In this weeks matchup the Patriots traveled to the west coast to play the 2-1 Oakland Raiders. The Raiders were coming off of a convincing win against the 2-1 New York Jets winning 34-24. The Patriots, needing a win to stay tied for the AFC East came out with a purpose holding a 7-3 lead at end of 1st quarter from a TD pass from Brady to Welker. As the 2nd quarter began the Raiders struck first with a 1yd TD run from M.Berry, taking the lead 10-7. The Raiders lead was short lived however with the Patriots putting up ten points before the end of the half thanks to a rush TD from Ben Jarvis Green-Ellis and A 44 yard field goal from Gostowski. That set the scene for the rest of the game with the Patriots dominating putting up two more touchdowns ending with a final score of 31-19.
This week showed some resilience and toughness from the Patriots defense going up against the #1 rushing offense in the NFL holding them to under 160 yards rushing. This is something that needs to be carried over to week 5 against the Jets. Although this game was not flawless, with a rare less than spectacular performance from Tom Brady throwing for only 226 yards with a 52 % completion rate, the pats went out there and did what they had to do to take home the W.
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