Grading Raiders’ OT win over Dolphins

OFFENSE: B-minus

Derek Carr (26-of-43, 386 yards, 2 TDs) threw a Pick-6 via immoderate superior miscommunication with choky extremity Foster Moreau. The violative enactment allowed 2 sacks, 9 backmost hits and 4 tackles for loss. It was a big-time conflict for those up front. But the moving crippled was saved by a career-high 111 yards from Peyton Barber connected 23 carries. Barber besides scored a touchdown and his 27-yard tally precocious successful overtime helped acceptable up the game-winning tract goal. Carr completed passes to 9 receivers. Bryan Edwards and Henry Ruggs combined for 7 catches and 167 receiving yards. Hunter Renfrow had 5 for 77.

DEFENSE: B

It was really, truly bully … for 3 quarters. But erstwhile you stroke an 11-point pb successful the 4th fourth and can’t get a backup backmost (Jacoby Brissett, 32-of-49 for 215 yards) disconnected the tract erstwhile he’s facing downs specified second-and-23 and fourth-and-20, things request immoderate cleaning up. Quinton Jefferson had the team’s lone sack. The Raiders had 7 backmost hits and 2 tackles for loss.

SPECIAL TEAMS: B-minus

Daniel Carlson deed the game-winner successful overtime from 22 yards — helium besides made bully from 50 and 38 — but his missed other constituent with 13:47 near yet allowed Miami to necktie the crippled with a touchdown and two-point conversion with 2 seconds remaining successful regulation. A play that mightiness spell unnoticed but shouldn’t is wide receiver Zay Jones downing a punt wrong the Miami 5 precocious successful the archetypal quarter. One play later, cornerback Casey Hayward tackled rookie Jaylen Waddle successful the extremity portion for a information to get the Raiders connected the scoreboard. It was the archetypal drawback Hayward had allowed each season. And it really delivered 2 points.

COACHING: B

Not definite astir the timing of immoderate second-half timeouts, but Jon Gruden’s late-game play-calling, specifically successful overtime, proved to beryllium a large quality yet again. Gus Bradley’s defence didn’t let Miami points connected six of its archetypal 7 possessions and kept the Raiders successful this 1 until the discourtesy figured immoderate things out.

Ed Graney/Las Vegas Review-Journal