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QB Derek Carr
Carr had a very bad day. He’s had these kinds of days before. You know, where the passing numbers look like he was actually pretty good. But the results and actual game film tell a different story. The problem is when he refuses to acknowledge how bad his game really was.
The only thing Carr would say is that the three turnovers were on him. Well, because they were. He threw the two picks and had the fumble to end the game.
The first interception was the worst kind. One of those short passes in the flat where the defender steps in front of it and has nothing but green grass in front of him to score. Carr threw it late and behind Hunter Renfrow and Xavier McKinney said thank you very much.
That pick six gave the Giants a 17-13 lead early in the third quarter. But while he handed the Giants a touchdown on that play, he cost the Raiders four points at the end of the previous drive when he overthrew a wide open Darren Waller in the end zone. A common theme for Carr was missing Waller in the end zone.
It was the under throws that got him picked twice. And both were McKinney. The second one was for purported speedster Zay Jones to whom Carr likes to throw back shoulder passes. This one McKinney swooped over and said I’ll take that…again.
After playing with house money all season, Carr had his first fumble that was lost. And it was the one that sealed the Raiders’ fate in New York.
DT Johnathan Hankins, DT Quinton Jefferson
The big men in the middle were getting pushed around all game. First it was former Raiders RB Devontae Booker running all over them. He’s the Giants’ backup running back, by the way, as Saquon Barkley didn’t play in the game. Leading to a career-high 99 yards rushing for Booker.
Then third strong RB Elijah Penny came in and he ran all over them too, putting up 35 yards on five carries. That seven yards per carry was a career-high for Penny and his 35 yards was his third most ever.
Do I really need to detail the specific runs in which one or both of Hankins and Jefferson were pushed around? Let’s just say several times each with neither making more than a single stop inside four yards.
K Daniel Carlson
So, hey, great you made three field goals. You also missed the shortest field goal in the NFL this season, having a 25-yard attempt go wide left. That would’ve brought it to a one-point game midway through the fourth quarter.
OT Kolton Miller
Miller had been lights out all season. Not giving up a sack. Then again the Raiders hadn’t lost a fumble all season either. Both of those things happened on the same play. And it ended the game. Miller was beat around the left edge by Quincy Roche. He held him and still ended up giving up the sack. If he holds up there, the Raiders have at least two more shots at the end zone. From lights out to turn out the lights and go home.
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