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HENDERSON, Nev.--The word debacle is not too strong of a word to describe the Las Vegas Raiders (0-3) 24-22 lo s to the Tenne se Titans (1-2) on Sunday.After flying back to the desert, Josh McDaniels reviewed the film of the game, and moments ago gave his analysis of the game, after having the knowledge provided by the film.You can watch the entire pre s conference below, and read the transcript:Head Coach Josh McDanielsOpening Statement...Head Coach Josh McDaniels: Well, after seeing the film you know like most close games are, there's a handful of plays that that they made and we didn't that would sway the outcome, and unfortunately that's three weeks in a row. So, try to learn the best we can from the things we're seeing and improve. Every opportunity that Killian Tillie Jersey  we have like this is an opportunity to get better and that's we're going to take it as. Try to fix some things that we're not doing as well as we need to do, so that we can make some of those more critical plays turn our way here and start winning some games. On the injury front, the only thing I have to report is Nate Hobbs is in the (concu sion) protocol. Other than that, I have no other information on anybody. It wasn't a big list of guys that were dinged yesterday, so we'll know more obviously we get in here today.Q: Yesterday, you said with the offensive line you wanted to kind of evaluate them a little before  Justise Winslow Jersey you gave a sweeping judgement. What were some of your takeaways? Coach McDaniels: Yeah, look, that's a good defensive front first of all, and we know what kind of players Jeffery Simmons is and Denico Autry and they have some guys that can really do a good job in the running game and in the pa s rush. I thought we ran the ball effectively, albeit not as much as we would like to because the score gets flipped on us again. So, I think the ability to avoid negative runs, that was a good day. Didn't have much of that at all. The pa s protection generally was decent. When you throw it 40 some times against that rush, there's going to be some pre sures and we had the one sack there before half. But all in all, I thought they worked well as a unit together. I thought they pa sed off some things well, I thought we double teamed well. There were definitely some positives and again we got to look at that and try to build on the good things and then improve some of the things that we allowed to happen. And they got in there and had a little pre sure on Derek Carr there in the second half when it was more of a pa s, pa s, pa s mode. Again, part of our i sue is, if we would stay out of that situation, then we wouldn't put ourselves in that i sue. But overall, I thought it was a positive step for them.Q: Two out of the three games, that kind of situation you referenced with being down early and maybe not being able to run as much as you want to, what is sort of the key to avoiding that?Coach McDaniels: Starting faster. No, I mean, it's a good question. I believe weve scored on the first drive, but we didn't score a touchdown two of the three, but we scored a field goal. Again, just our overall ability as a football team to play complimentary football better at the beginning of the game. We did it in Arizona, that was that was not an i sue against Arizona, but to play complimentary football where we start fast offensively, we can stop them on defense, play good in the kicking game and try to get ourselves out in front into a lead where balance is a lot easier to maintain as the game goes along. As a play caller, I've tried to fight the fight of maintaining balance when you're behind  Solomon Hill Jersey by two scores. I tried to do it yesterday at the beginning of the third quarter, and we had some succe s with it. There gets to a point every game where that becomes a lot harder to do. You know what I mean? Because you have multiple scores you need, and the time becomes a factor. And so, the more times you run it, the more time you take off the clock, the le s chunk plays you make, then you put yourself in a situation where you're basically saying, Alright, I'm going to take a shot that we only have one or two drives left. So, you're trying to, let's call it, maximize the number of drives you may have. Again, that is not the goal. The goal is we got to really good (running) back and we're doing a decent job of blocking for him. We got to maintain more balance in the game, and I have to do a better job of trying to get us to start faster as a football team.Q: All three games were winnable games for you, but when you have discipline mistakes, shooting yourself in the foot, how do you fix that? Coach McDaniels: First of all, I believe  Marko Guduric Jersey in our group 100 percent. I believe in them because they've proven to me in practice and they've shown it to me over and over, that we can do those things. Winning in the NFL is hard. We know that and that's our job. We got to win. And so, there's no shortcut to it. We do believe that if we execute it out there on the practice field that we have a good chance to execute it right in the game. And just continue to build our trust, our communication, our execution, because let's face it, there's three or four plays in every game that change the outcome. And those plays may have happened in the second quarter, they may have happened in the third quarter. Everybody points to the last play, that two-point conversion or whatever it is. There are other opportunities in the game, offensively, defensively, in the kicking game, that could easily have swung the game one way or the other. We got to look at each opportunity, regardle s of when it happens, as an opportunity for us to gain an advantage in the game and ultimately win. It doesn't have to come down to the last play, or the last drive, or the last series. Its just our overall execution from the beginning to the end, that's what we're going to need to work on to try to improve and make winning plays all four quarters.Q: Yesterday, you started two rookies on your offensive line. Just from initial film evaluation, how did you like how they played, and have they surpa sed even your expectations this early in their careers? Scroll to ContinueCoach McDaniels: You know, I try to avoid expectations in terms of timelines and those kinds of things because I allow those things that happen organically with each player. Every guy is different. We certainly liked both players Mike Conley Jersey  when we drafted him, and I don't think they've let us down at all. They work hard, they're prepared. They practice hard. They've been out there every day other than when Thayer Munford had the i sue with the (concu sion) protocol in training camp. And so, they've earned the opportunity to go out there and keep playing because of what they keep doing in practice. I fe