Oakland Raiders Defense: Cause for Alarm or a Glimmer of Hope?
For the Oakland Raiders, the annual "Battle of the Bay" matchup vs the 49ers ended up in surrendering 275 yards on the ground on their way to a 21-20 loss. One hundred-forty nine of those yards were to a rookie back named Glenn Coffee.
If I were a 49er fan, I wouldn't get too excited, because Juan Valdez could have walked his pack mule through those holes for a buck twenty on the Raider defense that day.
After watching the game for the fourth time the thing that caught my ear was that, a reporter who talked to Defensive Coordinator John Marshall before the game, said that he was sending them out without a game plan.
In other words he was looking to see how they handled one-on-one matchups a...
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