3 quick takeaways from Raiders-Giants game

Three takeaways from the Raiders’ 23-16 nonaccomplishment to the New York Giants connected Sunday successful East Rutherford, New Jersey.

1. Red zone, dormant zone

The Raiders moved the shot good capable to travel distant with a convincing victory, outgaining the Giants 403 yards to 245, but repeatedly settled for tract goals. A definite mode to suffer successful today’s NFL.

They reached the Giants’ 6-, 14- and 7-yard lines earlier settling for 3 points. Then aboriginal successful the 4th quarter, the Raiders again got to the Giants’ 7, but Daniel Carlson missed a 25-yard tract goal. On their last-gasp drive, the

Raiders made it to the 13 earlier backmost Derek Carr mislaid a fumble.

Five possessions that totaled 9 points. The Raiders near 26 points connected the field.

It was excessively overmuch to overcome.

2. Carr wasn’t rather right

Carr has been playing arsenic good arsenic immoderate NFL quarterback, a large crushed the Raiders were connected apical of the AFC West. That wasn’t the lawsuit Sunday.

Carr overthrew an unfastened Darren Waller successful the extremity portion precocious successful the archetypal half, forcing the Raiders to settee for a tract goal. Then successful the opening thrust of the 2nd half, Carr threw down Hunter Renfrow connected the near sideline, a walk that was intercepted and returned for a touchdown for the Giants.

The Raiders had the accidental to prehend power of the crippled with those drives, but alternatively of perchance being up 2 possessions, they were down 17-13.

Carr aboriginal threw a fourth-quarter interception to thwart a Raiders rally.

3. Familiar look does damage

As it turned out, the Raiders didn’t drawback overmuch of a interruption with the Giants not having moving backmost Saquon Barkley. He missed his 4th crippled successful a enactment due to the fact that of the operation of an ankle wounded and not practicing due to the fact that of a mendacious affirmative connected a COVID-19 test.

Devontae Booker, who played for the Raiders past season, started and rushed for 99 yards connected 21 carries. He besides caught 3 passes for 23 yards.

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