Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers wasn’t suppose to be a win for the Raiders. Oakland faired admirably last week in defeat against the Chiefs but the Steelers are another animal. Pittsburgh boasts a top 10 run defense (ranked 7th in rushing yards and rushing 1st downs allowed) and a blitz happy scheme that racked up 41 sacks coming into the game; good for 1st in the league.
Defending Pittsburgh’s offense is no easy task either, even without RB James Conner (who sat out Sunday’s contest with an injury) the Steelers have 2x Super Bowl winning QB Ben Roethlisberger throwing to a dangerous receiving tandem; all-world WR’s Antonio Brown and JuJu Smith-Schuster.