Conventional wisdom would say yes, if you can't score in the fourth quarter, how can you possibly win games?
Other than fans' blood pressure hitting an unhealthy high during the Cleveland, San Diego and Minnesota games, there was no harm done, the Raiders won. So yes, they can win games when they fail to score in the final frame.
Throw out the Kansas City game (scoring 28 in the fourth quarter may not have helped them in that game) and the team is 3-1 in games where they put up a goose egg in the fourth quarter.
If then starting quarterback Jason Campbell doesn't go down in the Cleveland game, the fourth quarter may have not been a factor at all, but he did and Hue Jackson was able to work his magic (fake field goal for touchdown) and the Raiders were able to win that game.
The Denver game was a monumental collapse and quarterback Carson Palmer still didn't have his sea legs underneath him. In San Diego, an interception caused by Carson Palmer being hurried and hit in the red-zone made the game closer than it should have been.
Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings was too close for comfort as well, due to a Michael Bush fumble with just under six minutes to play. The turnover led to a Vikings touchdown to bring them within six points with just over five minutes to play.
The Bush fumble was on a drive that looked like it would put the game away after an interception in the Raiders end zone by cornerback Stanford Routt.
If the Chiefs game is thrown out, the Raiders are averaging close to 25 points a game during their fourth quarter struggles.
The point of the recaps and all the math is to prove that if you score e...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Oakland Raiders
