Here's The Truth About The Raiders AND Ashton Jeanty After Blowout Loss...

Every week, we do the same thing. We have the highs of winning on Sunday, then come back down to earth on Monday, or vice versa. The lows of a horrific loss, easily the worst loss of the year. Not many losses to pick from, but the worst loss of the year. And then you kind of level things out. We have some stuff to talk about for sure. And I'm going to give my unfiltered thoughts on something that I feel like everybody is either getting wrong intentionally because they don't want to face the music or they're just wrong about it i'm gonna sneeze don't do it please i'm gonna i'm gonna run i'm gonna run this so i don't sneeze in front of you i think it's safe to say that my confidence is officially shaken in the Las Vegas Raiders after two straight losses the chiefs loss was a pretty good loss as far as losses go the patriots loss not so much the patriots turned their season around playing the buffalo bills so maybe we can do the same here as we check the markets on calci there's also spreads here as well buffalo bills win by over five and a half points over 52 and a half percent buffalo bills outright chance to win right now sits at 69 which is what the market has been set at and if i'm trading with my head i would probably lean toward taking that but if we purchase the yes contract for the raiders to win and we put a crisp 25 on it the payout is 76.90 which is interesting now look if you're interested in checking out calci you can use code all aboard to instantly get 25 when you trade 25 and the unique thing about calci that separates it from traditional sports books is that with Cowshie you're not betting against the house it is peer-to-peer trading purchasing yes or no contracts based on the markets that the users set and you can trade on anything from politics to movies to sports you name it Cowshie has it go check them out would you believe me if i told you after all that i did not sneeze okay here's here's gonna be i'm gonna tell you the the moral of the story of this video of this season for the raiders i figured it out i figured it out so gather around the campfire and uh snuggle up snuggle up everything always regresses back to the mean the denver broncos last year were what 14-3 and they won like nine one score games the Chiefs the year before that were 15-2 and they won 11 one score games like there are all and then the next year they're not good right things revert back to the mean we started out offensively hot we started out defensively hot miss me with the easy schedule nonsense don't care about that at all because no one thought that we were going to win any of those games either so miss me with all that we just got shellacked in a performance where the offense was not good and the defense was not good against the Chiefs the defense was not great again offense was pretty good what the picture of this team is looking like as of right now it's a team around 500 a couple balls excuse me bounce your way you get into the playoffs a couple balls don't bounce your way you end up 7-10 okay so that's where I think the prism of the team should be moving forward I don't want to do the whole this was always a rebuild we know you're not a genius You're not a genius to say it's a rebuild. We understand. We had the first pick in the draft last year. We were the first team to draft the quarterback first overall and then start the next year 3-0 in the history of the NFL. Okay? You haven't discovered some mystery by saying it's always a rebuild. Perspectives have to shift once success happens or once success doesn't happen. I was operating as if we were a good team because it was a really good competitive loss against the Kansas City Chiefs. I'm now operating as though we are a 500 team because of what I just saw against New England. And the Buffalo game is going to tell you a lot because their offense buffalo's offense is obviously very good their defense is not very good they can rush the passer like us but their secondary is suspect it can be had so if we can move the ball up and down you'll lose a close battle with the buffalo bills then we're back to being like competitive 500 team if you beat them we're back to being in the mix for the division if you lose to them badly you can't expect me to think that you're going to win another game all year until you do it that's where i am right now defensive deep dive there's a very good article here. We're going to skim through it. We're not going to read the whole thing because I want you guys to go read the whole thing. On Yahoo Sports, SB Nation. It's by Matt Holder. Six minute read. I like how they put the time. You don't know how fast I can read. How dare you assume my reading level. Honeymoon period for Rob Leonard is over after Las Vegas Raiders give up 45 points and lost to New England Patriots. So he does winners and losers, right? Loser, Rob Leonard. Three weeks