last year Maxx Crosby Oakland Raiders Jersey , but perhaps chief amongst them was their total lack of production in the trenches. They had the fewest amount of sacks in the NFL and gave up a..." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteSilver And Black Pridean Oakland Raiders communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsRaidersOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Raiders StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Raiders NewsYahoo Raiders Team PageYahoo Raiders ReportYahoo Raiders Depth ChartYahoo Raiders TransactionsYahoo Raiders PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Rookie DE Maxx Crosby says team using last year’s awful sack numbers as motivationNew,76commentsPDTShareTweetShareShareRookie DE Maxx Crosby says team using last year’s awful sack numbers as motivationKirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsThe Raiders had a lot of things go wrong last year, but perhaps chief amongst them was their total lack of production in the trenches. They had the fewest amount of sacks in the NFL and gave up a ton of sacks themselves. One of the obvious focuses in free agency and the Draft was shoring up both the offensive and defensive lines. To that end, the Raiders signed tackle Trent Brown to help keep Derek Carr upright and have recently signed guard Richie Incognito to fill the hole left by trading Kelechi Osemele. The Raiders used the draft to acquire three pass-rushers: Clelin Ferrell in the first round, Maxx Crosby in the fourth, and project Quinton Bell in the seventh.Crosby this week was on the After Further Review Podcast on raiders.com, and he had plenty to say about using last year’s shortcomings as motivation for the 2019 Raider squad. “Yeah, we do talk about last year,” said Crosby. “We literally had it up in the weight room today. The number 13 and 52. That was how many sacks we got, which was lowest in the NFL, and 52 sacks allowed, which is, I think, right at the top. The coaches keep reiterating that, and it’s something that we look at as a challenge. Me, Clelin [Ferrell], Quinton [Bell], we’re all learning everything on the fly and trying to do everything we can to get on the field and make a name for ourselves, but at the same time, everybody’s in it together. We’re all trying to make that number completely different than last year, and obviously, for the offense, they are trying to protect the quarterback and be successful.”“It’s a good reminder to have,” Crosby continued. “For us as new guys, we’re going through a workout and things get tough Maxx Crosby Jersey 2019 , you think you can take a rep off, in the back our head we gotta know they brought us here for a reason, they believed in us, they invested in us. We’ve gotta bring our playing style to the table. I look at it as a challenge to raise that [sack] number, and Clelin and Quentin and the rest of the D-line are excited to go out and change that.”Earlier this week Paul Guenther referred to Crosby as a “Cadillac coming off the edge”, and PFF predicted that Crosby would take over the starting role at left defensive end and relegate Arden Key to situational pass-rushing duties. If Crosby keeps up the strong play he’s exhibited in practice so far, that could well come to fruition, and the Raiders with a line including Ferrell, Maurice Hurst and Crosby could exceed last year’s sack total by orders of magnitude. The Raiders 2019 schedule was released Wednesday night. You can see the full schedule here. Wk 1: Mon., Sept. 9DENVER BRONCOS7:20 p.m.ESPNWk 2: Sun., Sept. 15KANSAS CITY CHIEFS1:05 p.m.CBSWk..."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Raiders StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Raiders NewsYahoo Raiders Team PageYahoo Raiders ReportYahoo Raiders Depth ChartYahoo Raiders TransactionsYahoo Raiders PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Raiders schedule 2019: Ten observations, things to knowNew,62commentsPDTShareTweetShareShareRaiders schedule 2019: Ten observations, things to knowKirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsThe Raiders 2019 schedule was released Wednesday night. You can see the full schedule here. Wk 1: Mon., Sept. 9DENVER BRONCOS7:20 p.m.ESPNWk 2: Sun., Sept. 15KANSAS CITY CHIEFS1:05 p.m.CBSWk 3: Sun., Sept. 22at Minnesota Vikings10:00 a.m.FOXWk 4: Sun., Sept. 