01-14-2022, 02:21 PM
Good points. People are assuming that the reason we struggled offensively in that game is the Raiders' pass rush, but the real problem was that this is when teams started bracketing coverage at Chase, and we hadn't adjusted yet.
The Raiders game was smack dab in the middle of a 5 game stretch where Joey B only had 6 TDs to 6 INTs with an 84.9 passer rating. We struggled against everyone...not just the Raiders.
We started moving Chase around and in the 4 games after that, Burrow had 11 TDs to 0 picks with a 134.9 passer rating.
This is why I predicted a 37-17 win in the prediction thread. It's not that I don't respect the Raiders. It's more that I know our team is humming now, and it wasn't humming when we faced them last time. They were limiting themselves by making Chase easier to cover.
The Raiders game was smack dab in the middle of a 5 game stretch where Joey B only had 6 TDs to 6 INTs with an 84.9 passer rating. We struggled against everyone...not just the Raiders.
We started moving Chase around and in the 4 games after that, Burrow had 11 TDs to 0 picks with a 134.9 passer rating.
This is why I predicted a 37-17 win in the prediction thread. It's not that I don't respect the Raiders. It's more that I know our team is humming now, and it wasn't humming when we faced them last time. They were limiting themselves by making Chase easier to cover.
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