What's your opinion of the Raider Defense

by RLangford on Oct 26, 2009 12:12 PM PDT Comment 1 comment

I've had a very tough time reading them. They put up strong games against the Chargers and Eagles, a good game against the Chiefs, a slightly below average game against the Texans (all big plays), and were poor against the Broncos, Giants, and Jets.

My sense is that they really were overmatched by the Broncos and Giants. But that in other games, their bad play is eventually a result of just being so demoralized by the play of the offense. I especially thought that was true against the Jets yesterday.

I'm not really sure about the defense and may not be the whole year, given that we won't have an offense that leads to competitive games in which we can really measure them.

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Demoralized is probably right

The defense started the game well. But when the Jets scored the two touchdowns after the turnovers, the defense probably felt the game was over simply because the offense can’t score two touchdowns against anyone and, in fact, were creating scoring opportunities for the opponent. I’m not saying the defense gave up, they just got demoralized by the thought that even their best work wouldn’t help them today. I know the Jets went after the Raiders’ weak spot, rush defense. But I gotta believe the defense would have been more inspired if the game was still 0-0, instead of being down 14-0 without having given up any long drives or big plays.

by guapobob on Oct 26, 2009 5:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs