Oakland faced a bit of bad luck when the Falcons scored the go-ahead touchdown on a deflected third-down pass that the Raiders appeared to break up. Atlanta won the turnover battle and time of possession, but failed to record any sacks or even pressure on Winston. Derek Carr has established himself as a quality National Football League quarterback.
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The Raiders much-hyped defense had zero answer for Atlanta’s run-pass attack, which racked up 531 total yards in its 35-28 road victory in Oakland.
Oakland coach Jack Del Rio then chose to go for it on fourth-and-2, but Jalen Richard was stopped on a 1-yard gain.
“A thousand yards? Wow”, said the All-Pro defensive end, Khalil Mack. If it hadn’t been for defensive penalties, the Raiders may have been scoreless through three quarters. He also had a key third quarter run stop, and is hopefully just getting warmed up.
“That play is called, see the ball, get ball”, Hardy said.
“All of our running backs are pretty good”, Del Rio said.
“That’s embarrassing”, linebacker Malcolm Smith said of the number after the game. Last week, it was the Saints’ Brandin Cooks who torched him. Also, Julio Jones had 66 yards and a touchdown in four receptions.
The Atlanta Falcons (0-1) lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 31-24, last week in which Matt Ryan threw for 334 yards and two touchdowns. There’s a great excitation waiting for the viewers because of Atlanta Falcons vs Oakland Raiders Live Streaming NFL Online Internet Broadcast from the sport channels.
In Week 1, Ryan got nothing from his backfield, and he still was able to throw for over 330 yards.
The Falcons have always been up and down throughout the regular season, after their last significant run in 2012.
Like last week, this game has all the makings of a high scoring battle. On Sunday, he took the bullet for the loss without identifying any player by name. “If you need someone to blame, blame the head coach”. “We come out of there saying I’d like to have that one back”. I have the utmost belief in this group of guys.
We can’t really tell what sparked the fight, just that at least one surrounder told the defeated, “You deserved it”. There’s some good things going on right now.(but) I’m not going to go there. The defense looks shaky at best, the pass rush hasn’t materialized, and the Falcons are woefully thin at cornerback if injuries or ineffectiveness hit. Latavius Murray added 59 yards and a touchdown on 14 attempts.
As Raiders defenders watched the Falcons continually get wide open Sunday, fans couldn’t be blamed for wondering, “Whatever happened to first-round pick Karl Joseph?“. This kind of game should go over well when the Raiders move to Las Vegas and play in the Caesars Palace Slots of Fun Desert Dome.
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Finally, when somebody on the defense did make a play, it blew up in the Raiders’ faces.
