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The NFL's only winless team, Oakland has lost 13 in a row dating to last season, and the Raiders are 0-16 in games played in the Eastern time zone since 2009.
NOTES: It doesn't get any easier for the Raiders, whose next two games are against last season's Super Bowl teams. Oakland visits Seattle next week before hosting Denver on Nov. 9. ... Raiders TE Mychal Rivera had seven catches for 83 yards. ... Raiders rookie LB Khalil Mack was credited with six tackles, two for loss.
But the Raiders made too many errors earlier. Carr was sacked three times by Browns linebacker Paul Kruger and was rushed into other throws.
"We came up short again," said interim coach Tony Sparano. "For a long time, we were involved in this game. It was another close football game right up to that last score. We just have to learn how to tug that rope a little tighter in those situations, and we're not there yet."
"That's kind of the way I guess the season's been going," Raiders safety Charles Woodson said. "Ball bounces right to the Browns, we don't have a chance to even fight for it or try to recover it. That's just kind of the way it's been going. Hard one to swallow."
On the Raiders' opening series, Carr drove the Raiders to the Cleveland 39. On fourth down, Oakland lined up for an apparent 57-yard field goal try by Janikowski,NFL Jerseys Supply, who then shifted to the right side as a wide receiver.
The Browns tacked on a late touchdown following a fumble by Raiders rookie quarterback Derek Carr, who made the score a little more respectable with a 7-yard TD pass to Andre Holmes with seven seconds left.
It was caught in the air by Browns Pro Bowl cornerback Joe Haden, who returned it 34 yards. On the next play, Brian Hoyer found Hawkins for a 32-yard gain and three plays later, the pair hooked up for a 4-yard TD.
Oakland's offense will play turnover-free, the defense will make a big stop, the special teams will do something special.
Raiders backup quarterback Matt Schaub,Cheap Jerseys From China, who is also the team's holder, then dropped the shotgun snap before flinging a pass that was intercepted by Tashuan Gipson and returned to the Oakland 48.
The Browns wound up converting the turnover into three points.
"You don't go on the road and play to lose. I understand that those are the calls that get second guessed. I got it. That one is on me because we came here to win and we were going to do everything we could to win the football game."
Carr did show poise and his powerful arm in completing 34 of 54 passes for 328 yards, but it wasn't nearly enough.
Cleveland 16, Oakland 6.
"We're changing the culture. Obviously the wins aren't there yet but we're changing it."
Sebastian Janikowski kicked field goals of 46 and 38 yards for the Raiders. But it was one he didn't attempt that hurt the Raiders most,Wholesale Jerseys.
"It was my call," Sparano said. "It was something that we saw on tape, and I think that if the play had been executed properly — we didn't have a great exchange — the ball would have gotten out earlier and we would have had a good chance. I thought we needed to take the chance.
"We played hard," Carr said. "We played with effort. We played with energy. You could tell in the past three games, same result, but it's a different team. We're not the same team, it's not just a flat feeling in the sideline. It's not just a feeling of, 'Oh here we go again.' It's a different mindset.
One of these games,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the Raiders will win.
On second-and-6 at the Cleveland 29, McFadden broke a few tackles on a 9-yard run when Whitner came up and delivered his big hit, jarring the ball loose.
Still, he came away optimistic that the first win is right around the corner.
Ball game.
CLEVELAND (AP) — One of these games, the Raiders will put it all together.
Darren McFadden's fumble — he had the ball knocked loose by safety Donte Whitner's helmet — in the third quarter set up Cleveland's go-ahead touchdown and the Browns went on to a 23-13 win over Oakland,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, dropping the Raiders to 0-7.
The Raiders had their chances. Down just 9-6 late in the third quarter,NFL Jerseys 2018, they were driving to a possible tying field goal or go-ahead score when McFadden's fumble swung the game to the Browns (4-3).
One of these games.
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