Los Angeles Raiders Crushed by Cincinnati Bengals 44-7

In their first game of the season without starter Jay Schroeder, the Los Angeles Raiders were crushed by the visiting Cincinnati Bengals 44-7. Both teams came into the contest 4-0 but the Raiders proved to be no match for the Bengals who were able to move the ball at will on the Raider defense. Any chance that the Raiders had to get into the ball game were quickly nullified by missed tackles and costly penalties on offense, as well as turnovers caused by a relentless Bengals defense which held the Raiders' Steve Beuerlein in check (16-43-249, 1TD 2 INT) and the Raiders as a whole to 308 total yards, while keeping them out of the redzone for the entire game. Cincinnati had 420 yards of total offense over all and were led by game MVP and league passing yardage leader Boomer Esiason who had 231 yards through the air on 17 of 25 attempts. Week 6 will see the Raiders attempt to bounce back at home against Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins, while the Bengals will return to Cincinnati to face Ken O'Brien and New York Jet aerial attack.