Las Vegas Raiders at Cleveland Browns: 3 things we learned in Week 8

Las Vegas Raiders at Cleveland Browns: 3 things we learned in Week 8

Nick Kwiatkoski & Johnathan Abram are the Raiders defensive players

The Raiders have spent a lot of money these past two offseasons trying to fix this defense.  Nickelback Lamarcus Joyner, defensive tackle, Maliek Collins, and linebackers Cory Littleton and Nick Kwiatkoski were all brought in with the hope that they could help fix this defense that has been bad for so many years.

So far, of those players, only Kwiatkoski has earned that paycheck the Raiders have given out these past couple seasons.  He is a stud against the run, and has been all over the field making big tackles and causing turnovers as he almost had two by himself against the Browns.

Johnathan Abram was held out of the Tampa Bay game due to being with Trent Brown one day later than the offensive lineman were last week, as he was with him on Tuesday. So that meant he had to sit out last week even though he was completely healthy, and you could tell his presence was missed.  Abram brings so much energy to the field it must be contagious to the rest of his teammates.  He also had a couple of bone crunching hit as he helped hold this Cleveland Browns rushing attack down a bit in this game.