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PRESEASON WEEK 2 WEEKLY RELEASE V S OAKLAND-ALAMEDA AUGUST 19, 2017 7:00 PM PT COUNTY COLISEUM OAKLAND RAIDERS VS. LOS ANGELES RAMS 0-1 PRESEASON WEEK 2 • SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2017 • 7:00 P.M. PT • OAKLAND-ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEUM 1-0 1220 HARBOR BAY PARKWAY | ALAMEDA, CA | 94502 | RAIDERS.COM GAME PREVIEW THE SETTING The Oakland Raiders will play their first home game of the 2017 Date: Saturday, August 19, 2017 season this week when they take on the Los Angeles Rams on Kickoff: 7:00 p.m. PT Saturday, Aug. 19 at 7:00 p.m. PT at the Oakland-Alameda County Site: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (1966) Coliseum. This will mark the first game that the Silver and Black Capacity/Surface: 56,057/Overseeded Bermuda has played against their Rams since their return to Los Angeles Preseason: Raiders lead, 12-7 in 2016. The Raiders have not played the Rams in the preseason Regular Season: Raiders lead, 8-5 since 2015 and the two teams last met in the regular season in Postseason: N/A 2014. The Raiders will finish up their annual training camp trip to Napa this week, as the team will break camp on Thursday and return to their Alameda headquarters for the remainder of the season. LAST WEEK AT ARIZONA Below are the stat lines from a few key contributors from last The Silver and Black traveled to Arizona to face the Cardinals week’s preseason opener against the Arizona Cardinals: last Saturday night for their 2017 preseason opener and fell 10- 20. Several starters on both sides of the ball did not see action, DT Justin Ellis: Three tackles (three solo), one forced fumble including QB Derek Carr, TE Jared Cook, WR Amari Cooper, WR Michael Crabtree, C Rodney Hudson, LB Bruce Irvin, G Gabe DT Treyvon Hester: Four tackles (three solo), two sacks Jackson, RB Marshawn Lynch, DE Khalil Mack, FB/RB Jamize Olawale and G/T Kelechi Osemele. LB Cory James: Seven tackles (seven solo) LB Marquel Lee: Six tackles (five solo), one fumble recovery Next week, the Raiders will head back out on the road for their third preseason game, a matchup with the Dallas Cowboys at LB LaTroy Lewis: Four tackles (four solo), two sacks AT&T Stadium before returning to the Coliseum to face the Seattle Seahawks in the preseason finale. The Rams will return to S Shalom Luani: Five tackles (four solo), one pass defensed Los Angeles to face their new crosstown rivals, the Los Angeles Chargers in their third preseason game before traveling to Green QB EJ Manuel: 10-of-12 passing for 107 yards and a 103.8 Bay to play the Packers to wrap up the exhibition slate. quarterback rating TE Clive Walford: Three catches for 44 yards. CHEDULE 2017 S BROADCAST INFORMATION PRESEASON (0-1) TELEVISION Sat., Aug. 12 at Arizona Cardinals L, 10-20 KTVU/KICU (Bay Area) Sat., Aug. 19 LOS ANGELES RAMS 7:00 p.m. KVVU (Las Vegas) Sat., Aug. 26 at Dallas Cowboys 5:00 p.m. Play-by-play: Beth Mowins Thu., Aug. 31 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 7:00 p.m. Color Analyst: Matt Millen Sideline: Nicole Zaloumis, REGULAR SEASON John Tournour “JT The Brick” Sun., Sept. 10 at Tennessee Titans 10:00 a.m. CBS Exec. Producers: Vittorio DeBartolo, Sun., Sept. 17 NEW YORK JETS 1:05 p.m. CBS Brad Phinney Sun., Sept. 24 at Washington Redskins 5:30 p.m. NBC Producer: Mark Shah Sun., Oct. 1 at Denver Broncos 1:25 p.m. CBS Director: Sean LaRett Sun., Oct. 8 BALTIMORE RAVENS 1:05 p.m. CBS Sun., Oct. 15 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS 1:25 p.m. CBS RADIO Thu., Oct. 19 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 5:25 p.m. CBS Raiders Radio Network Sun., Oct. 29 at Buffalo Bills 10:00 a.m. CBS Flagship: 95.7 The GAME Sun., Nov. 5 at Miami Dolphins 5:30 p.m. NBC (Saturday’s game will be on KFOX 98.5 BYE WEEK and 102.9 KBLX) Sun., Nov. 19 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS# 1:25 p.m. CBS Play-by-play: Greg Papa Sun., Nov. 26 DENVER BRONCOS 1:25 p.m. CBS Color Analyst: Tom Flores Sun., Dec. 3 NEW YORK GIANTS 1:25 p.m. FOX Sideline: Lincoln Kennedy Sun., Dec. 10 at Kansas City Chiefs 10:00 a.m. CBS Sun., Dec. 17 DALLAS COWBOYS 5:30 p.m. NBC SPANISH RADIO Mon., Dec. 25 at Philadelphia Eagles 5:30 p.m. ESPN Spanish Flagship: KIQI 1010 Sun., Dec. 31 at Los Angeles Chargers 1:25 p.m. CBS Play-by-play: Fernando Arias # - in Mexico City Color Analyst: Ambrosio Rico Will Kiss, Senior Director of Media Relations - (510) 780-3020 | Erin Exum, Media Relations Coordinator - (510) 780-3219 | Billy Jones, Media Relations Coordinator - (510) 780-3028 Katie Agostin, Media Relations Assistant - (510) 