Busters
QB Brian Hoyer
As good as O’Connell was in the second half, Hoyer was basically the opposite in the first half. He completed just 12 of 22 passes with no TDs and a pick six to finish with a 55.9 passer rating.
On his first drive, he had Phillip Dorsett up the left sideline, but the pass was behind him, allowing it to be knocked down. The next drive, he got solid field position on the kick return to midfield, then he held the ball too long and was sacked and overthrew Tre Tucker on third and 13. Next drive was the pick six, which he threw pretty much right into the hands of linebacker Jacob Hummel.
The Raiders led 20-10 at the half, but only because of Jimmy G leading them to a TD on the first drive and Stetson Bennett’s gift pick six to Pola-Mao. All of Hoyer’s drives either went nowhere or stalled.
WR Tre Tucker, Austin Hooper
Not exactly the hands team. Hooper saw two passes. The first one he just flat out dropped. The second he pushed off and was flagged for offensive pass interference.
Tucker’s first chance at making a catch came on a kick return which went through his arms. Then he made matters worse by picking it up and taking it out of the end zone. He was stopped at the 10-yard line.
Then just before the end of the second quarter, he made a nice move on a back shoulder pass for the end zone and had it doink off of him again.
They gave him a couple chances to use his legs instead of his hands. The first was on a bubble screen, which the speedster could only get four yards out of it. Later he got the ball on a sweep and got just two yards.
He finished with three catches on seven targets, with most of it on a nice and easy pass from O’Connell that picked up 40 yards.
S Jaquan Johnson
He gave up a 15-yard catch on the Rams’ first scoring drive and couldn’t catch Stetson Bennett on the edge on his touchdowns scramble. His stat line consisted of one tackle.
CB Amik Robertson
On one drive in the third quarter, Robertson gave up a 25-yard catch because he didn’t get his head around until the ball was already over his head, gave up a six-yard catch, and missed the tackle on a seven-yard catch. His best play was a nice break he made on a pass into the left flat. It had pick six written all over it, but he dropped it.