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Raiders only full time starting WR had zero touches Week 6 despite playing nearly every snap

The Raiders only starting receiver played nearly every snap vs the Steelers and had zero touches

With Davante Adams and Jakobi Meyers OUT for this game, the only wide receiver on the Raiders’ roster was Tre Tucker. So, you’d figure he would be a big part of the offense. Yeah, about that…

Tucker played all but three snaps in the game (62), but didn’t have a single catch or carry to show for it.

It wasn’t really his fault. He was only targeted twice in the game and the first one didn’t come until the final seconds of the second quarter.

Tucker is a weapon for this team, with his speed and improved catching abilities this season. But while Aidan O’Connell and the Raiders offense was searching for answers, they oddly weren’t looking to Tucker much to find it.

Offense Spec tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Delmar Glaze T 63 100% 1 4%
Jackson Powers-Johnson G 63 100% 1 4%
Kolton Miller T 63 100% 1 4%
Andre James C 63 100% 0 0%
Aidan O’Connell QB 63 100% 0 0%
Tre Tucker WR 60 95% 0 0%
Brock Bowers TE 50 79% 0 0%
Jordan Meredith G 43 68% 1 4%
Alexander Mattison RB 43 68% 0 0%
DJ Turner WR 42 67% 2 8%
Harrison Bryant TE 36 57% 8 32%
Alex Bachman WR 27 43% 14 56%
Kristian Wilkerson WR 27 43% 0 0%
Dylan Parham G 20 32% 1 4%
Ameer Abdullah RB 19 30% 15 60%
John Samuel Shenker TE 8 13% 15 60%
Andrus Peat G 2 3% 1 4%
Dylan Laube RB 1 2% 11 44%
Defense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS 67 100% 6 24%
Robert Spillane LB 67 100% 0 0%
Tre’von Moehrig FS 67 100% 0 0%
Jack Jones CB 64 96% 0 0%
Maxx Crosby DE 63 94% 0 0%
Divine Deablo LB 62 93% 4 16%
Nate Hobbs CB 62 93% 0 0%
Adam Butler DT 56 84% 1 4%
John Jenkins DT 42 63% 6 24%
Charles Snowden DE 33 49% 10 40%
Matthew Butler DT 32 48% 6 24%
Jakorian Bennett CB 32 48% 0 0%
Jonah Laulu DT 24 36% 6 24%
K’Lavon Chaisson LB 24 36% 0 0%
Tyree Wilson DE 23 34% 5 20%
Nesta Jade Silvera DT 10 15% 6 24%
Thomas Harper FS 5 7% 23 92%
Darnay Holmes CB 4 6% 3 12%
Special Teams Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Kana’i Mauga LB 0 0% 24 96%
Amari Gainer LB 0 0% 24 96%
Amari Burney LB 0 0% 24 96%
Christopher Smith SS 0 0% 18 72%
Trey Taylor SS 0 0% 14 56%
Decamerion Richardson CB 0 0% 8 32%
AJ Cole III P 0 0% 5 20%
Jacob Bobenmoyer LS 0 0% 5 20%
Daniel Carlson K 0 0% 4 16%
Cody Whitehair G 0 0% 1 4%

 

Raiders, Steelers Week 6 recap, final score: Raiders unravel early, lose big again 32-13

Another big early mistake led to another collapse for the hapless Raiders.

Aidan O’Connell’s first start of the season would begin with some bad news — both the Raiders’ top receivers would not be playing.

With Davante Adams and Jakobi Meyers both missing with injuries, he set out to get the Raiders offense moving with the weapons he did have at his disposal.

That apparently meant a heavy dose of tight ends and running backs. And when I say “heavy dose,” I mean he used ONLY his tight ends and running backs.

Through five drives, no wide receiver had touched the ball.

It worked at first, with the Raiders driving for a touchdown on their opening drive with O’Connell going 4 for 4 for 45 yards. But it ultimately wasn’t sustainable.

First everything stalled, with consecutive three-and-outs. Then things began to unravel. Starting with rookie running back Dylan Laube fumbling the ball away on his first career carry.

The Steelers got the ball and for an instant it looked like the Raiders might take it right back. Divine Deablo intercepted it on a pass over the middle, but newly signed former practice squad defensive tackle Matthew Butler was flagged for roughing the passer, wiping it away. The Steelers kept the ball and scored the touchdown.

A failed two-point conversion would send the two teams into the locker room with a 12-7 Steelers lead.

The unraveling continued in the third quarter, when an AJ Cole punt was blocked, giving the Steelers the ball in first and goal at the nine. The Steelers added a field goal to go up 15-7.

