ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) -Lost in all the attention surrounding JaMarcus Russell’s benching in Oakland’s latest blowout loss was a historically bad performance by the Raiders’ shoddy run defense.
Shonn Greene, Thomas Jones and the New York Jets gashed the Oakland defense for 316 yards rushing in a 38-0 victory. That’s the second-most yards on the ground any team has ever recorded against the Raiders.
There was blame for just about everybody on the Oakland defense on a day the Raiders knew the Jets were going to rely heavily on the run. Coach Tom Cable counted 15 missed tackles, players were out of position on some plays and did a bad job of staying in their gaps.
Now the task is to fix it before playing San Diego this week.
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