All postgame comments provided by the Oakland Raiders’ official website. The Saints lost a heartbreaker at home against the Raiders last week, and then failed to do anything offensively against the New York Giants in Week 2.
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The Falcons scored touchdowns on three straight red zone drives, amassed 528 yards and in a throwback game – as in AFL throwback – they beat the Raiders 35-28.
Once inside the red zone however, it was a seldom-targeted, second-year receiver who made the big play to give them the lead.
“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.
It was a reversal of fortune on Sunday, as Atlanta was the better team throughout.
Another rookie, Cory James, will replace Ben Heeney at inside linebacker. Last week, it was the Saints’ Brandin Cooks who torched him. His third-down throw to Tevin Coleman was broken up, but the ball bounced high in the air and Hardy caught it in the end zone to put Atlanta (1-1) up 28-21.
Many believed that the Oakland Raiders were going to be built around the passing game. Part of this was because Matt Ryan would drop back deep, in some cases 15 yards. The Falcon runners gained 139.
The Oakland Raiders take on Atlanta Falcons today in an NFL football game on the second week of the 2016 schedule. Maybe it’s because the list would have been too long.
“I’d say if you want somebody to blame, just blame it on me”, Del Rio said.
“Yeah I thought we did a great job offensively getting into a rhythm”, he told the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
“We just felt like with the big personnel that they go to on defense, we liked our guys”. 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. I have the utmost belief in this group of guys. For us, we’re looking for answers.
A lot went right with the offense on America’s Team-for-a-week. He hit on 34 of 45 passes for 299 yards. Nothing meant toward Murray but he is not that good of a running back. “If you don’t make plays and you’re in there, you leave the door open for others to get opportunities to play”. After holding them to two early field goals, the cornerback David Amerson made another nice play in the end zone to come away with his first interception of the season to give the ball back to his offense. Ryan passed for 396 yards and two additional touchdowns and ran for a 2-point conversion.
Has the Raiders’ 2016 season – so full of promise and excitement – already come to a watershed moment, just two weeks of awful defense into it?
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Quinn: “Coaches’ mistake. Miscommunication”. Because it’s a hurtful feeling. “But at the same time, you have to rally, and you have to use this as motivation”. Nine times we got the quarterback off his spot yesterday.
