3 quick takeaways from Raiders-Dolphins game

Three takeaways from the Raiders’ 31-28 overtime victory implicit the Miami Dolphins connected Sunday astatine Allegiant Stadium.

1. Showing grit late

This was the 2nd successful 3 games that person gone to overtime, and the Raiders won some by uncovering ways to marque cardinal plays.

Against the Baltimore Ravens successful the opener, it was a forced fumble and touchdown pass. Then against the Dolphins, the Raiders made capable plays to determination into tract extremity scope and past stepped up defensively to clasp Miami to a tract goal.

The biggest play was Johnathan Abram’s breakup of a walk into the extremity portion that saved the crippled for the Raiders.

2. Mistakes astir costly

The Raiders survived successful overtime, but the crippled ne'er should person reached that point.

Daniel Carlson missed an other constituent that aboriginal allowed Miami to get wrong a possession astatine 25-17. That miss came backmost to wound the Raiders erstwhile the Dolphins scored a touchdown and two-point conversion with 2 seconds near to unit overtime.

With the Raiders inactive holding an eight-point lead, they appeared to get the Dolphins disconnected the tract with a three-and-out, but antiaircraft extremity Maxx Crosby gave Miami other clip by roughing the quarterback. The Raiders coiled up stopping the Dolphins connected downs, but it was much play than necessary.

3. Spreading it around

The Dolphins, similar the Pittsburgh Steelers the week before, did each they could to instrumentality Raiders choky extremity Darren Waller retired of the game.

He inactive produced, arsenic did his teammates to support the discourtesy moving. Six players were each targeted astatine slightest 5 times arsenic Carr repeatedly recovered the close player.

That was particularly evident successful the 3rd 4th erstwhile connected second-and-19, helium recovered Hunter Renfrow for 10 yards and past a 12-yard touchdown walk to enactment the Raiders successful beforehand 19-14. It was their archetypal pb of the game.

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