Complementary football is a fleeting thing for the Las Vegas Raiders. On rare occasions, when the defense gets a stop, the offense gets into the end zone. And vice versa. When the offense gets seven, the defense hasn’t consistently stopped the opposition. The road goes both ways.
That said, more recently, the Raiders defense has run ragged due to the offense not moving the chains, going 3-and-out, resulting in Las Vegas losing the time of possession battle.
Take the team’s 1-4 performance in the last five games. In that lone win — overtime against Dallas on Thanksgiving Day — the Raiders possessed the ball for 39:02 to the Cowboys’ 26:30.