ALAMEDA, Calif. -- How do the Oakland Raiders, fresh off a pair of 31-point beatdowns on the road, get their wits about them at the quarter-pole of the season?
How does a team with so many youngsters playing so many key roles not let such unimpressive results become the norm, rather than the exception?
Why should you trust them to right the ship and go on a run and maybe, just maybe, snag just their second playoff spot since 2002?
"We've had a rough two weeks, I've had a rough two weeks," Raiders quarterback Derek Carr said in the wake of Oakland losing consecutive games by at least 30 points for the first time since 1961 -- two years before Al Davis came to the East Bay.