The Oakland Raiders went into New Jersey and laid an egg in a disappointing 34-3 debacle against the New York Jets. The game was by far the ugliest of the season as the team didn’t look prepared for the Jets defense or offense.
The defense reminded us how inconsistent they have been all season being unable to slow down a hot Jets’ offense. The Jets averaged 6.6 yards per play, and Darnold finished with 315 yards passing completing 20-29 of his passes.
Darnold was making sandwiches with the team he had to throw the football, and created plays outside the pocket, picking the defense apart with great throws. With the Chiefs coming up next week, the defense can’t have another performance like this.
Week 12 was the worst performance by the offense this season. Carr completed less 60% of his passes for the first time since Week 2, and the Raiders could not run the football, which is their bread and butter.
Drops were a big issue as well stalling too early drives with receivers not able to hold onto the football. Ugly performance all around but this is more of an outlier when it comes into the offense on a week to week basis
This week’s winners column will be short, but there were plenty of losers. Let’s look at the winners and losers from Week 12.
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