Grading Raiders’ victory against Cowboys

How the Raiders performed successful a 36-33 overtime win against the Cowboys.

Offense: A-minus

Derek Carr had a 22-yard run. And looked beauteous accelerated doing so. He besides threw for 373 yards and a score. Josh Jacobs had a driblet that mightiness person gone for a agelong touchdown, but helium managed 87 yards and a people with a agelong of 21 disconnected 22 carries. There was adjacent a Marcus Mariota sighting. One of those goal-line packages coaches perpetually speech astir paid disconnected with a 3-yard scoring tally from the backup backmost with 7:13 near successful the 3rd quarter, starring to a 24-13 advantage. Tight extremity Darren Waller (two catches, 33 yards) was mislaid to wounded successful the 2nd quarter.

Defense: B

It wasn’t a cleanable effort by acold — the Cowboys amassed 437 full yards portion playing without their apical 2 receivers — but Dallas inactive represents 1 of the league’s champion offenses. Johnathan Abram led the Raiders with 10 tackles. Cory Littleton had nine. Yannick Ngakoue was progressive up front, totaling a sack and 2 backmost hits. The Raiders were stout against the tally — Tony Pollard had conscionable 36 yards connected 10 carries. Ezekiel Elliott was held to 25 connected 9 with a score.

Special teams: B-plus

Daniel Carlson was clutch each time — his last and 5th tract extremity won the crippled from 29 yards with 4:31 near successful overtime. He besides made bully from 22, 46, 30 and 56 yards. AJ Cole was again terrific, punting 5 times for an mean of 48.6 yards, dropping 4 wrong the 20-yard line. Things were each bully until the footwear sum portion allowed a 100-yard instrumentality by Pollard for a touchdown, which instantly followed the Mariota score.

Coaching: A

I’m not definite what different people is warranted, fixed however good the unit did to hole the Raiders successful conscionable 4 days and coming disconnected their 3rd consecutive loss. Greg Olson called a coagulated crippled offensively. Remember — interim caput manager Rich Bisaccia besides coaches peculiar teams, whose broadside allowed things to leak connected the Pollard return. But erstwhile you see wherever this squad was pursuing a nonaccomplishment to the Bengals connected Sunday, coming into Dallas and leaving with a Thanksgiving triumph is much than memorable.

— Ed Graney, Review-Journal