The good: Derek Carr in the first half
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While Derek Carr might have ultimately been one of the factors that doomed the Las Vegas Raiders in their game against the Kansas City Chiefs, the veteran Quarterback did do his best to keep things close. Carr even connected with Hunter Renfrow late in the Second Quarter to cut the Chiefs lead down to three points. Carr followed that up with a 34-yard pass to Bryan Edwards in the third quarter, which again cut the lead back down to three. Unfortunately for Carr, he couldn’t keep up with The Chiefs’ defense, and the Raiders were denied entry into the endzone again.
The bad: The Raiders’ running game
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The Las Vegas Raiders did a lot of things wrong on Sunday, but not being able to get the ground game going had to be their most damning. Not only is that evident by how it forced Derek Carr into throwing more than he needed to, but it also showed just how ineffective Joshua Jacobs and Kenyan Drake can be against top opponents. Derek Carr even outran both of them with three runs that resulted in a total of 18 yards. It didn’t help much, but at least Carr was trying something.
Jacobs only had seven carries for 16 yards and an average of 2.3 yards per gain. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Kenyan Drake only accounted for four carries for 16 yards, giving the duo a grand total of 32 yards combined. The Raiders need to work on their ground game!
The ugly: The defense allowing 41 points in a game.
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Once again, the ugly award goes to the Las Vegas Raiders’ defense for giving up 41 points in a single game. Not to mention they did this during Sunday Night football, which is supposed to showcase the best teams around the league. Unfortunately for the Raiders’ defense, they allowed 422 passing yards, 94 rushing yards, and 29 first downs.
The Chiefs were 9 of 15 on third-down conversions, while the Raiders were stuck at one of nine for the entire game. The Raiders defense also failed to bring Patrick Mahomes down for a sack once, meaning there was very little pressure.
