ALAMEDA – The Raiders defense won’t be mistaken for the 1985 Bears. That’s okay. They don’t have to be to win games. Not with a Derek Carr-driven attack scoring in bunches.
Good, not great. Serviceable. That’s the need.
That is not Reggie Nelson’s expectation. The veteran free safety isn’t a C student. He certainly won’t aim for the middle.
He has no interest in clearing a bar set by anyone on the outside.
“I could care less about what people think,” Nelson said Tuesday. “Not to be so blunt, but I could give a rat’s whatever about all that.