ago it looked like Leonard had revolutionized Raiders defense. The unit was creating turnovers, held his first two opponents, blah blah blah. And then Drake Maye went 26 for 34, with 76% completion percentage, 374 yards. He had 400 yards total, four touchdowns, no picks. In other words, Leonard got out-coached for at least the second time in as many weeks. The first-year defensive play caller still has time to turn it around, but he needs to get with the analytics department and understand what his tendencies are to break them and to get back to keeping offenses on their toes. Something that maybe we didn't want to admit is that forcing turnovers, leading the league in turnovers, there's a little bit of a fluky element to that. it shows that you have good effort and good technique and good tackling and good instincts but you know the ball is also going to bounce your way and there was a lot of forced fumbles that you can't rely on the rest of the year I don't know who put it this way maybe it was Kay Adams or maybe it was Mina I think it was a female it was Mina she said the Raiders defense is not good but very opportunistic and I think that's the way to put it and Robbie Leonard feels like that guy he's a motivator, but as a tactician, a little up and down. We don't need to call it quits on Rob Leonard. He doesn't have the best personnel of all time. He's got decent personnel, and it's a work in progress. So Robbie Leonard, you're on notice, but I believe in you. Loser Zeke Moore, we talked about him yesterday, but again, come back to this. Come back to this article and read the whole thing. Quay Walker, to be honest, both linebackers could be listed here since Nakobe Dean didn't play well either, but it seemed pretty clear that McDaniels was looking to go after Walker in the passing game, targeting him five times for five completions in a team by 66 yards per PFF, on top of that the free agent signing posted a season-low 49.1 PFF run grade and had a rare missed tackle. Walker has been a good addition for most of the season so far, but Sunday was certainly a performance you'll want to forget. So, Nickobe Dean and Quay Walker, which is something I didn't really think about, did not play well yesterday either. What I'll say about that is this, talking about things coming back to the mean, they are better than what they played yesterday but you're gonna have bad games, body clocked I know I didn't give a lot of credence to that but apparently it could be a real thing it was raining out there and Drake Mayes a very very very good quarterback borderline top seven ish top five ish do I expect Nickobe Dean and Quay Walker to look like they did yesterday for the rest of the year no I think they're gonna bounce back so where there are some things that I have major concerns about like the offensive line or Ashton Gentry I don't have these major concerns about Nickobe Dean and Quay Walker or Robbie Leonard for that matter I do think they're gonna be able to bounce back Speaking of the line, Spencer Burford. PFF grades aren't the be-all, end-all, and they leave plenty of room for ambiguity, but Burford posting a 0.0 on pass protection against the Patriots is alarming. He wasn't charged with the sack, but five pressures aren't going to cut it. On top of that, he earned a season-low 32.7 mark in the run game. Not good. Tyler Linderbaum. To be clear, Tyler Linderbaum is far from the Silver Blacks' biggest issue in the trenches. Through five weeks, the fifth-year pro has a career-low 63.1 PFF grade after steadily sitting in the mid-to-high 70s during his tenure in Baltimore. The former is 18th among qualifying centers. And he posted a season-low 50.0 grade while giving up a sack in pass protection against the Patriots. In fairness to Linderbaum, this is the first sack he's given up in 2026. I mean, you know, he'll be fine. Colton Miller, this is a definite issue. This is a definite issue. He went from surrendering five pressures in the first three games combined to 12 over the last two. Again, we're running back to the mean. The 31-year-old has a track record suggesting he can turn it around. However, his age suggests and it might be time for the organization to think about the long-term plan when it comes to protecting Fernando Mendoza, and then he talks about the wide receivers. So we're kind of jumping around here a little bit. I'm actually going to bounce to the offensive line right now. That's spelled wrong. Offensive line, Cousins. Cousins. Hold on. Cousins. Oh, my God. It's not letting me type it. Cousins. We're bouncing around. Then we'll do Kubiak, and then we'll do Janty, which is the thing that you're going to want to stay for. The offensive line isn't perfect. it's maybe a tick above league average if not league average they've been very good so far in protecting Kirk Cousins but been really not good against run defenses and that's okay again we're gonna have ups and downs with this unit