NEW ORLEANS — Who Dat accidental they going to bushed those Las Vegas Raiders? Surely, not the New Orleans Saints.
The Raiders remained unbeaten Sunday by overcoming an 11-point second-half shortage en way to a 35-27 triumph astatine Caesers Superdome. Las Vegas backmost Kirk Cousins threw 3 touchdown passes for the 3rd consecutive game, completing 22 of 33 passes for 248 yards and the go-ahead people to wide receiver Cody White.
Tight extremity Brock Bowers successful his season debut had 10 receptions, 116 receiving yards and a 4-yard fourth-quarter people from Cousins. Tight extremity Michael Mayer had a second-quarter people and moving backmost Mike Washington Jr. added a 36-yard, third-quarter rushing touchdown.
Saints backmost Tyler Shough completed 29 of 42 passes for 255 yards and 4 touchdowns, neutralizing unit by dinking and dunking. But for 1 of the 4 turnovers the Raiders forced, Shough was strip-sacked successful the 4th by antiaircraft extremity Malcolm Koonce and antiaircraft extremity Maxx Crosby recovered the football, mounting up the Raider go-ahead drive.
Tight ends Juwan Johnson and Noah Fant had 2 scoring receptions apiece for New Orleans.
Bowers was featured connected the opening possession for 3 receptions and 37 yards, but a second-down clasp successful the reddish portion forced the Raiders to settee for a 41-yard tract goal. Shough marched the Saints connected a 79-yard scoring thrust connected the ensuing possession, capping it with a 2-yard touchdown walk to Johnson.
Gay made the equalizer from 37 yards aft a promising possession stalled successful the reddish portion amid a third-down violative offside. After forcing a three-and-out, the Raiders (3-0) took a seven-point pb with Mayer’s 3-yard touchdown catch, threaded by Cousins to bushed choky coverage.
The Saints (1-2) answered with a 10-play, 72-yard thrust that Shough ended with a 3-yard scoring walk to Fant. Cousins utilized the last 1:55 of the fractional to thrust for a tract goal, converted by Gay from 25 yards for a 16-13 halftime lead.
The Raiders started the 2nd fractional with 3 plays and a punt to 13-yard line, from which New Orleans drove 87 yards to instrumentality a 20-16 pb with Shough’s 1-yard walk to Johnson. Dylan Laube fumbled the ensuing kickoff and the Saints recovered astatine the 32-yard line, riding moving backmost Travis Etienne for 16 yards earlier Shough’s 16-yard scoring walk to Fant.
Washington ended the ensuing thrust with his burst done the mediate and close for six. An speech of punts preceded the fumble for Shough and acceptable up the Raiders’ go-ahead score. Completions of 22 yards to moving backmost Ashton Jeanty and 15 yards to wide receiver Tre Tucker preceded White’s touchdown catch.
Cornerback Hezekiah Masses intercepted Shough connected the ensuing possession, paving the mode for Bowers’ touchdown reception. Safety Jeremy Chinn sacked Shough connected 4th down to extremity the adjacent New Orleans drive. Its last possession ended erstwhile linebacker Nakobe Dean stripped Johnson and cornerback Eric Stokes recovered.
The Raiders instrumentality Sunday to Allegiant Stadium to big the Kansas City Chiefs.
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