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Gerald Everett obliterated Amik Robertson with a vicious stiff-arm to give Chargers fans a moment to cheer for

Somebody call Kyle Brandt.

While the Los Angeles Chargers were getting toasted by the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday Night Football, tight end Gerald Everett didn’t let that stop him from sending cornerback Amik Robertson into the next century.

On an absolutely filthy run, Everett stiff-armed Robertson to the ground while he was charging forward to get yards and completely ran right past him to keep the play going.

Like, Robertson got completely disregarded by Everett on this play. He just tossed him to the side and kept going about his business.

This was absolutely brutal for Robertson, and it was a brief glimmer of hope for the Chargers on a night where nothing seemed to be going right.

Everett really proved here that he’s someone that’s worth keeping around, even if the Chargers likely make major changes to the coaching staff and roster this season.

With a highlight like this, he should absolutely be a key cog for the team going forward.

At least for this game, this highlight gave Chargers fans something to root for on a night where there wasn’t much.

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NFL fans roasted Raiders CB Amik Robertson for saying they’re better than the Chiefs … after losing to the Chiefs

What a weird thing to say after THAT game.

Upsets are inevitable in sports. Sometimes, the better team has an off day and loses to an inferior opponent. Players often come away from games thinking that the better team lost. It happens.

But Amik Robertson may be one of the only people out there who would say that about the Raiders-Chiefs rivalry.

The Chiefs cruised past the Raiders on Sunday in a game that saw Kansas City trailing 14-0 before outscoring Las Vegas 31-3. It wasn’t close, and the Chiefs have won 15 of their past 17 matchups with the Raiders.

That all made Robertson’s postgame remarks so perplexing. He told reporters that the Raiders were the better team.

He said:

“This one just hurts because I know we’re better than that team. I know we got more dogs. I know we’re better than that team.”

Obviously, no player is going to say that a rival is better. But Robertson made that remark about the Chiefs on his own after a game that wasn’t close.

No wonder fans had jokes about those comments.

Raiders, Dolphins final injury report: LT Kolton Miller, LG Dylan Parham both Questionable

Raiders LT Kolton Miller, LG Dylan Parham both Questionable vs Dolphins

Whether the Raiders will have their starting left side of the offensive line has been in question all week. Now it’s official — LT Kolton Miller and LG Dylan Parham are both Questionable for Sunday’s game in Miami.

Coming off the injury report entirely was Amik Robertson who suffered a concussion in last week’s game against the Jets.

The Dolphins will be without WR Chase Claypool, and offensive linemen Rob Hunt and Rob Jones.

Raiders, Dolphins Thursday injury report: LT Kolton Miller, LB Dylan Parham return to practice

Raiders LT Kolton Miller, LB Dylan Parham both returned to practice Thursday

Just yesterday the Raiders were missing their starting left side of the offensive line. Today it looks like there’s hope both could play Sunday in Miami.

Left tackle Kolton Miller (shoulder) and left guard Dylan Parham (calf) took the practice field today. Also returning to practice were cornerback Amik Robertson (concussion) and linebacker Curtis Bolton (illness).

In other words, they got everybody back.

Miller missed last week with his shoulder injury. His return would be the most significant. Robertson’s return is probably the most surprising considering he was knocked completely unconscious Sunday night against the Jets. Miller, Parham and Robertson were all still limited in Thursday’s practice.

For the Dolphins, several players missed practice for the second straight day including WR Chase Claypool, OL Rob Hunt, and OL Rob Jones.

Raiders, Dolphins Wednesday injury report: LT Kolton Miller, LG Dylan Parham both miss practice

LT Kolton Miller, LG Dylan Parham both miss practice

Wednesday the Raiders and Dolphins began preparing for their matchup in Miami on Sunday. The Raiders did so without the left side of their offensive line.

Left tackle Kolton Miller was still missing with a shoulder injury. He was joined by left guard Dylan Parham who is nursing a calf injury.

Also missing was cornerback Amik Robertson who suffered a concussion in Sunday night’s game against the Jets.

The Raiders did get fullback Jakob Johnson back from his concussion, so he figures to be ready to go this week.

The Dolphins were missing six players. We will see how many of them are still not practicing on Thursday to know who just a little banged up and who is actually in danger of missing the game Sunday.

