This game is now sitting with an over/under of 44 with the Raiders as three point favorites.
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This was the ugliest – and most lopsided – loss since the opener and kept the Raiders from taking a big step forward as a postseason contender.
The Raiders, who had scored 106 points in the three games since the bye, managed only 14 Sunday. “Everything at the end of the season if we do that will take care of itself”.
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson (28) runs from… They hired the right head coach, Jack Del Rio, who placed trust in the young quarterback.
Teddy Bridgewater threw a touchdown pass, and the Vikings (7-2) held the Raiders’ potent offense in check for their fifth straight win. But you can’t evade the fact Bridgewater threw zero interceptions and Carr threw two, one in the end zone.
Midway through the fourth quarter of today’s 30-14 win over the Raiders, a fan ran onto the field as the Vikings were preparing to kick off. But safety Antone Exum quickly brought him to the turf with an open-field tackle. We’ll have to get better going forward. But after big days by Pittsburgh’s DeAngelo Williams and Peterson the past two weeks, that has all changed. But Raiders cornerback Keith McGill, rushing off the right edge, got a hand on the football, sending it wide left.
“When you lose, it’s tough”, Carr said. Asiata had been stationed deep with the roadrunner, and when he saw Janikowski’s grounder bounce toward the hero of the final 1:30 of the first half, he ran upfield looking for somebody to hit. “We were fired up”. With RB Latavius Murray averaging 4.8 yards per carry and the line allowing just 10 sacks, the Raiders bring enough balance to challenge any defense.
First, the Vikes drove from their own 21 to the Oakland 16 – powered by the running of Adrian Peterson – to get a 34-yard field goal by Blair Walsh.
This pass was a 50-50 ball, with the Vikings’ Terence Newman positioned in front of Holmes. The replay officials looked at it and upheld it. I don’t know how they did. You are not a diva yet, and I like your fire, but please don’t go there. “But I feel like I’m on the verge of really breaking out”. “Just didn’t come down with it”. The second was essentially the clinch, coming in the end zone with 2:03 to play. The tailback produced 203 yards on 26 carries, including an impressive 80-yard touchdown to silence the Oakland crowd. Even when the offense struggles the Vikings find a way to win and they’ll surely be competitive when we watch the Vikings Raider game live streaming or on TV today.
The first name worth mentioning is, of course, free safety Charles Woodson, whose ability to play through pain is outright out of this world. Peterson has been running incredibly well and even though he looks kind of human, he still should be considered one of the best runners in the league.
Just like something that happened over and over during the Raiders’ 2014 season. Oakland’s only loss to a sub.
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“When we came in at halftime, we were still upbeat”, left tackle Donald Penn said. “This week was passing game, and we did well passing, but we allowed them to run all over us, 200-plus yards or whatever it was”. Having the run game that we have, those guys did a great job of opening the holes. I’m upset. I’m very upset. “If one part of the game isn’t clicking, then you’ve got to click”. We’re going to go to Chapter 10 tomorrow after we check this film and get it ready. “But there’s no panic at all”.
