When you're facing a 4-1 club like Buffalo there are going to be a lot of concerns. With the Raiders welcoming the Bills to Las Vegas this Sunday, let's look at a few areas of particular concern.
1. Bills high-powered offense
I’d like to narrow this down a little. But I can’t. The concern here when looking at the Bills offense is (wave arms wildly) all of it. Josh Allen leads a premiere aerial attack that features Pro Bowl TE Dalton Kinkaid, speedy slot receiver Khalil Shakir and 6-3 target Keon Coleman who has a touchdown in each of the last two games. RB James Cook is third in the league with 532 yards rushing and five touchdowns. And, oh yeah, Josh Allen leads the NFL with eight rushing touchdowns. And the Bills lead the NFL in scoring, averaging nearly 33 points per game.
2. Record of Raiders opponents
A lot of people were pretty excited when the Raiders opened the season at 3-0. The talk was that they might be for real, and they even entered the top ten in the power rankings. But, along with losing the last two games, a look at how those Raiders opponents during their win streak garners some concern.
Those three wins came against the Dolphins, Chargers, and Saints. A trio that now has a combined record of 1-14 on the season. At the time of the Raiders’ wins, the Chargers and Saints were projected to be pretty good. After five games, the opinion of those teams has soured considerably. Making the Raiders wins against them not look nearly as impressive.
3. Complete collapse in New England
Speaking of Raiders last couple games…the last one. After the Chiefs loss, the power rankings didn’t change much because the Raiders were able to hang around with the Chiefs and lost by just three points. But the game against the Patriots was a very different story.
Every facet of the game collapsed in spectacular fashion for the Raiders. They could do little to nothing on offense and stopped almost nothing on defense. Drake Maye had a near perfect passer rating and the Raiders lost 45-17. The Patriots stacked the box to stop the run, had Kirk Cousins pressured all day with well timed blitzes, and none of the Raiders lackluster wide receiver corps could seem to get open against their severely depleted secondary. Beatdowns like that aren't typically a fluke.
This article originally appeared on Raiders Wire: 3 causes for concern for Raiders Week 6 vs Bills
