Raiders preseason week 3 Ballers & Busters vs Packers Before the Raiders took the field for this game Josh Jacobs Oakland Raiders Jersey , they knew the Packers weren’t going to be fielding their best players. Most of the starters sat out the game, including Aaron Rodgers, so the Raiders would just have to see what they could get done against Brett Hundley.With Derek Carr and the Raiders starting offensive skill position players out there for just one series, this one was another drab affair. The two teams went into the half tied at 3-3, mostly because the offenses just weren’t getting it done.It was tied again at 6-6 early in the 4th quarter, putting everyone in danger of a preseason overtime game. But mercifully the Raiders were able to punch one in with just over five minutes left to give us our final score of 13-6.Let’s take a look at who did themselves a favor and who did not.BallersFadol Brown, Shilique CalhounWhile we talk about whether Khalil Mack will return and whether Bruce Irvin and company can pick up the slack, Brown and Calhoun don’t get mentioned. The two of them thrust themselves into the conversation Friday night.With the score tied 3-3 early in the 2nd quarter, the Packers set up in third and 7. Then Brown came screaming around the edge while Maurice Hurst came up the middle and the two sandwiched Hundley for the sack.Come the end of the quarter, the Packers got the ball with :53 seconds. The first play, Calhoun got pressure to force an incompletion. Next play Brown got around the edge again to get the strip sack. The Packers recovered, so on the next play, Brown got pressure again, resulting in a quick throw that was stopped for a loss by Calhoun. That 23-second series was brought to you by the law offices of Brown and Calhoun.They were back at it to being the third quarter. The threat Brown posed caused the tackle to jump early on third and 7 to march them back into third and 12. A penalty on the next play resulted in an automatic first down, so Calhoun and Brown went back to work. Calhoun got the sack and on third and 19, Brown made the run stop to force the punt.Late in the game, after the Raiders had taken a 13-6 lead, Calhoun had three pressures. The first pressure led to a holding penalty, the second forced the QB to step up into a sack Josh Jacobs Oakland Raiders Jersey , and the final pressure came on the final play of the game to force an incompletion.Treyvon HesterHester owned the third quarter. He started with a tackle for loss on the first series. He led out the third series of the quarter by showing his speed and hustle to chase down a runner ten yards downfield on a screen play and lay a huge hit on him. The next play, he kept his gap closed to force a run stop at the line. The drive would go all the way to the 3-yard-line and in fourth and goal, there were two penalties called on one offensive lineman trying to block Hester – holding and chop block. It would march them back and they would go with a field goal instead.Hester wasn’t done though. Late in the fourth quarter, on another 4th down attempt, he broke into the backfield for a 7-yard sack for a turnover on downs. He finished third on the team in tackles (4) with a sack, tackle for loss, and a QB hit.Chris Warren IIIThree games; three times a Baller. At least he gave someone else a shot at Top Baller this week. Once again, he was the team’s rushing leader, picking up 54 yards on 15 carries. He entered midway through the second quarter and on his second run, he broke a tackle and went for ten yards on third and 2. It was one of the best runs I’ve seen him have this preseason, showing some wiggle and elusiveness, rather than just power. Checked a box on that one.Early in the third, he took a pitch on third and 2 and again went for ten yards to set up the Raiders go-ahead field goal. The following drive, he started with a 7-yard catch, again breaking a tackle along the way. But it was the way he ended that drive that punched his Baller ticket. In first and goal from the one-yard line, Warren got the ball and took it through a gap at right guard. He was barreling toward the end zone where he was met by Packers cornerback Quinten Rollins. The 5-11, 195-pound Rollins was demolished by the 250-pound Warren who didn’t even lose his feet as he sent Rollins feet over head. You can see it for yourself here. More of that, please, and thank you.Marcell AtemanIt was nice to see a wide receiver lead the team in catches (4). Ateman’s best catch was one in which the corner was right there with him and he ripped the ball away for a 9-yard catch on third and four. With the drive still alive Josh Jacobs jersey 2019 , he caught a 7-yard pass as well and the Raiders would drive into field goal range to tie it up early in the 4th.Areman would catch a pass on a zero route in the left flat and get nine yards out of it early in the next drive. The Raiders would drive into first and goal at the 9-yard-line and EJ Manuel looked Ateman’s way to try for one of his jump ball touchdown catches. The defender