For most of Monday night’s season opener against the Baltimore Ravens, the Las Vegas Raiders’ wide receivers were underwhelming.
Peyton Manning was complaining about their lack of impact on the Manning brothers’ broadcast and it was a topic on the main ESPN broadcast as well. Raiders’ quarterback Derek Carr was relying on top target, tight end Darren Waller, from the start of the game and Waller ended up being targeted 19 times.
But make no mistake, the Raiders would have not won (in a 33-27 overtime thriller) if it weren’t for the production of Carr’s wide outs when it counted.