NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Jack Del Rio and his Raiders are busy tuning up a defense that has been as bad as their offense has been good, a unit weighing down some very high expectations for Oakland.The Tennessee Titans just want to win consecutive games for the first time in more than two seasons.It just shows that if we can win this game the new direction that our team is going in, and I think the guys are looking forward to that new challenge, Titans defensive lineman Jurrell Casey said.These teams know each other very well, with Sunday the third time theyve met in the past 10 months, counting a preseason game. Oakland won 24-21 in Nashville last November on a late touchdown scored only after a fourth down Titans coach Mike Mularkey said the NFL called poorly officiated. The Titans won the preseason game in Oakland 27-14 .The Raiders (1-1) are coming off a 35-28 loss to Atlanta in their home opener, while the Titans (1-1) rebounded from dropping their season opener at home to Minnesota by pulling out a 16-15 win at Detroit with Marcus Mariota notching his third comeback win in his 14th start. Tennessee has not won consecutive games since the end of the 2013 season.Hopefully we can get on a roll, Mariota said.After going 7-9 last season, Oakland was a popular playoff pick as a young and improving team. The Raiders have shown why on offense with the NFLs best attack thanks to quarterback Derek Carr leading a very balanced unit. Yet the Raiders have given up more yards than any team, turning their first two games into shootouts and cranking up the pressure on Del Rio.Its a collective effort, Del Rio said. We all share in it and so Im not going to throw any one person under the bus. Its not any one person thats at fault here. Collectively as a group, we have to pick it up. We have to do our share.Here are some things to know about Sundays game:POROUS DEFENSE: The Raiders are off to a historically bad start defensively , allowing 507 yards in a season-opening 35-34 win at New Orleans, and 528 in a 35-28 loss last week to Atlanta. The 1,035 yards are the most allowed through two weeks for any team since at least 1940, according to Pro Football Reference. No team since the 1970 merger allowed at least 500 yards in each of the first two games. Del Rio plans some changes this week, with rookies Karl Joseph and Cory James expected to get more time at safety and linebacker, respectively.WATCH THE TIGHT END: Delanie Walker went to the Pro Bowl for Tennessee as a first alternate last season with a career year, and hes off to another strong start. Going against Oakland offers plenty of opportunity after the Raiders allowed tight ends to put up 180 yards receiving last week. Walker did not practice Wednesday with a sore hamstring, but said he wont miss this game.HIGH POWERED O: Oaklands offense has been clicking, leading the league with 470 yards per game and putting up 63 points in two weeks. Latavius Murray and the running game are averaging 161 yards per week, while Carr has thrown for 618 yards and four TDs. The Raiders have also committed no turnovers and allowed just one sack.We turn the film on and we want to be so perfect on every play, Carr said. I think thats what drives us and drove us all offseason.THROW MARIOTA: The Raiders are giving up a league-worst 404 yards passing, so Mariota, already the NFLs most accurate passer in the fourth quarter, could have a big day if the Titans can protect him. This will be their first game without right guard Chance Warmack, out with a torn tendon in his right hand.HOME SWEET HOME?: The Titans, who opened their current stadium winning an NFL-record 12 straight, are 2-15 since the end of the 2013 season. Their last four home wins are against the Jaguars (three) and Houston (one). Mularkey, promoted from interim to head coach in January, already has as many wins (three) since taking over last November as predecessor Ken Whisenhunt managed in 23. The Titans visit Houston and Miami next, making the chance Sunday for consecutive wins with one at home crucial for a franchise needing proof their rebuilding is taking root.---AP Sports Writer Josh Dubow contributed to this report.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Teresa M. Walker at www.twitter.com/teresamwalkerCustom Spurs Jerseys . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season. Custom Spurs Jersey China . 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With the 2016 finals fast approaching, ESPN NRL expert Brett Kimmorley identifies the good, bad or otherwise from an action-packed round 25 in his latest edition of Set of Six.Cowboys title defence alive and kickingI am now convinced the Cowboys can go back-to-back: how do you stop them? Just the creativity they have - we talk about Johnathan Thurston, but they also have Lachlan Coote, Michael Morgan, Jake Granville, Jason Taumololo, who is the wrecking ball of their side, and Matt Scotts been rested.I saw enough on Thursday night to say the North Queensland Cowboys are the best team in the competition and its made me sway away from the Melbourne Storm.I think the Cowboys only won one of their last five games last year leading into the finals and went on to become premiers.They know how to win tight games, they have the best player in the world in the halves, they have momentum now and they are relatively injury free.Brisbanes mystery mentor is no Average JoeTheyve been working with a touch football