Referring to the middle of the Las Vegas Raiders defense as the “soft underbelly” is putting it nicely. One could easily refer to it as “the void” and be correct, since often, the middle is often devoid of Raider defenders.
The opposition attacking the center of Patrick Graham’s Silver & Black defense is frequent this season with last Sunday’s 24-0 loss to the New Orleans Saints the latest example of teams exploiting the middle.
It got so blatant the TV broadcast crew during the game and media providing updates via social media, alike, began to openly question if the Raiders defense lost track of Saints running back Alvin Kamara or simply forgot about it.