OAKLAND – The New York Jets like to win games at the line of scrimmage, with dominance on both sides of the ground game. During Sunday afternoon’s 34-20 win, the Raiders beat them at their own game.

They caged Jets feature back Chris Ivory and, on offense, the line allowed Raiders running back Latavius Murray to run free.

That was the hope heading into this key AFC clash, and the plan played out perfectly. Murray had 113 yards on 20 carries (5.7 ypc) against the NFL’s best run defense, and the defense held one of the league’s best backs to 17 yards on 15 carries.

“We played tough, hard-nosed football today,” defensive lineman Mario Edwards Jr. said. “Ivory’s a heck of a running back, but we did our thing on defense today. We shut them down.”

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That’s becoming a pattern on defense. The Raiders pride themselves on stopping the run and preventing big pass plays, a combination they believe wins football games. They’ve done an excellent job of that, especially up front. They ranked No. 3 in run defense heading into Sunday’s games, and held the Jets to 3.5 yards per carry.

Big plays were rare, with the Jets tallying four plays over 20 yards but none over 30.

“Stopping the run is what we do,” edge rusher Khalil Mack said. "That’s our thing. We stop the run and don’t let them take shots deep. We’re going to keep building on that, keep getting better as a defense.”

The offensive line keeps getting better blocking for the run. Head coach Jack Del Rio said that time has helped a unit with three new starters from center to right tackle, improve run fits and combination blocks that get Murray into the second level where he can use cuts and speed.

The Raiders used the edges well, with sweeps and pitches and runs off tackle against the Jets.

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“They [have] big guys inside, so we wanted to see if they can run sideline to sideline,” left tackle Donald Penn said. “We have speed back there with Latavius and Taiwan (Jones), so we wanted to see if they would be able to run sideline to sideline the whole game, because they are big guys. We were able to attack them with that and then we had success.”

Right tackle Austin Howard had a particularly strong effort breaking Murray free. He took pride in running well against a team committed to stopping those efforts.

“It does (mean a little more),” Howard said. “We had a little bit of a chip on our shoulder being told that we couldn’t run the ball. That defensive line is excellent and has a lot of talent, and I’m very proud of our guys for going out and meeting that challenge.”