{"id":209114,"date":"2025-09-08T02:30:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T02:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/209114\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T02:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T02:30:16","slug":"raiders-stymie-patriots-in-second-half-come-away-season-opening-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/209114\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders stymie Patriots in second half, come away season-opening win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Silver and Black got off to a hot start in the second half, getting their first turnover of the season. As <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raiders.com\/team\/players-roster\/maxx-crosby\/\" title=\"Maxx Crosby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maxx Crosby<\/a> rushed inside and pressured Maye, he forced the quarterback to float a pass over his intended receiver. Safety <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raiders.com\/team\/players-roster\/isaiah-pola-mao\/\" title=\"Isaiah Pola-Mao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah Pola-Mao<\/a> was sitting back in coverage to come away with the pick.<\/p>\n<p>Like the Patriots did in the first quarter, the Raiders capitalized on their turnover for seven points. Smith went 3-of-3 for 49 passing yards down the field, with <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raiders.com\/team\/players-roster\/ashton-jeanty\/\" title=\"Ashton Jeanty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashton Jeanty<\/a> pushing through from the 3-yard line for the first rushing touchdown of his career.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots next four drives ended in punts as the Raiders defense came alive with sacks from <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raiders.com\/team\/players-roster\/tyree-wilson\/\" title=\"Tyree Wilson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyree Wilson<\/a> and <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raiders.com\/team\/players-roster\/malcolm-koonce\/\" title=\"Malcolm Koonce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malcolm Koonce<\/a>. Carlson added two field goals to extend the lead to 20-10.<\/p>\n<p>A 44-yard field goal made by Borregales with 22 seconds left in regulation were the only points scored by the Patriots in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>With this win, the Raiders broke a 11-game skid of losing games when down at halftime. A Monday Night Football showdown with the Los Angeles Chargers awaits them back in the desert for Week 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Silver and Black got off to a hot start in the second half, getting their first turnover&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":209115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,51096,51097,109912,50,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-209114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-home-centerpiece","10":"tag-home-latest-stories","11":"tag-las-vegas-raiders-at-new-england-patriots-2025-reg-1","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115166329100674146","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}