ALAMEDA — Newton’s third law of motion holds that for every action there’s an equal and opposite reaction.
Where the Raiders are concerned, particularly over the last two games, the physics lesson has been this: for every score, there’s a damaging score immediately afterward.
The Raiders scored 48 points over the last two games, and in each possession after those scores have surrendered 42. They lost both times — 42-24 to Green Bay and 27-24 to Houston. Much of that had to do with elite quarterbacks on the other side in Aaron Rodgers and Deshaun Watson.
Here’s the rundown with Matt Stafford and the Detroit Lions up next Sunday at the Coliseum:
RAIDERS VS.