Following the Raiders' 26-14 loss to the Lions on Monday night in Detroit, Las Vegas quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo took ownership of the team's struggles, saying that 'it starts with me. We've got to be better, and we will be.'
Paul Gutierrez joined NFL Nation in 2013 and serves as its Las Vegas Raiders reporter. He has a multi-platform role - writing on ESPN.com, television appearances on NFL Live and SportsCenter, and podcast and radio appearances. Before coming to ESPN, Gutierrez spent three years at CSN Bay Area as a multi-platform reporter, covering the Raiders and Oakland Athletics as well as anchoring the SportsNet Central cable news show.
"We can't win if we give the ball away, period," said Raiders coach Josh McDaniels, who reiterated that he wasn't singling out Garoppolo.Adams, meanwhile, had just one catch on seven targets for 11 yards, and his 14% catch rate was tied for the worst reception percentage in a game with five-plus targets in his career, per ESPN Stats & Information research. And while Garoppolo did look for Adams deep, he missed with four off-target throws.
Adams, who said he was frustrated, has just 142 receiving yards over the past four games, his fewest in a four-game stretch since the 2015 season, when he was in his second year in the NFL, with the"It's not hard to maintain the confidence in our offense," Adams said."It's just hard to curb your frustration when you can't put it together, when you know you should.It was hard for Garoppolo to get untracked against the Lions.
"You have the good days, you have the bad days, but we've just got to string things together. I've got to play better. There's just so much love in that locker room and it sucks that we performed like that tonight."
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