Five things to note in the Raiders’ 24-21 win over the Chicago Bears Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London:

1. The Raiders pushed the Bears around

This has become a team dear to coach Jon Gruden’s heart, playing the kind of football he absolutely loves. Tight ends, fullbacks, dominating at the point of attack. The Raiders out-rushed the Bears 169-42, with rookie Josh Jacobs carrying 26 times for 123 yards and two touchdowns. Derek Carr got touched exactly once. Defensively, the Bears average 2.5 yards per carry. With just one exception, the Raiders have shown they can defend the run. The total offensive numbers were 398 to 236 in favor of the Raiders with a time of possession advantage of 34:43 to 25:17. Chase Daniel was sacked four times. The Raiders weren’t only the better team, but were the better team by a considerable margin.

2. The Raiders overcame three potentially game-changing plays

In normal Raiders seasons, the pitch miscommunication between Derek Carr and Josh Jacobs would be enough to go ahead and add this one to the loss column. But that wasn’t all. Trevor Davis had the ball punched loose by Sherrick McManis at the 1-yard line when the Raiders were going in for a touchdown that they didn’t get. And Tarik Cohen raced 71 yards with a punt to set up a short-field score. The Raiders had the air let out of their balloon in a huge way, going from up 17-0 to down 21-17, and still came back to win against a defending division champion. Throw in a dicey roughing the passer on Maurice Hurst as another bit of bad fortune.

3. Khalil Mack was a virtual non-factor For complete Oakland Raiders coverage follow us on Flipboard.

By game’s end, the NFL’s best edge player had three tackles and a fumble recovery on the Carr-Jacobs error. He hit Carr exactly once, with Carr feeling the pressure and throwing incomplete before the sack. Offensive linemen got plenty of help, and Carr did his part by getting rid of the ball quickly. But give right tackle Trent Brown lots of credit. Making Brown the richest offensive lineman in the NFL looks like a great move five games into the season.

4. The fourth-and-1 gamble

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It’s no secret that Gruden favors a ball-control balanced offense that has long annoyed parts of the fan base that prefer more of a vertical approach. But that doesn’t mean he won’t take chances. When the Bears got a running-into-the-kicker penalty to take a fourth-and-6 and turn it into the fourth-and-1 with 5:48 to play, personal protector Erik Harris took the snap and got first-down yardage. It sustained the 97-yard scoring drive that won the game. Harris lost the ball, but the fumble was correctly overturned because his elbow had hit the ground. If Harris came up short or the ball was ruled a fumble, the game is over.

5. Carr operated smoothly with a decimated corps of receivers

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Raiders face more challenges with Patriots’ Cam Newton than they did with Tom Brady With Harris’ first down providing the spark, Carr was 5 of 6 for 53 yards on the final drive that resulted in Jacobs’ game-winning leap. There was no Tyrell Williams, no J.J. Nelson. But Carr expertly guided the Raiders to the early lead with what he had at his disposal and then stared down the NFL’s best defense when backed up at the 3-yard line to win the game. Fourth-round pick Foster Moreau, a tight end from LSU, came up huge for the second straight week. He caught a 23-yard pass on a beautiful third-and-1 call by Gruden and then had a 16-yard catch down to the 2-yard line.

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