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First off we have to improve our ST coverages, we allowed some great Field Position to the Radiers after scores. It is so much easier to stop a dink and dunk offese when they have to go the entire length of the field. Here the Raiders might have been advantaged by knowing our ST Coach a little too well.
Those two fumbled snaps killed us, it allowed Oakland to get good field position on one and on the other killed a drive that was in FG range. The same can be said about Peterson's missed FG. I'm hoping there was some first game jitters with Waters and he is able to concentrate more on it in the future and I don't expect to see it happen twice for the rest of the season. Peterson was a good kicker in Seatle, so I hope we don't see many more misses from him.
I said it yesterday, the attacking D was fun to watch and you can expect a D like that to give up a couple big plays. They were on the field way to long since the O was not able to pass or run the ball with any effectiveness. Might explain why they were less active later in the game.
Holmes started off bad, slipped on the first run and then droped a bullseye on the the run on the next play. Then later cost us a timeout late in the game, could have been used to stop the clock to allow for an attempted last drive. I don't expect another game this bad from him. TRich played okay out of the back field and had a great TD run, but as far as running he didn't do much either. We have to start spreading the D out, the old coaches never learned this, I hope these guys are able to.
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