Season unraveled for Las Vegas Raiders after routing Broncos in Week 10
When Las Vegas thumped the Broncos 37-12 in 7 days ten, the Raiders ended up 6-3, like 3- in the AFC West.
It was the significant place of their time.
Las Vegas enters Sunday’s finale in opposition to the Broncos owning missing 5 of its previous six online games, the lone acquire getting the wonder end above the New York Jets. The Raiders squandered late potential customers at residence to Kansas City and Miami, ended up blown out at Atlanta (forty three-6) and vs. Indianapolis (44-27) and missing in extra time to the Los Angeles Chargers.
The Raiders will pass up the playoffs for the 16th time in seventeen years.
Immediately after the Indianapolis reduction, mentor Jon Gruden fired defensive coordinator Paul Guenther and set up defensive line mentor Rod Marinelli as the participate in-caller. The Raiders are twenty ninth in factors permitted (29.8 per match) and sacks (19).
“No disrespect to Paul, who did a good job in this article — we required a new voice and a new design of management and (Marinelli’s) carried out a good job,” Gruden reported in meeting connect with with two Denver reporters. “We continue to have a prolonged way to go to get where by we want to be on protection, but I consider Rod, owning labored with him in the past (in Tampa Bay), is just one of the good teachers, good leaders and good motivators I’ve been all-around. I’ve noticed development despite the fact that it has not confirmed up in the acquire column.”
Broncos quarterback Drew Lock was intercepted 4 moments by the Raiders in the first conference.
“There are little differences in this article and there,” he reported of the participate in-calling. “They continue to have the exact players, but schematically, there are unique points. … Truthfully, they could do a ton of what they did in the first match. We did not participate in effectively and they caught it to us.
“Even although there (has been a) coordinator adjust, we’re having all set for a little little bit of both equally.”
Chubb, S. Harris sit. Outside linebacker Bradley Chubb (ankle), defensive close Shelby Harris (knee), receiver KJ Hamler (concussion) and basic safety Trey Marshall (quad) did not follow Wednesday. Chubb did facet-discipline operate throughout the media viewing period.
“(Chubb) is continue to doing work by the ankle challenge,” mentor Vic Fangio reported.
Fangio reported the Broncos are “still evaluating” Harris’ harm and “we don’t know the severity of it but.”
Complete line approaching. There ended up, as Fangio calls them, some “potholes” together the way, but the NFL is on-observe to complete its complete 256-match normal-time routine Sunday. The Broncos experienced their 7 days 5 New England match pushed ahead just one 7 days because of the Patriots’ COVID-19 troubles, and infamously experienced to face New Orleans with no its 4 quarterbacks.
“Back in late June and early July, I wasn’t sure if we would have the time,” Fangio reported. “Once we acquired by instruction camp, I was quite optimistic that we would be in a position to do it.”
Footnotes. Cincinnati quarterback Brandon Allen, who went 1-two for the Broncos previous 12 months but wasn’t retained so Jeff Driskel could be signed as Lock’s back again-up, was voted the NFL’s Air Participant of the 7 days following going 29 of 37 for 371 yards and two touchdowns in a acquire at Houston. … Broncos power-and-conditioning mentor Loren Landow was back again on the follow discipline following tests constructive for COVID-19 and lacking two online games. … Each Broncos back again-up quarterbacks, Driskel and Brett Rypien, participated in follow so the team is not going with the quarantine passer like it did with follow squad member Blake Bortles above the previous thirty day period. Bortles was signed to the Los Angeles Rams’ energetic roster on Tuesday.
