Oakland Raiders: Defensive Line Taking Team To New Heights

There were several notes to take from the win at Dallas and there will be just as many to take from Saturday's game at Chicago.  One of those is the improvement of the D-line.

In the first quarter (meaning with the starters on both teams) the Raiders got after Tony Romo and didn't allow a run longer than five yards.  Most of that was with a four man rush.

The credit can go to a few people.  One, Mike Waufle who returned to Oakland after five years with the Giants as D-line coach.  Another is Richard Seymour who moved inside to tackle and the results are instantly better.

But two young men that deserve the most credit are DE's Lamarr Houston and Matt Shaugnessy.  ...

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