The D will play better next week but if Mangold doesn't play 2-2 it is b/c Ngata is 100x better than anyone on Oakland.
I will say, Baxter had a solid game. I was impressed he was able to come in and do an okay job. Usually there are some issues between a quarterback and the center if they aren't on the same page, but they appeared to be in sync.
I feel good about this one for some odd reason. They're like us on offense, not explosive. Plus, the Titans beat them. I wouldn't mind a grind it out affair, considering how we get it done in the 4th.
We are in some major trouble, the thing that bothers me is how gassed the front seven looked and we had more TOP. I noticed alot of holding with no flags in all three games, but we held as well, either way the dline got handled pretty well but Dallas's rookie oline and that made me real nervous about this game today.
I put odds at 50/50 that Sanchez survives the game alive. Ngata will eat our interior line alive. I shudder to think how much pressure they'll get on Sanchez. Rice will cause us a lot of problems out of the backfield. He doesn't have the raw speed of McFadden though. DMC is a stud. Revis on Boldin, Cromartie on Evans/Torrey Smith, if Cromartie is healthy. If not, Wilson on the latter guy. I think that we match up pretty well that way, though Boldin is strong. Ed Dickson is a good receiving tight end, more athletic than Heap, but I don't think he can make some of the tough catches that Heap made last year in this game. On the road, our offense is going to struggle. The Raiders front line is disruptive, but it still pales in comparison to the Ravens. You beat the Ravens in their secondary, but we only seem to throw checkdowns, so that's a problem. Then again, we probably can't protect long enough to get the ball deep. Should be a low-scoring game. Whoever wins the turnover battle probably wins it. I think that's advantage Ravens, considering they are at home, have a better OL, and more playmakers on D. But if Sanchez plays well, our defense should keep us in the game enough to maybe win it. We're underdogs though.
