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Defense forces a 3 and out!

 

Just win, baby.

Are we 3-3, .500? Yup.

 

Rookie Check In

1.7. Tyree Wilson
Rodgers Rating (RR): 50
Projected RR: 69
33.7 on PFF
He's getting the reps, with 156 snaps and 21 more on special teams. But he's not producing yet. Wilson put two pressures on Green Bay and has made all his attempted tackles over the past three weeks. His 2 hurries and 2 pressures really underwhelm at this point, however. That's the big difference between his PRR and actual RR.


2.35 Michael Mayer
RR: 73
Projected RR: 78
61.2 on PFF
Like Wilson, Mayer has gotten reps but struggled. His 4 starts have helped him see 215 offensive snaps and 26 on special teams. Initially overmatched, he missed some blocks and had two holding calls in the first two games of the season. Since then, he has looked better. Over the past two weeks, he has pushed his totals to 8-116 and 6 first downs. He's now up to fourth among rookie TEs in receptions. After a slow start, he has looked like the player the Raiders wanted. He's obviously the offensive ROY for the Raiders so far.

3.70 Byron Young
RR: 49
Projected RR: 60
43.8 on PFF
Young played sparingly over the first two weeks, but he has since registered a tackle in three of the last four weeks. He has only 83 snaps on defense and 8 on special teams. Limited reps and low stats account for his lower RR.

3.100 Tre Tucker
RR: 54
Projected RR: 64
58.3 on PFF
Tucker hasn't gotten a ton of opportunities, but he has made many of them count. He has three rushes, two of which have gone 16+. He has 2 catches for 57 yards. And he's done that on 68 snaps. If he were involved in the return game, he'd likely have more value added, but DeAndre Carter has done well there. Depending what happens with Renfrow, Tucker could be in line for an increased workload.

4.104 Jakorian Bennett
Projected RR: 65
RR: 63
43.1 on PFF
Bennett missed one game and may have lost his starting spot in the process, at least in the short term. He piled up 16 tackles through two games before largely fading into the background. Bennet has two PDs, but he has also allowed a 134.8 PRTW. That's on 252 snaps and 20 targets. He's the obvious defensive ROY for the Raiders at this point, having played a ton of snaps and producing, though inconsistently.

4.135 Aidan O'Connell
RR: 45
Projected RR: 48
39.8 on PFF
Thrust into the starting lineup with only a week of practice, AOC was way overmatched initially. Then he figured things out just in time for Garoppolo to return the next week. He took 73 snaps in that game and could be in line for more.

5.170 Christopher Smith
RR: N/A
Projected RR: 44
Smith was on the field for 18 special teams plays against the Chargers. He has yet to see reps on defense.

6.203 Amari Burney
RR: N/A
Projected RR: N/A
Burney hasn't played.

7.231 Nesta Jade Silvera
RR: 27
Projected RR: 44
42.5 on PFF
A 7th rounder, Jade Silvera had a tackle against the Chargers in 8 snaps. Silvera has played very little, in large part, I think to the absolutely huge play of John Jenkins up front.

 

O'Connell starting means more downfield attempts instead?

 

Marcus Mosher on X: "#Raiders QB Aidan O'Connell's passing chart vs. LAC: https://t.co/FnsZoZhE91" / X (twitter.com)

 

Carr struggling in Nawlins...with an offense that has Thomas, Olave, Kamara, Williams?

 

I've defended Carr a long time, but I've come to see pretty clearly what he is and what he isn't. He's an upper-end average QB. That's not bad, but you can't pay him $40m a year and expect to have a perennial contender.

QBR 2023
Jimmy G 18th
Carr 19th

Carr's craziest number? 6 TD passes on 255 attempts! Last season he threw 4x as many - in less than twice the attempts.
Jimmy G's craziest number? 8 INTs on 147 attempts. He has never thrown more than 13 in a season - and that was on 476 attempts.

 

I have the Raiders 23, Bears 21

"23 points!" you say?
The Bears have allowed 20+ to 5 of 6 teams, 30+ to three teams, and at least 19 in each game.

 

Pretty miserable first quarter.
Carlson misses a FG.
Raiders' offense is throw it at Adams to make him happy and slam Jacobs into the line.

Defense is getting manhandled in the run game.

 

Much maligned (including by me), Jerry Tillery makes a big play. Forces a punt.

 

Wow. Another INT through a guy's hand. I didn't see the play yet, but it sounds like Jacobs wasn't ready for the pass.

 

Hoyer isn't the guy for this team. Even if AOC loses, he's got to have this time to see more reps.

 

Need a stop by the D.

 

Defense bending a bit, but Crosby comes up with a massive sack.

 

Tyree Wilson with a career best play? Forced a fumble on NATHAN PETERMAN (don't let Gruden hear that) to end the half.

 

I'll just keep banging the drum. Hoyer won't win this game. AOC might not either, but he'll get experience. Time to seat Hoyer.

 

On the bright side, Tyree Wilson is having a nice game.

Fire Josh McDaniels.

 

This team just sucks on offense. It's amazing how ineffective they are.

 

LV is looking at 160 yards of total offense, and we're in the 4th quarter.

 

Have we fired McDaniels yet?

If he puts Hoyer back out there down 3 scores with 6:00 to go, it has to happen.