The Las Vegas Raiders don’t have the record they expected through nine weeks of action, going 2-7 in those nine games and riding a five-game losing streak. Although the record looks dismal, the Raiders defense hasn’t been as bad as fans might think.
Coming into Week 10, the Raiders defense per Fox Sports is ranked 13th overall. The team has a defensive yardage average of 325 and has allowed 28 touchdowns this season.
A deeper dive shows that the Raiders rank 10th in pass defense, 17th in rushing defense, 29th in scoring defense and 25th in red zone defense.
Judging by how they rank defensively when under pressure, the team runs into trouble when the ball gets closer to their end zone. The Raiders have a 64.7% defensive red zone touchdown rate, and their opponents are averaging 27.9 points per game.
With a defense that just misses a top 10 ranking in the league, the Raiders take a big step back when you look at how their offensive numbers have helped their drop in the rankings.
Coming into Week 10, the Raiders offense per Fox Sports is ranked 29th overall. The team has an average offensive yardage that comes in at 280.2, a long gap between them and the Baltimore Ravens who rank first overall and average 445.9 in offensive yards.
The deeper dive for this Raiders offense shows that they are 19th in passing offense, averaging 203.3 yards, 32nd in rushing yards, averaging 76.9 with only seven rushing touchdowns, and 26th in scoring offense , where the team is averaging about 18.7 points per game.
Looking at how the rankings have shaped since the beginning of the year, it has become more apparent where the Raiders struggle the most: the offense. Tight end Brock Bowers leads the Raiders with 580 receiving yards, which is 38.6% of quarterback Gardner Minshew’s passing yards. 580 receiving yards is good enough to land Bowers at No. 10 in the top 10 leaders in receiving yards.
With the expectations of the new coaches in Las Vegashas the entire team a chance to regroup, sit back and watch their Week 11 opponent, the Miami Dolphins, play in Week 10 and see how they can go about improving their numbers offensively and defensively in the rankings.
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