One of the three takeaways was the Raiders/ first fumble recovery of the year, with Tre’von Moehrig being in the right place to reap the benefits of Amari Burney knocking the ball out. The Silver and Black scored their first and only touchdown of the game following the fumble.
“It was a big time play by him, I was just able to capitalize on his big play,” Moehrig said of recovering Burney’s forced fumble. “We can get the ball, we’re all ballhawks and they come in bunches.”
Moehrig had a day pacing the Raiders defense with eight total tackles, three passes defensed and half a sack on top of the fumble recovery. The safety is just the second player in the NFL this season (Carlton Davis) to record three-plus passes defensed and a defensive fumble recovery in the same game.
The other two turnovers notched were interceptions from defensive lineman K’Lavon Chaisson near the line of scrimmage and Jack Jones while the Buccaneers were in the red zone. Chaisson’s interception came after picking up 1.5 sacks in Week 13 while it was Jones’ second interception this season.
“Just ball hunting, everybody doing their job,” Jones said. “When everybody [does] their job, we can force turnovers. We got playmakers on the defense so I think that’s what it comes down to – doing our job.”