Steelers offense got the ball back quickly due to the Raiders’ offensive ineptness and started driving again. A K’Lavon Chaisson sack set the Steelers back, but a Maxx Crosby roughing the passer penalty on the next play gave them the first down at the Vegas 41.

Two plays later, Najee Harris took the handoff, found the left edge and was gone 36 yards to paydirt. It put Harris over 100 yards on the day (102) with an average of 8.5 yards per carry. And it put the Steelers up 22-7 over the Raiders with over three minutes left in the third quarter.

A long drive at the end of the third quarter looked for a moment to end in a touchdown pass to Alexander Mattison, but Andre James was flagged for ineligible man downfield to wipe it away.

Next play, Ameer Abdullah broke a tackle and ran it to the one-yard-line. He was given the ball on the next play and had it punched out and the Steelers recovered. Brutal.

It wasn’t long before the proverbial nail in the coffin. Aidan O’Connell was throwing from his own end zone, dropped back and overthrew Brock Bowers. The pass was picked off by Donte Jackson and returned to the eight-yard line. Next play, Justin Fields runs a naked boot for a touchdown to give the Steelers a 29-7 lead with just over eight minutes left in the game.

The Raiders second touchdown was brought to you by garbage time with O’Connell finding Kristian Wilkerson for the touchdown and a failed two-point conversion. The final score of 32-13 came after the Steelers recovered an onsides kick and then drove inside the 20 to add a field goal.

Coming into the game, the Steelers were averaging just 3.7 yards per carry which was 29th in the league and Najee Harris averaging a paltry 3.3 yards per carry. In this game their running backs were averaged 5.9 yards per carry in this game with Harris more averaging 7.6 yards per carry.

O’Connell finished 27 of 40 for 227 yards, one TD and one INT.

Justin Fields finished with 206 total yards including 61 yards on nine carries with two touchdowns.

Brock Bowers led the way for the Raiders with nine catches for 71 yards.

Raiders Week 6 inactives vs Steelers: Both top receivers OUT

Both Davante Adams and Jakobi Meyers are inactive Sunday as the Raiders take on the Steelers.

Aidan O’Connell will be making his first start of the season today for the Raiders. And he will be doing do without the team’s top receivers.

Neither Davante Adams nor Jakobi Meyers will suit up for today’s game.

Tre Tucker will get the start on one side for the Raiders. Who gets the start on the other side is less certain. The team signed Kristian Wilkerson off the practice squad and it’s possible he could be going from practice squad to starter. DJ Turner should line up in the slot.

Thayer Munford was Questionable for the game and is not suiting up either. Rookie DJ Glaze will once again start in his place at right tackle.

Zamir White was questionable for the game as well. He would have shared the load at running back with Alexander Mattison, but the backfield will be Mattison and Ameer Abdullah.

Tommy Eichenberg got his first start last week, but with Divine Deablo back from his injury, he has been rendered inactive.

Raiders vs Steelers: how to watch, listen, and stream Week 6 game

All the info you need to make sure you don’t miss the Raiders Week 6 game against the Steelers

After an ugly loss in Denver against their AFC West rival Broncos the Raiders are back home to face their old AFL rival Pittsburgh Steelers.

Game information

Week 6: Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2) vs. Las Vegas Raiders (2-3)

Date/Time: Sunday, Oct 13, 1:05 pm Pacific (4:05 pm ET)

Where: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV

How to watch

The game will be broadcast by CBS and will air in the blue areas of the map via 506sports.com:

CBS Broadcast team:Ian Eagle (play-by-play), Charles Davis (analyst)

How to stream

If you are located in the blue areas of the map, you can stream the game using FuboTV (try it free).

If you are not located in the blue areas of the map, you can stream the game using NFL Sunday Ticket via YouTube and YouTube TV.

How to listen

Raiders radio: Las Vegas on KOMP 92.3FM, 920AM or see their regional affiliate stations.

Hosts: Jason Horowitz (play-by-play), Lincoln Kennedy (analyst).

Steelers coverage: Steelers Wire

Raiders, Steelers Week 6 final injury report: Steelers without couple pass rushers

Steelers will ithout couple pass rushers and starting linebackers Sunday vs the Raiders

Both the Raiders and Steelers have their top pass rusher. That’s the good news. But both teams also are suffering from depth at the position.

This week the Steelers are officially without starting linebackers Nick Herbig and Alex Highsmith, along with DE DeMarvin Leal, making them pretty thin at linebacker and edge rusher.

