Silver Minings: Does Las Vegas need to get more aggressive with the lead?

One of the biggest criticisms of Jon Gruden’s offense in the past three years since he came back to the team was that he often lack aggression when the team held leads.

This stat from Josh Dubow of the Associated Press will not do anything to dispel that narrative.

One touchdown pass with the lead? Wow. That’s nuts.

While some may point to Carr for being the main culprit for that shocking stat, I’d point more to Gruden. Yes, Carr has some culpability in it as well. But Gruden is the one calling the playing in those situations. According to the Associated Press, the Raiders were 25th in the NFL in points per drive while holding a lead in 2020.

According to the AP, Carr threw a total of 23 touchdown passes from 2014-17 and just a total of five since Gruden became the Raiders’ coach.

This is all evidence of a lack of aggression in the play calling. That will need to change if this offense expects to get to its full potential.

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• Predicting the future: The Athletic has some 2021 NFL predictions.
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