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HENDERSON, Nev.--The Las Vegas Raiders ****** are on their first winning streak of the season as they prepare to face their AFC West rivals, the Los Angeles Chargers, on Sunday.Moments ago, Offensive Coordinator Mick Lombardi talked about last weekend's win and the state of the franchise.You can watch the entire pre s conference below, and read the transcript Sandy Alcantara Jersey as well:Offensive Coordinator Mick Lombardi Q: Looking at the Chargers defensively, what kind of stands out to you in terms of what they're doing over there?Coach Lombardi: The Chargers I mean, look, they're a well-coached, fast defense that swarm to the football. They force a lot of fumbles. Obviously, that keeps them in games. They've done a good job with that recently, forced turnovers. They really make you earn every inch. Like I said, they're coached really hard by Brandon Staley, who has a very strong defensive background, and I would say they just have overall team speed. They've got good players in all ends, whether it's Khalil Mack, Derwin James, Drue Tranquill at linebacker. All levels of defense, they have guys who can make plays on the football and get after, whether it's the quarterback, the pa sing game, or running game."Q: How would you say that you guys have changed since that first meeting? Coach Lombardi: I think all ****** teams in the NFL have changed, for sure. I think whether it's due to injuries, or just finding your identity. It's a great question because you can go back every year and it's the same thing. You know your team by the end of camp, and you feel comfortable doing things and you feel like this is going to be a certain area we're going to excel in, and this is one of our weakne ses. And then as the year goes on, you learn so much more about not only the team, but yourself, and what you'd like to do and what this guy is good at, or what he needs help at. And it's just a growing proce s. I think that's really important moving throughout the season, just as a coaching staff and as a team learning: 'Hey, we have to evaluate each week and then keep moving forward and try to get better, whether it's the bye week or just normal week on a daily basis.' So, that's growth, and I think that's just an important part of the NFL season.Q: Against the Seahawks, we saw Zamir White getting a couple of runs out there. How do you continue to prepare Zamir White moving forward for when those opportunities come about?Coach Lombardi: Zamir has done a I think I mentioned last week when you guys asked about Josh Jacobs great job of preparing and being ready to go. Coach Kennedy Polamalu does a great job with that. Not only Coach Kennedy, but the running back Martin Prado Jersey room is a really tight knit room. They all hold each other accountable, and they really want to make sure that they're all prepared and ready to go because you never know when your time is going to get called upon. Like in the game in Seattle, Josh was carrying the ball and needed a blow, so Zamir got in there and it didn't change what we were doing on offense and he got a couple of touches and took advantage of them. So, credit to him. Credit to Ameer Abdullah for doing the same thing on third down, catching a touchdown pa s. He's really kind of excelled in his role on a third down sub role. Those guys all just really pitched in Brandon Bolden two weeks ago got in there in a couple of situations. So, I think the accountability factor from the room, and from Coach Kennedy and just the whole offense, is really something that helps Zamir grows as young player."Q: In my opinion, your offensive line had best performance of the season. Obviously, we haven't seen your internal grades, Andre Dawson Jersey but is that pretty accurate?Coach Lombardi: "I obviously can't reveal the grades, but we can always improve in some areas, for sure."Q: For the season, did you think that was the best performance of the year?Scroll to ContinueCoach Lombardi: I mean, look, when you win a game in overtime and you rush for a certain number of yards and throw for a certain number of yards, I thought the offensive line fought and battled. When you have ****** plays, those guys are going to get tired and they're going to have to battle. So, we didnt stop running the football. They did a good job. When you rush the ball ****** times, they're going to get downhill and have some contact. And then obviously I thought they did a really good job in protection. Derek Carr was only Brian Anderson Jersey sacked I think one time, and he was pretty much upright for most of the game. And that's credit to those guys staying inside-out, following the fundamentals. But to answer your question, yes, I thought the offensive line performed very well. And obviously it was tough environment there in Seattle with the snap count and making sure they got off the football, and those guys battled and did a great job."Q: Derek Carr is normally very protective of the football, so for him to throw two quick interceptions, what does it speak to his mentality that he just kept firing and didn't have a short memory?Coach Lombardi: I think it speaks to the entire team's mentality. I mean, you throw an interception on the first play of the game, it's going to challenge your mental toughne s. And then you go out there and we got the ball and scored a touchdown on the next series. But then we turned it over on the following series. How we handle that, not only as an offense, but as a defense and a kicking unit, is big and it speaks to a lot of the guys in terms of next play mentality moving forward. Especially Derek, the skill guys on offense, the offensive line, but it's a really a Starlin Castro Jersey team thing. Obviously, when you're on the sideline and something good happens on defense, you kind of have some energy on offense. And then when something bad happens on offense, I'm sure the defense feels like: 'OK, we've got to step up a little bit and make a play.' So, the defense did that a number of times on Sunday, which was great. Helped us tremendously. And obviously the mental toughne s of the team was what I was really pleased with."Q: We know what Davante Adams is going to do, he's always going to be ready to catch the ball. But other guys like a Keelan Cole two weeks in a row late in the game have come up with a catch, same with Foster Moreau. What does it say to those guys always being ready?Coach Lombardi: You have to be ready because you never know. The coverage is going to dictate where the ball is going to go, not the plan. We hope for a certain coverage, and we might get something different. So, Derek Carr has do a good job of going through his progre sion, and each player has to do a good job of running his route. You saw the same thing happen with Foster and his touchdown, and t