Podcast: Go Insider the Raiders' Locker Room, More

In the latest episode of the Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast, we take you inside the locker room and how it impacts this weekend, the quarterback situation, and much more.

CHICAGO, Ill.--The Las Vegas Raiders (3-3) are in Chicago to take on the Bears (1-5) tomorrow after deciding to start veteran quarterback Brian Hoyer.

The Silver and Black are riding a two-game winning streak as they find themselves in a critical six-game stretch.

You can watch the entire podcast above.

15-year veteran Brian Hoyer gets the nod from Josh McDaniels and will lead the Las Vegas Raiders against the Chicago Bears on Sunday / Darrell Craig Harris, Raiders Today

Coach Josh McDaniels addressed the drop in scoring in the NFL for the second straight year, and his answer was fascinating.

“I mean, anytime that happens, I usually kind of think it kind of ebbs and flows a little bit," McDaniels said. "It's like a game of chess or checkers, if you will. I mean, you can do some things and move your pieces in a certain way, and you might get into a rut a little bit, and then there's got to be a counter to that and a response to it. So, sometimes I think looking at things early in the season could kind of be a little bit misleading. Certainly, if that's the case, you give the defense's credit. I think our defense has improved in certain areas in that regard too. The coverage and the things that people do down there in the red zone, everybody studies the top teams every year in the offseason. And then there's usually a shift toward a scheme. A handful of years ago, it was the Seattle cover three, and so people started to play that more. When I first came into the league, it was a lot of split safety coverage and max blitz and that kind of stuff, trying to double team your receivers. Now, I'd say, there's some flavors that everybody is kind of favoring right now, but honestly, I think it just comes down to overall execution and continuing to press on and try to improve the things that you're trying to do offensively to score more points. And if you can do those things, I think that trend will reverse a little bit or shift some, and that's what we're hoping for offensively. Defensively, we'd love to keep it where it's at.” 

The Silver and Black will head out on the road to take on the Chicago Bears on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 1:05 p.m. EDT/10:05 a.m. PDT.

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