What started out as a routine piece on how the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense ransacked the mighty Green Bay Packers offense and seeing how the Las Vegas Raiders would look to avoid that same fate took a turn Wednesday. As Steve Corkran laid out that day, the Raiders sent their five starting offensive linemen home
Raiders need their OL intact to combat visiting Buccaneers
Raiders need to start with aggressive passing to Ruggs and Agholor deep, Waller and Renfrow intermediate, to stretch the Bucs defense in order to open the running game. That, of course, would require that the O line plays well and that Gruden becomes far bolder and unpredictable in his play-calling.