all year i wish i could still give you the rage and energy i was feeling yesterday but there's no point in continuing to whine and scream and yell about what happened. You just gotta learn from it and you gotta flush it in the toilet. I was eviscerated a couple years ago when I mentioned that I think Colton Miller is getting a little older and I don't know if I would re-sign him and that he's a little injury prone. And I love Colton Miller. He's been awesome for us. He's one of the last Oakland Raiders on the team. 2018 draft class. He's not a top 5 offensive tackle. He's probably a top 10 left tackle but just like any other above average player he's gonna have his down moments and if you have a down moment where Kirk Cousins is back there, it's O-V-E-R. So there's no reason to think about benching Colton Miller or benching Colton Miller. Just put him on notice. Get in the film room and we'll see now how Clint Kubiak reacts to being shellacked. Because while, yes, we know it's always been a rebuild, the thing to take from it's always been a rebuild is this is Clint Kubiak's fifth game ever being a head coach in the regular season. We saw him be able to coach a team wire-to-wire victory. We saw him be able to go into a hostile-ish environment in Los Angeles and beat a team handily. We saw him go into a hostile environment in New Orleans and beat a team. And when they were down 11 in the fourth quarter, I think, in the third quarter, in the fourth quarter. And we saw him lose a tough game where he made some mistakes against the Kansas City Chiefs. And now for the first time, we've seen him have to deal with a complete and utter shellacking, getting outcoached blowout. and it is now up to him to figure out what is the best way to learn from this and to move forward, and we're going to find out against the Buffalo Bills. I'm not expecting a win. I don't even need a win to be convinced, but what I do need to see is a much more buttoned up operation and a much more competent offense and defense. If we get shellacked two weeks in a row, again, I'm not going to hold it against Clint Kubiak, but I will have to accept that this little stretch that we had was just that a little stretch of success and that's okay you just got to accept it so we're going to get into Gentry oh we're going to get into Gentry because i think everybody's afraid to say what's actually going on here and i'm not afraid to take a stand everybody come take my hand we'll walk this road i could do the whole thing i'm not going to i pride myself on being honest and giving you guys my absolute 100% real opinions on everything and we're going to get into that after the commercial. All right, Tonka is in concussion protocol. That's the one injury to report. Obviously, yesterday was not up to our standard. It's not we won our football. That's the one injury to report. Remember that when we talk about Ashton Gentry? Look like we have a whole lot to prove to ourselves and our fans this week. Really looking forward to playing in front of our fans this week. And, you know, our men, our leadership, our coaches, we're up to the challenge, and we have to bounce back. So I'll take any of your questions. Clay, after the struggles with some of the offensive line, do you think that's going to open an opportunity for Bryce and Caleb to maybe get some reps this week? That's a good question. Yeah, we always want competition. We're looking at how to get better at all positions. Correct me if I'm wrong. Did he say Bryce and Caleb? Bryce. Somebody remind me on Bryce. I would think maybe Trey Zun. Bryce. Yes. They watched the video. Wait, did he say yes in terms of competition? You know, we're looking at how to get better at all positions. So, yes. I like that. Today, watching the video of what Fernando did, what are your takeaways? He was prepared. He played fast. He got through his progressions quickly. He knew his hot issues. It was a solid start for him. What do you feel like he can learn from that experience going forward? You know, I think with any reps that you get, it's going to make you better. The live game reps are the best medicine. But him just getting time with our starting offensive line in an on-the-road environment was a very positive experience for him, although it wasn't for us. I think you said Kirk was still your starter, but how confident are you for a man who had to go into a game that's so in line that he can be okay? That's a great question. You're not asking when he's going to start. You're just asking how confident you are that if he had to start that he could. That's why he's here. We have a lot of confidence in him. Kirk's a starter, and if Fernando's called upon, he'll be ready to go just like he was yesterday. What did you think of Kirk's game yesterday? I just think as an offense, we underperformed. We scored on three of 11 possessions, and it starts with all of us. We're all in it together. We all did not get it done. It