This si a game that on paper looked winnable for the
Raiders. The Saints came in as a team in turmoil. Head Coach… Suspended and
replaced. They got back all of the players that were suspended. But they didn't look like the same team early, But they have hit their stride recently winning
4 of their last 5 games. The Raiders came in after some very up and down weeks.
Losses to Baltimore and Tampa Bay left the win over the Chiefs seeming so far
away. The Raiders had a chance to turn around their fortunes and take over the
Saints and get a win. But they didn't do any of that all they did was fall flat
on their faces and were out of the game before the game really got going. But
oh well looks like they are going to have to wait for next week and hope they
can get the ball rolling against the Bengals….
Game #10 – New
Orleans Saints at Oakland Raiders
Offense: B-(C.Palmer 22/40 312yrds 2TD, 2INT, M.Reece
19/103yrds, B.Myers 6/55yrds 1TD): The Raiders numbers on offense look nice
enough in the stat sheet. But what the sheet doesn't tell you is the lack of
points it produced that’s the scoreboards job and as the Raiders struggled to
get points on that scoreboard. The Saints just lit it up and overall they didn’t
put up a lot of yards that’s the kicker. The Raiders just couldn’t put it into
the end zone when given the opportunity. But on the bright side Marcel Reece
the young back for the Raiders did go for 100+ yards but couldn’t even get into
the end zone himself. We will be looking for better next week against the
Bengals…
Defense: D+ (Passing
Yrds All. 229yrds, Rushing Yrds All. 160yrds, 0TO): The defense pretty much
collapsed under the weight of the Saints awesomeness. I hate to steal that
phrase but the fact of the matter is the Saints offense came in and had its way
with the Raiders defense with Drew Brees having a flashback game and throwing
for 3TD’s and being very efficient about it. If the Raiders are going to turn
this thing around they need their defense to play a lot better than they played
in this game. They cant keep allowing teams to just run all over them and pass
all over them. The Raiders are better than that and I believe Dennis Allen can
turn it around and finish this season strong even if they don’t make the
playoffs…
Final Score: Saints
38, Raiders 17
Overall: C-
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