The winless Carolina Panthers shocked the Las Vegas Raiders in their home debut, defeating them 36–22 to drop to 1-2 on the season.
Pierce was quite dissatisfied with the offensive effort against the Panthers, gaining just 55 total rushing yards on 16 attempts, following an outstanding Week 2 victory over Baltimore. This season, the Raiders have unable to sustain a rush attack and have yet to rush for 100 yards.
Pierce said after the game, “The plays weren’t designed well enough, and the scheme wasn’t good enough today.” “What we thought would work didn’t work, and we didn’t execute or give it our all on the grass like we had in previous games.”
Zamir White, a running back, gained just 34 yards on 10 carries and just 58 yards on 19 carries during the previous two games.
The Raiders struggled mightily all day to establish the run, and as a result, multiple drives ended in zero points due to lengthy down and distance. In garbage time, a few of late drives gave the impression that the score was much closer than it was.
If you can’t win on early downs, the teams will simply keep teeing off on us and using their entire repertoire of third-down options, which is basically what you’re seeing, Pierce said. “I mean just first and 10, the next down is probably second and eight, second and nine, majority of the time.” “So until we can do better either running the ball, being more productive, get some positive plays on first and second down it’s not gonna be good but you know we got to work at it, you know, it’s a long season it’s week three, we’re going into the lab and we really got to chip away tomorrow.”
Tre Tucker, a second-year wide receiver, had a career-high seven grabs for 96 yards and a touchdown, which is encouraging. Aidan O’Connell, the backup quarterback, showed potential when he entered the game late and finished with 82 throwing yards and a touchdown.
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