In light of Khalil Mack trade from chenyan's blog

 Jay Novacek Color Rush Jersey , what is your darkest day as a Raiders fan? September 1, 2018. That date might become a new holiday in Chicago. For Raider Nation, it will be a day of mourning. NFL teams dream of the opportunity to draft a Khalil Mack type player when they are picking in the first-round of the NFL draft and the Oakland Raiders were one of those lucky teams to have that dream realized. The Raiders had won the lottery. They had a future first-ballot Hall of Famer who wanted to stay with the organization, was best friends with the franchise quarterback, never got in trouble and was one of the leaders in the locker room. But Oakland traded him. The meat of the deal involved the Raiders giving up Mack and a second-round selection to acquire two first-round picks. Here’s the full details of the trade. So now, Oakland gave up the best defensive player in the league in his prime for draft picks.Think about it this way, how many picks would it take in the first-round to find a player as good as Khalil Mack? There are 32 first round picks each year and none are likely to have a player similar to Mack.There is no denying Saturday was a dark day for Raider football. How does it compare to your darkest day as a Raiders fan?Maybe the worst day I’ve experienced before this was Derek Carr breaking his leg against the Indianapolis Colts. I was at the game, but as soon as the fracture occurred everyone knew the year was over and for the first time in my life I didn’t watch the remainder of a game. Another day day for me was under Hue Jackson in 2011 when Oakland was one win away from breaking its lengthy playoff drought. All they had to do is beat Philip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers at home who had nothing to play for. But the Raiders lost. The Super Bowl loss to Jon Gruden also must be up there.I know there are plenty more dark days for Raider Nation. So tell us one of your darkest days as part of Raider Nation in the comments below!Communication breakdown: Cowboys offensive stats on the road versus home are appalling Ezekiel Elliott was asked his opinion on why the Cowboys have struggled so much on the road https://www.dallascowboysfanshop.com/Bill-Bates-Jersey , he claims that it all comes down to communication:When you think about it, communication is the key to offensive success and the Cowboys are 0-3 on the road. Communication affects everything on offense and when you look at the Cowboys split statistics, it’s pretty clear that Zeke knows what he’s talking about. Let’s look at a few charts that show the sizable difference. First up, we’ll look at splits for total yards on offense and the quarterback’s passer rating.SplitsTotal YardsAvg. Pass YardsAvg. Rush YardsPPGQB Comp. %Passer RatingThe Cowboys, on the road, are leaving almost 90 yards of offense per game on the field and more than two scores as well. We can also see that more than half of that 90 is coming off their inability to run the ball as efficiently as they’re used to. Dak Prescott is also having trouble being accurate and efficient in the passing game. The Redskins are fourth-best in both passing and rushing defense. Most certainly, miscommunication up front with the offensive line has been a contributing factor and it must be corrected. Let’s look at penalties up front:SplitsTotal Pen.OffenseThey only have four more penalties away from home but those penalties on the road have often been drive-enders for this offense considering how poorly they move the ball. So, what about protection for the quarterback? When the quarterback has trouble setting the protection or a lineman fails to block a blitzing linebacker Charles Haley Jersey , bad things tend to happen:SplitsSacks AllowedSacks Per GameINTFUM LostThe Cowboys again just have ugly offensive performances when they travel, including more than doubling the average number of sacks, and turning the ball over. The Cowboys are lucky that the Redskins defense is tied for 26th in sacks and 20th in interceptions. Washington has forced eight fumbles, sixth-most this season. There are so many other factors here but they have to find better communication with setting the correct protection and Dak must protect the football. If they can’t get that under control, they have no shot at winning on the road.Let’s talk about third downs for this offense because that’s been the biggest contributor to drives stalling without points. Before they took their foot off the gas against the Jaguars, the Cowboys had converted six of nine third downs this past week. They went one of eight in the second-half but that was mainly because they were ahead and killing clock, they still scored 16 more points. In their last two home games, the Cowboys were over 40% on third down L. P. Ladouceur Color Rush Jersey , that puts them just in the top-half of the league. They haven’t even reached 30% in third downs away from home and it’s killing them.Splits1st Downs3rd Downs3rd Down Conv.3D%Despite facing one less third down on the road, they are converting 15% less than they have at home. The Cowboys will face a Redskins defense that is allowing a 43% conversion rate on third down, tenth-most this season, they have to find a way to take advantage of that. The last thing we need to look at is red-zone percentage. The Cowboys have just been abysmal at creating opportunities and capitalizing in the red-zone.SplitsTotal RZ PointsRZ TripsRZ TDRZ FGRZ TORZ TD Pct.They have just about doubled their success in the red-zone at home in every category versus on the road. That’s disturbing because they have faced two of the worst red-zone defenses in those away games. This week, Washington is allowing a 66.7% conversion rate, eighth-most in the NFL, another area where the Cowboys must take advantage. When Ezekiel Elliott mentions poor communication it translates in the evidence of their road performances. We’re in this position every week after the Cowboys come off of a victory asking whether this offense can take that next step. After completely dominating a legitimate defense like the Jaguars and scoring 40 points, we know that this offense can perform. Until they can show that they can find success on the road Taco Charlton Jersey , the Cowboys are not contenders. As Zeke mentioned, if they improve communication, they can beat anyone on the schedule.