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The Raiders are the number one rushing offense in the league at 185 YPG and 5.5 YPC. The Patriots defense counters that with the 11th ranked rushing defense at 91 YPG and 4.3 YPC.

The Raiders are the 25th rated passing offense at 211 YPG and 7.1 YPA The Patriots defense is last against the pass at 377 YPG

The Patriots are 13th in Rushing offense at 102 YPG and 4.2 YPC. The Raiders are 25th against the run giving up 120 YPG and 5.8 YPC

The Pats are the number one passing offense at 442 YPG and 10 YPA. The Raiders are the 28th ranked pass defense at 289 YPG.

Clearly we have two teams that aren't very good at defense and get it done on offense in a very different manner. From a Patriots perspective I have to wonder the following.

1. Will we see more 3-4 this week since they will be looking to stop the run first.

2. Will Ridley get a shot at being the feature back.

3. With the Raiders speedy receivers coupled with the excellent running game mean more zone and less man.

4. The Raiders in spite of not having a great passing defense do have 10 sacks. Will the Pats be bringing another TE in to help with the rush? If Volmer is back does that mean more TE time for Solder.

The injury report is going to really impact this game. I think Chung is particularly important as the best run supporter in the secondary. If Albert can play at a high level that's also very important. He's been inconsistent when he's been in there so far. He cannot take plays off or we'll get gashed.

Considering the Raiders rush defense this is a good week to establish the feature back. I'd like to see Ridley get 15 rushes and then go play action off of that a lot. Much less open backfield spread formations.

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Kid~Brady

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Darren McFadden.

He will shred this defense if we don't step it up. He demolished the Jets "top" run-stopping defense, I can't imagine how hard he's licking his chops at ours.

I still think we win because of offense

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PATRIOTSFANINPA

Fatass Al better put down the cheeseburgers and put on his chin strap and get back out on the field...his huge frame is needed to stuff that running game.

Fred Jackson looked like O.J. Simpson on some plays yesterday.

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brady199

Denarius Moore Will shred our secondary as well.

sbpatfan

I hope we win in a shootout, with McFadden putting up some beast numbers so I dominate my fantasy game.

parthasas

Not to forget Big Sey waiting for us as well. They better show up angry as Rodney mentioned yesterday.

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mgteich

I agree with this. We need to take one player out of the game. We did this with Bush. We did this with Gates. I don't know about yesterday. We need to do it again with McFadden.

And yes, we have seen the quality of our passing defense. Our run defense will now be tested.

LoyalRaider

Not here to trash talk to Pats fan. Only here to discuss the upcoming game vs the Pats. I do see Brady coming out firing on all cylinders using 4 WR sets with quick passes. Raiders have really struggled against the short passing game and it showed vs Buffalo. To minimize the Raiders pass rush its all about 3 step drops and quick passes which the Pats are really good at and I see them doing it successfully against us.

As for my Raiders we need to run the ball well and we have been. We run the ball well and keep Brady off the field for as long as we can. Campbell can produce if the run game gets going. If the Raiders can somehow get to Brady and then that will be even better. Remember the Raiders mostly man to man defense most of the game. They might play a little zone but expect man to man most of the time. One more point is our D-Line is what makes our defense go and they can rush the passer as well as anybody.


Thats all for now Pats fans. Good Luck on Sunday.

Brady_to_Moss

Stack up against the run and let Campbell beat you

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Triumph

Exactly

Stop DMC is priority # 1 on defense.