Ballers & Busters for Raiders Week 9 win vs Giants

Ballers & Busters for Raiders Week 9 win vs Giants

You won’t see many more lopsided victories than the Raiders had over the Giants Sunday. It was made all the more amazing when compared to how they looked over the first eight games of this season.

They stopped the Giants with a three-and-out to start things off and then drove for a touchdown. The next three Giants drives were a turnover on downs, consecutive sacks to put them in third and 27 and a punt, and a three and out.

Then midway through the second quarter, the Raiders drove for another touchdown, intercepted the ball, scored a third touchdown, intercepted the ball again, added a field goal at the end of the first half, and another one to begin the third to go up 27-0.

It was enough to make your head spin. At least if you were the Giants.

Ballers

HC Antonio Pierce

He brought the Raiders ready to play and itching to get him a big win in his debut of the post-Josh McDaniels era. The players came out pumped and the Giants got caught under the wheels of that bus.

The offense scored over 20 points for the first time this season, Josh Jacobs had a season-high rushing yards, and the defense had eight sacks, two turnovers off interceptions, and four others on downs. Then they sparked up cigars afterward to celebrate being out from under Josh McDaniels’s thumb and finally having fun again.

DE Maxx Crosby

Crosby came into the game outside the top ten in sacks. And left tied for second with TJ Watt. And even with three sacks in the game, he was still more valuable than his sack total.

The first Giants possession saw them line up in fourth and one to go for it. Then Maxx got the right guard to jump and they had to punt instead. The next drive saw the Giants again go for it on fourth and one. This time Crosby led the way in making the stop at the line for no gain.

The third drive ended with Crosby chasing down Daniel Jones for the sack. Jones attempted to get away from Crosby and tore his ACL.

Already up 27-0 in the third quarter, Crosby saw to it they didn’t close that gap. He got pressure on first down and got his second sack on third down to force another three-and-out. That series pretty much slammed the door on the Giants’ chances of coming back. But just for good measure, he would add one more sack early in the fourth quarter.

Even with the Raiders defense finally stepping up to match his energy, he still led the way for this team. And had cigars ready for the whole team after the game.

CB Amik Robertson

With the Raiders up 14-0 in the second quarter, the Giants knew they needed to make a big play. QB Tommy DeVito launched one for the end zone and Robertson flew over, got up in the air and picked it off, much like he did to win the game against the Packers a few weeks ago. He would get up and return this one to th 40-yard-line and the Raiders would capitalize on the turnover with their third touchdown of the day.

Early in the fourth quarter, he made a hard hit on a catch to knock the ball out on fourth down. And a bit later he added a forced fumble to his stat line just for good measure. Have yourself a game, Amik.

RB Josh Jacobs

Set the tone early and kept it going. He had 31 yards on on four runs on the opening touchdown drive, 33 yards and the touchdown run from two yards out on the second scoring drive, and scored again from two yards out on the next drive.

He already had a season-high 85 yards rushing by half time and the Raiders led 24-0. He surpassed 100 yards for a moment before a loss on a run put him back at 98 yards.

DT Bilal Nichols, DT John Jenkins

The 34-year-old was playing like he was ten years younger, showing rare pass rush and sideline-to-sideline run stopping abilities for a 327-pounder. He got pressure on the second play of the game to force an incompletion and the Giants started the game with a three-and-out.

The second Giants drive saw them line up in third and three and Nichols made the run stop short of the sticks. Then on fourth and one, he teamed up with Crosby and Jenkins to stop the tush push for no gain.

The first possession of the second quarter saw Jenkins race down the line to make a tackle for loss in the left flat, leading to another three-and-out.

Pressure was coming from all over the Raiders line, but Nichols was doing some nice complementary football with Crosby in this one. On consecutive plays in the fourth quarter Nichols had a pressure that led to a Crosby sack and then Crosby had pressure that led to a Nichols sack. That’s how it’s supposed to be done.

QB Aidan O’Connell

The rookie scored on the opening drive while delivering a strike on a slant to Jakobi Meyers that went for 25 yards.

The next scoring drive, he reminded us that Hunter Renfrow is on this team with consecutive connections to the shifty slot receiver for 19 yards and 13 yards to put the Raiders in first and goal. They scored the TD on the next play.

