The Las Vegas Raiders will take on New England on the road in Week 3, and here are three Patriots they should be worried about.
The Las Vegas Raiders are coming off of a surprise win against the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football, putting them in the tier of few undefeated teams in the NFL at 2-0. While the run game helped lift them past the Panthers in Week 1, and the passing game dominated more so in Week 2, they are going to have to continue to click on all cylinders if they are going to pull out wins down the next few week stretch of their schedule.
One of the bigger hurdles they are going to have to overcome is their Week 3 matchup against Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots. They come into this game 1-1, beating the Miami Dolphins in Week 1 and barely losing in a shoot out to Russell Wilson and the Seahawks in Week 2.
The Patriots were a yard away from winning the game and coming into this matchup as a battle of two undefeated teams.
As we saw the Raiders do against Sean Payton, they are going to have to adjust to the mastermind that is Bill Belichick. How well the defense does so on the fly will be the difference maker in pulling out a win at Gillette Stadium. If taking on a legendary head coach wasn’t enough of a challenge, the Raiders must try to contain and exploit the many talented athletes the Patriots have on each side of the ball.
Here are my four players that might cause some worry for the Silver and Black come Sunday.