Derek Carr was not surprised by the commercial rumors of the Raiders: "I'm not going anywhere"

OAKLAND – The Raiders' defense has some major problems that can not be solved at the moment. These are shortcomings and staffing issues are being rectified only through choices or an influx of free agents, but coach Jon Gruden is trying to change things and achieve better results.

Before Sunday's game against the Indianapolis Colts, he left safety to Reggie Nelson, cornerback Rashaan Melvin and linebacker Emmanuel Lamur inactive. He brought linebacker Jason Cabinda from the training team and integrated Gareon Conley and Karl Joseph into high school.

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The Gruden test did not work well. It turns out that he rearranged lounge chairs on the Titanic.

The Raiders' defense dropped 42 points in a loss to the Colts, including four consecutive touchdowns in the second half. Indianapolis hit once. Once.

The Raiders beat Colts quarterback Andrew Luck once. Once. The defense could not cover the tight ends and allowed three of them to catch the touchdown passes.

None of these things are good. But it's worse: the Colts were allowed to remain on the field so long that the Raiders' attack was almost perfect to keep pace with this case.

The Colts ran 71 games. The Raiders ran 47, canceling the efficiency of 7.4 yards per game on average.

"That's the whole season," said Gruden. "Three possessions in the second half against the Chargers. We had three possessions in the second half against the Seahawks, and I think we had three in the first half today. This proves that we still have a long way to go, as I said. "

The Raiders kept pace with the Colts for most of the second period, but a fumble from Doug Martin made money and black run out. They failed to recover and eventually lost a second-half lead for the fourth time in six defeats.

"We do not have a lot of goods, we do not have the ball very often," said Gruden. "I do not think they ran out of gas. I just think that, on the defensive side, we need to look closely at who can be present and help us now. We struggle. "

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The Raiders' attack has been better than in the past few weeks: Derek Carr shot and Martin was powerful. The offensive line has played much better than it has done recently.

It does not matter. The Raiders could not follow with so few bites on the apple.

"It was just a strange affair. It's difficult, "said Carr. "It makes us think of an offense – when we get the ball we have to score every time. We must be perfect.

"It's not a shock at all, that's what it is, some games look like this, some games are earning six points to win the football game, you sit there." and you look, and that makes things difficult. "