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the Chargers for the second time this season. Last time was week five in Los Angeles in a game the Raiders had basically lost by halftime and quickly turned into a blowout.The Chargers were up 17-3 at the half over the Raiders. And by the start of the 4th quarter [url=http://www.raidersjerseyproshop.com/antonio-brown-jersey/]Antonio Brown Jersey[/url] , that lead had moved to 26-3. It was over well before the clock officially ran out. Just like their next game in London against the Seahawks which they lost 24-3 or last week in Santa Clara against the 49ers which they lost 34-3.By all accounts those losses to the Seahawks and 49ers were brutal, devastating losses. Yet, Gruden sees something positive in the loss to the Chargers.“We liked what we did the last time,” Gruden said of the Raiders previous performance against the Chargers. Though the only positive he seems to have been able to take from it is “we competed hard,” something he said even after last week’s Battle of the Bay massacre was not an issue for this team.Instead Gruden went long on the things that went wrong. For which there were many, leaving very little to like about the performance.“Obviously, they had a couple of big plays offensively,” Gruden continued. “They were able to sustain drives. I think we only had three possessions in the entire second half. Obviously a bad call by me on first-and-goal at the 1 [-yard line]. We had two false starts on third-and-2. We had a false start on first-and-goal at the 5. We had some critical errors that are inexcusable that really hurt us, but we competed hard. We played some good football against the Chargers.”I feel like that Futurama squinting meme trying to find where Raiders played good football against the Chargers the first time they faced off this season.Derek Carr was sacked 3 times. Which I guess is not as bad as the 7 times he was sacked against the 49ers or the 6 times he was sacked against the Seahawks. So there’s that.The only touchdown they scored came after the game was out of hand. That drive represented 6 completions for 76 yards and a TD pass for Carr. Without that garbage time drive, Carr’s numbers would have been 18 for 26 for 192 yards and 1 Int.Another four completions for 55 of Carr’s passing yards came on the Raiders’ previous drive with the team already down 20-3. That drive ended with Carr throwing an interception to Melvin Ingram in the end zone on first and goal at the one-yard line. That’s the play Gruden was referring to where the ball should’ve gone to Marshawn Lynch. Or, as Gruden said at the time, Carr shouldn’t have thrown it. Either way, not good times.The defense did what the defense has done all season. Nothing. Melvin Gordon had over 100 yards from scrimmage, and the running backs had 179 yards and Philip Rivers threw for 339 yards and 2 touchdowns with no interceptions. He had just five incompletions in the game. Starting midway through the second quarter, the Chargers scored on each of their final five possessions. Over that same period, the Raiders possessions went punt, punt, fumble, missed field goal, punt, interception.Even as good as the Chargers have been this season, there’s really nothing I can see that would suggest anything positive could be taken from the previous loss to the Chargers. Hard to see why anyone would even try to sugarcoat it. To suggest that was “good football” is a pretty sure sign for how far down the bar has been lowered.Follow @LeviDamien Bills rookie starter Josh Allen is gaining a mentor after Buffalo signed Derek Anderson on Tuesday.The Bills announced the move Tuesday, a day after Anderson visited the team's facility. The 35-year-old has a 20-27 record over 12 NFL seasons [url=http://www.raidersjerseyproshop.com/derek-carr-jersey/]Derek Carr Jersey[/url] , and spent the past seven serving as Cam Newton's backup in Carolina.Coach Sean McDermott supported the need to add a veteran presence to help groom Allen in discussing the possibility of the Bills signing Anderson a day earlier."He's got some good wisdom stored up in that brain," McDermott said."He's got a good outlook on the game from an offensive standpoint and understands defenses," he added. "So there's a lot of value to it from where we are right now in terms of that quarterback room."Allen welcomed the idea of the Bills signing Anderson when the possibility was first broached following a 13-12 win over Tennessee on Sunday."I'm not going to turn any help away, for sure," the rookie first-round pick said. "I know there's a lot of things for me to improve and grow on, and that comes with repetition and that comes with an extra set of eyes maybe sometimes, too."The move comes with the Bills off to a 2-3 start and preparing for a game at Houston (2-3) on Sunday.Buffalo has lacked veteran depth at quarterback since trading fifth-year player AJ McCarron to Oakland on Sept. 1. That left the Bills opening the season by starting second-year player Nathan Peterman, and Allen serving as the backup.Allen's time on the sideline didn't last long.The Bills had no choice but to speed up Allen's developmental timetable by naming him the starter after Peterman faltered miserably in a season-opening 47-3 loss at Baltimore.Allen has a 2-2 record, and enjoyed his first game-winning drive by setting up Stephen Hauschka's 46-yard field goal as time expired against Tennessee. The 22-year-old, however, is far from a finished product, and overseeing a sputtering offense that has yet to top 300 yards this season.Allen had 82 yards passing against Tennessee, which were the fewest in a win by a Bills quarterback who played the entire game since Drew Bledsoe had 81 yards in a 38-14 victory over Arizona on Oct. 31, 2004.Overall, he has gone 65 of 122 for 748 yards with two touchdowns passing, a team-best three rushing, along with five interceptions and a lost fumble. Allen has also been sacked 19 times.The Bills are very familiar with Anderson.McDermott and general manager Brandon Beane both worked in Carolina before being hired by the Bills last year.First-year offensive coordinator Brian Daboll held the same job in Cleveland in 2009, when Anderson went 3-4 upon replacing Brady Quinn as the starter three weeks into the season.Anderson went 2-2 in four starts with Carolina, and had three brief appearances in a backup role last year.His best season was 2007 in Cleveland, when he went 10-5 and had 3,787 yards passing with 29 touchdowns and 19 interceptions to earn his only Pro Bowl selection.To make room for Allen, Buffalo released safety Dean Marlowe. Buffalo also shuffled its practice squad roster by signing tight end Keith Towbridge and releasing cornerback Michael Hunter.
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