Herbig in particular is second on the team in sacks (2.5) and tackles for loss (three) behind only TJ Watt. And Highsmith is a full time starting linebacker.

Overall, the Steelers are pretty banged up, with six players officially OUT, four of whom are defenders.

The Raiders injury list is long, but several of the players who had been missing from practice early in the week returned on Friday and are Questionable for the game including WR Jakobi Meyers (ankle), G Jackson Powers-Johnson (knee), and RB Zamir White (groin).

The only players officially OUT are Davante Adams (hamstring) and TE Michael Mayer (personal). And, of course, Christian Wilkins (foot) was placed on IR this week.

Raiders, Steelers Week 6 injury report: WR Jakobi Meyers misses another practice

WR Jakobi Meyers missed another practice Thursday along with several other Raiders starters

Thursday didn’t lead to many players returning to practice among the Raiders lengthy injury list.

Still missing from practice were WR Davante Adams (hamstrong), DE Maxx Crosby (ankle), TE Michael Mayer (personal), WR Jakobi Meyers (ankle), G Jackson Powers-Johnson (knee), and RB Zamir White (groin). And downgraded to DNP was LB Tommy Eichenberg.

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The only Raiders player returning to practice was LT Kolton Miller.

The Steelers had two players return to practice — LB Alex Highsmith and TE Pat Freiermuth.

Those still missing due to injury for the Steelers included S Domontae Kazee (ankle), LB Nick Herbig (hamstring), DE DeMarvin Leal (neck) and WR/KR Cordarrelle Patterson (ankle).

No logical explanation for Josh McDaniels field goal call at end of Raiders loss to Steelers

Josh McDaniels field goal call at end of Raiders loss to Steelers was a crucial mistake. Plain and simple.

Late in the game against the Steelers Sunday night, the Raiders managed to pull it to a one-score game. Down 23-15, that one score would be a touchdown and a two-point conversion. And, yet, despite driving to within four yards of having a decent shot at doing just that, they turned it down. Leaving the question of why.

For that, there is no good answer.

Let’s set the scene.

The Raiders first found themselves in fourth and six from the Pittsburgh 29-yard-line with 3:15 remaining. One could have argued they should’ve gone for it then. It seemed like the clear better choice. But with that much time left, there was an outside chance of making a stop and having enough time to try and drive for a touchdown.

For that reason, it was a little surprising they opted to kick the field goal, but not a huge misstep.

Then the Steelers were flagged for a personal foul on the field goal try, giving the Raiders a fresh set of downs. From that point, it was all or nothing. Nothing but a TD would do. Right?

Yeah, about that…

The Raiders would be stopped on the first three downs faced with a fourth and four from the eight-yard-line with 2:25 on the clock. No question whatsoever, you go for it to try to either pick up four yards for the first down or eight yards for the touchdown.

A field goal does you almost no good. It’s no better than going for it and not making it. In fact, it’s actually worse. Don’t believe me? Just look at the numbers.

Their winning percentage was more than five points lower with a field goal than going for it.

Here is Josh McDaniels’s attempt at an explanation along with some more numbers that prove it isn’t a convincing one.

How could it be that adding three points is worse?

Well, let’s go with the possible scenarios.

1. Get stopped on 4th down

Turnover on downs. Steelers get the ball in the shadow of their own end zone. Easier to make a quick stop as they must avoid a safety. Get the ball in great field position to take another shot.

2. Pick up first down

Fresh set of downs inside the five-yard-line. Four down territory gives them solid shot of getting in the end zone.

3. TD without a two-point conversion

They have to make a defensive stop. Then they need only drive for a field goal to win it rather than a touchdown which was a lot higher probability from the eight-yard-line than being pinned deep off a punt.

4. They get the TD and two-point conversion

Stop the Steelers shaky offense to send it to OT.

5. Kick a field goal

Still down five points. Give the ball to the Steelers at their 25-yard-line off the kick off.  Have to make a quick defensive stop. Hope the Steelers’ punt doesn’t pin them deep, making for a long drive.

The field goal clearly sets up the most complicated path to victory of all the options. Even getting stopped on 4th down.

I am no coach. I don’t make that declaration to suggest McDaniels might have some reasonable method I just can’t comprehend. I say that to point out that even from where I’m sitting, this is plain as day. Where he was standing — on the sideline as the head coach of an NFL team — it should have been far more obvious.

Down eight points on fourth and four from your opponent’s eight-yard-line, you go for it. All day, every day.

Raiders vs Steelers final score: Steelers win 23-18 to spoil Raiders home opener

Steelers win 23-18 to spoil Raiders home opener

 This game started out pretty much as we expected. With both teams going three-and-out. The Steelers had two of them to get things started. Then it really got interesting.