Following the Amik Robertson interception, O’Connell threw deep on the first play for a gorgeous 50-yard hookup with speedster Tre Turner to put the Raiders in first and goal at the ten. They scored three plays later.

He opened the second half by completing passes on four third downs, converting the first three and putting them in field goal range with the fourth one to make it a 27-0 game.

The rookie didn’t have massive numbers, but he delivered some strikes, ran the offense perfectly, and didn’t turn the ball over. Not much more you can ask of him than that.

LT Kolton Miller, LG Dylan Parham, C Andre James, RG Greg Van Roten, RT Jermaine Eluemunor

The entire Oline played every snap, didn’t give up a single sack, and opened holes for Josh Jacobs to hit 100 yards and two touchdowns.

On the second TD drive, Eluemunor and Van Roten made key blocks on a 15-yard Jacobs run and Eluemunor laid a key block on the touchdown run. Miller, Parham, and Van Roten got out left to make key blocks on a 15-yard catch in the left flat by DeAndre Carter to get things going in the third quarter.

Honorable Mention

WR Jakobi Meyers — Scored the Raiders first TD on a sweep and made some nice blocks in the game as well.

RB Ameer Abdullah — Did some great dirty work on offense and special teams.

WR Tre Tucker — Made an incredible diving 50-yard grab that set up the Raiders’ second touchdown of the game.

Busters

None

This was about as flawless a performance as you’ll see on both sides of the ball. The Raiders were up 24-0 by half time and were up 27-0 midway through the third before the Giants got on the board for the first time. Hard to find blame for anything when one team scores that much and gives up nothing.

NFL Week 9 snap counts: Amik Robertson leads Raiders CBs in snaps vs Giants

Amik Robertson leads Raiders CBs in snaps vs Giants

Interim head coach Antonio Pierce decided this week that Robertson would be the starter on the outside opposite Marcus Peters. Then Robertson went out and earned it while leading all cornerbacks with 52 snaps (83%).

As a cornerback, you don’t often have a stat line better than the one Amik Robertson had Sunday against the Giants. First and foremost, he had a huge interception at the goal line in the second quarter. He returned it to the 40-yard-line and the Raiders took advantage by going for a touchdown.

Robertson also had two pass breakups and a forced fumble and was tied for fourth on the team with three solo tackles.

Offense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Greg Van Roten G 60 100% 6 25%
Kolton Miller T 60 100% 6 25%
Jermaine Eluemunor T 60 100% 6 25%
Dylan Parham G 60 100% 6 25%
Andre James C 60 100% 0 0%
Aidan O’Connell QB 60 100% 0 0%
Michael Mayer TE 53 88% 6 25%
Davante Adams WR 53 88% 0 0%
Jakobi Meyers WR 49 82% 0 0%
Josh Jacobs RB 47 78% 0 0%
Austin Hooper TE 29 48% 0 0%
Tre Tucker WR 28 47% 7 29%
Hunter Renfrow WR 13 22% 0 0%
DeAndre Carter WR 9 15% 6 25%
Ameer Abdullah RB 8 13% 18 75%
Zamir White RB 5 8% 14 58%
DJ Turner WR 3 5% 18 75%
Jesper Horsted TE 1 2% 18 75%
Netane Muti G 1 2% 6 25%
Justin Herron T 1 2% 0 0%
Defense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Maxx Crosby DE 63 100% 0 0%
Robert Spillane LB 63 100% 0 0%
Tre’von Moehrig FS 63 100% 0 0%
Marcus Epps SS 62 98% 0 0%
Amik Robertson CB 52 83% 3 12%
Nate Hobbs CB 50 79% 0 0%
Marcus Peters CB 48 76% 0 0%
Jerry Tillery DT 37 59% 0 0%
Amari Burney LB 32 51% 9 38%
Tyree Wilson DE 32 51% 0 0%
Bilal Nichols DT 31 49% 0 0%
Jakorian Bennett CB 26 41% 1 4%
Jaylon Smith LB 25 40% 0 0%
Malcolm Koonce DE 24 38% 11 46%
Adam Butler DT 24 38% 6 25%
John Jenkins DT 23 37% 0 0%
Nesta Jade Silvera DT 16 25% 0 0%
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS 11 17% 18 75%
Malik Reed LB 8 13% 5 21%
Tyler Hall CB 3 5% 4 17%
Special Teams Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Brandon Bolden RB 0 0% 18 75%
Curtis Bolton LB 0 0% 18 75%
Christopher Smith SS 0 0% 13 54%
Daniel Carlson K 0 0% 13 54%
AJ Cole III P 0 0% 11 46%
Jacob Bobenmoyer LS 0 0% 11 46%
Jordan Meredith G 0 0% 6 25%