was over when we missed that field goal. When we missed that field goal, the score was 14-10. I'm not dunking. I'm not saying Matt Gay lost the game. He just missed a field goal. It was 14-7 because we missed a field goal. We didn't touch the ball again on offense, technically, until it was 28-7. Are there better ways that you could see he could handle pressure? It seems like he kind of got after him yesterday. I think I give a lot of credit to New England. They did an excellent job. And, you know, I just didn't have a good plan for our guys. We didn't execute well. We got behind early. and we weren't able to get the run game going. There's just a lot of reasons that that game didn't work out, and it starts with me. That's another thing we never say when we are evaluating a loss. We never say, hey, the other team was also really good. They were. They were. I've seen the film overnight a couple of times. Ashton's pass blocking certainly looked good to me. Your opinion matters more than mine. But second of all, the drops. It's a couple weeks in a row. Do you think it's just mental, or what do you think that would be, and would you address both the pass blocking and the drops? Yes, he's always been an excellent pass protector. We count on him on third down, obviously running routes and protecting. And, yeah, those are things that are continuing to show up that we have to get fixed as a coaching staff. Are there areas you need to see Mike Washington improve to get him on the field more? I think he needs more opportunities, and that starts with me too. In the fourth quarter, he was in, or right before Dylan LaBeau ran in and scored for the short touchdown, he was in, and then the Patriots called a timeout, and then Dylan LaBeau was in. What was the decision behind that? Because I know you said yesterday you wanted to get him more opportunities, and it seemed like you would have had one there. Yeah, you know, that was just a play that we had practiced with Dylan and wanted to make sure that we had the guys that got the practice rep. Going back to the offensive line, with the run game not being up to par for a few weeks now, are you anticipating looking to see maybe shifting some people or putting some guys in positions that we haven't seen in a while? Someone just asked that. Yeah, we have to. We have to look at everything. We have to improve there. And something I've been saying for multiple weeks now, that's not getting done. And so as a coaching staff, it just falls on me. It falls on me to get it fixed. I'd like to see Zune get in the mix. Let Zune get a little mixy. I feel like you all weren't able to get Michael Mayer as involved yesterday. Just myself. I didn't give him enough opportunities. We gave him one early in the game. I think they had a penalty on. So, you know, I think overall that was a game of a lot of seven-man protections that he was involved on. But, you know, at the end of the day, it's my job to get all players involved. So when they are not involved, then it falls on me. Would you like to – go ahead. Todd has been flagged for a couple offside penalties on the – you know, on when Connors – Stopped running the touch push. Done sneaks. Have you had any conversation about him with those? What have you seen there with those couple plays so far? Yeah, we have. We've had many conversations with the league, and really, at the end of the day, it's a penalty, and it's a penalty that we have worked on before that we did not get corrected. So as a coaching staff, we wore that penalty and put us in third and sixth. With the lack of commitment to the run game, how much did that affect what you guys were able to do with the play action that you've had so much success with the first four weeks? Yeah, it took it away, and we're behind many scores most of the game. that's going to turn into a drop-back game. Clint, would you like to see... Yeah, you can't have Kirk Cousins in obvious passing situations because he's susceptible to getting hit. Max moved around a little bit just so teams, they have to account for looking for him and identify him when they come to the line just to create a little bit more. Yeah, I think those are definitely things as a coaching staff that we're talking about. We've got to get him in positions to be successful to get near the quarterback. To go back into that, what do you think was the biggest area you have concerns with the lack of pressure from the defensive line yesterday? First of all, I give credit to New England. They did a great job of blocking us up. There's many corrections to be had that we were working on right now. Our defensive staff, our players, we didn't get it done yesterday, run or pass. I know that Ashton wants to play every single game, but when he was questionable heading into Sunday, you guys worked him out a little bit beforehand. What was ultimately the decision that proved but okay, he's good to go and giving him a lot of reps in