Learning lessons aren’t always pretty. For all the good the Las Vegas Raiders did in their preseason-opening 27-11 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars last Thursday in the Hall of Fame Game, there were spurts of ugliness.
That’s not a disheartening or shocking thing, mind you. It’s all part of ebb and flow of things for the Silver & Black as they embark on the new Josh McDaniels era. New head coach, new general manager, new coaching staff means growing pains come with that. Such as pass protection.
A byproduct of the multiplicity McDaniels and GM Dave Ziegler have preached since the onset of their tenure, the Raiders lined up Brandon Parker — a right tackle by trade — at left to protect the quarterback’s blindside.