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ALAMEDA Jared Cook Jersey , Calif. (AP) — The last time an Oakland Raiders coach watched his team lose back-to-back games when leading after three quarters, late owner Al Davis brought out the overhead projector and fired Lane Kiffin.There will be no repeat with Jon Gruden this week, even if that doesn’t ease the pain of these late-game collapses in Oakland.The Raiders became the second team in the past 20 seasons to start the year with three straight losses after leading the first three games at halftime with the latest blown lead coming Sunday in Miami when Oakland lost 28-20 to the Dolphins.“Nobody cares right now. They want results,” Gruden said Monday. “We want to win. I think the players see a lot of things to be confident about, but we know we got to finish football games much better.”The Raiders (0-3) have spent most of this season playing from ahead, holding the lead for nearly two-thirds of the time and trailing for only 22:28 over the first three games. In fact, there hasn’t been a single second played in the first three quarters of any game this season with Oakland behind on the scoreboard.But the fourth quarter has been an utter disaster. The Raiders fell behind the Rams in the opener on the final play of the third quarter and then were outscored 13-0 in the fourth thanks in part to two interceptions by Derek Carr.Oakland then was outscored 10-0 in the fourth quarter in a Week 2 loss at Denver before falling apart late again in Miami on Sunday. Carr threw another costly interception and the Raiders let Miami turn two gimmick plays into long touchdowns that have kept Gruden winless in his second stint as Raiders head coach.“We’ve got to take a deep breath and look forward to the moment,” Gruden said. “We have to apply pressure, not to say we feel pressure. We’ve got to continue to remain confident and poised and do our jobs individually, so we can do our job collectively. I think at times we have some guys trying to do too much. That’s something we really have to solve quickly. We do have good enough players to finish.”This marked the first time since Kiffin’s final two games in 2008 that the Raiders lost consecutive games when leading after three quarters. They joined the 2011 Minnesota Vikings as the only teams in the past 20 seasons to start the year 0-3 when leading all three games at halftime.Oakland has started with the ball each week and all three games have begun with the Raiders scoring and the opposition going three-and-out. That has led to the Raiders outscoring the opponent by 18 points in the first half, tying for seventh best in the league heading into Monday night. But Oakland has been outscored by 47 points in the second half, 22 points behind the next worst team in Arizona.The problems have been in all three phases. The offense has scored TDs on just four of nine red zone trips, committed five turnovers and fallen flat late in games with just one field goal in the fourth quarter all year.Oakland has failed to generate any big returns on kicks or punts and had an extra point blocked in Denver that proved to be the difference in a one-point loss.The defense has allowed three TDs on shovel passes and struggled to generate big plays after trading star edge rusher Khalil Mack. Oakland ranks last in the league with three sacks and tied for last with just one takeaway, contributing to Oakland being the only team that hasn’t started a drive this season in the opponent’s territory.“It’s a big reason why field position is what it is,” Gruden said. “Really a turnover is getting a three-and-out, too. Getting a three-and-out, getting the ball back immediately can almost be as good as a turnover. We need some of those and we need to get the ball back, whether we intercept it or strip it away.”NOTES: K Mike Nugent has an injured hip and the Raiders are bringing in kickers for tryouts this week in case he can’t play. … S Karl Joseph has an injured hamstring and will likely miss at least one game. … RT Donald Penn has concussion symptoms but Gruden said he thinks he’ll be OK. When the Raiders signed former Bengals middle linebacker Vontaze Burfict, there were several concerns amongst Raider Nation. Was Burfict still a viable player after his concussion history? Would..."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Raiders StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Raiders NewsYahoo Raiders Team PageYahoo Raiders ReportYahoo Raiders Depth ChartYahoo Raiders TransactionsYahoo Raiders PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Raiders NewsAntonio Brown, Vontaze Burfict relationship is ‘good’, were teammates in Raider Family FeudNew,39commentsPDTShareTweetShareShareAntonio Brown, Vontaze Burfict relationship is ‘good’, were teammates in Raider Family FeudAaron Doster-USA TODAY SportsWhen the Raiders signed former Bengals middle linebacker Vontaze Burfict, there were several concerns amongst Raider Nation. Was Burfict still a viable player after his concussion history? Would his propensity for personal fouls hurt the team and be a bad example for a young defense? And would he be able to co-exist with Antonio Brown E. J. Manuel Jersey , whom he famously knocked out in a game a few years before and whom he hasn’t gotten along with?We don’t know the answer to the first two questions, but the third one doesn’t seem to be a problem so far. Jon Gruden recently spoke to NBC Sports’ Peter King about a great many things, and one of them was how Brown and Burfict are getting along as Raiders.“They’re good. We played Family Feud one day in our team meeting. We had three guys on one team, three guys on the other. Our version of Family Feud. Silver team and a Black team. The Silver team was Antonio Brown, Vontaze Burfict and I think we had Isaiah Crowell on the team,” said Gruden. “You gotta try to get these guys to know each other. This is the only time that you can really do that. April, May, June. It’s almost like church. Everybody stand up. Shake a hand, introduce yourself to your teammates. Otherwise, Peter never gets to know Jon and Jon never meets Joe…”In case you were wondering how that Family Feud game went, Gruden talked about that as well.“It was a helluva game. One of the questions was, ‘Who were the 1,100-yard rushers in the NFL last year?’ They nailed that pretty good, but they had a hard time with [Chris] Carson of Seattle. Another question: ‘Who do the Raiders play on the other side of the Mississippi?’ Last one was top designer brands clothing or jewelry. These guys were guessing Nike, Wrangler. They don’t know s*** about fashion. But they did great. Got some laughs. These days, you gotta think outside the box.”I’ll be honest with you, I had no idea Chris Carson went for over 1,100 yards either, so I can’t blame them for that. But with the amount of roster turnover the Raiders have had during Gruden’s tenure, team-building exercises like this are really important in building a strong locker room that can stay strong during times of adversity. The Raiders’ upcoming 48-day trip away from Oakland might count as some adversity, particularly if the team isn’t winning. In any case, Brown and Burfict’s beef seems to be a thing of the past, at least until the pads start popping during live practices. We’ll see if the two ultra-competitive dogs start barking at each other then.

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