that game. He's healthy. Well, you know, he practiced all week, and after seeing him perform in the pregame, we felt confident he could go. You know, he's a really tough guy. He's playing hurt. How are you – I think Ashton admitted himself that he wasn't 100%, and I know nobody is at this point in the year, but how do you plan on making sure that he's rehabbing properly while also making sure you have the best players out in your field? Yeah, it's just a weekly thing that we're battling with him, with with his teammates um you know i have a ton of confidence in our training staff they do a great job of getting our guys available for the game and and continuing to get them healthy and um you know whether it's Ashton or anybody on the roster um a lot of guys are beat up it's that time of the year and it's up to us and at the end of the day to make the decision if they can go or not okay okay okay okay okay so let's just do this right now because i think that was the quote I believe that was the quote that I had pulled up here. Yes. Oh, no, no. This is Jenty's quote. Unless I can't run, jump, or cut, I'm playing football. Or I'm playing. Football is a tough game. You're never going to be playing feeling 100%. At the end of the day, I just want to go out there and do it against my teammates. First of all, I just want to say this. I love Ashton Jenty. He's such a good kid. He's a very talented player. He is a tough SOB. He belongs in this league. I truly believe he's going to be a top 10 running back. I think there's an argument to be made that he is. because his pass catching is very good. I know he drops the ball every now and then, but so does everybody else. So do wide receivers. If he's on the field, then he's on the field. I don't want to hear, I'm not going to call people because the people that I hear say this, I love watching them. I don't want to hear that he's got plantar fasciitis or he's got Lisfranc or he's got a ligament torn and he's Kobe Bryant with the torn Achilles still playing. but I don't want to hear it we would make fun of Patriots people for being for saying I think Drake May might be a little banged up still from six months ago now Ashton was carted off a month and a half ago so there is precedent to be set that he is a little banged up but if they're evaluating that he's good to go then he needs to make an impact it can't be every single time he's injured or it's the line or it's the play calling or it's this or that because I stand by what I said if Bijan Robinson or or or Jameer Gibbs were behind this offensive line they wouldn't average 2.7 per carry and I'm sorry if that's unfair to compare him to those two but he was the sixth pick in the NFL draft you need to be generational so until they come out and say he has plantar fasciitis, and he's out for six weeks, I'm going to operate with the information that I have. And in the second half of the Chiefs game, he looked a lot better than he did in the first half. But wouldn't you think that if he was injured, that he would be more injured in the second half of the game than the first half of the game? Ashton Gentry, by the way, is not the one saying I'm playing hurt. Kubiak just said it. I think he's protecting his guy. I think he thinks that the offensive line is letting him down, and maybe that he's letting Gentry down. And that's what I love about Clint is that he's accountable. But I'm not going to sit here and tell you every time Ashton has a bad game, he's injured. And every time he has a good game, it's a walking miracle. No, I just think that he's not playing well right now. And maybe he is a little banged up. And if he wasn't a little banged up, he'd be playing better. Multiple things can be true. But right now, he looks stiff. He looks slow. He's not breaking tackles even like he was last year he can't get out to the edge like Mike Washington is so I'm just a little frustrated with people either believing that he's truly truly hurt which there's just the only evidence is that he isn't playing well and that he was had a injury scare a month and a half ago or people don't want to say that he just hasn't been good because I just don't think he looks good and again they could come out tomorrow and say actually he has a broken Bone in his foot And then egg on my face But until then I'm not going to operate Like he does And you can call me Whatever you want to call me But that's That's how I operate That's how I operate So Ashton I love you Maybe get back on the sugar I appreciate the sugar thing But maybe get back on it Have a skittle Ask Marshawn Lynch How that is Five and ten dollar Patrons and YouTube members Help keep the lights on tremendously If somebody wants to join Big join button down below Or link in the description below Shout out to Kalshi Shout out to my Discord Which is linked in the description below Shout out to you we're so close to 17,000. 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