In Oakland Sunday, Derek Carr was sacked once and threw for 351 yards. Carr’s performance is the catalyst that will make every member of the Raiders believe in their ability to win games.
Safety Charles Woodson said there is a lot of work to do, but… After last week, it’s probably easy for guys to say man, here we go again but we didn’t because it’s not like that way anymore. On that drive, Carr fired off a 37-yard strike to Michael Crabtree and put Murray in position to score by hitting Andre Holmes for another 21-yard completion.
Carr unable to capitalize off the turnover, set up Sebastian Janikowski’s 23-yard field goal extending their lead 10-0.
Carr went 7 for 9 for 65 yards on the winning drive.
“Bottom connection is planned to carry out better”, show Jack Del Rio said. “I had to focus on taking my mind elsewhere so I didn’t get all choked up”.
Quarterback Joe Flacco completed 32-of-45 passes for 384 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.
“We got outplayed and outcoached”. A 37-33 defeat to the Raiders before an announced 53,500 at the O.Co Coliseum leaves the Ravens 0-2 for the first time in the John Harbaugh era and spurs all sorts of questions about a team with Super Bowl aspirations.
Carr quickly marched the Raiders to midfield, and a roughing-the-passer penalty on defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan gave Oakland a first down at Baltimore’s 35. Along with Crabtree, Carr was the guy showing some emotion out on the field.
Amari Cooper with the 68 yard touchdown catch to announce his arrival to the NFL. For Roberts, it was his fourth career catch. We knew it was going to be a fight. “There’s a process to it, and I know what it looks like and what it feels like and Coach Lewis does too”.
Outside linebacker Elvis Dumervil started in place of Suggs but was relatively quiet for much of the game.
Gillmore was targeted by four passes in the season opener and had six passes come his way in Oakland, third on the team behind Steve Smith Sr. and Kamar Aiken. Carr told Sirius XM radio Monday he seldom makes a back side throw on a bootleg to his left, but was happy he took a peek that way against Baltimore. “They would’ve had to score a touchdown to send it to overtime”.
Cooper caught five passes for 47 yards in his NFLdebut – the Raiders’ 33-13 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on September13. They then return home in three weeks to take on the Denver Broncos before their bye week during Week 6.
“You can’t replace a Hall of Fame caliber player”, Ravens defensive end Chris Canty said. “We understood the challenge that was ahead of us”. “The wide receiver group, because we brought in (Cooper) and (Crabtree), the guys that were here before, there was a lot of competition for those spots and playing time and what not”. It’s really time to put it together on Sundays and that’s what we did today.
“Early in the game, the television announcers discussed an interesting feature of the Ravens” defense. “We’re going to just have to regroup and improve as a football team“. “We have to find a way to win the game at the end”. However, even the half time show was not enough to get the Raiders where they wanted to be.
“That’s just what [Carr] does”, Hayden said when asked what he though of Carr’s efforts. I thought he would be a good addition in the slot for Baltimore, but he hasn’t been to this point. “It was just a confident, we’re just at practice”. We practiced against these looks. Will Carr and Cooper be able to turn this win into an entire season of consistent productivity? In the final minutes of regulation, Carr threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Seth Roberts and led the Raiders to a 37-33 victory over the Baltimore Ravens.