Raiders’ Confidence on Saturday

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(01-13-2022, 11:01 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I think it's disingenuous to call the Raiders "The hottest team in football." Is it technically true if you consider "being hot" just winning streak? I suppose. But I think that's only part of the definition of "hot."

When I think of a team that is hot or on fire, I imagine a team that is scorching their opponents. Dominating victories. Defying steep odds in mistake free fashion etc.

And that isn't the Raiders. They've tripped and stumbled their way through these last 4 games. The first of those 4 games was against the Browns and, remember, they had like 25 guys out with COVID. They played the Browns practice squad and BARELY won. Had to kick a field goal as time expired to score 16 points on a practice squad.

Carr threw 5 TDs and 4 INTS in that 4 game win streak.
In 2 of those 4 games, Jacobs had under 4.0 yards per carry.
Hunter Renfrow hasn't gone over 100 yards in any of these 4 games. In two of the games, he only had 3 receptions and was a complete non-factor against LAC (5 catches for 13 yards).

Their defense has only had 6 sacks in those 4 games and just 1 interception and only recovered 1 fumble.

I respect the Raiders for making it this far and any given Sunday (Saturday) definitely applies here. But I don't get this narrative that this team is "the hottest team in the NFL."

But, but, but Burrow and Chase also tripped and stumbled their ways to all those TD's, yards and no interceptions too.. I mean, it coulda been 1500 yards in two games and 15 TD's. Any old super human feats could've beaten that! 
Sometime during the game we'll probably hear, "LOOK! Up in the sky! It's a plane, it's a bird! No, it's just another humdrum ordinary 90 yard TD pass from Burrow to Chase.. Nothing to see here folks. Move along.. "