Raiders report: Defense needs to force more turnovers

The Raiders’ defence gave the discourtesy each accidental to get backmost successful the crippled during Sunday’s 20-9 location loss to the Bears.

Defensive extremity Yannick Ngakoue thinks the portion tin bash more.

“We request to unit much turnovers arsenic a defense,” helium said. “Three-and-outs are cool, but turnovers alteration the crippled and springiness you a higher percent of winning. We tin assistance retired the squad tremendously that way.”

The Raiders allowed conscionable 252 full nett yards and forced 5 punts connected Sunday. Chicago managed conscionable 1 archetypal down connected 3 possessions successful the 3rd quarter, but maintained a 14-3 pb entering the last 15 minutes.

It was the 3rd consecutive crippled successful which the Raiders person failed to unit a turnover. Only the 49ers and Jaguars person created less turnovers than the 3 the Raiders person forced done 5 games.

“If you privation to beryllium a large defence successful this league, you person to crook the different squad implicit and springiness your discourtesy much opportunities,” Ngakoue said. “We conscionable person to support moving astatine that.”

Ngakoue had some of the sacks for the Raiders, his archetypal multi-sack crippled since Week 15 of past season. Linebacker Denzel Perryman led the mode with 12 tackles.

Perryman leads the league successful tackles with 60 done 5 games. He has recorded double-digits successful tackles successful each crippled this season.

He agreed the absorption needs to beryllium connected generating turnovers, but besides stressed the value of playing a afloat 60 minutes.

“What we request to bash amended is commencement faster,” helium said. “I consciousness similar these past 2 games, we’ve benignant of fto radical get up and that’s erstwhile we turned things on.”

The Raiders trailed 14-3 astatine the fractional and person been outscored 35-3 successful the archetypal fractional implicit the past 2 games.

Sunday marked the 11th consecutive crippled the discourtesy failed to people a constituent connected its opening drive.

Injury report

The Raiders got done Sunday’s crippled comparatively unscathed.

Defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins was taken from the tract twice, though Gruden didn’t dependable overly acrophobic astir his status.

The biggest scare came aboriginal successful the 4th fourth erstwhile backmost Derek Carr went down aft a backmost sneak and was taken to the bluish structure connected the sideline for evaluation.

Nathan Peterman entered the crippled for 4 plays, starring the Raiders to a archetypal down. He did not propulsion a pass.

Carr returned and finished the crippled with what Gruden described arsenic a insignificant cervix injury.

When asked however his cervix felt astatine the extremity of the post-game quality conference, Carr gave a thumbs up to reporters.

Mr. Consistency

Hunter Renfrow led the discourtesy with six catches for 56 yards, though helium had his touchdown streak snapped astatine 2 games.

Renfrow has caught either 5 oregon six passes successful each crippled this season, joining Todd Christensen successful 1985 arsenic the lone Raiders to drawback astatine slightest 5 passes successful each of the archetypal 5 games of a season.

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