Coming off their second straight loss to open the season, the Oakland Raiders are set to host the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 3, who are fresh off a big win over the New York Jets.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have struggled off and on against the Oakland Raiders over the last few seasons, but Ben Roethlisberger and the rest of the offense should be more than confident heading into Sunday's game.
With a significantly understaffed secondary and an offense that's currently going through an identity crisis, the Steelers have a solid opportunity to improve to 2-1 on the season. Roethlisberger is coming off a 275-yard performance in which he also threw a couple of touchdown strikes (to wide receiver Mike Wallace and tight end Heath Miller).
The Raiders are 0-2 for the first time since 2007 and haven't lost their first three games since starting 0-5 in 2006.
First-year head coach Dennis Allen was asked if he could take anything away from last Sunday's game that saw the Raiders amass 396 total yards -- including 373 through the air -- but had only a 1-for-12 success rate on third down.
"I can't think of a lot of things off the top of my head," Allen said. "I think the fact that we came back after that first series where they took the ball down the field and scored -- our ability to come back there -- and then the rest of the first quarter and the rest of the first half, come out with a lead at halftime, I was pleased with that. But I wasn't pleased with the way we came out in the second half."
Oakland was forced to abandon the run against the Dolphins and racked up just 23 yards on the ground. Twenty-two of those yards were compiled by Darren McFadden, who touched the ball just 11 times after registering 15 carries and making 13 receptions in a Week 1 matchup with the Chargers.
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