One special teams was flawless Jano 6 for 6, Lechler was Lechler, and Hester didn't have a chance to be Hester. Two the defense was strong all day save for the last couple minutes of the game. Three and maybe the most important of all: Actual discipline and a limited amount of boneheaded penalties.
The offense struggled all game. And Palmer had a bad game but with two explosive weapons from the receiving corps out in Moore and Ford things should improve in that department so I'm not all too worried about that.
What was surprising was our inability to run the ball. It was clear that the Bears game planned to shutdown Bush and make the Raiders beat them in the air and they accomplished that. Bush averaged just a bit under 3 a carry and was held under 100 yards for the first time in a month.
The offensive line definitely didn't have their best game. Palmer was sacked a few times and they couldn't open many holes for Bush. They pretty much got pushed around by the Bears D-line all game. They have definitely got to get back to how they were playing before.
But at the end of the day Raiders scored the W and played a disciplined game penalty-wise. And as long as they keep racking up the wins then that's good enough for me.
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