The Raiders continued their struggles to defend opposing tight ends and it didn’t take a household name for it to happen.

The Browns’ Gary Barnidge is in his eighth NFL season and entered Sunday with just 48 career catches for 658 yards. He’d never caught more than four passes in a game or had more than 77 yards. Naturally, he went off for six catches, 105 yards and a touchdown.

Tight ends have now caught 21 passes for 305 yards and five touchdowns against Oakland this season. All three starting tight ends they’ve faced – Barnidge, Baltimore’s Crockett Gilmore and Cleveland’s Tyler Eifert – have set career highs in receptions and yards against the Raiders.

“I think all of the yards we give up versus the tight end is just us continuing to mold ourselves to execute the defense at hand,” Carrie said. “The more and more we practice, the more reps we get, the more critical it’s going to be for us.”

* Raiders’ quarterback Derek Carr surpassed Tom Flores and, with 3,996 passing yards has the most in team history through his first two NFL seasons.

* The Raiders are now 4-0, including 2-0 this season, when running back Latavius Murray has at least 15 rushing attempts.

* Wide receiver Amari Cooper became the first Raider with consecutive 100-yard receiving games since Randy Moss in 2005 and the first Raiders rookie since James Jett in 1993.

He’s the third rookie in the NFL since 1960 with at least 20 catches through his first three games and his 290 receiving yards are the third-most by a rookie through his first three games.

Cooper got a crack at returning punts, but it didn’t go well. He took his first one back nine yards, but on his second try he lost nine yards after fielding it on a bounce and going backwards while trying to make something out of nothing. That was Cleveland’s last punt of the game.