Raiders Insider Podcast: Game Day Final Thoughts

In the latest Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast episode, we discuss our final thoughts on game day as the Silver and Black prepare to face the Pittsburgh Steelers tonight.

LAS VEGAS, Nev.--The Las Vegas Raiders (1-1) are precisely what we thought they would be heading into the home opener at Allegiant Stadium tonight against the Pittsburgh Steelers (1-1).

In the latest episode of the Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast, we discuss our final gameday thoughts about tonight's showdown.

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Coach Josh McDaniels spoke about the Steelers and how they will load the box to stop the Silver and Black rushing game earlier this week.

"We're going to get tested, for sure," McDaniels said. "So you've got to be physical. These guys are not guys who are going to try to run around you. So, the physicality portion of blitz pickup this week will be on full display. We worked at it in pads on Wednesday, and you're going to need to do that multiple times during the course of this game, and our backs understand that we know what the challenge is going to be. And I think it starts with your assignment, knowing who you have and making sure we get a body on those guys. And the thing about them, it doesn't matter if you pick up the blitz once, twice or 15 times, you're still going to get it. They're going to keep coming, and that's just part of who they are, part of what they do and what they believe in. So, we're going to need to do a good job in our pass protection and our blitz pickup all game." 

Additionally, McDaniels addressed the team's lack of time of possession and how that has kept the Raiders from gaining offensive momentum.

 "There's the chicken and the egg on that one," McDaniels said. "We've got to do some things better to hold it. You know what I mean? So, complementary football, I wouldn't say -– the first game of the season was very strange as we all talked about that with the number of possessions we had. I didn't think we did enough things well last week offensively after the first drive to kind of continue our rhythm and convert third downs and stay on the field. And again, you've got to play good football. So, stopping them on defense on third down, creating opportunities, that's how you want to play if you want to play complementary football, and we're going to need to do that better as we go here." 

The Silver and Black return home to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to play the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, Sept. 24, at 8:20 p.m. EDT/5:20 p.m. PDT.

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