OAKLAND, Calif — For a half, the game was close. The talent-deprived Jets, and all of their flaws, were in it with the Super Bowl contender Raiders. The upset was likely still farfetched, but not impossible.
And then Todd Bowles and Co. were engulfed by The Black Hole.
After the Jets pulled within eight early in the third quarter, the Raiders rolled them the rest of the way. When the final whistle mercifully blew, Oakland had a a 45-20 victory.
“We were in the game. We had a fighting chance,” Bowles said. “We’re not good enough to correct our mistakes and win the game. We have to play pretty good, sound football. At times, we didn’t.”
The offense did put up a fight, but the Jets defense again watched as running backs ran rampant through gaping holes, and receivers wide-open through the secondary. The Raiders totaled 180 yards on the ground (6.7 yards per carry) and another 230 through the air. They had 12 plays of 10-plus yards, and five of 20-plus. That included touchdowns of 43 (Cordarrelle Patterson) and 52 yards (Jalen Richard).
Quarterback Derek Carr finished 23 of 28 with three touchdowns. Running back Marshawn Lynch had 45 and a score. Khalil Mack led the way on defense with four tackles and a sack.
The Jets weren't expected to win on Sunday. They were 14-point underdogs for a reason. But the performance from their defense was borderline embarrassing.
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