Las Vegas Raiders peculiar teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis has a operation helium fancies erstwhile he’s talking astir field-goal attempts.
“Closer is better.”
Plain and simple.
Said DeCamillis aft grooming campy resumed Sunday greeting astatine Intermountain Health Performance Center: “We had a batch of penalties successful that two-minute play to backmost him up and we needed to deed the shot we needed to deed close there. So, we’d similar to get that 1 over.”
The Raiders repped their two-minute discourtesy during their 4th signifier successful grooming campy — pursuing a a time disconnected Saturday — but procedural penalties from their third-team discourtesy halted a promising thrust successful its tracks. They subsequently summoned seasoned kicker Matt Gay for a 52-yard field-goal effort that helium missed wide right, preceding the sermon from the peculiar teams coordinator.
“In the kicking game, you truly lone person 1 down to get it right,” DeCamillis added. “It’s either 4th down, which evidently atrocious things tin hap if you don’t execute. And past kickoff and kickoff return, you’ve got 1 play. There is nary 2nd oregon 3rd down to get it right.”
Here are different observations from Sunday’s practice:
Fernando Mendoza learning connected the job: The rookie backmost looked the portion successful 11-on-11 and 7-on-7, lacking the bushed and bid of the discourtesy he’d showcased astatine different practices. Case successful point: pre-snap issues for the 2nd squad during the two-minute drill forced the Raiders to telephone a timeout earlier replacing Mendoza’s portion with the third-team offense.
During 1 11-on-11 rep, helium was indecisive portion the walk extortion crumbled, apt resulting successful a sack if tackling were permitted successful practice. During another, helium floated an underthrow heavy down the mediate intended for receiver Malik Benson, who was tracked down by Decamerion Richardson — resulting successful a walk breakup.
In 7-on-7, Mendoza telegraphed a hitch toward receiver Phillip Dorsett that was jumped by cornerback Greedy Vance for an interception and a would-be prime six.
Kirk Cousins was crisp again quarterbacking the first-team offense, completing passes for sizable gains to choky extremity Brock Bowers and receiver Jalen Nailor. Aiden O’Connell quaterbacked the 3rd team, completing the longest walk successful practice: a heavy changeable for six down the close sideline to EJ Williams successful 7-on-7.
Movement astatine cornerback: Darien Porter reprised his relation arsenic the No. 2 country other Eric Stokes aft splitting reps with rookie Hezekiah Masses, who’d been starting squad periods with the first-team defense. A fifth-round draught pick, Masses played with the second-team defense, mixing successful occasionally with the first-team defense.
Pass interference and a walk breakup: Fellow rookie cornerback Jermod McCoy was flagged for walk interference — connected the thrust that ended with Gay’s field-goal miss — portion guarding wideout Shedrick Jackson connected a alert pattern. O’Connell’s walk was retired of Jackson’s scope but officials determined McCoy interfered. That aft McCoy broke up a would-be slant from O’Connell to Williams.
Roman Hemby hits the hole: The undrafted moving backmost from Indiana — wherever helium played with Mendoza — is playing down Ashton Jeanty, Mike Washington Jr. and Dylan Laube, but maximized his Sunday carries. He took a third-team flip and deed a spread untouched for a chunk of yards and imaginable touchdown. On different carry, however, third-round rookie draftee Keyron Crawford came disconnected the borderline to conscionable Hemby successful the backfield.
Kwity Paye backmost connected the signifier field: The antiaircraft extremity near Friday’s signifier during idiosyncratic periods with a Raiders staffer, but returned to signifier and claimed his spot connected the first-team defence other Maxx Crosby.
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