Late in the third quarter on Sunday in what had been a dominating performance by the Chargers
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one-yard line. Everyone in the stadium including the Chargers defense knew the
ball was going to Marshawn Lynch, except it wasn’t. Instead, Jon Gruden elected
for a play action pass, and quarterback Derek Carr threw it right into the arms
of Melvin Ingram to all but end the Raiders chances of a comeback. “We haven’t
thrown the ball in a goal-to-go situation all year,” Gruden said. “It was
first-and-goal, the decision there was to throw it. If it isn’t open, you throw
it away. It didn’t work out. We expected that we’d have a wide open receiver on
the play and obviously that will be second-guessed, rightfully so . . . I’ll
live to hand the ball off on the next play, possibly.”This isn’t the first time
Lynch has been deprived the football at the one-yard line, as an almost
identical play cost the Seahawks Super Bowl XLIX. “I done seen it happen to me
on the game’s biggest stage,” Lynch told ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez after the loss to
the Chargers Sunday. “Now it’s happened in a regular-season game. It’s alright,
though.”Lynch was told the stat that since the start of Super Bowl XLIX, teams
with Lynch have now thrown four times from the one-yard line and are 0-4
including two interceptions. “That’s cute
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His ‘unreal performance’ against the Browns in week three carried the Silver
& Black to their first victory of the 2018 season. So for Gruden to refuse
giving the ball to him in a short-yardage situation is inexcusable, yet it
continues to happen.In week two, the Raiders were up 19-10 in Denver early in
the fourth quarter with fourth and inches at the Broncos 33. But rather than
lean on Lynch in one of the biggest plays of the game, Gruden elected to run a
play action bootleg to fullback Keith Smith who dropped the pass. The following
week against the Dolphins, Oakland was in a fourth and goal situation from the
one-yard line. Gruden gave the ball to Smith who was stuffed and failed to
convert.Later in the game on third and goal from the one-yard line, Gruden
called Lynch’s number who skied over the Dolphins defense for a touchdown. “With
[RB] Marshawn Lynch, we love to give him the ball but we had shown some things
and they showed on film that this should be good and obviously they covered it
and it didn’t work out,” explained Carr after the game. “But it’s been five
games now where we’ve just — pow, pow, pow — so you have to throw a play action
or else they’re all going to commit on him and it’s going to get stuck.”That’s
all fine and good
Cheap Kolton Miller Jersey , except the “pow, pow, pow” plays that weren’t successful were ran with Smith rather than Lynch. After Carr’s goal line
interception, Lynch was visibly upset taking off his helmet and looking like he
wanted to throw it. While Gruden understands his frustration, it won’t stop him
from passing on the goal line again.“I don’t want to see anybody get upset, I
want everybody to be happy,” Gruden told the media on Monday. “It won’t be the
last pass I call on first and goal either. I think that’s the best time to throw
down there. I regret that it was intercepted. It turns out to be a horrible
call. But we were down 20-3, Melvin Ingram’s your middle linebacker in a jam
front and I wanted to throw a play action pass on the one foot line. My opinion
is it shouldn’t have been intercepted, we shouldn’t do that right down there,
but we did, and Lynch is frustrated, I think I threw my visor and my headset, so
I think he and I have a lot in common.” One thing they don’t have in common is
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Oakland has an overhaul ahead.Report: The Raiders Are Ready To Start Blowing It
UpThe Oakland Raiders have been a disaster this season, which should surprise
nobody, since they spent the offseason backing up the Brinks truck for washed-up
geezer Jon Gruden, trading the best defensive player in the NFL, and completing
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suffers due to growing pains for the rookie offensive tackles. If Jon Gruden
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notice: Los Angeles Chargers set up to be legitimate threats 2018The Chargers
have avoided their annual slow start, and with a soft schedule ahead,
competitors had better watch their backs.Chargers game report: Melvin Gordon
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on Sunday at New England.Pats slip by Chiefs in shootout, end KC’s undefeated
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prognosis on each player for Week 7 and beyond.Most ties in an NFL season? Most
overtime games in an NFL season? 2018 approaching records - CBSSports.comThe NFL
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