He had just three incompletions in 34 attempts (91.2) in the Raiders’ 33-22 win. On Sunday, the Raiders’ Derek Carr became the fourth quarterback in seven games to complete 80 percent of his passes against the Eagles, and the first since 2012 to complete 90 percent. Through the first seven weeks, the Eagles have the worst opponent completion percentage in the league (74.4).
With new defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon installing a bend-but-hopefully-maybe-don’t-completely-break scheme that has the safeties playing somewhere near Wilmington and the linebackers running around like they’re lost in the woods, the football has been hitting the ground less than falling Cheerios around a beagle. It’s been quite a different story this season, however.