780-3038 | Evert Geerlings, Media Relations Assistant - (510) 780-3014 RAIDERS VS. RAMS NOTABLE CONNECTIONS 2016 TEAM RANKINGS Pro Connections OFFENSE • Raiders offensive coordinator Todd Downing spent three seasons with the St. Louis Rams, first as a defensive assistant/assistant special teams RAIDERS RAMS coach from 2006-07 before being elevated to assistant secondary/quality Category Stats Rank Stats Rank control – defense in 2008. Total Offense 373.2 6 262.7 32 Rush Offense 120.1 6 78.3 31 • Raiders defensive assistant Sam Anno played one season at linebacker Pass Offense 253.2 13 184.4 31 with the Los Angeles Rams in 1987. Points Per Game 26.0 7 14.0 32 Third-Down Off. % 38.1 17 31.5 32 • Rams quarterbacks coach Greg Olson worked with the Raiders from 2013-14 as the offensive coordinator. Fourth-Down Off. % 46.2 19 40.0 27 Red Zone Off. (TD%) 57.1 13t 47.1 25 • Rams special teams coordinator John Fassel held the same position with the Raiders from 2008-11, working with Raiders K Sebastian Jan- DEFENSE ikowski and LS Jon Condo. RAIDERS RAMS Category Stats Rank Stats Rank • Rams offensive line coach Aaron Kromer got his start in the NFL with the Raiders, first as the assistant offensive line coach in 2001 before being Total Defense 375.1 26 337.0 9 elevated to the OL coach, where he held the position from 2002-04. Rush Defense 117.6 23 103.8 16 Pass Defense 257.5 24 233.3 10 • Rams running backs coach Skip Peete got his start in the NFL with the Points Per Game 24.1 20 24.6 23 Raiders in 1998 where he held the same position until 2006. Peete’s nine Third-Down Def. % 39.4 16 37.3 9 years in Oakland was highlighted by helping the Raiders led the league in Fourth-Down Def. % 26.7 4 85.7 32 rushing in 2000, averaging 154.4 yards per game. Red Zone Def. (TD%) 57.9 25 71.2 31 • Rams safeties coach Ejiro Evero was originally signed by the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2004. Evero also lettered all four TEAM years at UC Davis as a safety. His first job in the collegiate ranks came as an RAIDERS RAMS assistant coach at UC Davis from 2005-06 after interning with the Aggies Category Stats Rank Stats Rank while also serving as an assistant coach at Davis High School in 2004. Turnover Ratio +16 1t -11 28 Penalties 147 32 126 30 • Raiders TE Jared Cook played three years with the St. Louis Rams (2013-15), setting a career-high with five touchdown receptions in 2013 Penalty Yards 1,251 32 1,091 28 and a career-high 52 receptions in 2014. College Connections • Raiders defensive coordinator Ken Norton, Jr. played at UCLA from WEEKLY SCHEDULE 1984-87, earning All-American honors and was named a finalist for the Butkus Award as a senior in 1987. Tuesday, Aug. 15 (Napa) 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. ...................... Practice, open to media; • Raiders have four coaches and two players who have played or coached Videography/photography limited at USC – Head Coach Jack Del Rio (played 1981-84), defensive assistant 1:30 p.m. (approx.) ............................ Head Coach Jack Del Rio and Sam Anno (coached 2005-07; played 1984-86), defensive line coach Je- most players available upon thro Franklin (coached 2005-06, 09), defensive coordinator Ken Norton, request Jr. (coached 2004-09), G Jordan Simmons (played 2013-16) and WR Isaac Whitney (played 2015-16). • Raiders quarterbacks coach Jake Peetz was the defensive quality con- Wednesday, Aug. 16 (Napa) trol coach at UCLA in 2007. 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. ...................... Practice, open to media; Videography/photography limited • Rams QB Jared Goff played collegiately at California (Berkeley), start- 1:30 p.m. (approx.) ............................ QB Derek Carr and ing all 37 games possible during his three seasons (2013-15). Goff holds most players available upon 26 records at Cal including passing yards (12,220), passing yards per game request (329.7) and touchdown passes (96). He is also a native of Novato, Calif., and attended Marin Catholic High School. • Rams OL Cody Wichmann protected Raiders QB Derek Carr at Fresno Thursday, Aug. 17 (Napa) State from 2011-13. Carr led the nation in passing in 2013 under Wich- 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. ...................... Practice, open to media; mann’s watch. Videography/photography limited 1:30 p.m. (approx.) ............................ Head Coach Jack Del Rio and • Raiders DT Eddie Vanderdoes played four seasons at UCLA, appearing most players available upon in 39 games with 32 starts and totaling 126 tackles (69 solo), four sacks, request two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.