Las Vegas Raiders went away from one of the few players on offense that was helping them get down the field
The Las Vegas Raiders just couldn't get anything going against the Carolina Panthers, maybe the worst team in football. The only reason I say maybe is because, well, the Raiders just lost to them, big time. The offense didn't do anything, at all, and the defense struggled a bit, too, but a large part of […]
The Las Vegas Raiders just couldn't get anything going against the Carolina Panthers, maybe the worst team in football. The only reason I say maybe is because, well, the Raiders just lost to them, big time. The offense didn't do anything, at all, and the defense struggled a bit, too, but a large part of their problems stemmed from injuries and being on the field too often.
It's safe to say the offense didn't help the defense at all. The Panthers are bad, and Andy Dalton was looking like an MVP when he was sitting on the bench the prior two weeks. The Raiders just couldn't get it done on either side of the ball.
However, the offense easily was the biggest disappointment. The offense was seen in the fourth quarter against the Baltimore Ravens last week and was nowhere to be found. Instead, offensive coordinator Luke Getsy ran about as vanilla as it gets when it comes to play-calling.
I can count a handful of times where they went with a run-run-pass into a three and out, in that exact order. There was no mixing it up. The times they did have success, which wasn't very often, was when they did mix it up and went with a deep ball to Tre Tucker, who ended up making his way up the Raiders' history books.
QB Gardner Minshew II connects with WR Tre Tucker for a 54-yard pass. The 54-yard reception is the longest of Tucker's career. WR Tre Tucker has now passed Jacoby Ford (3) and Louis Murphy (3) and tied Hunter Renfrow (4) for the fourth most receptions of 40+ yards in Raiders history among players in their first 19 career games.
Tucker, with eight minutes left in the game, sat at 75 yards on four catches. But, one of those was the 54-yarder. The other ones, well, they were all pretty short, and even the targets that didn't convert were short pass plays. He caught one pass for 11, one for four, and one for six yards. That's not utilizing your best deep threat the right way like they did on the previous 54-yarder.
They went away from Tucker in that aspect and continued to throw very short passes sometimes short of the sticks while being down 18 points with eight minutes left. And, the record book speaks for itself, get him the ball down the field and he will make a play.
Las Vegas Raiders to face Carolina Panthers without one of their key players
The Raiders will be fine.
