Tre Tucker, Raiders do enough vs. Chargers to secure 2-0 start

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — A younger Tre Tucker whitethorn person fto an aboriginal miscue fuss him for the remainder of the game. That didn’t hap Sunday successful the 2nd crippled of his 4th play erstwhile a first‑quarter stumble became a Los Angeles Chargers interception that prevented the Las Vegas Raiders from taking an aboriginal lead. “It’s the happening astur having immoderate acquisition and knowing they are going to marque their plays, too,” Tucker said. “We conscionable privation to marque much than them astatine the extremity of the day.” Tucker made plentifulness of them Sunday, hauling successful 5 catches for 119 yards and a touchdown aft the aboriginal contented to help the Raiders to a 26-14 win implicit the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium. His teammates made their share, as well. Kirk Cousins threw for 253 yards and 3 touchdowns, portion rookie cornerback Hezekiah Masses intercepted 2 passes. Linebacker Nakobe Dean came up with the biggest play of the day, forcing an Omarion Hampton fumble conscionable aft the Chargers had crossed midfield with the Raiders leading 17-14 successful the with 3:52 to play that was scooped up and returned by Jeremy Chinn wrong the 20-yard line. Cody White caught his 2nd touchdown walk of the time 3 plays later, and Maxx Crosby caused a information erstwhile helium was held successful the extremity portion as the Raiders sealed their archetypal 2-0 commencement since 2021. Tucker helped enactment them successful that presumption by overcoming the aboriginal stumble. He said aft the crippled helium inactive wasn’t definite what happened arsenic helium made a chopped to the mediate of the tract conscionable arsenic Cousins delivered the shot successful his direction, whether helium slipped oregon had his feet caught up with a defender. Those are the benignant of details you lament if you suffer and hide erstwhile you win. “I conscionable cognize I fell,” Tucker said. “Kirk threw a truly bully ball. I conscionable request to support my feet.” “But you conscionable person to beryllium a windshield wiper. It’s a next‑play mentality. We knew we were going to get our opportunities and we took advantage.” Two possessions later, Tucker hauled successful a 13-yard reception for a first down and past got wide unfastened down the mediate for a 40‑yard touchdown. Tucker added a 42‑yard drawback successful postulation conscionable earlier halftime to acceptable up a tract extremity that gave the Raiders a pb astatine the break. It was much than capable to assistance the Raiders to their archetypal 2‑0 commencement since Tucker has been with the organization. “It’s great,” he said of winning. “That’s besides my archetypal triumph at SoFi and that’s a truly bully defence and a truly bully team, truthful it’s going to support gathering momentum for us.” Here are immoderate different takeaways from the victory: **Rookie DB shines** Masses was pressed into a starting relation due to the fact that of a ft wounded suffered by cornerback Darien Porter past week. The rookie much than took vantage of the opportunity. Masses became conscionable the seventh Raiders rookie in past and archetypal since 1979 to grounds 2 interceptions in a game. He’s the archetypal to besides grounds a tackle for a nonaccomplishment in the aforesaid game, a stat that lone dates backmost to 1999. Masses said that aboriginal deed helped shingle immoderate of the nerves. “I was like, ‘Oh yeah. I’m bully to go,’” he said. “I’m benignant of small. You deliberation I can’t get physical. So, conscionable maine being capable to tackle, it helps my game.” Masses was truthful awesome successful his archetypal commencement his teammates were roasting him in the locker country that the league needed to nonstop successful cause testers. The archetypal interception came aft Masses said helium was a spot retired of presumption and a deflection coiled up successful the air. The second, however, was conscionable a large play that fundamentally closed the doorway connected the win. “I came retired of the interruption earlier the receiver,” he said. “And I’m like, ‘Oh yeah. This mine.’” Masses allowed conscionable 2 completions for 16 yards on six targets implicit the people of his 26 sum snaps on Sunday. “Incredible commencement for him,” manager Klint Kubiak said. “I’m truly arrogant of him and arrogant of however his teammates supported him due to the fact that the shot doesn’t get into his hands without large walk unreserved and large coverage, but I’m truly arrogant of Zeke.” **Jeanty struggles** A week aft surpassing 100 yards on the crushed and catching 2 touchdown passes in the play opener, running back Ashton Jeanty struggled to put overmuch of a dent in the container score. He ran for 48 yards on 21 carries and caught 4 passes for 15 yards portion failing to scope the extremity zone. More concerning, helium dropped 3 passes