expert in Brisbane since Kevin Walters left and hes apparently a life coach as well. He popped up a few weeks ago when Wayne Bennett didnt bring Walters back into the fold and as much as you try and do some research, people dont tell you a great deal about him. As far as people get is Joe someone.The two things I took out of the Broncos win against the Storm on Friday night was the energy they had. They all continually mentioned energy at every media interview they did after the game and the fact that they trained for the past month with this touch football mentality where they pass the football more had an add-on effect against Melbourne.It helps you avoid the wrestle and if players know they are going to get the ball as a support runner, they are going to be more encouraged to support the ball and it generates a lot more momentum and its very hard to defend against.I dont know if the Broncos will play that style every week, but certainly that positivity and energy goes a long way to getting the job done with the talent they have in their roster. If Im a half-back and Ive got people around me willing to run in support, then Im loving that because it gives me so many different options to pass the ball to. Weve seen Ben Hunts and Anthony Milfords running game increase over the last two weeks and that only happens when youve got support.Matt Moylan holds the key to Penriths seasonMatt Moylan is just an amazing football player and he doesnt get the raps that Cooper Cronk, Johnathan Thurston and Jarryd Hayne get; but hes so great to watch. We talk about Nathan Cleary and the forwards, but if Penrith do something this year Moylan will be the star of the occasion.I like his ability to play both sides of the field; sometimes play first pivot; second pivot; third pivot; he can goal-kick. Moylan ticks every box in my mind and obviously being Panthers captain at such a young age shows he is very calm in the head which is what guys like Thurston, Cronk, Darren Lockyer and Andrew Johns had.?He is always smiling and he looks like hes a kid going out to play park football. He wont swear, throw the football or do any of the other rubbish you sometimes see from players when they make a mistake.Its refreshing to see a kid with a smile on his face, enjoying his football and gooing out onto the field each week and having a dig.dddddddddddd.Cronullas fantastic farewell for Michael EnnisIt was a great farewell for Michael Ennis from Southern Cross Group Stadium on Saturday night. The Sharks did an amazing tribute to Ennis after the win against the Roosters;?hes only been at Cronulla for two years so its not like he is a club local junior or anything, but I think they appreciate how much hes done for the club.It was a great ceremony and a special moment for a player I spent a bit of time with, and I think this is the type of appreciation that players cherish when they come to the end of their careers.Most fans hate him until he joins their club; hes the ultimate competitor but a lovely fellow and a really great family guy. Id love to see the Sharks go all the way for him, but that will be the last time he plays at Southern Cross Group Stadium so it was nice that he gets the opportunity to play his last game there.Unfortunately, Jamie Lyon didnt get that opportunity to know that he was playing his last game at Brookvale Oval for Manly and I think theyre special moments for a player.?Raiders can win it all, but ...The Raiders are one of the sides that can win the competition but I thought their mindset against the Sea Eagles was a bit off on Saturday. The fact they scored 40-odd points without Blake Austin is great,?but the fact that Manly scored 30 points against them showed they slipped back into that we score, you score mentality that has been their weakness in the past.Theyve been so good for a number of weeks staying mentally switched on for the full 80 minutes, but I thought this was an indication that they can get a little bit loose or a little bit disinterested and this competition is such a mind game.The Raiders showed me a little bit of that loose mindset and they wont get away with it in the finals. Theyve won nine straight games now and its hard to stay up each week.It just shows that if youre up for so long and drop a little bit, you can lose to anyone.?Cheap ruck penalties need to be addressedCameron Smith was spot on Friday night in debating Anthony Milfords tactic of throwing the ball into an opposing player in the play-the-ball to milk a cheap penalty.If you dont do it deliberately then you should get the ball back and another set of six. But in Milfords case, he almost threw the ball along the ground to hit a Storm player behind the ruck, and I think its a rule we need to look at it.Its a bit of gamesmanship and I congratulate Milford for knowing the rules because not many may know that rule. But I have a concern that a pocket ref could get in the way one day and it will cause a fair bit of embarrassment when a team gets another set of six in a critical moment.?I thought Felise Kaufusi had done enough to get himself out of the way but it is very ironic that Cameron Smith went off his head because hes done it plenty of times in the past and milked other penalties from falling over in the ruck as well.It is a rule that was probably introduced when we had one referee in the game but now we have two referees, and one sits close in the pocket to adjudicate, it is probably time to review it. ' ' '