Outsiders Edge: Las Vegas Raiders Defense On Par; Offense A Bridge Too Far?
No one’s questioning the Las Vegas Raiders’ defense these days, but the offense? Well, that’s another story entirely.
No one’s questioning the Las Vegas Raiders’ defense these days, but the offense? Well, that’s another story entirely.
Las Vegas Raiders interim head coach Antonio Pierce spit some truth recently, but then delivered something weird after the fact.
With an 83-yard bomb this past Sunday, A.J. Cole III is now etched in the Silver and Black’s record book. And, in a category that’ll likely take some time for someone to top, no less. The Las Vegas Raiders punter sent a fourth-quarter punt into orbit. If the gunner had stopped the ball at the one-yard line, it would’ve been an 82-yard blast downed deep in the Minnesota Vikings’ territory.
Considering he already wore the all-black Air Force 1s, it’s only right for Las Vegas Raiders interim head coach Antonio Pierce to name-drop the Nike slogan emphatically during his mid-week press conference: Just Do It.
Antonio Pierce has done what Josh McDaniels couldn’t do in a matter of just a couple of games: give the Las Vegas Raiders an identity.
It was business as usual for the Las Vegas Raiders and their kicking duo of Daniel Carlson and A.J. Cole III on Monday night.
As has become the norm, both Daniel Carlson and A.J. Cole III were zoned in for the Raiders as they ran away with a win in Week 9.
Daniel Carlson was called upon four times to boot field goals, and he nailed them all. The Raiders’ big boomer was perfect in all his boots.
Before the matchup with the Patriots, Monday night was a strange one for Las Vegas Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson, but business as usual for All-Pro punter A.J. Cole III.
A 5-foot-8 cornerback defending a 6-foot-4 wide receiver. That was the case when Las Vegas Raiders corner Amik Robertson found himself covering Green Bay Packers wideout Christian Watson. Just like that, Robertson might’ve saved Josh McDaniels’ job.