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brings to his team. And also the attitude Vontaze Burfict walks in the door with.There is the small matter Tahir Whitehead Jersey , however, of their history before becoming teammates.Via Peter King of NBC’s , Gruden had the former Steelers-Bengals rivals join forces in a team-building version of “Family Feud” during OTAs.“They’re good,” Gruden said. “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.“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.”Gruden described it as “a helluva game,” and that’s also one way of describing the Burfict-Brown relationship before they became teammates. The former Bengals linebacker knocked Brown out in a playoff game, just one of the times he and the Steelers were at odds over Burfict’s over-the-top style.But Gruden went on and on about the “energy” Brown brought to the team, while mentioning Burfict “talking trash at us down the hall” at their facility. It’s a fascinating dynamic, and Gruden’s going to have to be at his Richard Dawson-best as a host to make it work. BALTIMORE (AP) — It wouldn’t be an understatement to say the Oakland Raiders got run out of Baltimore.The Ravens trampled the NFL’s 31st-ranked rushing defense Foster Moreau Oakland Raiders Jersey , piling up 242 yards on the ground Sunday in a 34-17 victory that only magnified the Raiders’ defensive shortcomings.It didn’t matter that Baltimore was starting a rookie quarterback in Lamar Jackson, or had a backfield that included undrafted rookie free agent Gus Edwards. Jackson’s ability to use his feet kept Oakland guessing and Edwards rushed for 118 yards, his second 100-yard game in as many weeks.“When you can establish the inside run, the perimeter offense, all the bells and whistles with Jackson, they’re very hard to defend,” Raiders coach Jon Gruden said. “You’ve got to stop the inside run or you have no chance to stop everything else.”The Raiders (2-9) were right there with the Ravens until the third quarter. Baltimore took the kickoff and ground out a 13-play drive that featured 12 runs, lasted nearly seven minutes and ended with a 5-yard touchdown run by Jackson for a 20-10 lead.Oakland answered with a touchdown, but had no response to Baltimore’s next run-heavy march — a 17-play marathon that lasted 8 minutes, 53 seconds and stretched into the fourth quarter.“They took over the game,” Gruden said. “Credit to them.”The Raiders knew Jackson was going to run. The 2016 Heisman Trophy winner at Louisville can throw the ball well enough, but his strength is in his legs.“We were prepared for that, but it’s just about execution,” Oakland linebacker Marquel Lee said. “We have to execute better as a whole. We gave up too many big plays Foster Moreau Oakland Raiders Jersey , and that’s what ended up hurting us. We didn’t stop the run well today. We’ve got to go back to the drawing board and fix it.”The Raiders did get two interceptions, one apiece by Marcus Gilchrist and Reggie Nelson , but Jackson threw for 178 yards and a score in his second NFL start.When on offense, the Raiders turned to quarterback Derek Carr to keep pace with Baltimore’s relentless attack.Unfortunately, the offense line couldn’t give him ample space and time to find receivers. Carr was 16 of 34 for 194 yards and a touchdown, but was sacked on three consecutive fourth-quarter plays by Matthew Judon, the first resulting in Terrell Suggs’ 43-yard fumble return for a TD.“I don’t ever remember that happening before,” Carr said of the sack-sack-sack sequence.Carr hobbled off the field with a tender ankle, the results of the beating he took from the league’s top-ranked defense. But he vowed to return next Sunday for a grudge match against the Kansas City Chiefs.“I can tell you right now, I am playing next week,” he declared. “I am not sure what it will feel like, but I will be out there on the field.”