New England Patriots vs Las Vegas Raiders

5 big takeaways from Patriots’ 21-17 loss at Las Vegas

Here are 5 big takeaways from the Patriots-Raiders game

For the first time in three weeks, the New England Patriots scored a touchdown on Sunday afternoon. It only took over two hours of game clock and two agonizing blowouts to accomplish the feat.

The touchdown came against a Las Vegas Raiders team coached by former Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. Ultimately, like most of Bill Belichick’s former assistants coaching against him, McDaniels emerged from the game victorious. His Raiders won the matchup 21-17 in front of an energetic Las Vegas crowd.

The matchup gave Las Vegas their third win of the season while dropping New England to 1-5 on the year.

Here are five big takeaways from the game.

3 big takeaways from Patriots’ 30-24 loss to Raiders

Here are 3 big takeaways from New England’s humiliating loss to the Raiders.

After defeating the Arizona Cardinals last week on Monday Night Football, the New England Patriots stayed out west to take on the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.

New England came back from a 17-3 halftime deficit to score 21 unanswered points and take a seven-point lead late in the fourth quarter, only to let the Raiders tie the game with under a minute remaining. The Patriots then executed maybe the most poorly-timed (and poorly-conducted) lateral play in NFL history, with wide receiver Jakobi Meyers throwing the ball backwards into the waiting arms of Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones, who ran 48 yards the other way to give Las Vegas the game-winning score as time expired.

Here are three big takeaways from the game.

3 keys to victory in Patriots’ Week 15 matchup vs Raiders

Here are the keys to victory for the Patriots in Week 15.

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The New England Patriots (7-6) face off against Josh McDaniels and the Las Vegas Raiders (5-8) on Sunday, as the Patriots look to continue their uphill battle to officially punch their ticket to the 2023 NFL playoffs.

If New England has any hope of reaching the playoffs for the second straight year, they’ll have to go through a potent Raiders offense that’ll be getting some key weapons back on the field, including standout tight end Darren Waller.

The Raiders defense, particularly the secondary, should offer a favorable matchup for Mac Jones and the Patriots offense. Here are this week’s keys to the game for the Patriots.