The Las Vegas Raiders look to get back on track against the Buffalo Bills, and here are three players to keep an eye on in Week 4.
The New England Patriots and their running game baked up some humble pie for the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, sending them to their first loss of the season. Coming off a big win against the New Orleans Saints, the defense started off with a strong first quarter, which included multiple punts and Johnathan Abram’s first career interception.
Then the Patriots went to the running game in the 2nd half and never looked back.
Trailing 13-10 at halftime it was looking to be a close game, but after a missed field goal to begin the second half, and a bunch of missed tackles from the defense, the lead quickly grew to 20 points, and at that point the team started to completely fall apart. Even though the defense contained Cam Newton pretty well, keeping him under 200 passing yards and 30 rushing yards and he wasn’t the reason the Patriots won, it still ended up being a double digit loss.
The Raiders lost this game due to missed tackles, undisciplined defensive play, and three total turnovers by the offense, all fumbles, one by Josh Jacobs, who seemed to recover the ball although it was given to the Pats, and two strip sacks of Derek Carr, one of them recovered in the end zone for a defensive touchdown.
With Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills coming to town, they also bring a strong running game. The Raiders defense needs to play much better against the run to even have a chance to win this game because I didn’t even mention the receiving options in wide receivers Stefon Diggs, John Brown, and tight ends Dawson Knox and Tyler Kroft yet.
Erik Harris needs to stop missing tackles, Cory Littleton needs to play like he did when he was with the Rams, and Nick Kwiatkoski needs to get healthy. Those are just a few players that need to play better on Sunday here are three more players to watch in week 4.