Last week was rough. A quality first half was mired in a dismal second half. The Raiders came alive in both the running and passing game. Particularly, their ability to move the ball in the air over the middle crushed the defense. That shouldn’t be the case in a Tampa-Two front, one that Lovie brought to fame in Tampa Bay when he was the defensive coordinator.
The poor defensive performance plus Smith’s adamance to run the system bring us to our Groupthink this week: