Raiders coach Jon Gruden said recently that it¡¯s hard to find
a good pass rusher. His team is proving that.According to Chris Trapasso of the
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using data compiled by Pro Football Focus, the Raiders are dead last in the NFL
in pressure rate: The Raiders have faced 98 dropbacks this season and only
pressured the opposing quarterback 19 times. That pressure rate of 19.4 percent
is the worst in the league.The conventional stats tell the same story: The
Raiders have recorded only three sacks this season, the fewest in the NFL. It
doesn¡¯t make Gruden look great when the Bears lead the NFL with 14 sacks, and
the Bears¡¯ best pass rusher, Khalil Mack, is the man Gruden traded away before
the start of the season.For his part, Gruden has shrugged his shoulders and
asked where he¡¯s supposed to find a good pass rusher.“It’s hard to find a great
one. It’s hard to find a good one. It’s hard to find
one
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really dropping back to pass and throwing footballs anymore. They’re throwing
laterals and they’re throwing bubble screens and they’re throwing read options.
So you’ve got to train these guys. It takes a little time to learn how to rush
the passer.â€Gruden has to hope he can find a good pass rusher some day. The one
he had is gone. A big deal was made before the game about Khalil Mack having 17
sacks and the Raiders entire team 18 since the trade that sent him to Chicago.
It¡¯s now time to give the Raiders their due. Mack had no sacks and the Raiders
four in Oakland¡¯s 24-21 win. Josh Jacobs, whom the Raiders selected with one of
the picks they received from the Bears, rushed for 123 yards and scored two
touchdowns.Mack didn¡¯t talk after the game in violation of the NFL¡¯s media
access policy, but Raiders guard Richie Incognito talked enough for both of
them.¡°Of course we take that personally,¡± Incognito said, via Josh Dubow of the
Associated Press. ¡°He was talking about how he was looking forward to playing us
and all that stuff. There¡¯s history. We came
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it.¡±Since Mack joined the Bears last year, no team had scored 24 or more points
and gained 398 or more yards against them in a regulation game until the Raiders
did it Sunday, according to Dubow.Mack finished with three tackles, a fumble
recovery and one quarterback hit.