WEEKLY RELEASE VS AUGUST 18, 2018 | 1:00 P.M. PT | LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM PRESEASON WEEK 2 OAKLAND RAIDERS VS. LOS ANGELES RAMS PRESEASON WEEK 2 • SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2018 • 1:00 P.M. PT • LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM 1220 HARBOR BAY PARKWAY | ALAMEDA, CA | 94502 | RAIDERS.COM GAME PREVIEW THE SETTING The Oakland Raiders will make their first road trip of the 2018 Date: Saturday, August 18, 2018 preseason with an away contest against the Los Angeles Rams at Kickoff: 1:00 p.m. PT Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, Aug. 18 at 1:00 p.m. Site: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum PT. This will mark the Silver and Black's first return to the Coliseum Surface: Bandera Bermuda since 1994, when the club relocated to Oakland from Los Angeles. Preseason: Raiders lead, 12-8 The Raiders will play the Rams in preseason action for the second Regular Season: Series tied, 8-5 consecutive season. Just three weeks following the conclusion of Postseason: N/A their preseason tilt, the two clubs will kick off their 2018 regular season in Oakland on Monday Night Football, marking their first regular season matchup since 2014. The Raiders will finish up their LAST WEEK VS. DETROIT annual training camp trip to Napa this week, as the team will break camp on Thursday and return to their Alameda headquarters for Below are the stat lines from the key contributors from last week’s the remainder of the season. preseason opening victory against the Detroit Lions: WR Marcell Ateman: Tied for the team lead in receptions (four) In his return to the sideline, Head Coach Jon Gruden led his team to a 16-10 victory in the club's preseason home opener against LB Shilique Calhoun: Three tackles and one sack the Detroit Lions. While most starters were only on the field for one series of play, including QB Derek Carr, TE Jared Cook, WR QB Connor Cook: Completed 11-of-19 pass attempts for 141 Amari Cooper, C Rodney Hudson, RB Marshawn Lynch, WR yards and one TD for a passer rating of 98.8 Jordy Nelson and G/T Kelechi Osemele, a total of 76 players out of the club's 90-man roster appeared in game action. LB James Cowser: Recorded a sack-fumble on the final play of the contest, halting the Lions' last-chance effort Next week, the Raiders will return to Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum for their third preseason contest as they take on the DT P.J. Hall: Registered one sack and one pass defensed Green Bay Packers. The Silver and Black will conclude their S Karl Joseph: Two tackles and one sack preseason slate on the road the following week against the Seattle Seahawks. The Rams will stay in Los Angeles to face the Houston K Eddy Piñeiro: Made all three field goal attempts and added one Texans, before traveling to New Orleans the following week to PAT, totaling 10 points on the evening wrap up their exhibition slate against the Saints. WR Ryan Switzer: Recorded a 7-yard TD reception 2018 SCHEDULE RB Chris Warren III: Rushed 13 times for 86 yards, leading all rushers Team: Recorded four sacks on the night and did not surrender one PRESEASON (1-0) on the offensive side of the ball Aug. 10 DETROIT LIONS W, 16-10 Aug. 18 at Los Angeles Rams 1:00 p.m. Aug. 24 GREEN BAY PACKERS 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30 at Seattle Seahawks 7:00 p.m. BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION REGULAR SEASON KTVU-2/KICU-36 (Bay Area) Mon., Sept. 10 LOS ANGELES RAMS 7:20 p.m. ESPN KVVU (Las Vegas) Sun., Sept. 16 at Denver Broncos 1:25 p.m. CBS Play-by-play: Beth Mowins Sun., Sept. 23 at Miami Dolphins 10:00 a.m. CBS Color Analyst: Matt Millen and Rich Gannon Sun., Sept. 30 CLEVELAND BROWNS 1:05 p.m. FOX Sideline: John Tournour “JT The Brick” Sun., Oct. 7 at Los Angeles Chargers 1:05 p.m. CBS Exec. Producers: Vittorio DeBartolo, Sun., Oct. 14 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS# 10:00 a.m. FOX Brad Phinney BYE WEEK Producer: Mark Shah Sun., Oct. 28 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS 1:05 p.m. CBS Director: Sean LaRett Thu., Nov. 1 at San Francisco 49ers 5:20 p.m. FOX Sun., Nov. 11 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS 1:05 p.m. FOX RADIO Sun., Nov. 18 at Arizona Cardinals 1:05 p.m. CBS Raiders Radio Network Sun., Nov. 25 at Baltimore Ravens 10:00 a.m. CBS Flagship: 740 KCBS Sun., Dec. 2 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 1:05 p.m. CBS Play-by-play: Brent Musburger Sun., Dec. 9 PITTSBURGH STEELERS 5:20 p.m. NBC Color Analyst: Lincoln Kennedy Sun., Dec. 16 at Cincinnati Bengals 10:00 a.m. CBS Sideline: Chris Townsend