Ranking the Raiders most embarrassing lo

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Ranking the Raiders most embarrassing lo

The Raiders continue to find new ways to lose.In a season that began as Vernon Hargreaves III Jersey one to forget, Las Vegas keeps finding new lows throughout the season. From starting off 0-3, blowing double-digit leads to the Cardinals, Chiefs and Jaguars, losing in Jeff Saturday's coaching debut and now to a quarterback who was cut by another team three days before his start for the Rams, the Raiders have a long list of embarra sing lo ses at this point that have helped make this season all the more painful.These blown leads at halftime, in particular, have become a growing theme, with the A sociated Pre s' Josh Dubow sharing the unfortunate history the Raiders have made in 2022. are 0-4 this season when leading by double digits at halftime. They are first team since at least 1930 to lose 4 times in a season when leading by double digits at the half Josh Dubow (@JoshDubowAP) MORE: Each of Las Vegas' lo ses have seemingly been worse than the next. Following the 17-16 defeat to the Rams, The Sporting News is ranking the Raiders' lo ses from least to most embarra sing so far in 2022. There's really no shame in this one. The Titans got off to a fast start, taking a 24-10 lead at the half, but the Raiders stayed in the game. They scored a field goal in the third quarter, another in the fourth and Mack Hollins caught a 9-yard touchdown pa s from Derek Carr with 1:14 left to play. Las Vegas attempted a two-point conversion, but it came up empty and they were unable to recover the onside kick.It was the third straight lo s to open the season for the Raiders, but it came against a team that would then proceed to go on a five-game winning streak and is all but certain to go to win the AFC South. Carr had 303 yards and two touchdowns, Hollins went off for 158 yards on eight catches, the Raiders had more first downs, more total yards and slightly more time of po se sion. They just came up short against a tough opponent.MORE: This one stung a little bit. The season-opener was filled with plenty of hype following the Raiders and Chargers Trae Waynes Jersey delivered a thriller to end the 2021 regular season and after both teams made big offseason upgrades.But while the score showed a close game, it certainly felt like an egg-laying from Las Vegas. The Raiders were outscored 17-3 in the first half, but the defense gave the offense a chance in the second. The two teams traded touchdowns to start the third and the Raiders booted a field goal to cut the lead to 24-13. The final four drives for the Chargers: three-and-out, three-and-out, mi sed field goal, three-and-out, end of game.The problem? Carr threw interceptions on back-to-back drives to squander the strong second-half defensive effort. He led them on a late touchdown drive that brought the score to 24-19 with 4:32 left, but a false start penalty made the two-point try harder, and the conversion failed. Another three-and-out gave the Raiders 3:30 to try and mount a comeback, but it came up short with Khalil Mack sacking Carr at the two-minute warning. They burned their timeouts, but gave up a first down to Austin Ekeler and Sony Michel to allow Justin Herbert to kneel out the game.MORE: The Chargers are a quality team, and it wasn't like the Raiders blew a ma sive lead. But three interceptions and the inability to take advantage of a strong second-half defensive effort left on the table a real chance to start the season 1-0 with a division win. Not an ideal start to the year. The Raiders were coming off their first win of the season in Week 4 and had a bye week coming up in Week 6 to hit the reset button. All that stood between them and that 2-3 record with a week of rest was the Chiefs.Las Vegas came ready to take it to the Chiefs on the road. After a punt on the first drive of the game, the Raiders scored on each of their four remaining drives in the first half, going touchdown, touchdown, field goal, field goal, with Kansas City mustering Trenton Irwin Jersey 10 points on its final two drives to keep the game at just a 20-10 halftime deficit. If you're familiar with the Raiders' season, you know how this one ends. At one point, the Raiders led 17-0 with 9:22 left in the first half.In what has become an all too familiar refrain, that lead wasn't safe. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs offense scored touchdowns on three straight drives to take a 30-23 lead. The Raiders scored a touchdown with 4:27 left in the game that appeared to tie the game, but Las Vegas opted to try for the lead on a two-point try that came up empty. The defense forced a Chiefs' punt with 2:36 left in the game, but the Raiders turned the ball over on downs with 47 seconds left, and Kansas City escaped with a 30-29 win.MORE: The lo s to the Chiefs adds to the overall narrative of the blown first-half leads for the Raiders, but Las Vegas can hardly be faulted for losing to Mahomes. In his career, Mahomes is 13-10 when trailing by double digits in a game, the only quarterback since 1950 to start at least 10 games when trailing by double digits and have a winning record. But like with the Chargers, it was a ma sive opportunity to get on the right track, and they weren't able to get it done. Tyler Shelvin Jersey It's been an up-and-down season for the Jaguars. They started the year 2-1, lost five straight, mounted an impre sive comeback against the Ravens and then were bludgeoned by the Lions.Mixed in the middle there is that Week 9 game against the Raiders. Everything looked great for the Raiders through the first half. Carr was throwing darts to Davante Adams, Josh Jacobs was running the ball well and at one point, the Raiders led 17-0. At the half, the lead was 20-10. Jonah Williams Jersey No, this isn't a repeat of the Chiefs' game. This time, it wasn't Mahomes. It was Trevor Lawrence. The Jaguars opened the third quarter with a touchdown and never looked back. Las Vegas punted on its next drive, and the Jaguars scored another touchdown.Jacksonville added only three points the rest of the game to pad the lead, but that didn't matter too much as the Raiders put up a big ole goose egg in the second half points column.MORE: The Jaguars have one of the worst defenses in the NFL, ranking 29th in overall defense . For the Raiders with Carr and Adams to be unable to score at all in the second half is a major letdown. Galaxy brain take: you can't blow a lead if you never have one. Yes, blowing a 17-0 lead is a bad look. But what's even worse? Not scoring at all.The Saints have been a great defense in recent years. But this year? Their defense came into that game ranked 25th in and 20th in . That's not a particularly good defense.It was apparently enough to completely shut down Las Vegas. Here's how the Raiders drives went:3 plays, -2 yards, punt8 plays, 27 yards, punt5 plays, 17 yards, turnover on downs3 plays, 8 yards, interception8 plays, 24 yards, punt1 play, kneel down, end of half5 plays, 16 yards, punt9 plays, 20 yards, punt14 plays, 64 yards, end of gameThe Raiders didn't c
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