Raiders ride ‘electric’ vibe for decisive victory over Giants days after Josh McDaniels fired

Raiders ride ‘electric’ vibe for decisive victory over Giants days after Josh McDaniels fired

What a transformation. In Las Vegas Sunday we saw a team playing some of the most inspired football I’ve ever seen them play. They had broken free from the shackles of the previous head coach and were ready to show what they were capable of.

What they were capable of, apparently, was a completely dominating performance in every phase of the game. Starting with the defense, which now has a former NFL linebacker taking the headset.

It’s Antonio Pierce’s job now and the vibe he created with this team was palpable.

Pierce said he took his cue from the team’s emotional leader, Maxx Crosby, who then went out and responded to his new coach’s faith in him with a three-sack performance. Giving him 9.5 on the season; tied with TJ Watt for the second most in the league.

“It was a blast,” said Crosby. “We had a lot of fun out there, you could feel it. The energy was crazy. We sustained it for the whole game. That’s what we talk about. AP talked about it during the week, just playing with swag, letting everyone’s personality come to light and I feel like everyone felt that today.”

The Raiders would finish with eight sacks in the game, their most in a single game since the 2010 season. Six different players got to the quarterback including Adam Butler, Bilal Nichols, Tyree Wilson, Tre’von Moehrig, and Robert Spillane. A couple of those sacks were set up by Crosby’s pressure on the outside.

Crosby came into this game so confident they were going to win, he purchased cigars for the entire team the night before and then they all went out there and rolled over the Giants in every facet of the game to earn the right to smoke them after the game.

Then he posted a video of he and his teammates smoking them. Along with — at the end — Mark Davis making an appearance.

I asked Crosby about that level of confidence, to which he responded “No question. No question.”

“That’s the confidence that you have to have in this league,” Crosby continued. “You have to go out there with ill intent and the intention to go win. If you have any doubt that you’re going to go out there and succeed, you’re already a step behind. We had a lot of confidence, so we were ready to go and you just felt it in the building.”

This one was never close. The Raiders played on another plane. They stopped the Giants for a three-and-out, then went for an opening drive touchdown and never looked back.

From the first play, Josh Jacobs was running well and he and his offensive line looked more in tune with each other than they had all season. The result was a season high 98 yards for Jacobs and 125 yards rushing for the team. No small feat against a tough Giants defensive line.

“Our mentality.” said right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor of the difference with their performance in this game. “They have a great Dline and Dexter Lawrence is a freaking tank, so giving attention to him and also knowing that we’re capable of running the ball too and we have one of the best backs in the league, if not the best back. And once we get him going, it’s hard to stop. Get him going, control the line of scrimmage, and take it upon ourselves to control the game.”

By half time, Jacobs had already put up a season-high 85 yards rushing, and the Raiders led 24-0, giving them not only their highest scoring game of the season, but by far their most lopsided lead.

“I think it’s the best we’ve played as a team,” said Jacobs, seemingly stating the obvious.

“The vibe and the energy is just electric right now. This is the most connected that I feel we’ve been as a unit. Just to go out there and have fun and celebrate after doing things good and the defense stepping up and holding their own.”

Jacobs had two of the Raiders’ first three touchdowns. One of those touchdowns was set up by two incredible deep catches — one an interception by Amik Robertson at one goal line and the next one on the very next play with Aidan O’Connell connecting on a 50-yard bomb to Tre Tucker. That put the Raiders in first and goal and Jacobs punched it in two plays later.

It was the second deep interception by Amik Robertson.

“That’s who I am, man,” Robertson said of his interception. “Just doing my job, getting myself into the scheme. Once I saw the ball up there, I knew it was mine.”

Nate Hobbs added an interception as well off a deflection. That led to a field goal just before the half.

