By Darryl Slater
Eric Decker, the Jets’ biggest free agent acquisition of the offseason, had fared quite well in his career against the Raiders.
Before coming to the Jets, Decker spent four seasons with the Broncos. He had faced the Raiders eight times before Sunday’s Jets-Raiders season opener. Last season, he torched them for 133 yards. The year before, he put up 79 and 88.
Now, a lot of that had to do with the fact that the Broncos were very good the past two seasons and the Raiders were very bad. Still, Decker had enjoyed positive results against Oakland. He looked good again Sunday, in his regular season debut with the Jets. He was targeted six times and made five catches for 74 yards, with a long of 24.
Let’s take a look back at the film and see if we can glean some more details of Decker’s performance.
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