdown and three interceptions for a 66.0 passer rating.
According to Mercury News, the team is going through the strides to prepare him for the game, giving him limited capacity until he’s up to speed. Fortunately for the Raiders, the Titans returned the favor and Rishard Matthews dropped a third-and-6 play on Tennessee’s ensuing drive.
“We’re way better than that”, Carr said.
Furthermore, Amerson wants to get back in time to face the Titans as he had one of his best games against Tennessee past year.
After the Raiders forced a punt, they effectively went into two-minute mode.
“No I’m not”, Carrie said. The play gave control of the ball to the Raiders, who won 17-10. In fact, Walker led all tight ends in receptions while ranking fifth with 13 catches of at least 20 yards.
Colossal mixup: The final play of the first half featured stupidity all over the place.
“Hopefully we can get on a roll”, Mariota said.
“Whether it was a pick or an incompletion, especially on third down, we had a number of plays where the ball was right there and we didn’t make the plays”, coach Mike Mularkey said.
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The game would be in the books on a failed fourth down attempt by the Titans.
