Sunday, October 31, 2010

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Seahawks 3 - Raiders 33

Offensive: The Oakland Raiders put up 545 total yards against the Seattle Seahawks with 239 yards coming on the ground.  The rush yards are impressive as the Seahawks are one of the best teams stopping the run.  Darren McFadden had another nice game with 135 total yards from scrimmage.  Darrius Heyward-Bey probably had the best game as a Raider with 105 receiving yards and a touchdown.

Defensive: The defense did a good job of getting after the quarterback with eight sacks.  They also limited Matt Hasselbeck to 160 passing yards and the Seahawks running backs to 47 rushing yards.

The Good: The Raiders won back to back games pretty handily and are starting to look like a team that could challenge the Chiefs for the division lead.  Jason Campbell has created a quarterback controversy between Bruce Gradkowski and himself.  Darren McFadden continued to look good as the premiere back in the run game with another 100-yard game.

The Bad: It's hard to find a lot of bad in a game like this but the two sacks given up should be the focus.  The offensive line has played great but if they hope to make into the playoffs they will need to keep Gradkowski/Campbell upright.

The Ugly: The punt return team has to do a better job of blocking.  The Seahawks punted 9 times and the Raiders only had 6 returns for a total of 29 yards.

What's Next: The Raiders will face the division leading Kansas City Chiefs next week.  If the Raiders win it will close the Chiefs' division lead to one game in front of the Raiders.

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