Raiders report: Wide receiver takes advantage of expanded role

The Raiders’ hunt for a playmaking wide receiver led them to motion seasoned DeSean Jackson past week.

Instead, it was a second-year pro who was already successful the starting lineup who stepped up with a coagulated show successful Sunday night’s 41-14 nonaccomplishment to the Chiefs astatine Allegiant Stadium.

Bryan Edwards caught 3 passes for a team-high 88 yards and a touchdown successful 1 of his champion games arsenic a pro.

The numbers mightiness person been disappointing successful that they came successful a blowout, but Edwards’ touchdown came connected the opening thrust of the 2nd fractional and chopped the Kansas City pb to 17-14.

He besides had a 27-yard reception and drew a walk interference play connected the Raiders’ archetypal scoring thrust that tied the crippled 7-7 successful the 2nd quarter.

The breakout effort came a week aft Edwards failed to unafraid immoderate of his 4 targets successful a nonaccomplishment to the Giants successful the archetypal crippled the squad played without erstwhile receiver Henry Ruggs.

Edwards said the squad remains assured contempt the two-game losing streak and a chaotic period disconnected the field.

“I consciousness similar adjacent though we’ve had the 2 losses and off-the-field things, I don’t consciousness similar we’re successful a atrocious spot due to the fact that we person large leaders,” helium said. “I consciousness similar we volition bounce backmost from this.”

He mightiness person to play a large portion successful that.

Jackson caught his lone people for 38 yards, but past fumbled the shot to the Chiefs.

His presence, on with the attraction choky extremity Darren Waller and receivers Hunter Renfrow and to a lesser grade Zay Jones person from the defense, should unfastened things up for Edwards to beryllium a playmaker.

“That opened up Bryan for immoderate explosive plays, and helium did a bully occupation with those,” interim manager Rich Bisaccia said. “Some of what we did connected the extracurricular opened him up inside.”

Three-and-out

The Raiders were constricted to 1 palmy third-down conversion connected 9 attempts.

It was conscionable the 4th clip successful the Derek Carr epoch that the squad converted little than 20 percent of its attempts, including 1 crippled successful 2017 erstwhile helium near with an injury.

Bisaccia said the inability to support drives live not lone affected the discourtesy but besides kept the defence connected the tract acold excessively often.

“Just not capable plays to get ourselves going, and past we conscionable didn’t bash a precise bully occupation connected 3rd down,” Bisaccia said. “We played from down astir of the crippled and enactment ourselves successful atrocious positions, past immoderate penalties to enactment ourselves into third-and-longs.”

The Raiders were held to 82 yards successful the archetypal half, their fewest astatine location since a 2013 crippled against Denver.

Flag connected the play

Rookie violative lineman Alex Leatherwood was flagged for a mendacious commencement successful the archetypal half, his NFL-leading sixth specified punishment this season.

He has been called for 9 enforced penalties this season, 2nd successful the league among violative linemen.

Add wounded to insult

Fullback Alec Ingold went down with an evident genu wounded arsenic helium covered a punt and did not return.

There was evident interest astir the severity of the injury, which volition beryllium updated by Bisaccia connected Monday.

Cornerback Brandon Facyson near the tract connected 2 occasions, and fullback Jalen Richard near connected a peculiar teams play successful the 2nd half.

Cornerback Keisean Nixon had been listed arsenic doubtful until helium was upgraded to questionable Sunday morning. He playedbut didn’t decorativeness the game.

Never forget

The Chiefs person made nary concealed of their displeasure astir reports that erstwhile manager Jon Gruden ordered the squad autobus to bash a celebratory thigh astir Arrowhead Stadium erstwhile the Raiders won successful Kansas City past season.

Reserve information Armani Watts wasted nary clip referencing the expected incidental connected societal media aft the Chiefs returned the favour astatine Allegiant Stadium.

“We don’t request nary triumph lap,” helium posted connected Twitter soon aft the game. “On to the next.”

Watts included a flexing emoji with the post.

The teams play again Dec. 12 astatine Arrowhead.

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