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The 26-10 loss of the Raiders against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday was a disappointing result.
It is difficult to characterize a match where the defense was a sieve and where the offensive could not move.
And, of course, in situations like this, negative attention was immediately focused on the two most important people on a football team: the head coach and the quarterback.
I'm not here to say that Jon Gruden and Derek Carr do not deserve to be criticized for Sunday's defeat and the Raiders' 1-4 record – no sir – but if we stop, why do not we? Raiders attack she played so badly? Sunday at Carson, you do not start with these two.
You start with the offensive line.
So many reasons were given as to why Gruden and Carr (who could have changed the game on the line of scrimmage) did not give Marshawn Lynch the ball on the 1-meter line in the third quarter of Sunday's game.
It's an easy thing to question – one could say that a whole franchise has been overturned by a similar decision.
As Gruden rightly mentioned on Monday, "It was not the last game of the Super Bowl. We were down 20-3. The match – and the offensive failure – was far more than this bad game.
Still, Gruden was scolding for the call and Carr had acted the same way for launching the terrible interception – as they should have done both – but what was not mentioned in their self-flagellations was the fact that the Raiders offensive line had been manhandled for four quarters on Sunday.
This was not a unit that seemed trustworthy enough to get a single shipyard – even with the Beast mode running behind it.
Lynch took part in Sunday's game against the Chargers after accumulating 84% of his rushing yards after contact. The combination of his lack of backfield output and a feared offensive line from the Raiders who often seemed clumsy during the transition to a zone blocking system allowed Lynch to get hit as fast as n & # 39; s No matter who's running in the NFL this year. . Fortunately, it's Marshawn Lynch – he can make the most of a bad situation.
But even he has his limits.
Sunday's match was the best example to date.
Lynch carried the ball nine times for a total of 31 yards on Sunday, with 21 yards on four carries in the first shot, allowing his team to score.
After this race, the Raiders had six more attempts to race with the semi-finalists.
It's an offense that does not rely on his ability to pick up rushing yards – I would argue for a good reason.
And yet, in the Gruden offensive, the lack of a viable ground game sabotages things.
Gruden wants to dominate the game of possession through a solid game and a short pass game, working together.
As we witness an offensive revolve around the NFL, Gruden's offense is a step backward – it is designed to methodically get the first pass every three games. He wants steady progress. It is a fault of body. It's death by 75 paper cuts.
But when the Raiders are unable – or unreliable – of the race game to set manageable distances (and the full playbook) in second and third runs, Gruden's short pass game is taxed. There is simply no room for error when one of the fundamental principles of the offense is compromised. Add to that the fact that Carr – both as a by-product of the offense and as personal leasing – throws behind the stick, and that a mere lapse or a single penalty can kill a series for these Raiders.
We saw that Sunday, when the Oakland offensive line had four penalties, all in second or third.
Killer drivers.
And although the blocking of the race of the Raiders is weak, the blocking of the passes was worse Sunday. The Raiders offensive line put Carr in the line of fire throughout the match. Rookie forwards Kolton Miller (eight presses, three sacks allowed) and Brandon Parker (four presses allowed) were outflanked, while left guard Jon Felicano was a turnstile. so no one should be shocked that the offense of Oakland has been violated. And while Carr looked better under pressure on Sunday – in the past, he has melted into situations like that of the past – he is still one of the worst quarters of the NFL in these circumstances.
The match on Sunday would have rather proved the interest of having Kelechi Osemele on the field – he, the center, Rodney Hudson, and the right guard, Gabe Jackson, can cover as much for the young attackers.
And because of the quarterback, the offensive midfielder and the attacking scheme, everything starts at the front for the Raiders.
But not having KO on the pitch is not the only factor that led to the poor performance of the Raiders offensive line on Sunday. Even with some of the same players, this is a completely different unit from the 2016 elite, and the plan is for many. Things are still not good.
Of course, Chargers defensive coordinator Gus Bradley – one of the best in the NFL – would leave the attack.
Watch the rest of the league do the same.
At the moment, while Miller (who was already hotly contested) was injured in the MCL, Osemele was injured (he could play London Sunday – to determine), Rodney Hudson and Jackson sometimes seem a little lost ( and dominating the other times) in a system that is not exactly built for them, and a novice striker who played last year at North Carolina A & T, it is difficult to find a way out. expect much from the offensive line of the Raiders.
That's why it's hard to expect much from the Raiders offensive.
Without a good offensive online game, the gears of this machine creak.
My bet: there is a chain reaction on this subject: if the offensive line is put in order, the offensive of the Raiders will resume the rhythm.
But this is of course easier said than done – especially with Seattle looming Sunday in London.
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