HENDERSON, Nev. -- As a downtrodden Maxx Crosby sat at his locker following the Las Vegas Raiders' drubbing by the Carolina Panthers, electrical stimulation pads went to work on the edge rusher's injured left ankle.
The pulsating electrical nodes showed more life than the Raiders' defense did.
Indeed, as a clearly hampered Crosby went against Carolina, so, too, did the Raiders' suddenly phlegmatic defense. Talk about a symbiotic relationship between player and unit.
"Our effort, our energy, our passion, did not show up [Sunday] and that just can't always be 98," Raiders coach Antonio Pierce said of Crosby, referencing his uniform number.