Las Vegas Raiders

All things considered, shockingly good effort today. No excuses, this game was a big missed opportunity. In the NFL, you have to take these opportunities when you can get them. In that sense, I’m disappointed in the result. Moral victories equal the same in the end; a loss.

On the flip, AP is 2-1 as a first time head coach, and doing so with a first time play caller in Bo. He’s rolling with a 4th round rookie QB. And the Raiders defense kept it close, giving the team multiple chances to stay in it. This was against a top offense, one that lit up the Donks for 70. It was a great effort.

I like AP, after that, all bets are off. AOC is so far displaying the same tendencies he has all year. I haven’t seen much improvement so far, but I haven’t seen much regression either. At this point, the rookie is who he is. Ideally, it would be nice to see him protected better. But he also holds on to the ball a bit too long. And he’s committing too many TOs to have any kind of favorable momentum. His decision making is not good, hoping I see improvement soon there too. I won’t be upset if we get a QB in the first round (especially if they can somehow get either Pennix or Caleb). Still, 6 more games, maybe my mind changes.