“All we did was replicate what we’ve been doing all week,” said Hobbs. “We had energy all week. We have love for each other, we got each other’s backs so we went out there and played as a team.”

If anyone would have been expected to throw an interception in this game it was O’Connell who had two on the season in limited snaps. But the rookie didn’t turn the ball over at all and ran the offense efficiently along with new offensive coordinator Bo Hardegree.

It was a great first game of this new page the Raiders have turned to. Pierce literally handed the players a blank page to symbolize the fresh start. It’s a fresh start for him to as the interim head coach. And the players responded to him and stepped up.

“We wanted to do it for AP,” said Josh Jacobs. “We all sat down and were like no matter how this goes, we’re going to play with all we’ve got for that man. Because the position that he’s in and he’s going to be the face of the ridicule. We wanted to go out and play for him and show that we can do that in all three phases and we went out there and did that today.”

That 30-6 runaway win Sunday told that story pretty succinctly.

Watch: Amik Robertson, Tre Tucker leaping grabs help Raiders finally break 20-point barrier

Watch: Amik Robertson , Tre Tucker incredible leaping grabs help Raiders finally break 20-point barrier

The Giants keep taking shots, but haven’t cashed in on any of them. The first two were Daniel Jones errant throws down field that fell incomplete. Then Daniel Jones left the game with a leg injury and Tommy DeVito came in for him. Late in the second quarter, DeVito took his first big shot. And Amik Robertson made him pay.

Robertson’s big interception and return gave the Raiders the ball at their own 40-yard line. And the Raiders wasted no time making the Giants pay for their mistake.

Aidan O’Connell dropped back and threw a pass that Jimmy Garoppolo could never. Tre Tucker streaked down field, O’Connell threw it up and Tucker went and got it. Laying out for the 50-yard catch.

Three plays later, the Raiders were in the end zone on a Josh Jacobs run. It was their third TD on the day, giving them 21 points — the first time the offense has scored 20 points in a game this season.

Ballers & Busters for Raiders Week 8 loss vs Lions

Ballers & Busters for Raiders Week 8 loss vs Lions

Every week seems to be worse than the last for these Raiders. Which is saying a lot considering how terrible they looked last week in Chicago.

This week they were in Detroit against a much better team. And they were thoroughly outclassed and outcoached en route to a Lions 26-14 win.

Despite three takeaways, the offense Raiders never led.

They were down 9-0 early on. The Raiders had an improbable touchdown drive in the game. Improbable considering they did absolutely nothing on offense the rest of the game. The Raiders twice pulled to within two points, but both Raiders scores were immediately answered with a touchdown drive by the Lions.

Ballers

DE Maxx Crosby

Crosby’s place atop the Ballers is becoming like the RSTLNE on Wheel of Fortune. It’s the given.

Crosby flew in to make a tackle for no gain on a run that put the Lions in third and long on their first drive and they settled for a field goal. Later in the first quarter, he forced Jared Goff to step up in the pocket where he was hit and threw incomplete. They couldn’t pick up the third and long and punted. One of just two Lions punts in the game.

He wasn’t fooled on an end around in the second quarter lay a big hit on Jameson Williams that knocked his helmet off for a six-yard loss. The Lions would settle for another field goal to make it a 9-0 lead. He had another run stuff for no gain to start the next drive.

The first drive of the third quarter for the Lions, Crosby had a run stuff at the line and later ripped the ball out inside the four-yard-line to keep the Lions from putting the game away. They would ultimately put the game away, but Crosby’s efforts kept the Raiders in it until the fourth quarter.

DT Adam Butler

To lead out the second quarter, the Lions were in scoring position again. They would line up in second and goal from the 16 and Butler made a run stop for a two-yard loss to put them in third and goal from the 18. They couldn’t pick it up and settled for another field goal.

The next drive, on third and nine from the 15, Butler batted down a pass at the line, and the Lions settled for a third field goal. He added a QB hit for an incompletion in the third quarter.

CB Marcus Peters

He finally got one. After going for the pick or the strip at the expense of making the tackle in the first seven games, Peters finally got an interception. And as he has done six times previously in his career, Peters took that pick and returned it for a touchdown. He went 75 yards for that score too, scoring as many points all by himself as the entire offense did.

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