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Pete Carroll said connected Monday helium didn't privation to usage the NFL commercialized deadline to sacrifice the present for the future.
But that's mostly what the Raiders did the pursuing time erstwhile they traded wide receiver Jakobi Meyers to Jacksonville for 2 picks successful adjacent year's draft.
Las Vegas' discourtesy was struggling adjacent erstwhile Meyers was inactive connected the club, but present that he's gone, the Raiders are going to person adjacent much trouble moving the shot due to the fact that of each the attraction focused connected choky extremity Brock Bowers.
That was evident successful Thursday night's 10-7 nonaccomplishment astatine Denver successful which the Broncos made definite everyone but Bowers bushed them successful the passing game. All the Raiders had to connection was Tre Tucker, 33-year-old Tyler Lockett, choky extremity Michael Mayer and rookie receivers Dont'e Thornton Jr. and Jack Bech.
It was a implicit mismatch.
Bowers was targeted conscionable 3 times, catching 1 walk for 31 yards.
“We were trying each nighttime long,” Carroll said. "The calls were going that way, the shot conscionable didn’t get there. We didn’t effort and disguise it and not spell there. We had calls 1 aft another. They did a bully occupation getting guys connected him.”
Just 4 days earlier, Bowers hauled successful 12 receptions for 127 yards and 3 touchdowns successful a 30-29 overtime nonaccomplishment to the Jaguars. He looked unstoppable.
That besides was Meyers' past crippled successful a Raiders uniform.
They had a seven-drive agelong astatine Denver successful which the Raiders failed to prime up a archetypal down — the longest successful the NFL this season.
“Obviously, erstwhile you spell retired determination past week and person 3 touchdowns and person the show helium had, guys are going to spot that connected movie and bash immoderate they tin to halt him,” QB Geno Smith said. “We inactive person to find ways to get him the ball. We person to determination him astir and enactment him successful a presumption wherever helium tin conscionable spell one-on-one, but teams are going to double. They had a program for him, and different guys had an accidental to measurement up.”
The Raiders won't look galore much defenses connected the Broncos' level, but the situation volition beryllium similar. Whether it's Smith needing to unit passes to Bowers, violative coordinator Chip Kelly scheming ways to get him unfastened oregon the different receivers making plays, thing needs to beryllium done for the Raiders' discourtesy to get moving.
If Bowers doesn't get much involved, determination volition beryllium much games similar Thursday's and the discourtesy volition proceed to spell nowhere.
Can't blasted this nonaccomplishment connected the defense. The Raiders held the Broncos to 220 yards and 10 archetypal downs, numbers that often would person resulted successful a victory. It was unfair to that broadside of the shot for the squad to instrumentality an ‘L’ due to the fact that the defence did everything it could to springiness the discourtesy a accidental to win.
The violative enactment has been acold from outstanding, adjacent erstwhile mostly healthy. And present they're not adjacent that. Left tackle Kolton Miller has been connected injured reserve with a precocious ankle sprain, and ankle injuries knocked retired guards Jackson Powers-Johnson and Dylan Parham against the Broncos. Being that short-handed was unfair against a Broncos defence that recorded six sacks and held Ashton Jeanty to 60 yards connected 19 carries.
Smith's willingness to play injured. He astir apt should person stayed retired of the crippled aft taking a changeable to his thigh connected the archetypal play of the 4th quarter, but Smith willed himself to get backmost retired connected the field. He was intelligibly limited, but playing done the wounded — particularly astatine backmost — should spell implicit good successful the locker room.
Daniel Carlson missed a 48-yard tract extremity that could person sent the crippled into overtime. This came conscionable 4 days aft helium missed an other constituent successful a one-point nonaccomplishment to Jacksonville. Though not his fault, Carlson besides had the winning tract extremity blocked by Chicago connected Sept. 28. Those struggles are a large portion of wherefore peculiar teams coordinator Tom McMahon was dismissed Friday.
Carroll said Powers-Johnson apt won't instrumentality soon, but didn't supply an update connected Parham. Smith's thigh wounded should beryllium considerably amended by the clip the Raiders instrumentality to action.
0 — The fig of targets for Bowers implicit the Raiders' 34 last violative plays.
The Raiders person a mini bye earlier hosting the Dallas Cowboys connected Monday, Nov. 17.
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