Week 2 Review: Oakland Raiders (0-2) vs Miami Dolphins (1-1)…


                                                                                                  Well students today I  sit before you a dumbfounded man. I thought that the Raiders were going to run and pass all over the Miami defense. And I also thought that the Raiders defense was going to confuse and frustrate rookie QB Ryan Tannahill.  But they made Tannahill look like Marino and Reggie Bush look like well Reggie Bush. So lets take a look at this sad game and performance by the Oakland Raiders…

Game #2 – Oakland Raiders at Miami Dolphins

Offense: C (C.Palmer 24/48 373yrds 1 TD, 1 INT, D.McFadden 11/22yrds, M.Goodson 3/83yrds 1TD): The Raiders offense struggled again. Against a team that seemed like it should have been a push over. But the Dolphins defense came to play and the Raiders offense didn’t. You cannot win with only 23 rushing yards out of your offense. No team in the NFL can. The Raiders need to regain some kind of balance to their offense if they are going to right a ship the has scored 27 points in 2 games this season…

Defense: C- (Passing Yrds All. 200yrds, Rushing Yrds All. 263yrds): The defense took a little bit of a down grade this week. The Raiders defense couldn’t stop the run if you paid them to….Wait they are being paid and they still couldn’t. I know it seems as if I am reaming the Raiders defense. But in my mind they deserve it with that pathetic performance that they put forward. Reggie Bush ran all over the defense to the tune of 179yrds and a couple of TD’s as a fantasy owner it made me happy as a fan of the Raiders I was ashamed….

Special Teams: C (Punt Ret. 5/58yrds, Kick Ret. 3/54yrds):  This is one area of the team that I expected to struggle. With the loss of Jacoby Ford possibly for the season the Raisers may not be right on the Special Teams for a long while. But the kids they do have are young and full of energy and speed so they should be fine a total of 112 yards returning is not bad. But they are going to need better production from the offense to mask the deficiencies in other areas on the  team...

Final Score: Dolphins 35, Raiders 13

Overall: C-

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