In fact the Raiders held the ball longer than the Pats, converted over 60% of their third downs compared to 44% for New England and even gained over 500 yards of total offense against the Belichick bunch.

In the end it was the Raiders that would prove to be their own worst enemy.

Once again the ugly face of pointless penalties reared its ugly face. Richard Seymour might have been a little too fired up for his revenge as he kept the Pats’ first drive alive with two painful penalties. The first flag against Seymour was debatable as he was hit for a roughing call on a play that (by rule) never truly occurred. Since when did it matter what happens after an offense is flagged for a pre-snap penalty?

But that point became pointless once Seymour gave this former team more free yards thanks to a face mask.

From there out it was more of the same.

The Raiders moved the rock with ease on offense as they owned the porous Pats’ D.

Darren McFadden and Michael Bush ran though the chowder chumps like they weren’t even there. Once again Hue Jackson’s bully abused an opponent in physical fashion.

Still you can’t talk about this game without mentioning two key turnovers courtesy of Jason Campbell.
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