Texans spank Raiders, it's the Giants turn next
Someone forgot to tell the Texans defense that they suck against the run.
They entered today's game against the Raiders as the league's worst rushing defense by all accounts. Through three games, they allowed 205 rushing yards per game, 6.2 rushing yards per attempt and gave up eight rushing touchdowns.
Certainly a defense that is as friendly as the Texans' defense had been would mean the Raiders' rushers would be able to capitalize. Right?
Wrong.
The Raiders know fully how much they suck.
Darren McFadden, who only has two career games with 50+ rushing yards, was held to -3 yards (that's not a misprint -- he had MINUS 3 yards) on six carries. Michael Bush, the team's back-up rusher, had 10 yards on three carries. The team's leader was Justin Fargas, who had 24 yards on 10 carries.
As a team, the Raiders had only 45 rushing yards, 20 of which came from receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey.
As usual, the Raiders passing offense wasn't much better. JaMarcus Russell completed only 12 of 33 passes for 128 yards. That being said, he did set his season-high in passer rating (48.5) in a game.
Life won't get any easier for the Raiders' offense next week as they face a team (NY Giants) that is actually good defensively.
They entered today's game against the Raiders as the league's worst rushing defense by all accounts. Through three games, they allowed 205 rushing yards per game, 6.2 rushing yards per attempt and gave up eight rushing touchdowns.
Certainly a defense that is as friendly as the Texans' defense had been would mean the Raiders' rushers would be able to capitalize. Right?
Wrong.
The Raiders know fully how much they suck.
Darren McFadden, who only has two career games with 50+ rushing yards, was held to -3 yards (that's not a misprint -- he had MINUS 3 yards) on six carries. Michael Bush, the team's back-up rusher, had 10 yards on three carries. The team's leader was Justin Fargas, who had 24 yards on 10 carries.
As a team, the Raiders had only 45 rushing yards, 20 of which came from receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey.
As usual, the Raiders passing offense wasn't much better. JaMarcus Russell completed only 12 of 33 passes for 128 yards. That being said, he did set his season-high in passer rating (48.5) in a game.
Life won't get any easier for the Raiders' offense next week as they face a team (NY Giants) that is actually good defensively.
