Loser: Raiders’ Receivers
While the game was out of hand and the offense put up 37 points, it was not a great all-around performance. The Raider wide receivers left a ton of yards on the field with huge drops that kept this game closer than it should have been from the start. This led to them only having 164 yards passing on the day.
The first big drop was from Henry Ruggs, who was screaming down the sideline wide open when Carr dropped a dime that went right through his hands. The next one was in the red zone that could have been a touchdown to Nelson Agholar and went right through his hands. The last one was an egregious drop by Darren Waller on another wide-open deep route that Waller would walk into the end zone for six.
The passing game has been slow the past three weeks, with teams seemingly locking up the Raiders on the back end. The drops are not helping when Carr does find people open downfield for big plays. The receivers need to get it together with the Chiefs coming into town to 4-0 in the division.
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