Klint Kubiak gives pointed reason Mike Washington lost snaps to Dylan Laube

One carry on five snaps. That’s all Mike Washington received in the Raiders big loss in New England Sunday. Even with Klint Kubiak admitting the Raiders abandoned the run too early, that’s still quite low. Especially when you consider Dylan Laube’s snaps actually went up considerably from what he usually sees.

The question is why. And when asked about it, Kubiak didn’t dance around it — it’s pass protection. They trust Laube more in pass pro than they trust Washington.

“Overall Dylan’s been a really good protection back for us and that gets you into the game on third down and gets you into the game in passing situations,” Kubiak said.

That not only serves as kudos to Laube, put a challenge to Washington. If he wants to see the field when the Raiders are in obvious passing situations, he has got to get that part of his game up to snuff.

The Raiders fell down 21-7 in the second quarter and saw that gap widen as the game went on. And typically when you are down big, that means you call more pass plays to try and close the gap quickly. Running the ball tends to take a lot more time off the clock. Time the Raiders did not have.

And since running the ball is pretty much the one thing the Raiders feel like he does well, when they stopped running it, he is stuck to the sideline.

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