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Josh McDaniels has a long list of areas he need to work on entering his second season as the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.
Paramount on the list is improving play in the fourth quarter. Yes, the Raiders were in many games in a season in which they went a bitterly disappointing 6-11. Many of their defeats were games that turned around in the final 15 minutes of the game.
According to a recent tweet by NFL analyst Warren Sharp, the Raiders were 8-7-2 in games after the third quarter. So, things often went awry for McDaniels’ squad in the fourth quarter.
Here is Sharp’s numbers for every NFL team after three quarters in the 2022 NFL season:
interesting concept:
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) June 16, 2023
2022 standings if games ended after 3 quarters
12-2-2: BUF (AFC 1-seed, bye)
13-3-1: PHI (NFC 1-seed, bye)
13-4: SF (NFC 2-seed)
12-3-2: BAL (AFC 2-seed)
11-4-2: TEN (AFC 3-seed)
11-4-2: DAL (NFC 5-seed)
11-5-1: KC (AFC 4-seed)
9-7-1: MIA (AFC 5-seed)…
If the Raiders are going to be better in 2023, they must perform better in the fourth quarter,
In other Raiders’ news:
- Big trade details: The Raiders’ were about of a complicated trade train in the past year.
- Pod time: Our Marcus Johnson joined Heidi Fang’s podcast to preview the 2023 Raiders.
- MVP talk: NFL.com predicts team MVPs in 2023 for all AFC squads.
- Close game regression: Our people at Acme Packing Company look at something that could affected the Raiders in 2023.
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