Mon., Dec. 24 DENVER BRONCOS 5:15 p.m. ESPN Sun., Dec. 30 at Kansas City Chiefs 10:00 a.m. CBS SPANISH RADIO # - in London Spanish Flagship: La Z 1490-AM/107.5-FM * - Sunday night games in Weeks 5-16 subject to change; Week 17 Play-by-play: Fernando Arias game TBD Color Analyst: Ambrosio Rico Will Kiss, Senior Director of Media Relations - (510) 780-3020 | Erin Exum, Media Relations Manager - (510) 780-3219 Katie Agostin, Media Relations Coordinator - (510) 780-3038 | Evert Geerlings, Media Relations Coordinator - (510) 780-3014 RAIDERS VS. RAMS NOTABLE CONNECTIONS 2017 TEAM RANKINGS Pro Connections OFFENSE RAIDERS RAMS • Head Coach Sean McVay began his NFL coaching career as an as- sistant wide receivers coach for Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden in Category Stats Rank Stats Rank Tampa Bay in 2008. Total Offense 324.1 17t 361.5 10 Rush Offense 97.1 25 122.1 8 • Raiders offensive coordinator Greg Olson spent the 2017 season Pass Offense 226.9 16 239.4 10 with the Rams as the quarterbacks coach. Olson also served as the Points Per Game 18.8 23 29.9 1 team’s offensive coordinator from 2006-07. Third-Down Off. % 40.2 11 41.1 9 • Raiders director of football research Dave Razzano spent 15 seasons Fourth-Down Off. % 33.3 26 11.1 32 with the Rams, serving as a college/pro scout from 1992-2006. Red Zone Off. (TD%) 58.8 7 55.1 14 • Raiders TE Jared Cook played three seasons with the St. Louis Rams DEFENSE from 2013-15, setting a career-high with five touchdown receptions RAIDERS RAMS in 2013. Category Stats Rank Stats Rank • Raiders TE Derek Carrier spent the past season with the Rams, play- Total Defense 350.1 23 339.5 19 ing in 14 games with three starts and recording eight catches for 71 Rush Defense 108.9 12 122.3 28 yards. Pass Defense 241.1 26 217.2 13 Points Per Game 23.3 20 20.6 12 • Rams special teams coordinator John Fassel held the same position Third-Down Def. % 40.9 26 37.9 14 with the Raiders from 2008-11. Fourth-Down Def. % 70.0 30 60.0 25t Red Zone Def. (TD%) 47.9 9 58.7 24t • Rams run game coordinator Aaron Kromer got his start in the NFL with the Raiders, first as the assistant offensive line coach in 2001 before being elevated to the offensive line coach, where he held the TEAM position from 2002-04. RAIDERS RAMS Category Stats Rank Stats Rank • Rams running backs coach Skip Peete got his start in the NFL with Turnover Ratio -14 29t +7 9 the Raiders in 1998 where he held the same position until 2006. Penalties 114 24 107 17 Peete’s nine years in Oakland was highlighted by helping the Raiders led the league in rushing in 2000, averaging 154.4 yards per game. Penalty Yards 1,009 26 922 15 • Rams safeties coach Ejiro Evero was originally signed by the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2004. Evero also lettered all four years at UC Davis as a safety. His first job in the collegiate ranks WEEKLY SCHEDULE came as an assistant coach at UC Davis from 2005-06 after interning with the Aggies while also serving as an assistant coach at Davis High Monday, Aug. 13 (Napa) School in 2004. 9:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ...................... Practice, open to media; Videography/photography limited College Connections 12:00 p.m. (approx.) .......................... Head Coach Jon Gruden and most players available upon • Raiders offensive line coach Tom Cable worked as the offensive co- request ordinator and offensive line coach at UCLA from 2004-05. • Raiders quarterbacks coach Brian Callahan started coaching as a graduate assistant at UCLA from 2006-07. Tuesday, Aug. 14 (Napa) 9:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ...................... Practice, open to media; • Rams QB Jared Goff played collegiately at California, starting all 37 Videography/photography limited games possible during his three seasons (2013-15). Goff holds 26 re- 12:00 p.m. (approx.) .......................... QB Derek Carr and cords at Cal including passing yards (12,220), passing yards per game most players available upon (329.7) and touchdown passes (96). He is also a native of Novato, request Calif., and attended Marin Catholic High School. Wednesday, Aug. 15 (Napa) • Raiders T Kolton Miller and DT Eddie Vanderdoes were teammates at UCLA from 2015-16. 2:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. ........................ Practice, open to media; Videography/photography limited • Raiders have four players who played in college at USC – DT Frostee 5:15 p.m. (approx.) ............................ Head Coach Jon Gruden and Rucker (2004-06), G Jordan Simmons (2013-16), WR Isaac Whitney most players available upon (2015-16) and CB Shareece Wright (2006-10).