New York Jets vs. Oakland Raiders RECAP, score and stats | NFL Week 2

The New York Jets, led by Josh McCown and Matt Forte, played their Week 2 NFL game against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday, September 17, 2017 (9/17/17), at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California. The Raiders are led by Derek Carr and Marshawn Lynch.

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Here’s NJ.com’s coverage from Oakland:

Jets overmatched in 45-20 loss to Raiders | Instant observations

Jets studs and duds vs. Raiders

Here’s the AP recap:

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Marshawn Lynch ran for a touchdown in his first home game with Oakland and Derek Carr threw three TD passes to Michael Crabtree to lead the Raiders to a 45-20 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday.

Cordarrelle Patterson and Jalen Richard added long touchdown runs to help put the game away and give the Raiders (2-0) wins in the opening two games of the season for the first time since their AFC championship season in 2002.

Josh McCown threw a pair of TD passes to Jermaine Kearsebut the Jets (0-2) proved to be no match for the more powerful and talented Raiders.

The Raiders vaunted offensive line won the matchup against New York’s front four , allowing no sacks and helping clear holes for a 180-yard rushing performance.

Oakland wore down the Jets and got a 43-yard touchdown run by Patterson late in the third quarter and a 52-yarder by Richard early in the fourth that made it 35-13.

Lynch didn’t have any long runs in his first game in front of his hometown fans with the Raiders. He came out of retirement to give back to Oakland before the Raiders move to Las Vegas in 2020.

Lynch ran for 45 yards on 12 carries, scoring on a 2-yard run late in the first half. He then generated perhaps even bigger cheers during a sideline dance that was shown on the videoboard during a stoppage in the fourth quarter, prompting cheers of “Beast Mode! Beast Mode!”

CARR TO CRAB: Carr and Crabtree were in sync all game. With the Jets looking for a run from Lynch from the 2 in the first quarter, Carr found Crabtree on a fade for a TD . The two connected again on a 26-yard score in the second quarter and then a 1-yarder in the fourth quarter that made it 42-13.

MOMENTUM SHIFT: After falling behind 14-0, the Jets got back into the game and were set to take possession late in the first half trailing by only four. But Kalif Raymond dropped a punt that Johnny Holton recovered for Oakland at the 4. Three plays later, Lynch ran it in from the 2 to make it 21-10 at the half.

FLAG DAY: The Raiders were a little overaggressive. They committed three unnecessary roughness penalties and one unsportsmanlike conduct foul in the first half, helping extend the drives that led to 10 points for the Jets. The culprits were Lee Smith, Jon Feliciano, Bruce Irvin and Marquel Lee.

INJURIES: With their top two tight ends Eric Tomlinson and Jordan Leggett out with injuries, the Jets often used six or even seven lineman to make up for their absence. … Raiders CB Sean Smith was out with a neck injury, giving rookie Gareon Conley lots of playing time in his debut.

UP NEXT

Jets: host Miami on Sunday in their home opener.

Raiders: travel to Washington for a Sunday night game.

Here’s what you need to know: 

Who: New York Jets at Oakland Raiders

When: Sunday, September 17, 2017

Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California 

Kickoff: 4:05 p.m. Eastern

TV: CBS

Announcers: Ian Eagle on play-by-play, Dan Fouts as the analyst 

Livestream: NFL Game Pass or Sunday Ticket; CBS All Access (subscription required)

Line: Raiders -14  

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More to know: The Raiders opened their 2017 campaign with a road victory over the Tennessee Titans, 26-16. Making his NFL debut, K Giorgio Tavecchio became the first kicker other than K Sebastian Janikowski to attempt a field goal for the franchise since 2001. Tavecchio connected on all four of his field goal attempts, including two 50-plus-yarders, in helping the Raiders to a 10-point win. QB Derek Carr returned to regular season action and posted a 114.3 quarterback rating on the afternoon, completing 22-of-32 passes for 262 yards and two touchdowns. RB Marshawn Lynch made his regular season debut for the club, making an impact to the tune of 76 rushing yards on 18 carries and helping seal the game down the stretch. WR Michael Crabtree led the team in receptions and receiving yards, posting six receptions for 83 yards. WR Amari Cooper put the first points of the year on the board for the Raiders, scoring a touchdown on the game’s opening drive. Cooper finished with five receptions for 62 yards. WR Seth Roberts continued his clutch play in Nashville, hauling in a 19-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to put the Raiders up 10. The defense was led by safeties Karl Joseph and Reggie Nelson, who paced the team with nine and eight tackles, respectively, and each added one pass defensed. DE Khalil Mack was dominant at the line of scrimmage, adding three tackles (two in the backfield) for a defense that held the Titans to under 100 rushing yards. DE Mario Edwards Jr. and DT Justin Ellis shared a sack as well. – via Oakland Raiders