29at Indianapolis Colts10:00 a.m.CBSWk 5: Sun., Oct. 6CHICAGO BEARS#10:00 a.m.FOXWk 6: BYE WEEKWk 7: Sun., Oct. 20at Green Bay Packers10:00 a.m.CBSWk 8: Sun., Oct. 27at Houston Texans10:00 a.m.CBSWk 9: Sun., Nov. 3DETROIT LIONS1:05 p.m.FOXWk 10: Thu., Nov. 7LOS ANGELES CHARGERS*5:20 p.m.FOXWk 11: Sun., Nov. 17CINCINNATI BENGALS1:25 p.m.CBSWk 12: Sun., Nov. 24at New York Jets10:00 a.m.CBSWk 13: Sun. Cheap Maxx Crosby Jersey , Dec. 1at Kansas City Chiefs10:00 a.m.CBSWk 14: Sun., Dec. 8TENNESSEE TITANS1:25 p.m.CBSWk 15: Sun., Dec. 15JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS1:05 p.m.CBSWk 16: Sat/Sun., Dec. 21/22at Los Angeles Chargers**TBDTBDWk 17: Sun., Dec. 29at Denver Broncos1:25 p.m.CBSAnd here are a few interesting things to note about the schedule:The toughest schedule in the NFL. With their 2019 opponents finishing 2018 with a .539 win percentage, no team has a tougher schedule on paper than the Raiders. They also lose a home game to London and have SEVEN GAMES that start at 10 am Pacific time (1 pm ET). Brutal.For a second straight season the Raiders will open up on Monday Night Football. They will face the Denver Broncos, who played the Raiders in their last game in Oakland last season, also on Monday night. You might recall that was an inspired victory in what many thought could be the last game ever in Oakland.In a rare instance, the Raiders open the season with back-to-back home games. Usually the league will schedule at least one road game in the first two weeks so less time will be spent playing on baseball dirt. Both games are against division foes too. After the Broncos, they face the Chiefs. Then they don’t face another division rival until mid-November when they host the Chargers on Thursday Night Football.Homesick. Following that two-game home stand to start the season, they won’t be back to Oakland for nearly two months. The Chiefs game is September 15. After that they play in Minnesota, Indianapolis, London (Bears), Green Bay, and Houston with a bye week in between before returning to Oakland on November 3 to face the Lions.No return of the Mack. The NFL is taking the Khalil Mack’s return to face his former team to London. Make no mistake, though, Mark Davis has a say in this. And it’s fairly obvious why he wouldn’t want the Raiders to face the guy they traded for two first round picks come to town and tear up the Raiders in front of the fans who used to adore watching him run out the tunnel onto the field in Silver & Black and wreck opposing QB’s.Hot(spur) take two. The game in London will be played at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Raiders scheduled a game there last year, but the stadium was delayed in construction and so the game had to be moved to Wembley. This will be the second of TWO games the Raiders will take internationally. They will also face the Packers in Canada (rumored to be Winnipeg) in week three of the preseason. If you count that preseason game in Canada, the Raiders will have sent six home games to international locations in six years (3 in London, 2 in Mexico City).Welcome home stand. Their return to Oakland will start a three-game home stand with the Lions on November 3 followed by the Chargers on Thursday Night Football and finishing up against the Bengals. Anticlimactic ending. The potential final game in Oakland will be in week 15 against.... the Jaguars?? After road games in New York (Jets) and Kansas City, the final home stand of the season, and at this moment in Oakland history will be against the Titans in week 14 and Jaguars in week 15. Ending their time in Oakland two weeks before the season is over against a non-division foe is certainly not how you would have expected or hoped their time in Oakland would end. A different Silver & Blackout farewell. The Raiders will face the Chargers in week 16 in what figures to be their final game at StubHub in Carson before they move into their new stadium with the Rams. What more fitting way to end it than with the usual blackout of Raiders fans in little StubHub. After that the two teams hope to be facing off in each other’s new digs in Inglewood and Las Vegas respectively. Though the Raiders Nation dominance will simply continue in Inglewood.Bookended by Broncos. The Broncos opened the season in prime time in Oakland and close it out in Denver. Follow @LeviDamien