When speaking to the media at the podium on Thursday, Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones addressed the team having just four sacks through three games. He pointed to the ball getting out quickly: “2.3 seconds.”
According to NFL Next Gen Stats, opponents have 2.81 seconds of “time to throw” on average. That ranks 16th in the NFL through three weeks. The Las Vegas Raiders get the ball out at the 13th-fastest clip of all teams so far.
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“We’re close statistically-wise — you look at the numbers,” defensive tackle Chris Jones said. “I don’t care how good of a pass rusher you are. When they’re throwing the ball that quick, it’s tough for anyone.”
So how does Spagnuolo see his front seven breaking through? His attention has been fixed on early downs.
“I think we’d all like to see it better on first and second down,” Spagnuolo said. “That’s where some of those plays got long. We got to do better on the back end with those explosive passes, but when the down gets extended, guys have a tendency they’re going to get open at some point. So first and second down is one thing that we looked at.”
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“If you’re gonna give me another brown eye, I don’t want it cause I had one for 46 years and you took that one from me. So she’s like, well, what do you want, and I go, I want a Kansas City Chiefs eye, and she goes, I can do that,” Prater said.
With the new eye in place, people began to notice.
“At first they’re like, is your eye red, then I go yeah I got a Kansas City Chiefs eye, and they’re like, no freakin way I love it,” Prater said.
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Walker spoke specifically about the work he has gotten as a member of the Chiefs’ passing attack during the first three weeks of the year.
“I could always catch the ball, coming out of high school and everything, I just didn’t really have opportunities to catch the ball,” Walker said on Thursday, October 1. “Coach [Andy] Reid sees that I could catch and make plays in space. Credit to coach Reid.”
Eric Bieniemy compares Raiders to ‘Oakland Raiders’ | Yahoo! Sports
Bienemy said he got a text message from Neil Smith, former two-time Super Bowl Champion, Neil Smith
— who played for every team in the AFC West, except the Raiders.“I received a text from an old buddy of mine,” Bienemy said. “…He didn’t say Las Vegas Raiders. He said, ‘It’s Oakland Raiders week,’ and he said, ‘enough said.”
“I said, ‘You know what, that’s exactly right, okay?’ It is the Raiders week.”
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“It is war,” Crosby said. “You know that these are the games. You know, every game you circle every single game, and some games you might circle twice. Division games, you know, they count for a little bit more for sure. So, you know, there’s a lot of history there. It goes way back before even my time. Me and Pat (Mahomes) have had some great battles back and forth individually, and our teams as well. So, got a lot of respect for them. We know every time we see each other, we know what time it is, and I’m definitely looking forward to it.”
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“You’re going to be introduced last. Isn’t that really freaking cool?” Monken said he told Watson in his office. “It was only (six) weeks earlier, and it’s, ‘Where are we going to go from here?’”
Where are we going? Up. Way up the standings, at least.
Six weeks ago is when Watson chided fans for cheering his Achilles injury two years ago. Now it feels like a lifetime ago.
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“I’m fully responsible,” he said. “… I spend zero time trying to avoid blame. It’s quite the opposite.”
McDaniel, fired in January after four years as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, was brought in this offseason to make the Chargers’ offense among the league’s best. The team’s offense had been an Achilles heel the past two seasons, scoring only one touchdown over two playoff losses, and McDaniel was viewed as one of the final pieces for this team to reach true championship contention.
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Wearing his other hat as a Fox commentator, Brady released power rankings that put the Raiders at No. 5. Brady said the Raiders have earned it, as one of the NFL’s five unbeaten teams.
“No hometown bias here: The Las Vegas Raiders. Undefeated gets you in the Top 5,” Brady said. “That’s just the way my power rankings work. You can only beat who you play, and when you’re undefeated you’re better than the teams that lost games. That’s just the way it works for me.”
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