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Broncos shut down Zeke, Cowboys in lopsided win

The Dallas Cowboys walked into a buzz saw Sunday afternoon in a lightning-delayed, 42-17 loss to the Denver Broncos in Colorado. Here’s what we learned …

1. It’s strange how Cowboys-esque of a win this was for Denver. With six minutes to go in the third quarter, right after Dallas went down 35-10, a quick check of the Time Of Possession meter showed the Broncos holding a 25:54 to 12:52 advantage (Denver ended up holding the ball for a total of 33:50). Even if the Cowboys took control of the fourth quarter (they didn’t), it would have been entirely lopsided. This is mostly thanks to Trevor Siemian, who logged another smart performance. At this point, I’m unsure what more anyone could ask of him except to knock off the errant turnover. Siemian clearly won the starting QB job because of his relationship with Denver’s top wideouts and on an afternoon like Sunday, where they can essentially use option routes to pick the thin Dallas secondary apart (it backfired once late in the third quarter with that Jourdan Lewis pick) it’s nice to put zero additional pressure on a talented running game.

2. I think people should be careful turning this game into an indictment of what Dak Prescott will finally be like if he has to carry the load. It’s far too early for that. Far, far too early. Were there concerning moments? Sure. When Dallas was trailing by 25 (the biggest deficit Prescott has faced in the NFL) he missed Cole Beasley high on a routine drag route. He also threw two picks, though one was on a slant route thrown well to Dez Bryant. Bryant simply let it go. The other was a desperation fastball with less than a minute to go which was made far worse when Aqib Talib took it back 103 yards for the score. I seriously doubt he throws that ball in a tie game. So here it is — a game where Ezekiel Elliott enters the fourth quarter with eight total rushing yards on nine carries. A game where Von Miller, Derek Wolfe and Shaquil Barrett have all logged quarterback hits (Miller had five and two sacks). I still think Prescott battled nicely. The 28-yard touchdown to Jason Witten to make it 35-17 was a tad high but still resulted in a score. He hit Witten again in the end zone with less than five minutes to go in the fourth quarter, but Witten dropped the ball.

3. Elliott’s worst game heading into Sunday was a 51-yard performance with a touchdown in his first career game. Sunday night (nine carries for eight yards and no touchdowns) wasn’t even close. It’s incredible how lifeless the Cowboys’ offense can be without the gashing runs. When Elliott isn’t draining the life out of a defense, there are so many more ways to get after Prescott and scramble the game plan. How strange is it to see Dallas in that frantic, down-by-a-mile scramble in the fourth quarter when the defense knows Prescott is throwing and sends the house every time?

4. Seeing an emotional Garett Bolles carted off the field Sunday was difficult for the Broncos. Can he be replaced? Yes. Bolles was OK against the Chargers in Denver’s season-opening win and was OK against Dallas. However, general manager John Elway is trying to find a long-term fix at the position, which cannot happen unless Bolles gets reps. As we’ve seen this offseason, good line help is very difficult to come by, and Elway did a nice job patching up the line in front of Siemian given the market and draft class. Might he make a move?

5. There cannot be enough praise heaped on the defensive game plan by first-year head coach Vance Joseph and the execution by the rest of the Denver Broncos. Watching Prescott hopping around in the pocket scanning through his progressions was nail-biting on Sunday with Miller lurking. Imagine a defense being good enough to shut down just about all of Dallas’ skill position players with Witten being the only one you let get away. While most teams don’t have the blueprint to execute something of this nature, it will be interesting to see if Dallas is played differently over the next few weeks.

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