Antonio Pierce of the Las Vegas Raiders comments on the poor running game in the loss to the Panthers

Failing to establish a run all day, the Raiders continually struggled with long downs and yardage, resulting in several drives that resulted in zero points. A couple of late drives in garbage time made the score look much closer than it actually was.

“I mean just first and 10th, next try is probably second and eighth, second and ninth, so most of the time, if you can't win on the early tries, teams are just going to keep going at us and bring out their full arsenal of options on the third try and that's really what you see,” Pierce said. “So until we get better, either running the ball, being more productive, making some positive plays on the first and second try, it's not going to be good, but we've got to work on it, you know, it's a long season, it's week three, we're going to go to the lab and we've got to work really hard tomorrow.”

On a positive note, wide receiver Tre Tucker had a career-high seven catches for 96 yards and a touchdown in his sophomore year. Backup quarterback Aidan O'Connell entered the game late and showed promise with 82 passing yards and a touchdown.

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