Las Vegas Raiders
The Las Vegas Raiders followed up their tumultuous off-the-field week with Henry Ruggs III with a loss and more off-the-field issues. The Raiders took on the only average New York Giants and lost—thanks to poor play from Derek Carr. Carr tossed two interceptions, one of which was housed by Xavier McKinney.
https://twitter.com/Giants/status/1457433470477668355
Coming off their bye week, you would think the Raiders would be better prepared, but the issues with Ruggs seem to have impacted the team. In addition to Ruggs, the Raiders piled on more off-the-field issues with their other 2020 first-round pick Damon Arnette. The cornerback was filmed holding guns and threatening to kill someone, so the Raiders released him.
The Las Vegas Raiders have waived cornerback Damon Arnette after a video emerged on social media which appeared to show Arnette holding up several guns and threatening to kill someone. https://t.co/WMtc9heALw
— CNN (@CNN) November 9, 2021
That is not a good look for their 2020 class…
The Raiders 2020 Draft will go down as the worst in NFL history:
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) November 8, 2021
R1 Henry Ruggs: Prison
R1 Damon Arnette: Cut
R3 Lynn Bowden: Traded, 0 snaps
R3 Bryan Edwards: Starting WR
R3 Tanner Muse: Cut, 0 snaps
R4 John Simpson: Backup
R4 Amik Robertson: Benched pic.twitter.com/Db55ZdIVQc
All these off-the-field issues are certain to carry forward as the Raiders now prepare for a Sunday Night Football showdown in which they are hosting the Chiefs. The Raiders need this win to keep pace with the Chargers (assuming the Chargers win) and the Chiefs need this win to also keep pace with the division. It is a HUGE match-up with major AFC West implications. Given that it is a divisional game, I just do not know what is going to happen on Sunday, but I am sure it will be a wild ride.