interfered with him and gave the Raiders a first and goal at the one to set up Warren’s touchdown run.Tank CarradineThe very first play for the Raiders defense, Tank burst into the backfield to disrupt the run for a tackle for no gain. A few plays later, he had another run stop. Later in the drive, in third and one, he was in the backfield again to make a tackle for a loss of two and they would settle for a field goal. Later in the quarter, with the Packers going for it on fourth and four, Carradine would get pressure and lay a hit on Hundley helping result in an incompletion and a turnover on downs.Nick NelsonI don’t think he gave up a catch in the game in 27 snaps (36%). Hundley looked for his receiver on 4th and 4 late in the second quarter, but Nelson had him blanketed and it fell incomplete. Twice in the third his receiver was the target and both times, Nelson was there to force the incompletion. The second time was in the end zone on third and goal.Arden KeyFor a couple series in the late first quarter/early second, he was showing up big time. He would get around his man to force a holding penalty to start a series. Then on third and 17, he would draw a false start. The next series, he would very nearly get his first sack and on the next series, he got in the backfield for a pressure that helped lead to a sack. He was there too, but just a hair behind Brown and Hurst, so he didn’t get the credit.Amari CooperHe had one catch. It was the first play of the game. Derek Carr’s pass was short, so Coop came back and leapt in the air to pull it down. Then he kept his feet and got a few more yards, ultimately picking up 49 yards on the play. No Raiders player had more receiving yards combined than Coop did on that catch. It set up a field goal to start the Raiders with the lead. And that was Coop’s day.Honorable MentionMaurice Hurst – Teamed up for a sack along with Fadol Brown. The first play of the next drive, his man held him to keep him out of the backfield.Continue to the Busters OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Philip Rivers threw two touchdown passes cheap josh jacobs jersey , Melvin Gordon gained 165 yards and the Los Angeles Chargers won their sixth straight game, 20-6 over the struggling Oakland Raiders on Sunday.Rivers bounced back from a first quarter with no completions to throw an 11-yard TD pass to Keenan Allen in the second quarter to give the Chargers (7-2) the lead for good and a 66-yarder to Gordon on the opening drive of the second half.Los Angeles coasted from there against the Raiders (1-8), who have lost five straight games by at least 14 points under coach Jon Gruden and have been outscored 75-9 in the past nine quarters in what has quickly become a lost season.Oakland started quickly by controlling the ball for 23 of 29 plays in the first quarter and outgaining the Chargers by 129 yards. But Los Angeles allowed little after Melvin Ingram forced a fumble on a sack of Derek Carr early in the second quarter with the Raiders looking to add to a 3-0 lead.Rivers found his stride after that, leading the Chargers to a field goal and then engineering a 91-yard drive at the end of the half that was capped by the throw to Allen in the front corner of the end zone.Gordon, who had 93 yards rushing and 72 yards receiving, then put the game away when he caught a short pass from Rivers, broke a tackle by Gareon Conley, juked Reggie Nelson and raced in for the long score.LOPSIDED STARTThe Raiders missed opportunities to take a bigger lead while outgaining the Chargers 135-6 in the first quarter. Dwayne Harris was stopped by Derwin James on a shovel pass on fourth-and-goal from the 1 to deny the best chance for Oakland. Los Angeles then scored 10 points in the second quarter with a strip sack by Ingram denying Oakland a shot at a field goal and setting up one for the Chargers. Rivers hit Allen for the TD with 24 seconds left in the half.FAKING ITRaiders rookie punter Johnny Townsend pulled off a fake punt on the opening drive for a 42-yard run. That was longer than his average punt of 41.9 yards coming into the game. Townsend then added his longest kick of the season with a 57-yarder in the second quarter. Townsend is the third player since the 1970 merger with a run of at least 40 yards and a punt of at least 50 in the same game, joining Cleveland’s Reggie Hodges, who did it for Cleveland in 2010, and Jeff Hayes for Washington in 1983.SMOKY GAMEThe air quality for the game was at an unhealthy level because of wildfires in Butte County, about 150 miles to the north. The Air Quality Index was at 159 at kickoff, which is in the unhealthy zone, and smoke could be smelled throughout the stadium. The NFL had monitored the situation but the AQI never got near 200, the level where the game would have needed to be moved.INJURIESChargers LB Denzel Perryman left the game with a knee injury on the opening drive. … Raiders WR Martavis Bryant (knee) left the game in the third quarter.UP NEXTColts: Host the Broncos on Sunday.Raiders: Visit the Cardinals on Sunday.