Jets-Raiders Week 8 Clash Expected To Be A Highly Contested Game
Despite being at home in the Black Hole, the Oakland Raiders will have a narrow two-point cushion when the New York Jets come to town in Week 8 of the 2015 NFL season.
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Despite being at home in the Black Hole, the Oakland Raiders will have a narrow two-point cushion when the New York Jets come to town in Week 8 of the 2015 NFL season.
The New York Giants under Tom Coughlin are generally considered a clutch team. The Dallas Cowboys... not so much.
Going in as six-point underdogs, the Raiders not only beat the Chargers convincingly, but in turn, kept pace in the AFC West race and very much alive in the NFL playoff picture in the AFC.
With no offensive balance to speak of heading into Sunday's clash against the Chargers, it appears that all the pressure will once again fall on the shoulders of Derek Carr, as the Raiders' NFL Week 7 injury report indicates that first and second-string halfbacks will be slowed by injury.
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No more Jim Harbaugh trying to outdo old nemesis Pete Carroll, and neither team sitting atop the NFC West standings this time.
CBS Sports' Ian Eagle took some time to speak on three big games coming up this week including a huge NFC match-up on Thursday Night Football between two desperate teams.
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With the Chargers biggest deficiency being found on their inability to stop the rush, the Raiders must pound the rock in order to pull off the upset when these hated AFC West rivals collide in Week 7.
