3 quick takeaways from Raiders-Browns game

Three takeaways from the Raiders’ 16-14 triumph implicit the Browns connected Monday successful Cleveland:

1. Badly needed win

They had mislaid 5 of six games, falling to the fringes of the playoff race.

They inactive person a batch of enactment to marque a superior tally astatine the postseason, but they would’ve had nary changeable with a loss.

If they are to situation for a spot, the Raiders request to play acold amended than they did against the Browns.

That’s thing that tin beryllium addressed this week successful signifier and video study. For now, they volition instrumentality this triumph nary substance however it looked.

2. That said …

It’s existent that winning successful the NFL should ne'er beryllium looked down upon, and Sunday’s astonishing results were a reminder of that truth.

But the Raiders besides were facing the Browns’ JV squad and seemingly did everything they could to support Cleveland successful the game.

Late successful the archetypal half, the Raiders had first-and-goal astatine the 6-yard line. The moving crippled helped them get there, and the Browns were much than acceptable to commencement burning timeouts. Yet the Raiders did not telephone 1 moving play successful settling for a tract goal, giving the Browns capable clip to thrust for a tract goal. The Raiders were fortunate the Browns missed.

Then with the accidental to instrumentality implicit power successful the 2nd half, DeSean Jackson dropped a wide-open walk connected 3rd down. On the pursuing series, Derek Carr fumbled twice. The Browns recovered the 2nd fumble and drove for a touchdown to chopped the pb to 10-7.

Cleveland yet went up successful the 4th fourth earlier the Raiders came backmost to win.

3. The Chubb factor

The Raiders dared the Browns to walk successful the archetypal half, ganging up to halt Browns moving backmost Nick Chubb and clasp him to 14 yards connected six carries.

But Browns third-string backmost Nick Mullens made capable plays to backmost disconnected the Raiders successful the 2nd half, and Chubb responded with 17 carries aft halftime for 77 yards.

When the Raiders needed to halt Chubb successful the end, however, they did. He was stopped for nary summation connected third-and-3, forcing a Browns punt and starring to the Raiders’ winning drive.

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