On the Raiders’ second possession of the game, they got things moving. Eventually they found themselves in fourth and inches from the Pittsburgh 32-yard-line. They lined up like they were going to try and punch it up the gut, but opted for the play action fake, hitting Davante Adams for the touchdown instead.

In a game where scoring seemed like it would be at a premium, that touchdown seemed like it would loom large. But three plays later, the Steelers answered back in a big way. Calvin Austin III broke open deep and Kenny Pickett launched one for him and 72 yards later, the Steelers had tied it up.

From there it was back to some defensive football. TJ Watt got around Jermaine Eluemunor to sack Garoppolo and help force a Raiders punt. Then Maxx Crosby returned the favor with a sack to force a punt.

When the Raiders got the ball back, they moved into Pittsburgh territory only to turn it over. A Jimmy G pass over the middle for Michael Mayer was picked off by Levi Wallace to give the Steelers the ball back.

They took advantage of the turnover, driving into Vegas territory. On third and short, Pickett snuck it up the middle for the first down on third and one. Then Maxx Crosby grabbed a Steeler player’s leg and pulled him off the pile and was slapped with a 15-yard personal foul penalty. The Raiders would ultimately make the stop on the drive, but the penalty would put the Steelers in field goal range and they took a 10-7 lead.

The Steelers would add another field goal late in the second quarter to extend the lead to 13-7. Then they would add another field goal in the third quarter to make it a 16-7 game.

Now a two-score game, the Raiders needed to get something going. Instead JImmy Garoppolo threw another interception and the Steelers took the ball and mounted their best drive of the game, ending with a touchdown pass from Kenny Pickett to tight end Pat Freiermuth for the touchdown. 

With under four minutes left in the third quarter, and a 23-7 Steelers lead, the game was officially out of hand.

The Raiders would make it interesting late, driving for a touchdown, again to Davante Adams. Down 16, they went for two. A questionable pass interference on Minkah Fitzpatrick gave the Raiders two shots at it. On the second attempt, the Steelers sold out on the run, leaving tight end Michael Mayer wide open for the score. 

A defensive stop would give the Raiders the ball back with 4:35 left. Then a big return by DeAndre Carter started that drive near midfield. They would drive to the eight-yard-line, but curiously opt to kick a field goal rather than go for it on fourth and four.

The Steelers would get one first down, taking ore than two minutes off the clock. With 12 seconds left and 85 yards to go, Jimmy G threw an interception to end the game.

Steelers come into Allegiant and take down the Raiders 23-18.

WATCH: Jimmy Garoppolo opens things up vs Steelers with long TD to Davante Adams

WATCH: Jimmy Garoppolo opens things up vs Steelers with long TD to Davante Adams

For the second week in a row, the Raiders started the scoring with a long ball from Jimmy Garoppolo to Davante Adams.

This time, it was a gutsy call by the Raiders. They lined up in fourth and inches, looking like they were going to try and drive it up the gut with Josh Jacobs behind Jakob Johnson.

Jimmy G took the snap, faked the hand off to Jacobs and threw it to Davante Adams who ran a post pattern for the touchdown.

This came after two three-and-outs for the Steelers and one by the Raiders.

Three plays later, the Steelers evened it up with Calvin Austin III torching the Raiders defense for a 72-yard touchdown catch.

Raiders vs Steelers inactives: Veteran WR Kristian Wilkerson sits in favor of rookie Tre Tucker

Rookie WR Tre Tucker will be active while veteran Kristian Wilkerson sits out vs Steelers

It’s Sunday night and the Raiders are about to kick off their home opener against the Steelers, Here’s who won’t be taking the field for the game:

Raiders inactives:

No. 4 QB Aidan O’Connell
No. 29 S Chris Smith II
No. 56 LB Amari Burney
No. 83 WR Kristian Wilkerson
No. 99 DT Nesta Jade Silvera

Once again, most of the Raiders’ rookie class will be inactive. The one notable rookie *not* inactive this week is Tre Tucker, who gets the call while veteran Kristian Wilkerson is inactive.

The only player on the Raiders injury report this week was DE Tyree Wilson who was Questionable with an illness. He is active for the game.

Steelers inactives:

No. 2 QB Mason Rudolph (3rd QB)
No. 48 RB Godwin Igwebuike
No. 60 T Dylan Cook
No. 82 WR Dez Fitzpatrick
No. 89 WR Gunner Olszewski
No. 96 NT Breiden Fehoko