Episode 142 of The Autumn Windbags comes a day early thanks to a Thursday Night Football game against the Los Angeles Rams! The question of the day: With the Raiders sitting at 5-7 and on a three game win streak heading into NFL week 14, how long does the win streak have to be for you to think playoffs? The Las Vegas Raiders still have the Los Angeles rams, New England patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs to close out the season. Its a giant uphill battle to reach the playoffs but is there a certain win streak that would get you excited at the prospect? The Good: The Las Vegas Raiders are on this run on the back of a big win over the Los Angeles Chargers in NFL week 13. Josh Jacobs, Davante Adams, Derek and Josh McDaniels all had big performances. The offensive line had its best performance of the season pass blocking. Nate Hobbs returned from injured reserve and had a great game. Chandler Jones had his biggest game of the season BY FAR with three sacks. Defensive backs Isiah Pola-Mao and Duron Harmon came up huge as well. The Bad: The turnover monster appeared against the Chargers. Josh Jacobs is one of the best ball control running backs in the NFL but he lost a fumble. Derek Carr threw a pick six as well. The third down offense and 4th down defense both need work. Justin Herbert is great on 4th down but its still not an excuse. The Ugly: The NFL referees missed a pass interference call that led to Derek Carr's interception. In Raiders news, Raiders vs Patriots was supposed to be on Sunday Night Football in primetime. It made sense with Josh McDaniels vs Bill Bellichick and two teams that were supposed to be in playoff contention all season. It didn't pan out that way so the NFL flexed the game out of primetime and replaced it with the Washington Commanders vs the New York Giants. The Raiders made a move at defensive tackle as well releasing Kendal Vickers and signing Kyle Peko. With the recent success, are the Raiders finally set at offensive line? Currently, Kolton Miller, Dylan Parham, Andre James, Alex Bars, Jermain Eluemunor are the Raiders starters and have performed well recently. The Raiders and Josh McDaniels rotated offensive lineman all season trying to find the perfect match and it looks like they might have found it. The Las Vegas Raiders visit the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday Night Football. The Raiders Rams matchup pits the Rams terrible offense against the Raiders vastly improved defense. Raiders vs Rams 2022 also comes down to the Rams' two back up quarterbacks and beat up offensive line against the Raiders newfound pass rush. Another big Raiders Rams matchup is the poor pass defense against Derek Carr and Davante Adams and also potentially the return of Darren Waller and Hunter Renfrow. Also, The Davante Adams vs Jalen Ramsey matchup is the most important one-on-one matchup of the game. On what up, windbags ... we discuss Soto playing sick, we found the hot blonde that was sitting next to Mark Davis at Raiders-Chargers and how big is the talent gap between Derek Carr and Justin Herbert?
0:00 Intro
1:07 Question of the Day: How many wins for playoff excitement?
8:02 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Chargers vs Raiders
30:02 Raiders News
33:06 Are the Raiders Finally Set at O-Line?
39:02 Raiders vs Rams Prediction
48:48 What Up, Windbags?
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