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We're on to the Raiders.
Thanks to @Ross12 for keeping these threads Hot Take free.
In short we are wanting to look at the upcoming team's tape, game summaries, scheme, statistical rankings, potential match-ups, etc... and discuss them.
Let's Gooooo!!
How they match up: New England Patriots at Oakland Raiders - November 19th, 2017 - Azteca Stadium | Pro-Football-Reference.com
Key Notes:
1. The Raiders have 6 turnovers in the last 2 games (3 Int's and 3 Fumbles). Could have been more as they have fumbled 7 times.
2. Derek Carr has 7 interception on the year. (He missed a game). Interceptions were because: 1. He has no problem throwing a deep 50/50 ball. 2. He has a slight side arm delivery which gets batted down or deflected at the line occasionally. and 3. He and his receiver were not always on the same page. But Carr is an accurate thrower and can throw it into a tight window.
3. Cooper is a dangerous athlete but he drops a lot of balls (49.35 % completion rate), runs the wrong routes and seems to be a little nervous in traffic. But he's dangerous when he catches them.
4. All their receivers are 6 foot plus and Carr will throw jump balls in the end zone. Their most reliable receiver is TE Jared Cook (70.91 %) and is 6' 5". Crabtree is their solid veteran. Both are decent Red zone targets. Need to take both of them out of the game as they seem to be Carr's go to guys.
5. Their running game doesn't look impressive at all but they do have Washington who is a White like RB although not nearly as good with his hands but still adequate. They use him in a lot of screens, play action type of stuff.
6. Carr has the shortest Time to Throw stat in the NFL at 2.33 seconds. I'm not sure what to make of these stats yet as they are somewhat new to me. I will say that in the last three Raider games I watched Carr does get rid of the ball quickly via quick slants, screens and quick play action pass stuff. They use the quick stuff to set up their one or two home run attempts the take seemingly every freaking series.
Passing Stats | NFL Next Gen Stats
Note: To the GDT'ers. Don't panic if they connect on one or two of these because they are the same type passes that could turn into one or two turnovers.
7. The Raiders defense has a decent front 4 obviously and their OLB's seem good at protecting the edge and sideline to sideline. They do seem vulnerable in the middle and in the secondary. They can get burned by a speedster type receiver (Cooks and Dorsett could have a good game) and Lewis and Burkhead might get some good yardage up the middle but not much around the edges. imo.
These are just my thoughts after watching their last 3 games. They beat KC in Oakland but needed fifteen flags to score the go ahead touchdown with 0:00 left on the clock. They turned the ball over 4 times in Buffalo and gave it away two more times in Miami.
The Pats should win this game comfortably but need to be cautious of the multiple big play attempts the Raiders will throw at them but OTOH, McCourty and Harmon may have a good shot at getting an interception or two.
I will post some video examples later today.
Thanks to @Ross12 for keeping these threads Hot Take free.
In short we are wanting to look at the upcoming team's tape, game summaries, scheme, statistical rankings, potential match-ups, etc... and discuss them.
Let's Gooooo!!
How they match up: New England Patriots at Oakland Raiders - November 19th, 2017 - Azteca Stadium | Pro-Football-Reference.com
Key Notes:
1. The Raiders have 6 turnovers in the last 2 games (3 Int's and 3 Fumbles). Could have been more as they have fumbled 7 times.
2. Derek Carr has 7 interception on the year. (He missed a game). Interceptions were because: 1. He has no problem throwing a deep 50/50 ball. 2. He has a slight side arm delivery which gets batted down or deflected at the line occasionally. and 3. He and his receiver were not always on the same page. But Carr is an accurate thrower and can throw it into a tight window.
3. Cooper is a dangerous athlete but he drops a lot of balls (49.35 % completion rate), runs the wrong routes and seems to be a little nervous in traffic. But he's dangerous when he catches them.
4. All their receivers are 6 foot plus and Carr will throw jump balls in the end zone. Their most reliable receiver is TE Jared Cook (70.91 %) and is 6' 5". Crabtree is their solid veteran. Both are decent Red zone targets. Need to take both of them out of the game as they seem to be Carr's go to guys.
5. Their running game doesn't look impressive at all but they do have Washington who is a White like RB although not nearly as good with his hands but still adequate. They use him in a lot of screens, play action type of stuff.
6. Carr has the shortest Time to Throw stat in the NFL at 2.33 seconds. I'm not sure what to make of these stats yet as they are somewhat new to me. I will say that in the last three Raider games I watched Carr does get rid of the ball quickly via quick slants, screens and quick play action pass stuff. They use the quick stuff to set up their one or two home run attempts the take seemingly every freaking series.
Passing Stats | NFL Next Gen Stats
Note: To the GDT'ers. Don't panic if they connect on one or two of these because they are the same type passes that could turn into one or two turnovers.
7. The Raiders defense has a decent front 4 obviously and their OLB's seem good at protecting the edge and sideline to sideline. They do seem vulnerable in the middle and in the secondary. They can get burned by a speedster type receiver (Cooks and Dorsett could have a good game) and Lewis and Burkhead might get some good yardage up the middle but not much around the edges. imo.
These are just my thoughts after watching their last 3 games. They beat KC in Oakland but needed fifteen flags to score the go ahead touchdown with 0:00 left on the clock. They turned the ball over 4 times in Buffalo and gave it away two more times in Miami.
The Pats should win this game comfortably but need to be cautious of the multiple big play attempts the Raiders will throw at them but OTOH, McCourty and Harmon may have a good shot at getting an interception or two.
I will post some video examples later today.
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