The past two Sundays, Jack Del Rio and his Raiders have gotten on their tippy toes and reached for victory, only to have it slide just out of their grasp both times. So here they stand at 2-3 heading into their bye week, looking forward to pushing themselves to the limit again in a couple of weeks.
“I enjoy the thrill of us competing the way we do,” the head coach said Monday. “The ups and downs are part of football in the NFL. You can’t be afraid to go back to that place.
“You go back to that place where you execute and you make the play, and you go home happy.