Grading Raiders’ 23-20 win against Colts

How the Raiders performed successful a 23-20 win against the Colts.

Offense: B

Things were truly bully astatine the opening and extremity and not truthful overmuch successful the middle. But it was enough. Derek Carr went 24-for-31 passing for 255 yards. His touchdown flip to Hunter Renfrow with implicit 11 minutes near gave the Raiders a 20-17 lead. Zay Jones was exceptional with 8 catches for a career-high 120 yards. Renfrow caught 7 balls for 76 yards and the score. Running backmost Josh Jacobs played astir of the crippled banged up, but inactive managed a 2-yard scoring tally and 63 yards connected 16 carries.

Defense: B

This broadside of the shot was stellar each afternoon, but for allowing a precocious thrust successful the archetypal fractional that led to a Jonathan Taylor score. Taylor, the league’s starring rusher, went for 108 yards connected 20 carries. Divine Deablo led the Raiders with 9 tackles and a walk defended. Roderic Teamer and Darius Philon each added 8 tackles. Yannick Ngakoue had the team’s lone sack, on with 4 backmost hits. Carson Wentz was held to conscionable 148 yards passing. The Colts’ backmost completed conscionable 16-of-27.

Special teams: B

Daniel Carlson has been clutch each play and was again Sunday, nailing the game-winning tract extremity from 33 yards retired arsenic clip expired. He made 2 others — from 47 and 44 yards — but his kickoff retired of bounds precocious successful the 2nd 4th gave the Colts beingness astatine their ain 40. They would people close earlier halftime and chopped the borderline to 13-10. Renfrow had a 41-yard punt instrumentality successful the archetypal quarter, which the Raiders turned into 3 points and 10-0 lead. A.J. Cole dropped 1 of his 2 punts wrong the 20-yard line.

Coaching: A

There is nary different people disposable erstwhile you marque the season’s astir important telephone yet. Rich Bisaccia showed religion successful his squad and it paid disconnected successful the champion of ways, going for it connected fourth-and-2 from the Indianapolis 11 with 11:24 remaining. Carr past threw the go-ahead touchdown to Renfrow. Gus Bradley’s defence continues to beryllium acold amended than not. Whatever happens with the coaching unit astatine season’s end, the Raiders request to support Bradley and proceed what helium has made of the defense.

— Ed Graney, Las Vegas Review-Journal