As a team, the Raiders are tied for 12th in sacks, sixth in pressure rate and second in quarterback hits despite blitzing at the lowest rate in the league.
The league’s Next Gen Stats also have Ngakoue with the fastest pass-rush get-off time, 0.73 seconds. Ngakoue is tied for 11th in the NFL with six sacks, while Crosby (five sacks) was tied for second in quarterback hits with 19. Now that he is apparently feeling a lot better, the duo has nine combined sacks in the past four games. The two defensive ends have pushed each other since Ngakoue arrived this spring and were making an impact even when Ngakoue was playing with a tweaked hamstring early in the season. Maxx Crosby and Yannick Ngakoue each have more than 12 sacks: That would be career highs for both players. But the blocking has been better two of the past three weeks, and don’t rule out a return by Richie Incognito at some point.Ģ. He has continued to be aggressive as the revamped offensive line has taken a while to find its legs. The Raiders will still use the short passing game in running situations, and Carr has a lot of confidence in all of the team’s remaining wide receivers, tight ends and running backs. That puts him on pace for 5,460 yards over a 17-game schedule, and he won’t fall too far from that pace despite the team’s desire to run the ball better and more often in the second half. Derek Carr throws for 5,000 yards: Carr is averaging 321 passing yards per game this season and 291 in the four games since Gruden resigned and offensive coordinator Greg Olson took over the play calling. Here are nine predictions for the final nine games of the season:ġ. It’s been a lot, but for the remaining members of the team, there are still important games to play as they head into the unofficial second half of the season with their “Sunday Night Football” game against the Chiefs coming up. That all came just a few weeks after Jon Gruden resigned as coach in the wake of the publication of racist, homophobic and misogynistic emails he sent to former Washington Football Team executive Bruce Allen. Then, Damon Arnette was waived Monday after a video surfaced online in which he appears to brandish guns and threaten an unknown individual. The Raiders released Ruggs, their first-round pick in the 2020 draft, and the former wide receiver faces up to 46 years in prison on several charges, including DUI resulting in death and reckless driving resulting in death or bodily harm. Henry Ruggs III’s car crash resulted in the death of a 23-year-old woman, Tina Tintor.
They’re 5-3 after Sunday’s loss to the Giants and still in a solid position in their pursuit of a playoff berth, but mentally they’ve had to juggle a lot more than just football. This season has been a lot for the Raiders players to process.
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