Grading the Raiders’ OT win over the Ravens

Grading the Raiders’ 33-27 overtime triumph against the Ravens.

OFFENSE: B-plus

Like with each crippled that goes 60 minutes and into overtime, determination was immoderate truly bully and immoderate truly bad. But a batch much bully successful the end.

Call them forgettable games from rookie tackle Alex Leatherwood and halfway Andre James, each of whom had captious penalties astatine the worst times.

Derek Carr was disconnected with respective throws, yet the backmost inactive completed 34-of-56 for 435 yards and 2 touchdowns. Darren Waller was targeted — get this — 19 times and caught 10 balls for 105 yards and a score.

Things went to truly bully erstwhile names similar Josh Jacobs and Kenyan Drake and Bryan Edwards became much progressive arsenic the crippled progressed. Jacobs scored doubly successful rushing 10 times for 34 yards. Edwards didn’t person a reception until the last thrust successful regularisation and yet finished with 4 for 81 yards.

DEFENSE: B-plus

Changes successful the offseason promised a amended walk unreserved to marque things uncomfortable for opposing quarterbacks and, well, it definite appeared that way.

One extremity (Maxx Crosby) had 2 sacks and 5 backmost hits against Lamar Jackson and different (Yannick Ngakoue) had 4 tackles and a backmost deed earlier leaving with a bum hamstring. Carl Nassib added a sack and a game-changing forced fumble successful overtime; Quinton Jefferson besides forced a fumble and recoveries were credited to Denzel Perryman and Darius Philon.

Veteran tackle Gerald McCoy (leg) near connected a stretcher. There were mistakes — Cory Littleton losing his spread aboriginal connected a 35-yard touchdown tally for the Ravens was a large one— but not capable to outgo the Raiders a win.

SPECIAL TEAMS: A

You don’t get overmuch amended for a placekicker than hitting from 55 yards arsenic clip expires to unit overtime. Such was the nighttime and infinitesimal for Daniel Carlson. AJ Cole was more-than-solid with six punts for a 52.7 mean and a agelong of 67.

The sum units leaked a spot but Carlson was wealth erstwhile the Raiders needed him to widen things.

COACHING: B-plus

You wondered aboriginal if Jon Gruden had made a costly mistake successful not playing his regulars during the preseason. Things were that disjointed.

But it got amended arsenic the clip wore on. Gruden made a terrific telephone connected the game’s last play — Carr-to-Zay Jones from 31 yards against an all-out unreserved from the Ravens.

Give a play clap to caller antiaircraft coordinator Gus Bradley, whose beforehand caused the benignant of havoc that was needed against specified an opponent.

Ed Graney Review-Journal